#automata

[steampunktendencies]

Pegasus Automata

Video courtesy Maurice Feely

[heartnosekid]

stoccafisso_design on ig

[azurem00n]

they can be a bit silly

[poofdevil]

2b

[kenyatta]

But can’t I imagine that the people around me are automata, lack consciousness, even though they behave in the same way as usual? — If I imagine it now — alone in my room — I see people with fixed looks (as in a trance) going about their business — the idea is perhaps a little uncanny. But just try to keep hold of this idea in the midst of your ordinary intercourse with others, in the street, say! Say to yourself, for example: “The children over there are mere automata; all their liveliness is mere automatism”. And you will either find these words becoming quite meaningless; or you will produce in yourself some kind of uncanny feeling, or something of the sort.

- Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosophical Investigations (1958)

[throughcobwebs]

leopold lambert : pierrot writing (1875)

"The success of this mechanical doll is not only due to its delicate execution and graceful features, but also its true-to life gestures. Indeed, careful examination of the configuration of its skeleton reveals that it is based on the human structure, with an identical orientation of the axes of articulation."

The Mechanical Dolls of Monte Carlo

[doubtspirit]

Utropiia is a sprawling retro-futuristic city set in a alternate 1920s world of gargantuan art deco skyscrapers and artificially intelligent automata. 

[laughingsquid]

A Whimsical Series of Wooden Shrimp Automata Going About Their Busy Daily Routine

[medievalgremlincore]

Tech priestess and Automata by Kenoo Wang

[keydekyie]

Good Hunting (Love Death + Robots)

I highly recommend you read the original short story here

[wordswithkittywitch]

Inktober 23- Rust

So I was crying while I drew this. Not because broken automata make me cry, although they do. Just the fucking state of the world. So this is the best thing I've drawn while actively sobbing off my makeup. Too bad it's not political in any way. Pretend I said something pithy about steampunk and gothic horror, my heart's not in it tonight.

Reference by @adorkastock

[azurem00n]

automata drawing dump :) these guys are always on my mind

[auburnflight]

Achieving a character's likeness is hard when their eyes are covered 95% of the time... so I have to PRACTICE

[pfpanimes]

⌕ nier replicant • kainé.

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