Welcome to Preservation! we have nice people and even nicer murderbots.
featuring ARTdrone and Holism <3
(IDs in alt)
ratthi: it was a sexual discussion
secunit: 🏃♂️🏃♂️🏃♂️
TWO METERS.
MURDERBOT DIDN’T “take a step back”
TWO METERS. SIX FEET.
Yet more of my favorite duo 💛 different style, far too much perspective lol. Considering getting prints made of this one....
Colab with Alex Van Gore, they did the lines I did colours and oh boi was this a fun one to make. There’s symbolism for DAYS!
It was an honour to collaborate with you 💕
Murderbot looking after kittens onboard ART, how did this happen? I have no idea but it's very cute so we roll with it!
...and the style of the furniture...
It's ART Deco.
Yes I draw design puns what're you gonna do
HEY! Go read Murderbot!
Murderbot: This is my favorite human, Dr. Mensah. She can go wherever she wants and do whatever she wants
Also Murderbot: This is my best friend, Dr. Ratthi. He has to stay in the shuttle. Unless I'm breaking and entering, in which case he's specifically invited
Ok but Mensah rescued it from a hostile SecUnit with a mining drill like an intrepid explorer. Ratthi tried to climb back out of the hopper to retrieve a toolbag while a giant space worm was actively trying to eat them. Throughout canon MB is very firmy attached to its strongest early impressions of people (most notably Gurathin and ART, but others too) so Mensah is always going to be tagged "badass like blorbos from my shows!" And Ratthi will be tagged "WILL jump out of shuttle directly into something's jaws and die the minute I turn my back," and they're just going to have to live with it.
not a human, not a machine
What Murderbot said: "I've realized that Iris is ART's Ratthi."
What Murderbot probably meant: "Iris is ART's person-who-is-ready-to-loudly-defend-it-at-a-moment's-notice."
What I heard: "Ratthi is something like a brother to me."
Still messing around with design concepts for a physical representation of ART in the feed.
Essentially, the more split its focus is (or the more distant) the smaller and less defined its shape and the more it tends "trail data." The more present or focused it is, the larger its presence and the more Shaped it becomes. Next I'll be coming up with a suitable Intimidation Mode™ for it and I may attempt a more realistic version of both it and Murderbot if I'm feeling ambitious....
Thanks to @soundwavereporting and @scificrows for the enabling, brainstorming, and encouragement!! <3
Inspiration from: angelic TrueForms, Studio Ghibli spirits, Glyph and EDI from Mass Effect, Owlbears (so Shaped lol) and Venom (subconsciously apparently lol)
For @hummus-tea !
In which Murderbot takes Three through a station so it can have a little self actualization in the form of clothes it picks out itself. Or at least, that it tries to.
Happy new year! This was a joy to make, I hope it brings you joy to read!
My first posted fanwork? My first posted fanwork! Omg I did it.
This is crossposted on ao3! (It's got a full image ID over there) https://archiveofourown.org/works/44429893
Please, indulge me in a hyperspecific poll:
Threat Assessment and Risk Assessment react to Murderbot taking unexpected damage.
[ID: A short comic drawn digitally in shades of red. At the top is an alert banner that reads “ALERT. PERFORMANCE RELIABILITY DROP. MINOR DAMAGE SUSTAINED. !!UNPREDICTED!!” Panel 1 shows the humanoid feedsonas of Threat Assessment (TA) and Risk Assessment (RA) looking slightly upwards in surprise. TA looks confused. Right of that panel is a red panel showing an outline of a humanoid with a red dot on the left side of their torso. Panel 2 shows TA and RA from a different angle, with RA in profile and TA glancing down at it. TA says, “What was that?”. RA replies, “She shot us.” Left of that panel is another red panel, showing a woman with short dreadlocks in a ponytail and a determined expression pointing a recently-fired gun slightly to the left of the POV. Panel 3 shows TA holding a feed panel in each hand, glancing at one with one eyebrow raised. It asks, “The human?”. RA is looking to the left over a spread of four feed panels, its hands drawn up to its chest, looking worried. It replies, “I didn’t see that coming.” Panel 4 has RA looking forwards again, one hand on its arm. It says, “I didn’t account for -” Panel 5 shows TA asking “For what?” The bottom of the image depicts Murderbot standing, its back to Human One, who is pointing a smoking gun at it. They are in bright red against the black background, unbound by a panel box. A white streak slashes across the image from Human One’s gun, through Murderbot’s back. Red text underneath them reads “For us still being the monster.” /end ID]
A Murderbot Noir AU as a gift to @vulcan-highblood for the 2023 MBD New Year Gift Exchange!
More notes on the AU below:
i am not immune to mb+tellus post fugitive telemetry shenanigans and NEITHER ARE YOU!!!
murderbot fanart! i drew this while listening to the audiobook of network effect w my friend. hearing this line made me immediately want to draw something for it~
