pic: 2015 WC Alliance

[AlexChoi]

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[notmattlythgoe]

These are frickin sweet!

[Sean4488]

Dude these are awesome! You should make these for some of the other WC 2015 alliances.

[notmattlythgoe]

Originally Posted by Sean4488

Dude these are awesome! You should make these for some of the other WC 2015 alliances.

Should totally make one for that 2363 team, you know because I'm unbiased and everything...

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by Sean4488

Dude these are awesome! You should make these for some of the other WC 2015 alliances.

I've got 125 in a similar style if you'd like it just lemme know what format.

(For anyone who didn't notice, we had a comparison of our robot, a stack height, and the Boston snowfall totals through early March)

[BlueLipstick]

Pretty please make one for 987, 2826, 2512, and 4265!!! That'd be so cool

[carpedav000]

You would be my bestest freind forever if you made one of 1720, 1741, 5188, and 1501!

[logank013]

Originally Posted by carpedav000

You would be my bestest freind forever if you made one of 1720, 1741, 5188, and 1501!

No... It needs to be 234, 1024, 1741, and 1720... hahaha. or just make one for every Indiana team... lol

[AlexChoi]

I kinda figured that requests would happen. A single robot takes a while on it's own, but it's summertime so I'll see what I can do.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by AlexChoi

I kinda figured that requests would happen. A single robot takes a while on it's own, but it's summertime so I'll see what I can do.

What's your process like? From what I can see the one I have for 125 is slightly higher fidelity (omnis have rollers, logos are in place they are on actual robot... different uses) and it took me about an hour and most of that was measuring parts on the robot (it's actually a scale drawing).

[trumpthero786]

This is fantastic! Great work!

[AlexChoi]

Originally Posted by Andrew Schreiber

What's your process like? From what I can see the one I have for 125 is slightly higher fidelity (omnis have rollers, logos are in place they are on actual robot... different uses) and it took me about an hour and most of that was measuring parts on the robot (it's actually a scale drawing).

I do a rough sketch in mspaint that I base off of pictures online and reveal videos. The outlines are approximately to scale with each other (although certain aspects like Empire's can grabbers are modified slightly to make it more aesthetically pleasing in such a minimalist style). This part probably takes the longest to do depending on the robot. For instance, Empire used to have it's big can claw attached to the back (check their reveal video) and that alone probably took 40 minutes. I took it off in this case because they requested the pic to be in their final form, so I replaced it with their pike. In comparison, Fawkes only took about 15 minutes to sketch IIRC.

Anyways, then I do a wire frame of the robot and fill it in with the team's color scheme. I also look up their logo font (which can take a while; I still don't know what 1678 uses). In total, each one takes anywhere from 30 minutes to 90 minutes. Most of that is probably because it's all done in mspaint.

[The other Gabe]

*really wants one for the Curie finalist alliance, but doesn't want to be a bother*

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by AlexChoi

I do a rough sketch in mspaint that I base off of pictures online and reveal videos. The outlines are approximately to scale with each other (although certain aspects like Empire's can grabbers are modified slightly to make it more aesthetically pleasing in such a minimalist style). This part probably takes the longest to do depending on the robot. For instance, Empire used to have it's big can claw attached to the back (check their reveal video) and that alone probably took 40 minutes. I took it off in this case because they requested the pic to be in their final form, so I replaced it with their pike. In comparison, Fawkes only took about 15 minutes to sketch IIRC.

Anyways, then I do a wire frame of the robot and fill it in with the team's color scheme. I also look up their logo font (which can take a while; I still don't know what 1678 uses). In total, each one takes anywhere from 30 minutes to 90 minutes. Most of that is probably because it's all done in mspaint.

I'm actually impressed I could never do this in MSPaint. I primarily use a tool called Sketch, it's an alternative to Illustrator. Given good reference material it should be doable to crank out one in an hour or so. For folks looking for open source: I'd suggest Inkscape (I can't stand it but that's because I'm used to tools with UX that don't stink badly)
2014


2015 - as it was bagged (no snow)

[Ryan_Todd]

Originally Posted by AlexChoi

...For instance, Empire used to have it's big can claw attached to the back (check their reveal video) and that alone probably took 40 minutes. I took it off in this case because they requested the pic to be in their final form, so I replaced it with their pike...

YOU FOOL.
This isn't even my Final Form!

*runs back to the pits, swaps out for a canburgler*

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Seriously though, Abhishek is right! You should definitely get a local museum to display this. (think of the PR!)