A-MAZINGER

I grew up with this character named Mazinger Z, a super robot that could shoot of his arms, and had a pilot that flew a plane into the crown on his head. Definitely a very iconic robot, and I had always wanted to design a piece in homage to a childhood hero.

When I started "Robot Academy", it really got the creative juices flowing and I started to think a lot about what I could do, and so I came up with this girl(below).

It turned out pretty well and it gave me chills down my spine because I was essentially designing a new mazinger model. The funny thing is she is quite scary, reminding me a little bit of Freddy Krueger.

Interestingly enough i was in the car the other day in the city with my friend Alex, listening to a cd that I bought in Taiwan by Crowd Lu(盧廣仲) and one of his tracks is actually called Mazinger Z and he sings about it. I guess he has a passion for childhood favorites too.