Yoichiro Kawaguchi's fanciful squids

These 3-D models of professor/computer graphic artist Yoichiro Kawaguchi's computer graphics are Woodring-esque mind blowers. According to Pink Tentacle, Kawaguchi and his team of researchers are "developing robots designed to imitate primitive life forms. Mockups have been put on display at a Shinto shrine in Tokyo, and working versions of the robots are scheduled for completion in two years."

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mdh

A cephalocorn chaser?
squidfartz

Boy, does that remind me of Jim Woodring’s work.
Just beautiful.
Anonymous

Oh! These were at Siggraph 2008 a couple of months ago, weren’t they?
dconners

Woodring crossed with murakami (who was also influence by Woodring)
LogrusZed

Clrly dsgnd t rp.
Takuan

ahhh home!
Pipenta

Back before he did children’s books, David Kirk designed the most gorgeous pulltoys. These very much remind me of those toys.
gfocus

Saw one of those fishy guys at the AEC in Linz, Austria. Excellent craftsmanship. Can’t wait to see a robotic version of it, even though it will haunt my dreams.