Comments on: Death of a cyborg http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 04:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Debra Mason http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593780 Debra Mason Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593780 Thanks for the feedback everyone and to those of you that wanted to buy it.  As has been mentioned it's actually a re-working of a Bouguereau painting and was intended for the web and so isn't suitable for printing.  It was created for this contest on Worth1000.com http://fx.worth1000.com/contests/25627/roboren-7 Thanks for the feedback everyone and to those of you that wanted to buy it.  As has been mentioned it’s actually a re-working of a Bouguereau painting and was intended for the web and so isn’t suitable for printing.  It was created for this contest on Worth1000.com

http://fx.worth1000.com/contests/25627/roboren-7

]]> By: LinkMan http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593580 LinkMan Wed, 28 Nov 2012 15:16:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593580 Here is the work on the photoshopist's deviantART page: http://shorra.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d35io35 Sadly it doesn't appear to be available as a print. I also like this one: http://shorra.deviantart.com/art/Night-At-The-Museum-190668978 Here is the work on the photoshopist’s deviantART page:

http://shorra.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d35io35

Sadly it doesn’t appear to be available as a print.

I also like this one:

http://shorra.deviantart.com/art/Night-At-The-Museum-190668978

]]> By: ffabian http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593510 ffabian Wed, 28 Nov 2012 13:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593510 Is there a way to buy a print of this? Is there a way to buy a print of this?

]]> By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593481 fuzzyfuzzyfungus Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593481 Cyborg Jesus suffered almost 72 hours of unscheduled downtime for your sins... Do you know how long he is going to have to work to get his 5 9s uptime back? Cyborg Jesus suffered almost 72 hours of unscheduled downtime for your sins…

Do you know how long he is going to have to work to get his 5 9s uptime back?

]]> By: Noctilucent Studios http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593471 Noctilucent Studios Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:09:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593471 Wow. That is just all kinds of wonderful. Oddly, I am not finding it anywhere on the site linked and all of the other work there seems to be very different from this piece. Wow. That is just all kinds of wonderful. Oddly, I am not finding it anywhere on the site linked and all of the other work there seems to be very different from this piece.

]]> By: Cynical http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593455 Cynical Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593455  Given that the painting shares a title with the first song in the Ghost in the Shell soundtrack, that's probably pretty likely. /geek  Given that the painting shares a title with the first song in the Ghost in the Shell soundtrack, that’s probably pretty likely.
/geek

]]> By: xangadix http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593434 xangadix Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593434 Looks an awful lot like the First mourning (Bouguereau, 1888) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Mourning ;) but it's a nice twist, I take it, this is the first cyborg to die. Looks an awful lot like the First mourning (Bouguereau, 1888) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_First_Mourning ;)

but it’s a nice twist, I take it, this is the first cyborg to die.

]]> By: Mitchell Glaser http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593361 Mitchell Glaser Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593361 I sing the body electric. I sing the body electric.

]]> By: Romke Soldaat http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593338 Romke Soldaat Wed, 28 Nov 2012 05:02:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593338 There's a lot more of that stuff here: http://www.bouguereau.net/ There’s a lot more of that stuff here: http://www.bouguereau.net/

]]> By: Greg McCann http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593333 Greg McCann Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593333  Larger image here: http://homeiswheretheharddiskis.wordpress.com/tag/shorra/  Larger image here: http://homeiswheretheharddiskis.wordpress.com/tag/shorra/

]]> By: Tim Harrington http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593331 Tim Harrington Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593331 Looks like a Biblical scene. "Can you fix it?" "Sure, but it will take about three days." Looks like a Biblical scene.

“Can you fix it?”
“Sure, but it will take about three days.”

]]> By: ldobe http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593300 ldobe Wed, 28 Nov 2012 04:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593300 Perhaps it's a Ghost in the Shell style cyborg. Full prosthetic body with a living brain in a titanium skull Perhaps it’s a Ghost in the Shell style cyborg. Full prosthetic body with a living brain in a titanium skull

]]> By: Esmeralda Rupp-Spangle http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593282 Esmeralda Rupp-Spangle Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593282 Lovely. I do wish there was a larger version that you could see- I am not finding it on her page. Lovely. I do wish there was a larger version that you could see- I am not finding it on her page.

]]> By: RadioGuy http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593281 RadioGuy Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593281 Makes me think of <a href="http://vimeo.com/channels/dvxnotdead/870512" rel="nofollow">Similo</a>, a really fantastic short film from 2006. Makes me think of Similo, a really fantastic short film from 2006.

]]> By: tristan eldritch http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593270 tristan eldritch Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:29:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593270 "Death of a Cyborg" is more poignant.  Those stinking andies can go to hell. “Death of a Cyborg” is more poignant.  Those stinking andies can go to hell.

]]> By: destroy_all_humans http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593261 destroy_all_humans Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593261 only if there are no biological parts, I'm guessing this one had real nose hair. only if there are no biological parts, I’m guessing this one had real nose hair.

]]> By: mappo http://boingboing.net/2012/11/27/death-of-a-cyborg.html#comment-1593247 mappo Wed, 28 Nov 2012 03:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=196639#comment-1593247 Shouldn't that be "Death of an Android"? Shouldn’t that be “Death of an Android”?

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