#a study in cyborgs

[mushiemellows]

Hey bros, does turning the bottom half of your legs into tracked treads count as an assistive mobility device?

Sketch dump from an old unfinished series I like to call "One Piece AU in which everything is the same but we let the quadruple amputee go at his own pace for a goddam second"

He knows all the tricks. But he should have made the grade on that ramp slide a little less steep.

#him hands so big to hold his forearm crutches of course #uh don't look at that brook too close it was my very first try at drawing him #thats actually not an excuse these were my very first franky studies too #i was like let me try and draw something hard and then I'm going to put him in a chair which is also notoriously hard to draw #i just think hes neat #one piece #cyborg franky #soul king brook #straw hat pirates #disability positivity #i do not personally have a mobility disability but these were a fun study for me #my art

[yamikuruku]

experimental portraits but it's two space idiots ✌

#oc: Ryshek Zal #oc: Kaali Zech #my art #my oc #star wars #swtor #star wars art #star wars fanart #star wars the old republic #own character #original character #nautolan #human cyborg #jedi #jedi oc #swtor smuggler #art #artwork #drawing #illustration #digital art #digital artist #clip studi paint #fan character #digital artwork #queer oc #artist on tumblr #lgbt oc #lgbt artist #queer artist

[crippleprophet]

hey, would you be able to give a brief description/explanation of cyborg theory in disability? I tried looking it up but didn’t find anything

absolutely! been struggling a bit with cognition so i’m just gonna paste the relevant section from my essay on disability & technology from about a year ago + the full citations of pieces i reference. hope this helps - feel free to send me a follow up ask if there’s anything else you’re looking for or with your thoughts, & folks are welcome to dm me for the full essay if you want!

One key concept employed by disability studies scholars to explore the relationship between humans and technology is that of the cyborg. Originally developed by Donna Harraway in the 1980s, the cyborg is a figure which “[blurs] the boundaries between human and animal, machine and organism, physical and non-physical” (Kafer, 2013, p.103) and in doing so allows for nuanced discussions of technology beyond the common dual responses of uncritical praise and unlimited fear. Though Harraway’s initial theorization positioned “disability as the site of spectacular technological fixing” (Kafer, 2013, p.112), feminist disability studies scholars have expanded the concept to more fully reflect disabled people’s experiences.

At their best, cyborg subjectivities prompt us to recognize—rather than dismiss—“the inequitable ways in which many people come to disability” (Hamraie and Fritsch, 2019, pp.19-20). War, poverty, pollution, and other consequences of colonisation and exploitation are major causes of impairment among marginalised communities (Meekosha, 2011; Erevelles, 2011), making concepts such as disability culture and pride difficult or undesirable for many people. Not only are the bodies of workers in the Global South disabled by the production of “assistive technology,” as discussed previously, the bodies of marginalised people, especially poor women of colour, are disabled by medical testing (Hans, 2006). While Erevelles questions the value of cyborg subjectivities in the face of these harrowing realities (2011), Kafer argues that their power lies in this very tension (2013). The cyborg, she writes, “refuses easy celebrations of human/technology connections” (Kafer, 2013, p.118) and rather encourages us to confront our complicity in the structures of oppression we seek to resist.

Erevelles, N. 2011. Disability and difference in global contexts: enabling a transformative body politic. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Hamraie, A. and Fritsch, K. 2019. Crip technoscience manifesto. Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, Technoscience. 5(1), pp.1-34.

Hans, A. 2006. Gender, technology and disability in the South. Development. 49(4), pp.123-127.

Kafer, A. 2013. Feminist, queer, crip. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.

Meekosha, H. 2011. Decolonising disability: thinking and acting globally. Disability & Society. 26(6), pp.667-682.

#disability studies #disability theory #assistive technology #technology #cyborg theory #mac.txt #asks

[crispyanonart]

back at it again with character studies: full mug Fiz vs no-hat-no-makeup vulnerable Fiz because I really wanted to draw it even if just a quickly rendered sketch.

Full version of hat-Fiz Blitzø Loona Millie Octavia

#fizzarolli #helluva boss #huma fizzarolli #fizzarolli fanart #helluva boss fanart #hazbin hotel #character design #character study #cyber twink #fizzarozzie #prosthetics #cyborg #art #illustration

[theokusgallery]

For when you come back from your break 🤓👍

[insert Fairy Odd Parents jingle]

Arsenic and his ✨Cyborg Boyfriend✨

Alternative Universe where the Arsenic AU is some fucked up RomCom cartoon airing on Nickelodeon

I already told you I love this, but... Holy shit I love this

Everything you make is my favorite thing honestly this is. so incredibly funny and I love it

#hi im back from my break ! #also WHAT STUDENT LOANS THEY'RE FRENCH ILS VONT À LA FAC TOUS LES DEUX C'EST GENRE CENT BALLES. #i love this i love it i love it #also i am. very very gay about that first panel. nick looks. very good and i am so normal about it i swear #cyborg sunny is such an Idea. i'm a huge fan #it's also au-accurate since nick is studying biology lmao #he has some biotechnology stuff in his classes #omori #ask #tosteur-gluteal #fanart #arsenic #i love this so much it's so funny. #tw blood #tw gore #also nick looks so fucking fruity in this #look at his gay smile. i love him

[antirepurp]

the unfortunate state of sonic cartoons where everything from the 90s looks Like That and even if one of them has a supposedly interesting premise the aesthetic repels me, sonic x has chris and a pacing that iirc was the main reason i ended up dropping it, boom exists to be funny and while it accomplishes that goal and is an enjoyable watch it isn't terribly compelling beyond that and fun aesthetics, and prime is multiverse slop that i would not be able to digest even if i tried to. like you'd think they could do more with a furry guy who oozes the dictionary definition of cool and yet

#soda offers you a can #was thinking abt prime again and it just encompasses the core of why im disinterested in the general idea of AUs #“i have put the blorbo in a funny hat” cool does the setting enrich their character in any significant way #are you exploring aspects of their personality that are hinted at but suppressed in their natural habitat #are you forcing them to have conversations they would otherwise be unable to have #are you elaborating on what their relationship with another character would be like if they were allowed to know each other for longer #or did you just want a funny hat to make merch out of #yes i know they do something interesting with the dystopia cyborg tails but is that the extend of it #does pirate rouge get a distinct character study or is she there for window dressing #old man yells at cartoons i need to go and start weight painting

[excali8ur]

“Knights” (1993) Study - x

#art #knights 1993 #p #painting #study #movie stills #artists on tumblr #artistic nudity #ish #For the backlists #The wlw are gonna love this one I can feel it #Did you know this movie is apparently about a kickboxer fighting cyborgs? Just a fun fact.

[julie-su]

Get ready for the day

#I ought to draw Glori-Ya opening her bonnet. Go go modular cyborg #also return of 'Knuke' #glori-ya #echidna hell #inspired by me before dressing up as I study myself in the mirror #something vulnerable

[disco-troy]

Me @dc when they put Vic in JL

#can't imagine the titans without vic!! #can't imagine vic without the titans!! #they both were so important to each others development I- #also the idea that vic is the perfect team member #hes been working his whole life to be in a team with his sports #and then with the ttians he gets frienship and another team #maybe a big part of the reason vic wanted to do sports as oposed to science was the team aspedct #his parents kept him isolated to work on his studies #there was no one to do projects with as his parents were away #but sports was where he found a community #where he could be a part of a team and find independance #and once he has that hes totally up for learning and being the tech guy again!! #to think his parents pushed him into a path that would be bad for him #vic needs people!!!!!!!!!! #victor stone #cyborg #dick grayson #nightwing #new teen titans #teen titans #dc #dc comics

[krongulous]

Been playing through Borderlands The Pre Sequel again, and doing it has made me realise how much in common Franky and Wilhelm have.

They’re both cyborgs (well start out as one) and go down very similar, yet slightly altered paths.

Let’s look at Wilhelms Cyber Commando skill tree for example, this skill tree physically changes Wilhelm the further you get, giving him cybernetic upgrades, with these upgrades being similar to Frankys own augments in one piece.

First off, there’s the Power Fist, a long ranged melee attack which deals explosive damage, this is very similar to Frankys own Strong Right, though it goes for longer distances than the Power Fist as it’s launched via chainlink.

Next up is the Homing Cannons and the Vengeance Cannon.

Though on the surface these both look superficial in comparison, they do both share another trait.

You see both of these attacks are sort of “last resort” attacks for both characters. In Wilhelms case, this is because the Vengeance Cannon only activates once shields are depleted, whilst Franky only chooses to use the Homing Cannons in the most desperate of situations, as doing so dislocates his shoulders in the process, as these are grafted into his skin.

Finally (well the Vengeance Cannon is actually the final upgrade Wilhelm gets but this is a more convenient order) is the Shock Absorbers, which allow Wilhelm to run and gun, now I can’t provide an image because I’m pretty sure nothing actually changes on Wilhelms model, but you know who also has a simailar leg upgrade?

THE GENIUS FRANKY THATS WHO

Hell the comparisons don’t just end here actually, the paths they go down are quite similar too, as they both go through major design changes in a two year timeframe, becoming more mecha like.

In fact, I’d go as far as to say that Wilhelm is like a mirrored version of Franky.

See in lore, Wilhelm is addicted to cybernetic implants, he was born with Glass Bones disorder and due to this has weaker bone structure than most.

This leads him down a path of mercenary work, which he uses to pay for said implants and become more machine than man by the day, until he’s what we see in borderlands 2, a mech devoid of emotion, who’s become more machine than man.

He’s virtually unrecognisable, his hair and beard are gone, his one remaining organic eye is gone and he’s nothing but a killing machine (well he didn’t really care much about who he killed before anyway but the point still stands)

But how does this mirror franky?

See Oda, for fun, made good and bad timeline strawhat designs, with the bad timeline being where “things went wrong” presumably just code for them not finding the one piece.

This is Frankys.

In this bad timeline, Franky became nothing but a machine, with the only goal in mind to sink battleships, eventually becoming one himself via upgrades.

A machine with only one goal in mind is exactly what happens to Wilhelm, and if Franky ever got to a point where becoming stronger via solely upgrades is what he felt was necessary this could easily happen to him too.

Now am I saying Borderlands copied One Piece? No, this “good and bad timeline” thing was years after, I just thought the similarities were cool.

#one piece #cyborg franky #borderlands #Wilhelm the enforcer #character analysis #character study #please don’t let this flop lol

[nikatyler]

𝕒𝕝𝕥𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕤𝕚𝕞 ✨ 𝕤𝕔𝕚-𝕗𝕚 𝕔𝕠𝕣𝕖 (28/30)

#ts4 #sims 4 #the sims 4 #simblr #sims #alternasim #breeze nsb legacy extra #oc: ross #*caleb #ship: nsb raleb #my idea behind the picture was 'a cyborg is studying a vampire' or something. idk #idk idk someday i would like to write something silly about sci-fi vampires

[explore-my-subconscious]

I've got static in my blood and ink on my teeth.

I've got gears for veins and oil in my eyes.

My muscles are mechanic, my emotions are programmed. Bionic heart beats in code.

Awaiting orders to live in servitude. Clicking and grinding, bleeding black gold. Metal in my head, wires in my brain.

#poetry #writers and poets #experimental #pls be gentle #art study #art stuff #poem #poetic #my art #automatic writing #subconscious #metal #robotics #cyborg #steampunk

[vykko]

I finished a body study I was doing

did a body study of my lovely character terra

she wouldn’t nessarily wear this but I spent too long on the body to cover it up and also I wanted to draw her scars

also the water melon boardshorts are based off my board shorts

they are just cool and also too big T-T

up close details as that are hard to see without zooming in

Like adding stretch marks and body hair is fun

it adds ✨flavour✨ I spent way too long on the togs pattern

I need to do more body studies maybe finally make a ref for Cyrus

ehh

here’s like screenshots of it still in wip I guess

I decided against the exposed teeth as it look not good that far away

oh yeah procreate tracked over 10hrs

#body study #Like ngl I used my own stomach for reference as I did not want to be walked in on and have to explain why I had #like a google image search of stomachs #But I think it looks good #my character art #digital art #my art #body positive #I guess bc like it’s a heavily scared person with body hair and stretch marks #those are beautiful things to have btw #wanted to like strangle my search engine as when I was getting refs for body hair #it mostly came up with hair removal stuff rather then body hair #so I ended up just like again using my own body hair as reference #like is it really that horrible if the afab cyborg has body hair #like in universe when tf would age shave and whyyy #rambling over

[dastardlydumb]

I am still unsure how much of him is machine

#machine herald viktor #viktor #viktor lol #viktor the machine herald #machine herald #league of legends #dastardly drawings #anatomy study #? #cyborg

[pinksockmonkeypomerainian]

Victor Stone is the product of a father box. Violet Harper is the product of a mother box. They are the same, but different. They stand on different sides of an expansive divide and yet look over the same edge into an unknown equally mysterious to both. They are the first and only. Vessels of flesh resurrected against nature's very clock.

A duality to be explored at a later date.

#late night thoughts go bzzzz #violet harper #victor stone #halo #cyborg #young justice #the outsiders #young justice phantoms #potential character study for when I actually have the time

[notealotgoingon]

weekly spread | october 2-8

simple spread and trying out new arrangement of space

#mine #studyblr #notes #study #aesthetic #bujoweeklyspread #weekly schedule #bujo #cyborg 009 #bullet journal