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Poor Suns fan.
Just wanted to share...The first drawing of the Duncan robot that I ever found I put at the bottom. This illustration is much more detailed. It must have been fun to do.
http://www.joelkimmel.com/2008_07_01...32530470906412
NBA Friday: Tim Duncan
Joel Kimmel
Welcome back to NBA Friday! For those of you visiting for the first time, this is my weekly illustration of an NBA player. I started this project back in the first week of the NBA season, painting one player from one team every week for 30 weeks (check the Portraiture page for my previous player portraits).
This is Tim Duncan, also affectionately referred to as the Tim Duncan Robot. A stoic man of rare outbursts of expression, a game as fundamental as James Naismith intended and athleticism and basketball mechanics resembling that of a robot; behold the half man, half robot known as Tim Duncan.
I had a lot of fun designing Duncan as a robot, getting those mechanical shoulders just the right width and trying to imagine how all the parts would move and work. I wanted to try to design the robot Duncan to be built like he moves on the court. I gave him a simple swivel waist, long arms perfect for bank shots and I used a cold, simple metal with a flat finish to reduce flashy play and encourage a polished game.
The spurs were added to his adidas metal feet for balance and as small wind generators (in addition to fending off approaching opponents. Retractable spurs are also located in the elbows).
Tim Duncan is a 6'11" forward/center for the San Antonio Spurs. He has repeatedly beaten my Phoenix Suns in the Playoffs and has won 4 championships. That is all I want to say about the man, or the robot.
We are down to the last two teams for NBA Friday. The two teams who faced off in the Finals, the Lakers and Celtics are coming up in the next two weeks. Next week belongs to the Lakers, so check back next Friday!
You can see this piece larger on the Portraiture page, as well as on SLAMonline in the Links by Lang Whitaker. You can also buy a Limited Edition Print of this piece in my shop.
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The Duncan Robot:
Poor Suns fan.
Nice wingspan on the robot.
Very cool. Thanks for sharing Duncan228
Glad you liked it.
Haha seen this before and took it as an insult for some reason cause he looks like the tin man.
How does this remind you of a Tinman? I think its one of the coolest things I've seen duncan-related.
I love that Duncan-bot has spurs permanently attached!
How does this remind you of a Tinman? I think its one of the coolest things I've seen duncan-related.
Tinman.
228 those pics weren't any bigger on the "Portraiture" page, just same size as the ones you posted unless I'm mistaken
The "Portraiture" page is the same size, the Slamonline link has a bigger one.
http://slamonline.com/online/2008/07/links-later-sam/
Oh I could hardly tell for a second, sorry.
The robot is cool but the drawing of Duncan's face is a little weird.
wtf... that does not look anything like Baron Davis
Now this is hot, whoever did the drawings did their thing on them.
Cool. Thanks for sharing.
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