when I painted VALKYRIE I went through a few ideas for the monster in the picture

well, I went through three and then combined what i liked in each one, mostly.

The leftmost one is number 1 (“Gonnecrab”), as in I came up with it first. It was weird enough but it lacked the size and presence I wanted.

Number 2 (“Fullmetal Aardvark”, second from left) was ALMOST the one I went with.

Number 3 (“Battlechess Daniel”, second from right) was sort of an afterthought after making 1 and 2. I wanted to make something that wasn’t too much like the first two.

The rightmost one, Number 4 (“Fullmetal Aardvark Mk II”), was the result of mixing number 2 with elements of 1 and 3.

It’s also the first time I ever made a robotic design that wasn’t ambiguously insectlike or too partially organic. IT actually lOOks like a goddamn robot, that is.