I woke up the other morning after recent issues with my current laptop thinking that I should create a creature from my laptop's design and inherent issues. Not all of them are depicted here, such as any hardware issues or memory blue-screens, but the most outward distinctions are included. For instance:

The pharyngeal jaws (the black insectoid-looking apparatuses out of the mouth) are indicative of the CD/DVD drive having a habit of opening randomly and refusing to close;

The electric tape on the tail is indicative of the laptop's power cord and the jerry-rigging needed there;

The magenta light on the flank shows that the laptop is charging (again in reference to the power cord issue);

The overall pose indicates fatigue, and thus the fatigue of the laptop (it is over 6 years old now);

The cooling pad sitting on the back is to keep it cool - without it, blue screens are imminent.

The rest of the stuff is normal laptop fare - the ribbed openings display fans, there are USB ports on the tail, and the blue ring on the head is the light around the power button. Also, there is a little external hard drive attached in the tail cords. ;p The blue lights are of course part of the original laptop as well. : )

I imagine the novel's worth of explanation kills the mystique of the image, but I thought people might like to know about the meanings behind all the fiddly bits.

I have to say that I don't think I'll find a prettier laptop, my sweet little Gateway ^^. Even though you haven't kicked the bucket yet, you sure need a lot of tender care.


Photoshop CS4, ~8-12 hours?

Art by S. Dziezyk/LeccathuFurvicael 2011. Do not redistribute, copy, alter, etc., any portion of this image without personal permission from me, the artist.