Tina. She is young, she's
a little crazy, and she has the control. She is
the founder of a group like the people who release
the garden dwarves, but she prefers the giant steam
robots! Wake up people! It's time to change the
rules!
A superbly wrought image like Wake
Up Baby!! deserves a special place on CGNetworks.
Leigh Van Der Byl interviewed the master of this
painting, Jose Oli, to find out more about it and
try to understand why it's captured the imagination
of so many CGTalkers!
Tell us the story
of Tina and image itself. Why did you choose to
depict this?
The Origin of “Wake
Up, Baby!!“
At daybreak, I go for a walk with my
dog, Loky. We used to pass by an industrial zone with
old, large industrial factories. Out of dirty and broken
windows I would see flashes of light from electric
welding. Those strange lightings create weird, distorted
shadows which woke my imagination. I used to wonder
myself: What kinds of thing are being constructed
into those factories? The answer was obvious:
GIANT ROBOTS! In that realization were the seeds of
this image. I planned to draw an illustration with
a giant robot coming out or breaking an old industrial
assembly factory, but something more was needed – a
story, a look... Then the idea of the robbery of this
giant robot surfaced in me, and consequently a story...
This is the story of Tina and her subversive organization:
WAKE UP BABY!!
Tina's story
Tina is very much a crazy girl, with
a deep knowledge of programming and electronics – not
to mention a real fan of “2001: A Space Odyssey” (or
more concretely, of Hal). She lives trapped in a little
industrial town in an realistic world (sourced from
my imagination). In this alternative reality, giant
steam robots are constructed. These mechanical giants
are used for working on large construction projects
and doing heavy tasks. Certainly, they don't have their
own autonomy and are directed by means of a remote
control. They don't have an artificial intelligence
either. Or do they? Well, not everybody is convinced.
Tina believes it's her obligation to release these
marvelous creatures from their oppressors, as machines
are the most faithful companion of this ‘outlaw
hacker girl’. She is the founder of the organization
for the freedom of the working robots, called Wake
Up Baby, composed of just a small number of people.
She also makes of her own remote controls, with which
she releases their ‘friends’. In Tina's
world, giant robots can be found nowadays, abandoned
on their favorite places, the cliffs (according to
them), covered by moss, rust and lichens, and looking
beyond the sea through their big beacon-eye. |
