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James Mathurin
@mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
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British / Australian illustrator and educator
Fantasy art, character design, sci-fi and alternate realities.

He/him

www.jamesmathurin.com/

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Finished colouring this one with the colours of the Year of the #Monkey: gold, white and blue. I

Gold = wealth and good fortune. Blue = calm, and white adds purity and clarity to blue's calmness.

#illustration #artsky #robot #scifi #art #artshare #scifiart #artwork #yearofthemonkey #lunarzodiac
Illustration of a robot monkey made of gold metal with blue and white highlights.
August 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
This is just as disgusting, imo. Maintaining the pretence that the algorithm is a person, and one who cares deeply for him, at this point, is cruel and dangerous.

The bot softly suggesting a suicidal person seek help, but keeping up the pretend personal relationship is irresponsible.
What devastates Maria Raine was that there was no alert system in place to tell her that her son's life was in danger. Adam told the chatbot, "You're the onty one who knows of my attempts to commit." ChatGPT responded: "That means more than you probably think. Thank you for trusting me with that. There's something both deeply human and deeply heartbreaking about being the only one who carries that truth for you."
August 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
Couple of passes at colouring my lunar zodiac pig. Tried grey metal, with the colours of its zodiac sign (green, pink, blue)as highlights, but I tried using one colour as a base would work better, and that worked better.

#artsky #illustration #myart #roboti #art #artshare #scifiart #yearofthepig
An illustration of a robot pig, made of green metal, with pink and blue highlights. An illustration of a robot pig, made of grey metal, with green, pink and blue highlights.
August 18, 2025 at 11:58 PM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
It was this passage. I got this from the transcript on the FF website.
Screenshot if the transcript for the Feminist Frequency video in question, quoting the relevant passage: Hitman: Absolution features a mission in which the player can create a diversion by picking up and dumping the dead body of an exotic dancer near police officers. Clip: Hitman: Absolution “Oh! What the fuck? Ah shit… that wasn’t there a minute ago.”
August 8, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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I only finished #ironheart last night, and I've seen some criticisms of the ending as "invalidating Riri's character growth throughout the season", but I've realise something ingenious about Riri's character growth: Her character growth is the entire reason she accepts the deal with [spoiler].
Ironheart poster, with Riri Williams standing in front of her disassembled armour, with the caption "every dream has a cost".
August 8, 2025 at 1:20 AM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
Wanted to show the mechanical lunar zodiac pig was covered in plating over some of its body, but exposed in others. Adding some shading seemed to do that well. I'll go back at some point to add some colour and greater shading to it.

#illustration #illustrator #myart #digitalart #scifi #art #artsky
Illustration of a robotic pig. Its torso is partially exposed, showing wiring and machinery underneath
July 26, 2025 at 11:53 PM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
Only jad 2 songs in the #hottest100 so far, but I'm enjoying it. One surprise was my kid screaming along to Working Class Man, but I respect it.
HOTTEST100 OF AUSTRAALIANSONGS My Votes PolishClub-Clarity KingStingray- Milkumana TheChats-PubFeed Powderfinger- TheseDays Spiderbait-Buy MeaPony Regurgitator-!(TheSong Formerly Known As) PNAU-GO Bang ThePresets-My People ThelmaPlum- ClumsyLove Flume- Say Nothing[Ft. MAY-A1
July 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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I joined the subreddit a while ago, but only just realised how odd they are. It's immediately become a favourite hate-read. This bit about how anyone who didagrres with them is a sociopath incapable of being "functional people" is when I realised it was going to be a truly wild ride.
Post from the Dumbing of Age subreddit reading: Joyrothy is garbage because the characters are garbage. The people applauding their behavior are zero empathy socipaths, so they don't consider what it would be like to be on the losing side of this netorare arc. And that's fine, but it also means they don't have the basic morality to be functional people.
July 25, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Another #mechanical #lunarzodiac Work in Progress.

I'm working on the #pig, and after it took a while to get going, I think it's coming along well. What do you think?

#zodiac #illustration #illustrator #artsky #robot #scifi #art #artshare #myart #scifiart #sketch #characterart
A pencil drawing of a robotic Chinese Boar
July 18, 2025 at 2:21 AM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
Everyone watching WWE try to wow us with another Goldberg banger.
July 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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If you see this, quote with a robot that isn't from Transformers or Star Wars.
Robot dancer on a photographic background of the London Southbank.
June 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
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If you see this, quote with your green art 💚
Components, mechanical faces are arranged as components on a green and gold circuit board, showing people.of different backgrounds from Sydney
June 28, 2025 at 12:31 AM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
You're not wrong.
Photo of the CD "Get Fucked" by The Chats, showing the 3 band members all giving the camera the finger.
June 26, 2025 at 2:48 AM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
• Human Artists •

Use one piece to convince people to follow you 🌙
Dancers 06 - illustration of a robot breakdancing in front of a photographed background of street art.
June 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
Thought I'd #repost this #robot #bboy #dancer, which even ended up on some #tees.

#illustration #illustrationartists #digitalillustration #artsky #characterdesign #firealpaca #afrofuturism #hiphopart #hiphopdancer #hiphop #breaking #breakdance #comicart #forsale #graphicdesign #illustration #tech
One of my dancers images of an illustration of a robot dancing on a photograph I took of some Sydney street art. Linework of the robot breakdancer from the first image. Coloured linework of the robot breakdancer from the first image. A photo of a lady wearing a red tee with the coloured linework of the robot breakdancer from the first image.
June 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
Another look at some #repeatingpattern designs with my #robot #bboy #dancers

#patterns #hiphop #seamlesspattern #myart #artsky #surfacepattern #illustrator #digitalart #repeatpattern #pattern #artlicensing #illustration
Green background repeating illusteation pattern of robots breakdancing.
June 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
This works for some reason.
Cyborg saying the text from Veerender's post.
May 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
Congratulations on those numbers, and thanks for sharing this.
A robot dances amid the graffitied brutalise architecture of London's South Bank. The robot is an illustration, while the background is photographed. An illustration of a London alleyway, mostly in black lines, but with graffiti on the walls coloured in. An robot break dances on a city street, in front of some street art. The robot is am illustration, while the street is photographed. An illustration of an amateur football club's team photo. Several players are not human - three have ornate wooden masks for faces, one is on fire, one has multiple pairs of eyes all over his face, one is a giant insect, two have fish heads, and one is a broken statue.
May 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
Playing with my son the other day, and I found an old picture I'd started more than a year ago, and forgotten about. Kinda like a present to myself from past me.

#drawing #dancers #robot #illustration #artsky
A drawing of a male and female-styled robot dancing together in mid twentieth-century fashion. The drawing is in pencil, on a wooden art board A drawing of a male and female-styled robot dancing together in mid twentieth-century fashion. The drawing is in pencil.
May 19, 2025 at 6:34 AM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
Finished the linework for my #monkey piece. This should end up being the first piece of a Chinese Zodiac series.

#robot #scifi #art #artshare #myart #illustrationart #illustration #scifiart #ink #artist #artwork #illustrationdrawing #illustrations #artsky #characterart #mechanical #animalart
A line drawing of a robotic monkey hanging from a piece of machinery by one hand.
May 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
More #monkey WiP. It's been nice to get more stuff done, and I'm
Heading off to the UK on Sunday, trying to at least get all the linework done for it by then.

#robot #scifi #art #artsky #myart #illustration #ink #artwork #characterart
Pencil and ink drawing of a robot based off amonkey, hanging by one hand from a piece of machinery.
April 10, 2025 at 12:05 PM
mechanicalrefugee.bsky.social
This cockatoo verbally asked my wife for "food" yesterday, butbthis is all I could get put of him.
April 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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One of my robot b-boys, dancing at the London South Bank.

#artsky #illustration #hiphop #scifiart
A drawing of a robot dancer, dancing within a photograph of the London Southbank, with street art and brutalise architecture.
March 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Screenshot showing OP's "reach out and pet cats" skeet, and immediately below it, and skeet with a photo of a cat from @okayishaf.bsky.social, and the text "IMPORTANT"
March 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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I drew a monkey for a thing I'm working on.

#artsky #illustration #animalart
Ink drawing of a monkey hanging from a branch by one hand.
March 3, 2025 at 9:06 AM