After watching an episode of Battle Bots for the first time, I got inspired to create some fun fighting robot designs of my own! Since the robots on the show often had funny names, I decided to design robots based on pun names. For this one, I chose Dog Pound.
I sketched out a design for the robot, leaning heavily on the dog theme. I though of a dog walker with two wild dogs on a “leash” attached to his back. He’d shoot tennis balls at the opponent, prompting the dogs (named Chomps and Biscuit respectively) to attack. I gave him two ear-like points on his head as well.
Inks
I chose colors that would make both Dog Pound and the dogs stand out just enough from each other.
Then I did some simple shading and added a colorful background!
Here are some extra sketches I did as well to get used to the character.
Dog Pound’s detachable kennel with the robo dogs sealed safely inside.
Chomp and Dog Pound glaring at their opponent.
Thank you for reading!