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#mechatober #mechatober2026 12. Beast If war is hell then this mech is its lord. Half drake and half horned giant, it is a demonic dracotaur that brings relentless lethality and domination to any arena.

A red dracotaur mech with back horns and a long, curled tail.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 5h

#MathArt Inspired by John Edmark's Dahlias inside Atlantis The Royal Hotel in Dubai, UAE.

Opposing logarithmic spirals with shading framed in a circle. Created using Excel and Krita.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 5h

Robopocalypse was a good read! Nope. I'm afraid I'm the unpublished nobody with several unfinished novels and something I call my "idea mine" with 300+ detailed story concepts. Most of my time seems to be spent on math art and scifi/fantasy drawing.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

#mechatober #mechatober2026 11. Archaic Inspired by the mythology of Medusa, this mechadusa is a tentacled nightmare who freezes enemies with fear. Once painted blue from claw to toe, her killing edges have been polished golden by abundant use.

A blue mechanical woman with five gold clawed tentacles. The claws can be retracted into rectangular safety positions. There is also a golden horn protruding from the head of the mech.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#mechatober #mechatober2026 9. Menace The mild hum of servo-motors is uncharacteristically absent in this mech, giving it the stealth to sneak up on enemy combatants when it isn't just blasting away with its plasma cannons. It is death incarnate, a reaper cast in merciless metal, a menace in war.

A bug like humanoid mech with four arms, two of which are plasma cannons.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#mechatober #mechatober2026 8. Exemplar Sacred geometry in the design and positioning of a mech. Coordinates for the vertices of an icosahedron are indicated.

A four-armed mech holding a geometric sword and shield in a sitting position. Overlay of an icosahedron wireframe with coordinates for the vertices.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#mechatober #mechatober2026 7. Protest A private corporate mech designed to quell public unrest is equipped with a shield and baton made out of optical enhancing ceramic. This same ceramic is used on some ships and planes for safer navigation, but now it also serves to better target civilians.

A hulking mech holds a shield and baton. There is a blue glow on the mech. The shield and baton are transparent and alter the color of objects behind them.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#mechatober #mechatober2026 6. Vertical A holographic billboard mech promoting the android nutrient drink: Pynk-Pop-Power.

A two-legged walking billboard with hexagons on a vertical panel and pink holographic words and bubbles.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Line art. I imagined this mech being assigned to dangerous, deep and remote places and having to keep itself company with whispers and humming. Then it becomes infamous or endearing for random singing or carrying on intriguing conversations over the work radio. #art #ConceptArt #mech #oc #scifi

A mech with three faces, four arms, and a humanoid body.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#mechatober #mechatober2026 5. Abyssal This eerie multi-brained mech has three independent android faces originally intended to be a comfort to the lost & isolated during search & rescue deployment. Its skills included conversation & singing. Primary uses are for mining and deep sea welding.

A mech with three faces, four arms and an orange colored humanoid body. Mechanical pencil sketches scanned then done over with the Bezier curve tool in Krita along with coloring and shading.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#mechatober #mechatober2026 4. Servant An old butler mech with three right hands and curled feet presents a standard 3x3 Rubik's Cube served scrambled.

A blue-gray humanoid robot with four arms. Its bow tie and characteristically held serving towel indicate it is a butler. It has thick white eyebrows and a mustache. It is holding a plate with a Rubik's Cube on it. Mechanical pencil sketches scanned and done over with the Bezier curve tool in Krita along with coloring and shading.

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Tim Chartier @timchartier.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Taught the flower to bloom. 🌸 Think of it as a time-lapse: half the day it spins left, half the day it spins right, and in between it rests. Tomorrow it starts all over again. #generativeart #mathart #creativecoding

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#mechatober #mechatober2026 3. Twins Part swapping is a popular activity for androids. But when a order mix-up delivers the wrong product to twin sisters they decide to try them out. They discover the manufacturer makes compatible components between military and civilian customers.

Two androids with the upper bodies of women, and the lower bodies of sleek military-grade combat robots. Mechanical pencil sketches scanned then done over with the Bezier curve tool in Krita along with coloring and shading.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Tangential circles placed within an 8,10 lattice based on logarithmic spirals. Plotted in Excel and colored in Krita. #MathArt

Math art showing tangent circles in a spiraling vortex configuration. Colored black, white, gray, and red. Graphed in Excel and colored in Krita.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I think it has something to do with how the rose curve length can be evenly divided by settings. When creating a rose curve I'm adding the coordinates of two circles with different degree increments. Above case used -1 & 5. If I use 4 & 5 the process will work for a pentagon and for 5 & 4 a square.

Pentagon on a rose curve. Settings used were 4 & 5 for degree increments. Made in Excel.

Square on a rose curve. Settings used were 5 & 4 for degree increments. Made in Excel.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

*not ink on paper, scanned mechanical pencil sketches done over with the Bezier curve tool in Krita.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A rose curve moving through the vertices of a pentagon. #MathArt

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#mechatober #mechatober2026 2. Rain With the idea of rain I immediately thought of The Matrix. The machines have an almost mech quality to them with (albeit unwilling) human occupants in large robots.

A gray and red robot with two legs and two tentacles.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A rotating pentagon with vertices aligned with the plot of a rose curve. #MathArt

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I think dark gray is my favorite. But I also tried purple coloring. #art #DigitalArt #fantasy #InkDrawing #scifi

A portal wizard mech. Art colored green and purple.

The mech has a humanoid body with a crystal eye and a witch hat, but the lower part is a cylinder connected to a portal. The portal is green with a tentacle emerging from it. The mech is also holding a book on techno-magic.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Line art. Powered by magic and technology. The head is the cockpit for a pilot but it can also operate autonomously. I imagined this mech being used to travel to a location and then deliver cargo and personnel via the portal. Occasionally the portal malfunctions and opens to a planet of monsters.

Line art of a mechanical being with the upper half body of a humanoid wearing a witch hat and holding a book and the lower half of a circular portal with an emerging tentacle. Ink and digital.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#mechatober2026 #mechatober 1. Sealed More like unsealed. Pilot asleep. A portal wizard mech consults a techno-mystic manual when its gate malfunctions. Meanwhile something with tentacles threatens to emerge. Will the mech be able to close the portal in time and save itself, or is its fate sealed?

A scene with a green portal and emerging tentacle, and a dark gray robot wearing a witch hat and holding a magic book. The lower half of the robot body is a cylinder connected to the portal. Ink on paper and Krita coloring.

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Daniel Wilson @helsig.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I started very late in September and didn't follow the list. But I've managed to create at least 30 ships for #shiptember. And I'm absolutely loving how these isometric designs have been turning out! Right now it takes me about a day to crank out a sheet like this. So much fun!

Isometric ships drawn in ink then scanned, assembled, edited and colored in Krita. Colored shades of blue, orange, green, brown and purple. White background.

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Tim Chartier @timchartier.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Everyone here is chasing someone. Nobody ever catches up. A curve of pursuit: each corner of a shape steps toward its neighbor. 60 little chases in 12 petals, and the glow is just where the lines pile up. inspired by @helsig.bsky.social's posts #generativeart #mathart #creativecoding

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