About Me

   Hi, I'm Caleb

I'm an artist and nerd with an unhealthy obsession with robots and robot combat.

Growing up, I was a huge fan of BBC's Robot Wars (and to a lesser extent, Battlebots).  Believing I would have a career in engineering and be able to build my own combat robots, I spent a lot of my free time drawing and designing my own robots, developing skills that I thought would be applied to engineering.

I actually got quite far in my engineering journey, even starting a degree at University, before taking a sharp turn in my career path. I slowly realised my interest in engineering was only driven by wanting to actually be on Robot Wars, which had briefly returned to our screens at the time, and not to in any way to improve the world through engineering or construction. My mental health was also taking a nosedive from the stress of Uni (probably due to undiagnosed mental conditions, which I am only now beginning to understand). I was forced to quit university and took some time to figure things out.

It was at this time that I turned back to drawing, and through starting an Instagram account for my art, I was able to have the opportunity to illustrate the Battlebots alphabet book "B is for Battlebots", written by Andrea Gellatly from team Witch Doctor a long-time competitor on the show.

 

This gave me the confidence to pursue art and illustration further, focusing heavily on Battlebots and Robot Wars. I started taking commissions through social media, and I even illustrated a tabletop card game called M.A.D. Bots, created by Mark Schlipper, which is available here:

https://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/m.a.d.bots 

or here:

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/356868/mad-bots

But now it's time to branch out and try to new things, with no Battlebots or Robot Wars on TV for the foreseeable I have create this website to sell art that isn't just Robot Wars but includes a variety of art and illustrations. But still mostly robots. I'm trying my best. honest.

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