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My name is Matt Dixon. I’m an illustrator working in the games industry. I also like to paint pictures of robots, a series of images I call ‘Transmissions’. Do you remember my previous post on Bored Panda?

I’m often asked about the meaning behind the paintings, but I don’t have an answer. The world of the robots is slowly being revealed one image at a time and any meaning is as mysterious to me as to anyone else. I love to learn what meaning if any, the viewers find in the images. Please let me know what you think.

I’ve been producing this work for more than a decade. The images have so far been collected into four books with a fifth volume, Transmissions 5, currently funding on Kickstarter.

More info: mattdixon.co.uk | bit.ly | Instagram

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Table For Four

Table For Four

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SupriyaG
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He sure has good friends :)

Radoslava Petrakieva
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's Plank from Ed, Edd and Eddy!! Love it!

M. Mole
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I especially like the plank (that I shall name Frank) with a smile! :)

Panda Bae
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6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Plank! (for Ed, Edd, and Eddy)

Urszula
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6 years ago

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    Gorton’s Christmas Wish

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    #3

    Blue

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    ADHORTATOR
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    your battery is low, comme over here, I have a power point for you

    Luna Lovegood
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can I take him home and love him? He looks like he needs love.

    Susann Campbell
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll come to you, don't move it will drain you. I will help you get recharged.

    Reilly Beryll
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m blue, daba dee daba dah, adaba dee daba die

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    #5

    Hideaway

    Hideaway

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    debrina blackmoon
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    killthegay is a moronic a*****e -pathetic waste of cells

    Kadin Thompson
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is he trying to be Harry Potter or something

    Ashley Webson
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one reminds me of little nightmares now XD

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    #6

    Lamentations

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    #7

    Empathy

    Empathy

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    Lisa Hall
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Adorable as he becomes the same as the wall - showing true empathy. <3

    #8

    The Rainy Season

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    Kadin Thompson
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this is on the trash island off of california

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    #9

    Charging

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    i_ship_it
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the fact that there's an outlet in the tree makes me kind of sad.

    Luna Lovegood
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes but it also makes the robot look in sync with nature. Like he is a natural object instead of manmade.

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    Pretty Pangolin
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These could so easily be creepy, but they're not.

    Bruno Simonin
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love this picture, each time I feel tired or sad, there is nothing like mother nature to recharge your batteries

    Kadin Thompson
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ladies and gentlemen... A current bush

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    #10

    Memories

    Memories

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    Kadin Thompson
    Community Member
    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is what automation does to us

    Brian Leahy
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No doubt a relative of Tom Servo

    Aria FAFAT
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this reminds me of Inside Out

    NanZ
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A penny for your thoughts? And I am losing my mind piece by piece!

    #11

    The Red Balloon

    The Red Balloon

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    Daria B
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Denk an dich und lass ihn fliegen... ♬♪

    debrina blackmoon
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "99 Red Balloons" by Nena! :) i'm so freakin' old -lol

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    Santiago Almeida Guerra
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love your Illustrations, I hope you like this video https://youtu.be/k_DQb-r2U1c

    #12

    Tea Break

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    Laura Zaini
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    :( I know it's a drawing but this nearly makes me cry. I want to have a coffee with him

    Kadin Thompson
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is England in 100 years. Also, this would fry him.

    Alexander Nord
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looked sad, maybe he doesnt have coffee=(-

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    #13

    Trusty Steed

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    Nielen Marais Berg
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Probably cause against conventional wisdom the fuckn unworthy, idiotic 1/3 are the angels: preying on unicorns whom are 100% human makes you think you are exalted! You look like a poes and your name makes you look even more pathetic! Being invisible and superfast doesn't ensure you're super-safe! What it does is show how p0es fuckn stoopid you are! You are one of those whom I'll wait in with a harpoon, 2 bottles of Captain and a bag of weed and crystal. Somewhere you have to land and show yourself! You, like a scroll of all enlightened dumbf*ck angels unbeknowst, will find out how your p0es useless you actually are vs human, devil, time and naturally, the Allmighty! Stop saying things you will regret, I swear this in God's name! N!

    ChiveChilly
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Adorable, mystical, mysterious... This should be way higher!

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    #14

    Strange Cousins

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    Anubis
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me trying to understand my little sister.

    Lisa Hall
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    These are just adorable. I hope you sell prints.

    Kadin Thompson
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    they aren't cousins, they are "Transistors" :)

    #15

    Room With A View

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    Sue Prewitt
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ohhh, the saddest, in post full of sad. :(

    Anime nerd
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My heart hurts come here little robot I’ll help u feel good we can watch Voltron and be happy

    Clay Esq
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's inspirational. It's in a bleak lonely place, but it still makes the effort to put something cheery up Which may be just what it needs to keep going. So keep hunting for the blue skies little robot. keep hunting.

    Kadin Thompson
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when the kidnapper hasn't fed you in like three days.

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    #16

    A Safe Place

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    JustaCatBoy
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is the robot part cat or something?

    Alexander Nord
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Clank tries to calculate the life of a cat by acting as a cat, he is cat, his life is cat, he eats cat things, and uses cat toys

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    Sorrow

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    M. Mole
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kind of makes me think of Oppy (Mars Rover) - out there, alone.

    Kadin Thompson
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A better title would be "Suicidal Thoughts".

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    Cold Snap

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    Lisa Hall
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I swear I can see the surprise on this little robot as he gets pelted by snowballs!

    Alexander Nord
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Blrp! INCOMING SNOWBALL*in very tech voice

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    #20

    Soliloquy

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    Kadin Thompson
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "And the winning trophy goes to.... Squidward Tortellini

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