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@nickobec "new" and that it's been around for years. Ah the mainstream media!

@bbittner Oh, snap--good image, man! And yeah, you said it. They mean small (regulating) government but they mean BIG gov in every other way

@bbittner tweeted me this chart illustrating the Republicans love of small gov (or not) (ping.fm/aLFpk)

This is my second entry into Mimoco's Vimobot design contest (check out my other here: toys.thepete.com/toysthepetecom-end-life-crisis). The only part of this guy that I'm not happy with was that I didn't just do the kanji on his face in Sharpie. I cheated by printing it out and then glue-sticking it to his face. Sad. "Chyuu" means loyalty in Japanese. Since the eventual goal was to have these designs turned into thumb drives, what better adjective to describe a thumb drive?



Chyuu-san was done with my standard weapon of choice, the Sharpie. I used a small screwdriver to hold him steady (you can see the metal rod part of the screwdriver in some of the shots).



I still like the idea of replacing faces with kanji, so I may reuse this element some time in another piece. Either way, I'm generally happy with the way this came out (despite it not winning the damn Mimoco contest). I do plan on doing the kanji-face with a Sharpie at some point--I was just on a deadline. :)



Check out the full Flickrset, including progress shots and an early sketch, here:

flickr.com/photos/thepete/sets/72157601666770824/