2010: Assorted Transformers Animated work

One more entry that's Transformers related. This is another case where I adapted pre-existing characters into the style of the Transformers Animated series, which was very stylized and cartoony. I also worked with others to make sure these character updates would actually fit in both the style and setting.

Rotorstorm reference.

 

Lineart for the Rotorstorm character.

Final color art for Rotorstorm. 

 Reference for the Xaaron character.

Initial Xaaron sketches. Wanted to make him look like an old warhawk, reflecting how he was characterized in the comics he originates from, but I ended up deviating from it in a pretty big way.

Final Xaaron colors.

Character designs I never got around to doing more with.

 The combiner Devastator in Animated style, using the three pre-existing Constructicons from the show. Since I had only three to work with instead of 6, I went with a symmetrical combination where the two big members would each form half the body, while the smaller member formed the head.

Project Combaticons (2009).

Here is something I did way back in 2009, when I was still a fan of the liveaction Transformers movies. I wanted to adapt their style and apply it too pre-existing characters. In this case the Combaticons, a group of commandos that combined to form Bruticus. I did not want to do just the main five, though, and instead made a full team that also incorporated characters from other series that I felt would fit in with them. They were joined by several new characters I thought up in co-operation with a friend of mine who goes by the handle of GreyKnight, when I felt I needed more members but did not know who I could go with. Never finished this project (half the team is still missing), but I am still to this day happy with the pieces I did get to do, especially their combined form.

Of all of my older work, this might be the one I am still the most proud of. It required a lot of time and effort and I still feel like it all paid off. After this project I did several other Transformers pieces, but none that were on this scope of ambition or even half as good. In a way it was a good finale for the time of my life when all I would  draw was robots. It was after this period that I went through some downtime, doing very little art wise, before the HKU helped me rediscover my motivation and start a new period where I would start to diversify and learn new techniques.