Slowly working on a Transformers piece for this year's Otakon. Thought y'all might like to see the thought progress so far.
Note: I've been drawing mechs long enough to be able to skip through skeleton phase and go straight to form building, don't try and follow my bad example if you're still trying to learn.
The idea for the picture is a set piece showing the rivalry between Optimus Prime and Megatron. The foreground has Optimus Prime standing over a beaten Starscream with a laughing Megatron in the background.
Tools: Opencanas 2.04 and a Wacom Graphire tablet
Stage 1: First idea layout
Prime looking straight forward by his perspective ruins the tension in the piece, so a redo was in order. The legs were also a bit off, but the priority was getting the tension right at this point. At this point, the piece is pretty much Gen 1 inspired.
Stage 2: Second try
Went for a comic book cover idea. Was funny, but ultimately horribly cheesy. Legs still off.
Stage 3: Third try
Prime looking over his shoulder provides the desired tension as it makes it look like Prime is getting ready for the next fight.
Stage 4: Fourth pass
Finally I started to fix the legs. I also started to start deviating from Gen 1 and went for a Hybrid Gen 1 fused with ideas from the recent movie. At this point, the fact that Hybrid Prime stuck out like a sore thumb compared to Gen 1 Megs and Starscream, so...
Stage 5: Fifth pass
Megs and Starscream get a quick hybrid work over. Still zoning in on certain details.
This piece is by no means finished, will update as I find time to work on this.
Transformers poster *IT'S DONE*
Transformers poster *IT'S DONE*
Last edited by V2Buster on Thu Aug 14, 2008 10:44 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Whoa! That is coming out beautifully. Obviously, it's not finished and work still needs to be done, but I can't imagine how that will look when completed. Good work, so far!V2Buster wrote:omg, an update
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Even uncompleted, that still looks pretty slick!
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Finished the flat colorings and handed it off to my studio mate Cass to finish off with the detailing. Surely, the man is a magician without peer.
http://tanqexe.deviantart.com/art/Optim ... t-94629087
http://tanqexe.deviantart.com/art/Optim ... t-94629087