Nick Roche
@NickRoche
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Co-creator of SCARENTHOOD (OUT NOW!) with @ChrisOHalloran. Bot designer on TRANSFORMERS: EARTHSPARK for @NickAnimation. Superhero artist for MARVEL. "Cheeky."
Joined February 2009
TO-DO LIST: Drop kids at preschool/ Grab coffee with other parents/ Go ghost-hunting in woods/ Fight demonic entity/ Collect kids/ Naptime. Pre-order SCARENTHOOD, coming this October from @IDWPublishing, by me, @ChrisOHalloran & @robutoid. And check that @declanshalvey cover!
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And just cos #OptimusPrime seems to be trending for some shitheaddery-based reasons, here's the real deal, by the righteous James Roberts, Alex Milne and Joana Lafuente.
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Betcha didn't see this coming. @jcburcham makes magic once again. Check out his astonishing colours on my #Transformers #Earthspark 'Good Guys' and 'Bad Guys' pieces. He's just incredible. Never misses. And you can buy these as prints this weekend at. @tfnationltd!
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Transformers: The Suge Knight.
Death Row Records has been bought by Hasbro Toy Company ⬇️.
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Just in case I allowed anyone forget for ONE SECOND that I'm a Bot Designer on @Nickelodeon's #Transformers #Earthspark, here are some expressions from our version of Bumblebee (yellow robot car guy). I love my job.
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If YOU'RE a mass murderer and are feeling a bit "I'M SOWWEE" about it, why not quell your guilt by kissing a little policeman with a moustache on his face today. All better. Megatron/Minimus Ambus MiniMegs commission from @tfnationltd!
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I wish I had the mental bandwidth right now to properly mark the passing of IDW's #Transformers. The threads you guys are putting together are wonderful. To the editors, fellow creators and readers: Thank you. Together, all of us, we achieived something.
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Lot of wet-eyed middle-aged people wandering the timeline after watching this. This will fill you up for the day. (THAT handshake with THOSE characters got me).
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My first time drawing the lads from #TransformersOne! . Blank cover commish from last week's @tfnationltd!
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Hope ya like robots for Christmas!. Want some a' THESE?. See my reply!
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The first batch of @NickAnimation's #Transformers #EARTHSPARK SEASON 2 eps have dropped on @paramountplus! . I'm one of the Bot character designers on the show, and am so proud of the entire team. So, to whet your appetite, here's some head turns of Earthspark PROWL!
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Finally. I can show you something naughty. #EarthSpark
Earth's greatest protectors are back with some new friends! 💙 New episodes of Transformers: #EarthSpark roll out March 3rd on #ParamountPlus! 🤖
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I inksparked my Earthspark!. All your friends together. Now they just need some baddies. And burgers. #TransformersEarthspark
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Welcome.
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Look what I'm bringing to @tfnationltd Mini-Con this weekend! £40 each, while stocks last!
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Just a simple watchmaker. It's WHIRL! Playing all my #Transformers Greatest Hits right now.
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The trailer for #Transformers #EarthSpark SEASON 3 is loose! So time to reacquaint you with the line-art head turns for our new star. Meet PROWL!.
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QRT with how you draw women🔥
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I guess I should come clean about my current character design gig, huh. @nickelodeon #TransformersEarthspark
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I got paid to write this.
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It's an exciting new time for TRANSFORMERS!.But let's not forget all the other talent that for years have created amazing stories and entire new Universes, keeping the All-Spark alive and thriving throughout different companies. The fan will never forget you.
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Oh, sorry. I thought you said you wanted see a painting of Hot Rod I did when I was seventeen.
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Rough colour sketch for a Rise Of The Beasts promo thingy that never got off the ground. S'all good! Endure my doodle. #RiseOfTheBeasts #Transformers
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This is SHARPCLAW, my 5 year old daughter's meticulously described fan character. She's an ex-Decepticon and former friend of Steeljaw who has been waiting ten years for them jerk Autobots to let her join. Also: Think my kid might end up a mechfurry.
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"War is over, if you want it. ". For DAY 22 of #ADVENTICONS, the old man is back: MEGATRON!
DAY 21 of #ADVENTICONS. Time and resources running short. I could only find ONE king, and he is NOT wise. HIM GRIMLOCK!
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WON'T BE LONG TIL THE SUMMER COMES.NOW THAT THE BOYS ARE HERE AGAIN. Springer and Rodimus!
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"YOU KNOW THE SONG (Remix)". Inked-up an old pencil riff on one of Skybound's instantly-iconic #TRANSFORMERS concepts.
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Caught up on reading some Skybound Transformers and got an itch. (Geoff Senior homage/inversion intentional)
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This has winded me. An edit on the Children's BBC @cbbc showing of Transformers Earthspark to remove the phrase 'non-binary'. The work that CBBC and Cbeebies do to show a better and more inclusive world can't be understated, and THAT'S why this stands out a mile. Just unkind.
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DAY 10 of #ADVENTICONS:. 🎵"It's Christmas TARN, there's no need* to be afraid. "🎶. *some need
15 years since we met this dork. For #ADVENTICONS DAY 9, this one is for those of us that are HUGE FANS of Christmas but need the stress like a hole in the head -- it's IRONFIST!
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Have YOU got better things to do tonight? . One of the top two best leaders of the Wreckers, it's Springer!. #Transformers
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IT'S CHRISTMAS. "SO WHAT?!". DAY 17 of #ADVENTICONS wishes you the messiest festive season: It's STARSCREAM!
DAY 16 of #ADVENTICONS. There's always some visitor who comes to eat you out of house and home, and I think I've identified who it is. Eine SHARKTICON!!!
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Have you had YOUR Breakdown today?. #Transformers #Earthspark convention commission of Bumblebee's pal!
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So I figured, they like when I do superheroes, they like when I do robots. why not both? #SpiderMan #RenewYourVows
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HE LOOKS LIKE ME DRAWING.
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The talent in this community is outrageous.
It is done, ROTB Unicron transformation animation!. This is my first ever transformation sequence I've animated so some parts aren't as how I'd want it :P. (Sorry for quality, my computer can only handle so much). #Transformers #RiseOfTheBeasts #Unicron #3d #Blender
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I need to share some of my @TFconTweets commissions from last week! First up, here's a batch of three Tarantulas and Prowl shiptastic sketches I pumped out. S'weird. No idea how you guys came up with this pairing.
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BANGBANGBANG AND BEAT THE DRUM. I don't want any guff from you about you missing the notice, I KNOW what you're like. Online print store open until midnight Hallowe'en UK time. Spooky bargains!.
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It's (checks script) #TransformersDay2024! And watching that GLORIOUS Anniversary vid from Studio Trigger the other day reminded me of when we (kinda) did our own version of 'ALL THE TOYS FROM ALL THE YEARS' in Last Bot Standing! Lines by me, colours by the amazecakes @rebnalty!
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I took on some rare, cover-sized commissions at the end of last year that I never got round to showing you guys. Here's a post-Wreckers pic that says. it all, really.
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We're burning down the house on our way out. The cover to LAST BOT STANDING #4, by me and @jcburcham. #1 still on sale now.
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My professional comic career is 18 years old today - old enough to be crippled by raging anxiety about the oncoming apocalypse and furious with its parents for fucking up any chance of survival it or the planet has. Handed in this sucker on this date in THE YEAR 2005.
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When you're hustling on a creator-owned book, sometimes you have to take on a couple of commissions to keep the lights on. I'm not taking on any more right now, but here's a recent fave: IDW RODIMUS: GENERATIONS!
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"She's so swishy in her satin and tat.In her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat.Oh God, I could do better than that!". You cream, I cream, we all cream for Starscream!
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RODIMUS HAS LEFT THE BUILDING. My last panel for my last Transformers book with IDW. Quite a thing.
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SUPAAAHHH!!!. FIYAHHHH!!!!. CONVOOOOOYYY!!!. (It's Super Fire Convoy.). (Or RID Optimus Prime for The Basic). #Transformers
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It's DAY 24 of #ADVENTICONS, and who else could it be? That special someone who arrived to so many on Christmas Day, and rose again after dying for all of us. The reason for the season, the big man in red: OPTIMUS PRIME!
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Lots of difference in the surface detail, but. I tried REALLY hard to keep the basic shapes from my IDW Comics Tarantulas design and bring them over to the #EarthSpark look. And I think you'll be pleasantly surprised when you get a closeup on his mush.
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IS THAT A LAST STAND OF THE WRECKERS SHIRT?!.
The first-ever #Transformers x RSVLTS Collection is more than meets the eye!. Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, and the rest of the robots in disguise have descended from Cybertron to bring you the coolest gear this side of the Alpha Centauri system.
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This Arcee made the biggest impact on my two-year-old last year. She still talks about "going on a plane on her Transformers holiday" and meeting the real Arcee who said hello to her. My little girl always mentions that she gave Arcee a little kiss on her helmet too. The best!.
Understand the situation, by signing up to TFN's free email newsletter! . #TFNation #Transformers #Arcee
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Transformers has never had action this cool.
Here is another section I storyboarded on the season 1 finale of #TransformersEarthspark. Most of this seq was storyboarded by the amazing @verororoni, but during revisions there was a rewrite so I had to storyboard a new ending to the fight. #Transformers #Earthspark
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DAY 18 of #ADVENTICONS. A very merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Let's hope it's a good ELITA ONE!
IT'S CHRISTMAS. "SO WHAT?!". DAY 17 of #ADVENTICONS wishes you the messiest festive season: It's STARSCREAM!
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A commission of my #Transformers #Earthspark Grimlock design!. I'll be opening my commission list for @TFNationltd soon, so start thinking about what you'd like!
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It's DAY 11 of #ADVENTICONS, and don't worry; a LOT of us can't deal with Christmas. ULTRA MAGNUS is here to handle the admin!
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Just had reason to flip through old files, and found these original design sketches for Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #1! You can really see how I leaned into Red Alert's paranoia and position as security guard with all the OTT padding and protection.
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Have you guys seen our cover to the final issue of IDW's AMAZING Ghostbusters/Transformers team-up? Lines by me, colours by @jcburcham!
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Gotta lorra lorra luv for my lorry lorry bruv. Taking the toys out to play with #OptimusPrime! #Transformers
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Twitter, I dare you to crop this one-eye purple lad. SHOCKWAVE from offa dem #Transformers
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Just mentioned to my wife that 26 years ago, Transformers was cancelled. She wearily looks around our house. "Yeah. They really cancelled the shit out of it."
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Just give me a discount on it, Takara. I beg. Hook Team MTMTE up for the rizz we brought to this lad.
Shizuoka Hobby Show 2024 – Project T-Spark Adamas Machina AMT-01 Rodimus Prototype
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I'm making a new comic! It's called SCARENTHOOD, and it's about some parents who go ghosthunting while their kids are in preschool, but have to be back by lunchtime to collect them. It's The Goonies, grown-up and with mortgages. Or: Catastrophe meets Stranger Things. In Ireland.
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Still messing with the new pen, taking requests from the Three-Year-Old.
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Tricked a kindly auntie into enduring my children, so grabbed some time to wrap this thingy up. Ladies of IDW Phase 1: REPRESENT!
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Hello! If you were the original commissioner of this slice of despotic affection, could you contact John-Paul Bove (@wordmongerer) who's working on your coloured version? (I have your first name here, but didn't want to share it publicly, just in case.). Ta!
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Pandering For Pennies: The Transformers Convention Commission Story
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I've just dismounted from A Big Job and need to shake off the ring rust before I get back to some outstanding commission requests. So have some Stealth Bomber #MEGATRON!
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Finally, my aunties can see what my job actually involves! I still can't believe that Wexford Arts Centre - @wexfordarts - are giving over the whole building to my daftness. Come see a load of Marvel artwork, a ton of robots, and buy some signed prints, from next week!
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I think solicitations have my cover for Unicron #3 out in the wild, so here's the line-art!
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My wife says that whe-- sorry, IF I do a Decepticon version, that there needs to be a fresh burger in Fluffy Ears' place. Just warning you. #Transformers #EarthSpark.
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Someone suggested my Santabots would add up to make a nice advent calendar, so here's a belated start. #ADVENTICONS DAY 1: It's a cat in a hat -- RAVAGE!
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I find the fact that our national Irish language TV station has changed its profile picture tonight to a Batman: The Animated Series icon an insanely touching gesture.
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HOLEE--. @Elena002355010 brought my Lost Light design to glorious LIFE. Happy #TransformersDay indeed!!!.
My fan animation of the spaceship Lost Light from Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye. Everything was done in Blender 3D. I hope you like it :).#mtmte #blender #blenderanimation #animation #transformers #morethanmeetstheeye #comics #lostlight #spaceship #fananimation #tf #idw
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