I keep putting this off and
#TFconBaltimore
is a little over a month away; so now's a good time to do that lol. As always, OC's are fine, I tend to prefer to draw in a TFA-skewed style, but if you don't want that, that's fine, just let me know, it doesn't affect the cost.
This isn't the best of news to share, but please bare with me. I was informed by Derrick's sister that he has unexpectedly passed away earlier this month. There will be a more information from his family in the future, but for now I just want to let people know.
My cover for
#IDW
's
#BeastWars
issue 3 was shown off in solicitations:
I figured I'd post the cover sans logos and stuff! Was a lot of fun and I really appreciate getting to do another cover for Transformers! (I wanted to wait a little but I got excited)
I don't have a lot of my older IDW work archives on me, so I'm limited to what I can post(most things I lack are from my early IDW days), but I wanted to throw out some of my favorite IDW work. Starting with colors on these
@markerguru
covers(Chaos Theory?)
Stream netted me drawing an OC I made a while back and haven't really drawn or talked about(because she's just a character with a name and no real story lol), so here's Tiger-Drive : D
Eyyy! Got word earlier this month(but forgot until just now) that it was okay to share my piece for the 'More Than Honey' zine
@InaliasFanZines
! Was fun getting to be a part of it!
I’m just really happy to see Transformers media using the fact that these are mechanical beings that change forms to the advantage of fun fight choreography.
Back in 2015 Derrick was tasked on working on designs for a project involving
@BABYMETAL_JAPAN
(I think that’s the right one?) and because of time or something, he paid me to ink and color (and draw one of the skeleton guys) the characters. It was a lot of fun. I miss him a ton.
If you do anything artistic with Transformers(visual, audio, written, whatever- let's keep it PG lol), reply to this with some of your art. I'm in a super "I love Transformers" mood right now and I'd love to see other people share that passion. (try to keep it to only one reply!)
I love and I'll miss you a lot,
@DerrickJWyatt
. You were such a great friend and it hurts so much knowing you're no longer here. You've done so much for me and were so incredibly fun to be around. I still have unfinished work we'll never get back to together.
Style swap! Bumblebee done in the Gobots cartoon style, and Scooter done in the TF cartoon style! I ended up giving Scooter an action shot and Bumblebee a more static one because it highlights how both shows generally felt. (I love both franchises, btw!)
I want to thank everyone that's helped passing the word out privately among those he's worked with, his close friends, and those who he meant a lot to. We lost someone incredible this month. Please keep him and his family in your thoughts. I love you all.
My piece for
@TF_Crystalline
!
This was fun! I wanted to represent SG Bee/Goldbug in this one using the colors I wanted to put him in in a story I planned for SDSG(Based on 80s Happy Meal Bee.
Thanks to
@Themanlylobster
for organizing this!
Happy
#TransformersDay
! I didn't know it was Transformers day- a lot of chaos going on in the background at Moochopolis! Anyway- wanted to post some work to share in the celebration of 40 years, but starting with collabs(ink/colors on his pencils) with Derrick.
I was trying to not get too emotional but now it's all gone off. I really appreciate his sister for letting me know. I appreciate my friends that have helped me in the branches of his life I'm more of a stranger in. Derrick changed my life a lot. I'll miss him incredibly.
Took some time this morning to finish this, finally! Inspired by
@LumpyTouch
's "Garfield Gameboy'd" series(specifically the "Complete" verison) and
@QwertEffects
' takes on Garfield(which inspired the Garfield Gameboy'd series).
Anyway! Good morning here's a Garfield.
Quick break from work to quickly touch these up. Derrick and I did the G2 Mirage on stream and I wanted to do the other two color schemes on the Jazz and Sideswipe art.
It was originally them descending into the mouth, but it looked much better as an ascension.
#SmilingFriends
created by
@psychicpebble
and
@MichaelRCusack
. (Sorry for the tag! I just wanted to shout out the creators, not annoy them with fan art)
#ShatteredGlass
is ACTUALLY trending. I know it's because of Flamewar(love it or hate it) but that's still awesome. How about a post of Shattered Glass stuff!?
I appreciate his sister giving me permission to say something. I tried to tell those I knew that he'd want to know but I always forgot someone. This makes it easier for them to find out. I hate this news, but I also hate the idea of forgetting to tell someone important.
Just wanted to scribble TLK Barricade as Robocop. I mean, we got Ectotron, maybe we can get his one too? It even has the place to put the gun on the thigh.
A friend taught me this probably a decade ago- but! Picture of fried chicken- isolate chicken(I feather the selection a little), harsh level adjustments, radial blur and more adjustments and flourishes. Fried Chicken explosions.
Derrick was always excited to do streams and that really made me excited for them. I really apprecaited
@TNPerkins4
joining for a stream- Derrick wanted to do so many more with you buddy. We had so many things planned that will only now feel half complete if I even attempt them.
Just sharing some Derrick collabs while I wait for Photoshop to save a pretty big file. Still hits hard that he's gone, but I find myself getting my work energy back- slowly. Really honored that he drew my TF RPG character/TF OC Bulgogi(the one that's just the head)
I wanted to post these two Dares because it's been a while since I've shared these. Regular Sari's hair would look so much better if it were on-model. I used to be fine with it but now it just bugs me lol. TFA is still the best and deserves more love :3c
Literally tearing up over seeing even little fragments of TFA animated in an official capacity; but overall it's just a lovely animated celebration of Transformers with a nice Bump of Chicken song. GAWD I love Trigger.
#Unicron
is trending, so here are four TF Unicron covers with lines by the ever-so-tasty
@markerguru
; colors by some bed-shitting little goblin, I dunno what his name is.
(me, it's me)
A 30th Anniversary cover drawn by
@markerguru
and colored by myself. I had WIPs of this one so I wanted to share that. I over-did airbrushing separations between characters; I've learned to kinda tone that down lol
If you've drawn mech- it can be humanoid robots, super robot types, super robotic lifeforms - just anything that's mecha-ish, toss up to four SFW images in a reply to this tweet. PLEASE ONLY FOUR. No multi-tweet "NO WAIT- THESE ones too!" just 4 mecha pics you're proud of. FOUR.
Even if you've seen this a million times elsewhere(because of the region lock), I think it's important to watch this again whenever it presents itself through official channels. It's a GORGEOUS celebration of Transformers, if you haven't gotten to see it yet!
I’ve only just realized that today is TFA’s anniversary. I’m gonna watch some TFA while I work. Working is the only way I know how to cope with things- even if those things hinder how productive I can, being in motion helps prevent my rusting from tears. If that makes any sense.
Since
@CaseyWColler
shared a Shattered Glass repaint of a Grimlock/Perceptor piece I did for him, I wanted to post this badass Combiner Wars team that he did that I recolored in SG colors as well! Love coloring Casey's stuff.
Colors for the Allspark Almanac Complete's cover drawn by
@marcelomatere
and the redone version of Maccadam's Old Oil House with art I inked and colored drawn by Derrick. I really enjoyed working with Derrick on the new page.
Other stream pieces- TFxSF Megatron/Vega(M. Bison), a take on Mr. Freeze(suggested by
@markerguru
), Machine Future War starring Megatron, Megaplex, and 3-Strike Terminator, and the 4-bot(?) from Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip
Just wanted to share some choice TF stuff (lines by
@markerguru
,
@glovestudios
, and
@marcelomatere
) because I was sharing some images with a friend to show them the kind of complicated stuff I've had to do over the years lol
Aw- I guess I can only link one thing at a time!
Took a break and made a quick process gif of
@markerguru
's cover for TF: Escape. He put some spice into the inks so I put some spice into the colors I guess!