Tag: transformers

Here I’m trying out the super-fun Cyberverse art style. I guess this would be the evergreen designs?

Just trying out this RID style! Using Illustrator and vectors, blurring and adding adjustment layers, etc.

Here we are again, just the usual preamble: These articles are not an ethical debate on knockoffs. They simply exist… read more How To Spot KO Transformers Right Now – Part 5 – More on Masterpiece Megatron

Credit: 逝焱Lee and TransFans So, if you’re taking notes, this is the “no name brand” KO of Masterpiece Tigatron. History… read more How To Spot KO Transformers Right Now – Part 4 – Masterpiece Tigatron

For a while I’ve been interested in cataloguing the differences between official Transformers and their knockoffs, like a digital guide… read more How to Spot KO Transformers Right Now – Part 3

Initially, when Masterpiece Tigatron was announced, I was a big objector to the price point. I have every Masterpiece Beast… read more Takara Tomy Masterpiece Beast Wars Tigatron Review

I had no idea that the “How to Spot KO Transformers Right Now” article would be my all-time most viewed… read more How to Spot KO Transformers Right Now – Part 2 (The Update)

I realized I had never made an actual post about this. Working on expanding my blur techniques, still flirting with… read more Autobot Battletrap

I just wanted to see how fast I could do a “G1 toy-style” Hoist, I love representing the toy-look. I’ve… read more Hoist

Here’s a quick little number I did, I’m working more with back lighting, it can really add something to a… read more Prime Wars Trilogy Legends Class Brawn

Here are my pencils of Omega Supreme, focusing on major detail. I used a (0.7mm lead), I just ordered a… read more Omega Supreme

I drew this in pencil with a Pentel P207, then inked it with Faber-Castell Pitt Pens, then I scanned it… read more Titans Return Soundwave and Tapes

Just starting to read IDW’s Lost Light. New Faber-castell brush pen greys I bought on sale at Utrecht.

  Kind of a “Transformers Animated” version of Shockwave.

This article isn’t about the knockoffs that say they’re from “Tamika Tawny” instead of “Takara Tomy” or “Hardhead” is named… read more How To Spot KO Transformers Right Now

I’ve been using the Pentel GraphGear 800 (PG807), 0.7mm mechanical pencil, and inking with Faber-Castell Pitt Pens. This is an… read more Titans Return Optimus Prime

One problem transformers get as they age is loose joints. On a lot of the older figures, this can be… read more How to Tighten A Ball Joint on A Transformer

The ’88 Transformers are odd to me. They started using big areas of solid color depicted in plastic rather than… read more Transformers of 1988: Targetmaster Quickmix

Have you ever seen a nice, vintage, Transformer on eBay and thought “most of that aging looks cosmetic?” Well, here… read more How To Clean And Remove Labels from A Transformer

Sometimes I use photo reference, if the photo is good enough…  

Best Deluxe Class in the whole set in my opinion…

Generation one Decepticon Kickback, I was trying to use a lot of black on this one…

Here is the inked version of the Alpha Bravo piece, done with Faber-Castell Pitt Pens.

First, it’s pencils on paper (Pentel P207): Then Faber-Castell Pitt Pens over that: Then, color in Photoshop…

CW Alpha Bravo in pencil (Pentel P207)

Dragstrip showed up as the odd man out in the Combiner Wars series. I decided I would get in on… read more Transfomers Generation 1: Dragstrip (Decepticon Stunticon)

I never know where to start these things. How about here? Optimus Prime climbs from the rubble. Pencil on paper.