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These were my initial, "trial" sketches. I had to think out how each
of the characters would look, what positions they'd be facing, as well as
the overall look of the poster that would be created. From the get-go
I knew I'd be featuring Omega Supreme and that he'd be among the largest.
I did a sketch of Astrotrain and a partial sketch of Blastoff of the
Combaticons for Decepticons...but given time constraints I decided to do
just Autobots so alas.
The two symbols in the upper-right corner streaming up and slanted at an
angle are ideas I had to represent the two lost space shuttles and they were
each inspired by the mission emblem of the Columbia and also an image of the
Columbia as it fragmented over the southern USA. I may refine these a
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My first character sketch, Skyfire/Jetfire, turned out surprisingly good.
References from Dreamwave's MTMTE: Issue #3 and
The
Transformers.Net proved highly useful recreating Skyfire. Most
difficult to draw was the detailing of his backpack and legs as well as
trying to gauge the position of his wings when folded up. |
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Cosmos was among the smallest of the Autobots, so I made sure to draw him no
higher than Skyfire's torso. However Cosmos also proved to be equally,
if not more complex than Skyfire. His curved arms, body, and head were
especially difficult. Detailing on his raised right arm plus the
blasters over his wrists was taken into account as well, again relying on
Dreamwave's MTMTE, in this case #2. |
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Omega supreme is so large in comparison to other transformers that I had to
break him into specific parts. Most of the work will go to his main
body, featured here. I started with the main bulk of his body, adding
the shoulders, upper arms, his backpack and the "wings" its supporting, as
well as the back of his head. The wings were especially difficult to
maintain the curves, although the head was equally complex with the turret
mount jutting out the back. Further problematic is that his body is
positioned at a more striking angle than the others. |
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The next step in drawing Omega and the other characters was to transfer onto
tracing paper. Here I've recreated Omega Supreme as a whole by
overlaying the 3 sheets that comprised his body - the legs are faint to see
in this because the other 2 sheets happen to be laying on top. |
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Here's the 3 traces of Cosmos, Skylynx, and Skyfire/Jetfire from left to
right respectively. Compared with Omega Suprme tracing each of these
guys was easy...although as any artist would say tracing is the EASIEST
thing in art. It's the next step, TRANSFERRING the traces that's a
pain. |
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The poster here, nearly completed. I just finished transferring the
drawings onto white poster board from the tracing paper (I know...an obvious
DUH) and cutting out the crucial elements from the white poster onto a
slightly smaller black poster board, to which they will eventually be
posted. The 4 characters can be seen fairly clearly despite the light
pencil drawing and I was pleased they turned out so well altogether...a
reward after nearly two weeks of dedicated work and excruciating detail.
In addition, the two star-symbols (visible from my first sketch on this
page I've finally gotten drawn out and partially cut-out along with the
characters themselves. Despite their significance in representing the
lost space shuttles I feel that I've neglected them a bit up to this point.
Although not-yet-complete, this cut-out image represents how I plan to
lay everything out, both characters and symbols. More trimming, ink,
and colors are all that's needed before I can paste it up and send it off to
the contest! |
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Ta-da! Finished on Friday, July 18, 2003! Just in time to be
mailed off on Saturday and onto Botcon! After some final trimming with a
very fine model knife as well as painting in the quote to the shuttles I
pasted together the whole thing via two sheet of laminate. Altogether
it turned out alright, although I wish I could have done more. Still,
this was what I had in mind and I believe the most important part of the
poster was the message, to which I think many people at the contest will
understand and appreciate.
Well, onto Botcon 2003! :D |