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"Never fear, Megatron, Cybertron shall remain as you leave it."



A little something that I'm working on for a friend, :iconnight-stalker13: who shares a love of Transformers as much as me (if not more than) and who's fanfics and art I enjoy.

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I used to be a much better sketch/pencil artist....now I go more for paint and graphic/digital stuff and some photography. For some reason, I can paint something, but for the life of me I can't go back and draw it. Don't ask me why...I know it's weird. :no: Used to, you could ask me to draw something, and I could take a pencil or pen even and give me ten minutes and there it was. Not anymore. So this one was a real struggle for me. But once it's in my head, I HAVE to get it out.

I can't count the number of reference photos I used of the smaller detailed things, (like using a picture of my own hand to get his salute right, which could be why his fingers are a little chubbier than they should be, I have fat fingers) and how many times I had to stop, get up, go to the living room with my sketchbook and re-play that scene on the dvd player because I hadn't set up my dvd rom on the computer yet. :crash: (I do have it set up now though.)

So five days later and there ya go. Yeah, five days....and I'm not done and not happy with it completely. I took breaks in between so I'd not screw up too bad, though, because if I burn yourself out on one thing, I start rushing and it gets all messy. I did Ravage kind of quick while sitting in the floor watching G1. :) He's nowhere near as good as Shockwave here, but I can't help but love the big kitty.

(He's in my gallery now.)

So, here is Shockwave's finished drawn edition, scanned and uploaded. I need to do some more cleanup and inking to him before I finish the rest of the scene I am doing. There is MUCH more of this one to come. This is just a cross section close up of this one part of a whole, which is a larger work in itself. So look for more!

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:iconnight-stalker13:
Oohhhh!!! 8D He looks magnificent. I remember this scene! *swoons at Shockwave's voice* I so can't wait to see this finished. The perspective and shaping is EXCELLENT. Nice work indeed. And the hand is perfect [you know me and hands]. So cute!

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I'm Soundwave in the G1 Crew on DA
I'm Shockwave/Longarm in the TFA Crew on DA
:iconsouthernstingray:
See why it took me three days?! I can't count how many paper wads I had laying under me when I started. I think if you like this part, you'll LOVE the rest....

As for the hands, it's called taking a picture of your own and studying it and TRYING not to screw it up. I get lucky every once in a while...:lol: I still see some screw ups when I look at other pics of him. That's all I had to go by when I did it, that and memory. I don't have a G1 figure of him. Just an Animated. :( Need me a G1 Shocky, darn it.

I DO have a G1 Megatron and a Revoltech one too for the next part of it.

Glad you like it though. This scene made me think of you and your fic Megatron and Shockwave. :love:

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I :heart: :skullbones:

:love: CERTIFIED SEEKER & MEGATRON FAN :love:

"Power flows to the one who knows how. Desire alone is not enough."-Megatron

I am MEGATRON in the RiD Club!
I'm Carly in the G1 Crew!
:iconnight-stalker13:
I so can't wait for the rest, it's going to be so awesome. Oh yeah, I've had to take pictures of my own hands before and sketch from that if I can't get the positioning right DX Sometimes hands can be a REAL bitch to draw, but I REALLY enjoy drawing them. XD

Same here! I have a miniature G1 Shockwave, but it's only from the Hero's collection, so he's kinda chibi. I have a fair few G1 Megatron's. ^^; but it's impossible to find a CHEAP G1 Shockwave. :( They are all so expensive.

Awww. :blushes: Well thank you. I'm glad that it kinda keeps in your mind there. And glad you are enjoying it. ^^

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I'm Soundwave in the G1 Crew on DA
I'm Shockwave/Longarm in the TFA Crew on DA
:iconsouthernstingray:
Oh I know. I'm trying to re-collect one of each of the G1's but DANG, it's going to be a LOT harder that I originally thought. Slowly but surely though.

I used to be a much better sketch/pencil artist....now I go more for paint and graphic/digital stuff. For some reason, I can paint something, but for the life of me I can't go back and draw it if my life depended on it. Don't ask me why...I know it's weird. :no:

I can't count the number of reference photos I used of the smaller detailed things, (like using a picture of my own hand) and how many times I had to stop, get up, go to the living room with my sketchbook and re-play that scene on the dvd player because I hadn't set up my dvd rom on the computer yet. :crash: (I do now though.)

So five days later and there ya go. I took breaks in between so I'd not screw up too bad. I did Ravage kind of quick while sitting in the floor watching G1. :)

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I :heart: :skullbones:

:love: CERTIFIED SEEKER & MEGATRON FAN :love:

"Power flows to the one who knows how. Desire alone is not enough."-Megatron

I am MEGATRON in the RiD Club!
I'm Carly in the G1 Crew!
:iconnight-stalker13:
Going back to look at reference can REALLY take a long time. Especially if you're drawing from your own hand--like me. I have to sit there, put my hand in that position and then pick up the pencil and try and memorise it. Then if I forget, I have to do it all over again. It's a huge help if you collect screen caps of characters and save them all so you have an overall perspective of how they look. :)

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I'm Soundwave in the G1 Crew on DA
I'm Shockwave/Longarm in the TFA Crew on DA
:iconsouthernstingray:
Yeah? Screencaps...I should do that! :doh: DUH! All I had to look at was just random pics I found on Google and the DVD itself.

I got the inking done... :D

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I :heart: :skullbones:

:love: CERTIFIED SEEKER & MEGATRON FAN :love:

"Power flows to the one who knows how. Desire alone is not enough."-Megatron

I am MEGATRON in the RiD Club!
I'm Carly in the G1 Crew!
:iconsouthernstingray:
Thanks darlin' :love:

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I :heart: :skullbones:

:love: CERTIFIED SEEKER & MEGATRON FAN :love:

"Power flows to the one who knows how. Desire alone is not enough."-Megatron

I am MEGATRON in the RiD Club!
I'm Carly in the G1 Crew!

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