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News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:00 pm

MIRAGE
Illustrator on Wacom

Mirage was my very first TF as a kid. Still one of my all time favorites.
I always liked how he had what I thought was kind of an Egyptian vibe goin' on. I tried to play that up a bit with his head.

Thanks for checking it out.

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:08 pm

Neato. I'm super impressed. I know the back ground color is that of the ark, but the contrasting colors really pop.

Can't wait for more.

Thanks for sharing.

News Credits: 4501 · by **william-james88** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:44 pm

Looks cool man. I never thought of that egyptian theme but it makes sense since other tfs embodie certain ethnic characteristics (it got pretty nuts in Beast Wars)

News Credits: 1 · by **leakin' lubricant** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 11:56 pm

Wow, nice work Cobs! Love the stylised G1 look, and the Sphinx head is a great fit. Looking forward to your next.

by **donny1975** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 6:11 am

Wow that is awesome! Nice rendition of a great character! :APPLAUSE:

Wish there was some wine and hors d'oeuvres...

Looking forward to your next unveiling!

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 7:13 am

Hey guys! Thanks to you all for coming by. Hope you enjoyed a little eye candy.
Donny sorry we ran out of bacon wrapped jalapenos right before you got here.

On the Egyptian tip. There is a Microman called Sheriff who had an Egyptian theme, the Micronaut was called Pharoid. As a kid I used to pair Mirage and Pharoid up for all kinds of adventures. I even had the blue one like this.

He came inside this sarcophagus.

They looked great together. Plus with a name like Mirage, It just seemed natural.

Here's hoping Mirage get's a Masterpiece sooner than later. Plus the MPs scale so nicely with Microman.

Thanks again for checkin' out my handy crafts. More to come soon.

News Credits: 1 · by **RhA** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 8:51 am

High five on the Illustratorskills! It makes for such neat and clean images.

by **Cyrax2112** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 9:18 am

That's fantastic. Very well done. Please post more!

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Fri Jun 12, 2015 9:51 am

Dude, super nice. I really dig the style too, very clean. :APPLAUSE:

Now do me a favor: keep the audio, but re-animate the G1 toon to your art. I'll wait. [-(

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:43 pm

shajaki wrote:Dude, super nice. I really dig the style too, very clean.
Now do me a favor: keep the audio, but re-animate the G1 toon to your art. I'll wait.

Thanks holmes. Great idea BTW. I'll get right on it. Think we'll still be pals in 13 years? 'Cause that's how long it would take at my current rate. :lol:

RhA wrote:High five on the Illustratorskills! It makes for such neat and clean images.

Hey RhA! Glad you found me. I remember reading in here somewhere that you too are a bit of a graphix jockey. So thanks for the kind words. I'm just really cracking the shell on Illustrator. This was the first time I tried live paint. Great function!

Cyrax2112 wrote:That's fantastic. Very well done. Please post more!

Thanks Cyrax! Well OK.

Here you go...

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 2:52 pm

Vector Prime and Cyclonus - Photoshop on wacom

Gotta say these are not my favorite drawings I've ever done, but hey they are Transformers.
These two are 6, gosh almost 7 years old now. These were the first two things I did when I got my Wacom tablet. The tablet kind of revolutionized the way I use Photoshop though, and I've learned a lot since these drawings.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 6:21 pm

Really nice I must say

How much time did you put into each image?

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 7:25 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:Really nice I must say How much time did you put into each image?

ZWOLF! You old so and such. Haven't seen you around in a while. Hope all is well.
To answer your question, probably longer than I'd like to admit. The last two took a good while because of the learning curve with the tablet and trying out all kinds of new things with Photoshop. Mirage probably took between 10 to 12 hours, but that was also spread out over two weeks.

Thanks man.

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Tue Jun 16, 2015 8:39 pm

Those are old? Still awesome! They're begging to be animated =P~

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Wed Jun 17, 2015 3:57 am

Cobotron wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Really nice I must say How much time did you put into each image?
ZWOLF! You old so and such. Haven't seen you around in a while. Hope all is well.
To answer your question, probably longer than I'd like to admit. The last two took a good while because of the learning curve with the tablet and trying out all kinds of new things with Photoshop. Mirage probably took between 10 to 12 hours, but that was also spread out over two weeks.

Thanks man.

I'm always around somewhere, just had some Internet difficulties. Would love to see more of your pictures in the future.

by **donny1975** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 2:43 pm

Congrats on being in the Creative Roundup for your Mirage piece! :APPLAUSE:

by **donny1975** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 2:45 pm

Cobotron wrote:

Vector Prime and Cyclonus - Photoshop on wacom

Gotta say these are not my favorite drawings I've ever done, but hey they are Transformers.
These two are 6, gosh almost 7 years old now. These were the first two things I did when I got my Wacom tablet. The tablet kind of revolutionized the way I use Photoshop though, and I've learned a lot since these drawings.

I did not get a notice about these being posted. These two pieces are great! You should totally sell prints!

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 2:56 pm

T-shirts and temporary tattoos as well. Maybe coffee mugs and place settings. I'll go open an etsy shoppe and only take 10% as your manager and sales rep ;-)

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 5:00 pm

Only 10%? That's actually a pretty good deal compared to what others steal-I mean, charge...

News Credits: 131 · by **no-one** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 5:05 pm

ZeroWolf wrote:Only 10%? That's actually a pretty good deal compared to what others steal-I mean, charge...

It's the good ole bot, robit-in-law hook up. We believe in a little lagnaippe down here.

by **donny1975** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:16 pm

carytheone wrote:T-shirts and temporary tattoos as well. Maybe coffee mugs and place settings. I'll go open an etsy shoppe and only take 10% as your manager and sales rep

I am sorry you did not mention mousepads...if there is not option of a mousepad I'm out. >:oP

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 6:31 pm

Boy ZWolf, I tell ya. Just like corporate America. Cashing in on the next big thing. Marketing the crap out of my blood, sweat, and tears without a single consideration for the artist. Everyone will accuse me of being a sellout before I can even get in and protect my own intellectual properties. Happens everyday.

:lol:

Just kidding! Who wants a beer can cozy!

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Mon Jul 06, 2015 1:27 am

just wait till they want you to do design work on the next tf bay movie

by **donny1975** » Thu Aug 06, 2015 6:04 am

Hmmm...nuttin' brewin' here...

Where's my Mirage mouse pad and beer cozy?

News Credits: 41 · by **Cobotron** » Sun Oct 18, 2015 2:29 pm

I started figuring out how to digi-bash.
I couldn't think where else to put these, so this seemed like a good spot.

Taserbeak
This was spawned from a silly conversation with D-Maximus Prime and Hellscream9999. The convo was lost in the Kremzeek attack this past week, but this is Tailgate's skate board from MTMTE complete with Tony Hawk graphics.

John Thundeerehoof