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[El Duque]

Following Josh Nizzi and Warren Manser, concept artist Joel Chang has now posted a gallery of his work on Transformers DOTM. Mirrored below are a few of the images from his gallery, click here to check out the rest.

[MINDVVIPE]

so much for the driller... taken out almost instantly from the moment prime shows up

[noctorro]

The concept art looks absolutely amazing. And the bots were awesome in the movie.
Man, I really hope we get Megatron and Shockwave leader sized.

[SKYWARPED_128]

Yeah, i forgot the anime influence...im tired atm...not thinkin straight, but yeah. I forget that the original Appleseed was out and about a little before this (not the one with CGI in it, the original, original). There was also Gundam and Robotech. Come to think of it, maybe all three of these guys were really more influenced from Gundam.

In the commentary of the first TF movie, I recall Bay saying that the concepts he saw during the production of the robot designs were heavily influenced by Japanese anime and manga.

There was also a very enthusiastic Japanese designer named Kenji who caught his eye. Kenji was furious when his colleagues presented their initial concepts for Optimus, saying they were "an insult to the Japanese." [Seeing some of the early designs of the characters, I can see where he's coming from, to be honest.] Bay found this amusing, and put him in charge of Optimus.

Off-handedly speaking, it's very interesting to see that artists from both Japan and the US professing to have been influenced by each other. I've read various interviews where the Japanese artists said they were inspired to draw more gritty and realistic artwork by US comics, while their American counterparts drew inspiration from the eccentric and out-of-the-box creativity of Japanese mangaka.

[vegetacron]

Meh,its a global thing. An art movement starts in one area of the world and everyone is quick follow, because innovation usually brings inspiration. This has been happening since the dawn of mankind, but i find the 'ancestory' of a style or concept is always interesting to explore.

[El Duque]

Like Josh Nizzi, Warren Manser, and Joel Chang, concept artist Aaron Sims has shared his concept work from Transformers DOTM. Mirrored below are a few of pieces, to view the rest visit his website or Concept Art World.

[NatsumeRyu]

Lovely!~ <3

I would've really liked for this

to have been Que.


EDIT: While I'm here, and speaking of concept art, does anyone happen to know of any Rampage/Skipjack art from RoTF? I've only ever seen one of him - and it was in a photo of a poster thing at an Australian event, so it's too small to be useful. Anyone?? Any official, or just plain good art of him would be most welcome. PMs to keep this thread on topic?

[Decepticon Spike]

That last one reminds me of Blackarchania.

[OlivusPrime]

Dreadwind... Worksheet... Warpath... Steeljaw... Undermine... man, they really went through the names during DOTM's production. I'm delighted with the names for the final characters, but I have to admit that Dreadwind, Hooligan and Dirtbag sound cooler than Crankcase, Crowbar and Hatchet.

Here's hoping for two more Dread deluxes!

[EssThree]

Wowzers. Those are some fancy designs! Think I'll be getting the finger out and seeing the movie this week for sure