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News Credits: 1 · Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:24 pm

Awesome artwork, specially love the penguin.

Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:34 pm

T-Macksimus wrote:
BATTOUSAI XD wrote:
starscreamreturns wrote:I'm pretty sure it's his little drone guy whose with him sometimes

Oh yeah probably is. Just saw the movie and I thought it was great. Made me feel like the first one did when I saw it. Like my childhood nostalgia came back and got some new great memories to add with it. And Megatron looks great on the big screen, aside from the face damage. Too bad he died though, always was my favorite.

DUDE!!! SPOILERS!!

My kids and I haven't seen the movie yet (we are going tonight) and while I may not be as concerned about such things, my 12 year old sometimes browses this site and I don't want anything ruined for him. I don't live with my kids and therefore can't monitor what he's checking out on here.

Anyways, darn cool concept pics. I find it interesting that Warpath was thought of as a Wrecker. That would have been great if he had made the cut just for the sake of having Warpath in the film but since he wasn't ever an original Wrecker it doesn't hurt my feelings too much. The whole "Wrecker" thing was just a casual nod or reference thrown in for the fans of the original comics anyways so I'm happy with even that small courtesy being shown to us "old-timers".

Sorry wasn't thinking :BANG_HEAD:

I edited my post to hide it though

News Credits: 187 · Sat Jul 02, 2011 2:24 pm

wow. concept ART is right. Beautiful stuff. The weapons trailer pic is my favorite.

News Credits: 21 · Sat Jul 02, 2011 4:22 pm

laserbeak tansfroms into pink bumblebee in film never understood that scene, when i saw prime trailer trasnfomr into weapon mode looked stargate warpgate.

dissapointed didnt see no steeljaw in film, like the armor for nest people has that halo/ crysis 2 with prime ears & face plate on the head glad they didnt include it into film looks to much kicker suite in engeron series

News Credits: 11 · Sat Jul 02, 2011 4:22 pm

Looks cool.

I'm a little disappointed we didn't get to see the Wreckers do any racing. What was the whole point of Bee being decked out in race stuff too? I guess they must have cut a bunch of scenes, even though it was still really long...

Sat Jul 02, 2011 6:17 pm

To anyone still wondering who that little green guy is, according to TFwiki his name's Igor. Makes sense if you've seen the movie.

Sat Jul 02, 2011 6:39 pm

Just in case no one's mentioned it yet, but you can see the original character names on the concept pieces, so Sentinel Prime is labelled as Ultra Magnus, and Soundwave is labelled as Breakdown. It may be possible that some of the names were used as red herrings so people wouldn't be too spoiled when they see the concepts.

I love the fact that Nizzi also created protoform concepts for the characters, so you see them before they adopt alt-mode kibble.

Edit: Did a quick search-- for those like me who are obsessed with learning digital painting and art can find a sample of Nizzi's DVD, found here on Youtube, courtesy of Gnomonexamples:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwO4E7xRQh4

Sat Jul 02, 2011 7:21 pm

Whoah, ever since they hired Nizzi the concepts got better and better...

The first of Megatron's one of my favorites, as is the one of him feeding the Protoforms, what a great dad heh....

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jul 02, 2011 7:27 pm

BATTOUSAI XD wrote:
T-Macksimus wrote:
BATTOUSAI XD wrote:
starscreamreturns wrote:I'm pretty sure it's his little drone guy whose with him sometimes

Oh yeah probably is. Just saw the movie and I thought it was great. Made me feel like the first one did when I saw it. Like my childhood nostalgia came back and got some new great memories to add with it. And Megatron looks great on the big screen, aside from the face damage. Too bad he died though, always was my favorite.

DUDE!!! SPOILERS!!

My kids and I haven't seen the movie yet (we are going tonight) and while I may not be as concerned about such things, my 12 year old sometimes browses this site and I don't want anything ruined for him. I don't live with my kids and therefore can't monitor what he's checking out on here.

Anyways, darn cool concept pics. I find it interesting that Warpath was thought of as a Wrecker. That would have been great if he had made the cut just for the sake of having Warpath in the film but since he wasn't ever an original Wrecker it doesn't hurt my feelings too much. The whole "Wrecker" thing was just a casual nod or reference thrown in for the fans of the original comics anyways so I'm happy with even that small courtesy being shown to us "old-timers".

Sorry wasn't thinking I edited my post to hide it though

Thanks bro and sorry if I came across so abrupt in my first post. I've been working 15 hour shifts most of the last two weeks and my family has informed me I've been a bit crabby lately.

omega666 wrote:My Pink Bumblebee.

As much as I am SO not a fan of pink, especially pink toys and most definitely pink Transformers, I would buy this in a heart beat if Hasbro were to crank it out and a portion (preferably a generous portion) were to go to breast cancer research. If they are going to do a repaint of a figure they might as well make it one that NOBODY can have issue with WHY they did it even if they have issue with the color they did it in. That is a very cool pic and surprisingly, 'Bee doesn't look bad in that color.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jul 02, 2011 8:14 pm

Dude, Breast Cancer Awareness Bumblebee > Battleaction SpecOpecs Mechtech Steath Bumblebee anyday!

News Credits: 187 · Sat Jul 02, 2011 8:31 pm

vegetacron wrote:Dude, Breast Cancer Awareness Bumblebee > Battleaction SpecOpecs Mechtech Steath Bumblebee anyday!

AGREED! And hilarious :lol:

I would be happy to go all in on a set of pink figures if they raised money for Breast Cancer awareness/research. I'm a huge advocate of "Save the Ta-Ta's"! I love boobs.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jul 02, 2011 8:40 pm

I really like that penguin bot. Is there something wrong with me?

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:11 pm

SKYWARPED_128 wrote:I really like that penguin bot. Is there something wrong with me?

Nah, Penguinbeak is awesome.

But on a side note and back on topic, you know what this guy's artwork made me think of?

Old image comic from back in the 90s. I can't find the info and the artists who worked on it, but the inner gears and machine parts covered by armor and effects...yeah, i think "Brass" may have been an early inspiration for this guy.

Kind of weird to think that our modern day Movie Transformers were inspired by a 90s comic book that had no relation to Transformers.

EDIT: Richard Bennet was the original artist and heres another piece of artwork from the guy to cement the idea:

2nd Edit: Wildstorm Wiki link (if anyone is interested in seeing more artwork and etc): http://wildstormresource.wetpaint.com/page/Brass

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:24 pm

vegetacron wrote:
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:I really like that penguin bot. Is there something wrong with me?

Nah, Penguinbeak is awesome.

But on a side note and back on topic, you know what this guy's artwork made me think of?

Old image comic from back in the 90s. I can't find the info and the artists who worked on it, but the inner gears and machine parts covered by armor and effects...yeah, i think "Brass" may have been an early inspiration for this guy.

Kind of weird to think that our modern day Movie Transformers were inspired by a 90s comic book that had no relation to Transformers.

Now that's an awesome looking bot. I dunno if it's the manga scene saturating the media these days, but it looks very Japanese, as in anime-esque. You know, all that over-the-top weaponry and wing kibble. In fact, he's like a non-related predecessor to Bayverse OP's "Jetwings" mode.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Jul 02, 2011 9:29 pm

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.

News Credits: 5749 · Sat Jul 02, 2011 11:29 pm

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.

Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:58 am

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

Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:17 am

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.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Jul 03, 2011 8:33 am

vegetacron wrote: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.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:00 pm

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.

News Credits: 5749 · Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:48 pm

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.

News Credits: 3 · Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:02 pm

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?

News Credits: 2 · Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:41 pm

That last one reminds me of Blackarchania.

Sun Jul 03, 2011 3:02 pm

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!