The Energon Pub

News Credits: 5 · by **jamesraiz** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 11:47 am

Hey guys - I'm jealous of everyone who were able to go to BotCon - hope all of you had a great time!

Well, I finished the piece over the weekend, and it's in the hands of one of my favorite colorists - I'll announce who that is next week

Here's a final WIP pic:

News Credits: 5 · by **jamesraiz** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 11:49 am

And, here's the latest WIP vid - this time drawing JAZZ:

News Credits: 293 · by **shajaki** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 12:53 pm

I don't know how many times I can say, great job. Just gettin better and better ;)^

News Credits: 5 · by **jamesraiz** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 1:13 pm

shajaki wrote:I don't know how many times I can say, great job. Just gettin better and better

Hey, feel free to say it as much as you want lol! Thanks so much!

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 1:49 pm

Transformers artist and Seibertron.com friend James Raiz has finally completed the first of two TFcon prints he asked you, the readers, to help him out with, featuring characters from Transformers and G.I. Joe - and you can check out some very cool work in progress videos embedded below for Ironhide, DOTM Bumblebee, Dino (whom we know is actually a version of Mirage), Grimlock from Age of Extinction and Jazz!

Remember to cast your vote for which Decepticon and Cobra character to include in the second print, too.

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 2:42 pm

Wonderful art bruh!

by **AutobotJazzFan84** » Mon Jun 22, 2015 5:37 pm

I'm gonna have to vote Starscream and Cobra Commander.

News Credits: 5 · by **jamesraiz** » Tue Jun 23, 2015 9:21 am

Here is Part 7 - drawing Sideswipe! There are two more TFs in this piece, but tomorrow, the Joe videos will begin

THE FINAL PIECE WILL BE REVEALED AND HOPEFULLY FULLY COLORED ON THURSDAY, JULY 2!!!

News Credits: 5 · by **jamesraiz** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 9:30 am

Taking a break from the TFs (there are two more coming) - here come the JOES!!!

News Credits: 3 · by **DedicatedGhostArt** » Wed Jun 24, 2015 3:27 pm

WOW.

News Credits: 5 · by **jamesraiz** » Thu Jun 25, 2015 10:55 am

And now Snake Eyes:

News Credits: 6188 · by **Va'al** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 5:51 am

When we first joined forces with artist James Raiz to help him produce a print (nay, two) for TFCon, we did not know what was in store for fans of both Transformers and G.I. Joe! We voted on the characters, started seeing what was to come... and now, finally, we get a proper look at the final result for the Autobots/Joes print, coloured by Kieran Oats!

If you took part in the voting process, look out for your screen name to feature in the video below, too, and feast your optics on this great homage to the movieverse by an true industry talent.

To see some more WIP videos, take a look below or the links above. And don't forget to cast your preferences for the Decepticon/Cobra piece right here, in the Energon Pub! Today is the last day for voting for the Villains piece and James will be drawing the piece live at Montreal Comicon starting tomorrow - the full color piece will debut at TFCon Toronto directly.

News Credits: 5 · by **jamesraiz** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 6:57 am

Thank you Va'al and thanks to all of you for helping us put this together!
Yes please, get in your votes today, because I will be starting tomorrow!

And if you have time, please do subscribe to my YouTube Channel:
http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=theBoxOfficeArtist

And follow me on Twitter, Instagram and Vine @boxofficeartist !

SO GET THOSE VOTES IN NOW!

Talk to you soon!
James

News Credits: 21 · by **dragons** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 7:15 am

Thank you can't wait see cobra version hope you are right there will be crossover movie with Gijoe and transformers masterpiece

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:34 am

That is gorgeous. Great job man! no, Excellent Job!!

News Credits: 650 · by **ScottyP** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 8:37 am

Firefly and Barricade

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:33 am

Mr. Raiz, thank you for the awesome art piece and for being an awesome guy!

For the villains, piece, I will cast my vote for: Rise of Cobra Zartan and Dark of the Moon Soundwave.

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:36 am

OK question here cause I was reading this from the beginning: Wasn't Sentinel Prime supposed to be there instead of Grimlock? Just curious. I hate Sentinel and love Grim so I'm not complaining either

News Credits: 5 · by **jamesraiz** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:55 am

Yes, originally I explained it in the video, but it went on way to long, so I cut it out.

I forgot who pointed it out, but it was a great point - Sentinel Prime turns out to be a bad guy later on - so it didn't make sense for him to be on the Heroes side.

though now thinking about it with that logic, makes no sense for Storm Shadow to be on the villains side too... ah well...

But as for Grimlock, I put him in because Scorn was voted in, didn't make sense for Scorn to be there by himself - Grimlock's got to go in

Hope that clears it up

News Credits: 1642 · by **D-Maximal_Primal** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 9:58 am

jamesraiz wrote:Yes, originally I explained it in the video, but it went on way to long, so I cut it out.

I forgot who pointed it out, but it was a great point - Sentinel Prime turns out to be a bad guy later on - so it didn't make sense for him to be on the Heroes side.

though now thinking about it with that logic, makes no sense for Storm Shadow to be on the villains side too... ah well...

But as for Grimlock, I put him in because Scorn was voted in, didn't make sense for Scorn to be there by himself - Grimlock's got to go in

Hope that clears it up

Ah yes, that makes sense. Thank you tons!

News Credits: 61 · by **EvasionModeBumblebee** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:26 pm

Words cannot describe how awesome that drawing is. I'm completely convinced that we need a Transformers - G.I. Joe crossover film now! xD

(Also, thanks for the shoutout in the video, it was much appreciated!)

News Credits: 1 · by **Optimusprime809** » Thu Jul 02, 2015 12:29 pm

I'm sorry if I'm late but here's who I'd like

DECEPTICONS
Frenzy
Barricade
Brawl
Ravage (ROTF)
Megatron (DOTM)
Starscream (DOTM)
Shockwave (DOTM
Soundwave (DOTM
Lazerbeak (DOTM)

COBRA
Cobra Commander
The Baroness
Storm Shadow
Zartan
Firefly

News Credits: 4838 · by **william-james88** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 5:47 pm

James Raiz is a really cool dude. How do I know? Well, he as at the Monteal Comiccon today and Seibertron.com (in the form of yours truly) met up with him for an update on his TFcon exclusive prints. The previously revealed Transformers/G1 Joe print will actually have an accompanying piece. He was actually working on that piece when we met up and below you will find some of the work in progress. This will be a villain based cover to counter the previous heroe filled one (which can be found below). At the time, he was working on Megatron and Brawl.

Exclusive Hero Print:

You can follow James Raiz on his youtube right here where you can see his work from sketch to finished piece.