Bobton03 wrote:DTR69 wrote:What's going on with the artwork. All consistency has gone out the window.
While I agree that IDW needs to find a single, consistent art form and stick with it, I definitely think that the artwork illustrated by this preview is a great improvement over the first 5-6 issues which is depicted in the second (incentive) cover shown above. I find this type of artwork and its attempt to seemingly mirror the TF forms of the Bay movies to be even more a detractor from the classic G1 TF forms we have all come to love. At least with the artwork in the preview we can tell the TFs apart -- if you look at the incentive cover, the face looks like that of Rodimus Prime as well as all of the other TFs, thus making the story even more confusing for both current and new readers since every TF looks the same!
I have said it before and I will say it again -- I hope IDW drops the Bay-esque style artwork and adopts a more classic TF art format which is seen in the above preview. While not perfect, I think that the artwork in the preview might be a step in the right direction.
- Bob
I hear what yu and everyone is saying, and the points that I disagree with aren't what I feel are right either. I find myself using examples which I hate. I never thought I would use a Bay former to back up my point. I just have to say that I hope that the attempt made that is now beeing covered up will not be in vein, and that some good from it will emerge later. It was executed wrong but the motivation behnd it was right.
Alot of ou are now happy, and yes I can see why. Fleshy features have always bothered me, more so when they use human hands, [more of an 80s things] but a mechanical looking face I feel is more appropiate. And everyones argument for g1 not working on the big screen has kind of been proven to be faulse. As even if it wa to look like a blown up cartoon, a more tailored version, which is still very g1 but updated. G1 designs aren't limited by how they were restricted by technology years ago. When the next big project comes along I'd rather them use the modern interpretation of G1, rather than having to reinvent it liek Michael Bay did.
It's great they have finaly decided to all use a set out set of rules. All ongoing series from the simpsons etc do. But they are gradualy honed and refined, even today. BUt with transformers it seems they haven't thought it through and have had to iron out a mess and have just bowed down to public demand, rather than come up with an inovative solution, which we all know they are capable of and what we have seen glimpses off already. As it is it isn't Hasbro or Takara that are evolving the designs of modern Transformers, it's all the other media companies and illegal third parties, who out of pure love have delivered what we want and more. Hasbro and Takara have had to take all this on board, and while they deliver sub par products liek power core combiners, third parties are delivering mp Devastators, add on kits which are what should have been, and a rodimus prime which technically docks with a trailer rather than goiung into a pretender like shell. I spend more money on theird party stuff both illegal and legal than hasbro or takara. If takara were to put a stop to it they would be making a mistake as becuae of these third parties I buy Takara products I otherwise wouldn't of bothered with until others improved on it.
Anyways what I am saying is, that this will inevatibly influence what comes out of the TF franchise, I just wish that a better solution had been agreed on, with games and so much other animated media still to come, these are the guys people look to, and they are still using the old syle fleshy faces, when a compramise of a more mechanical look was almost there, even the WFC game was in that direction, but this looks like the android in red dwarf. STill great artwork, I'm still greatfull we have even this, I just know they can do better. [Well done if you got this far lol]
