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TRANSFORMERS: IGNITION - Optimus Prime (Robot Mode)Turnaround of the design of Optimus Prime's robot mode. I figured everyone would like a better look at him since you only get to see his back view in the teaser poster.
You'll notice that the arm blades he has in the poster are collapsed and folded up into his arms to be a bit more compact. The arm design was inspired by the TF:Classics toy of Optimus from a few years back (2006 maybe?)
He does have a rifle, but I haven't finished designing it yet.
His faceplate does NOT retract. I have nothing against Primes having retractable faceplates (and after the "Let's find out" moment near the end of Dark of the Moon, it's TOTALLY awesome) but I'm going for a bit of a nostaliga bent with this Prime, so his stays on. He does have a face/mouth behind it, but it's kinda like a Judge Dredd thing where it never comes off and you never see his face.
Well, "technically" you dont. You do get to see Ultra Magnus' face and he IS Optimus' twin...
(EDITED WITH COLOUR CORRECTIONS ON AUGUST 7 2013)
Check out the teaser poster!!!
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I keep finding myself comparing this to your G1 drawing of him and the original G1 prime and I gotta say...you may have created in my opinion the perfect Modernized G1 Optimus Prime. And for that you have so much respect from me lol
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Thank you kindly, I'm really happy you like the design so much 
He'll be popping up in the series itself very soon, I hope you like it
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I want to see him with his swords drawn! I would LOVE to se that dude!
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Definitely happening in the comic
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How do you get your lines so clean? I struggle immensely with that.
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I use a program called Adobe Flash for the artwork, the clean lines are pretty automatic when using the line tool in it. Its one of the main reasons I use Flash, it appeases the OCD demons in my head, lol
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Thanks! Just about to finally post a couple character promo posters, hope you'll like them too
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Thanks!! More character reveals coming soon, I'm actually working on it as we speak, I'm actually taking a break to get caught up on dA comments, lol
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Cool. Hey, is it okay if I use this form of Optimus in my upcoming series, Sonic X Adventure?
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Thanks! Now I gotta finalize his Cybertronian form for the prologue
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You're giving him a Cybertronian form too!? Sweet!
CAR troops!
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Yah, the comic opens up with a prologue on Cybertron, so a couple of them need Cybertronian forms as well (Optimus, Bumblebee, Ironhide and Jazz specifically, as well as random troops).
Yah, I wanted to even the ranks out and the Cons are a) outnumbered and b) mostly fliers, I wanted some ground troops for the Autobots to deal with on the road (as well as to pad out their Cons numbers). A few more need to be finalized whenever I need them, but Breakdown, Dead End, Drag Strip and Wildrider will be on Earth at the start, as well as Barricade from the live action movies (as well as Blackout, but he's a helicopter) and a few of the non-movie movie toys as added bonus.
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"A few more need to be finalized whenever I need them, but Breakdown, Dead End, Drag Strip and Wildrider will be on Earth at the start, as well as Barricade from the live action movies"
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lol I COMPLETELY forgot about you and the Stunticons XD They have great personalities to play around with. They always get ignored and used solely to combine into Menasor, no one wants to use them as individual characters. I aim to fix that
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You have no idea how happy that makes me!
I always figure they get ignored because they're kind of hard to write with out making them purely theatrical.
Still I have seen a couple of times where they have been written with a dysfunctional family dynamic and it seems to work well. I can't wait to see what you do with them.
Plus, BARRICADE!!!! one of the few good things to come from the movie franchise.
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YUSS. Barricade and Blackout FTW.
Really, outside of Devastator, I have really no interest in dabbling in the combiner robots, but I really want to use the individual characters, they need love too! 
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Thanks, dude! more characters on the way!
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Nice freaking awesome design for Optimus. It's very G1 esque with a bit of a TFA feeling to it.
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Glad ya like it! I was definitely aiming for that (with a little bit of "me" thrown in as well, lol) so I'm glad people are liking the look
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Well, ya definitely accomplished that goal! I can definitely see your style mixed in too.
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then my plan succeeded!
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Are you going to do Ultra Magnus in the DreamWave style of having his armor removable?
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He will in fact be armour-less when he first shows up
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Will the trailer armor be in G1 style, or more like the 3rd party add on like this?
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I'd like to throw some nods to the 3rd party one if I can, but (depending on how it ends up as I haven't really sat down to fiddle around with concept designs for it yet) I'm aiming to be a bit more in the vein of a car carrier trailer like the G1 trailer is.
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Wow, I keep asking questions and stuff. Ok, so this just came to me: are you planning or toying with eventually including some Shattered Glass elements?
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lol not a problem at all
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It's been a while, and it seems as if you are making a comeback! It seems every time I try to make a redesign, it fails. That's why I'm trying the Animated style. But you.....this needs no words my friend. I envy you.
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Animated style = love
The Animated style makes TF so much easier (and fun) to draw, you should have no problems succeeding on your redesign, just embrace the Animated and CONQUER
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If I could, I would soooo give you a freaking Llama badge right now. Hopefully, when I try the Animated sytle, it'll look better. You can do whatever the hell you want with your Autobots and Decepticons then!
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Oh absolutely, it totally makes drawing TFs a snap, you can do all kinds of funky things with it
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In fact, I actually got Optimus done already! Either Megatron or Bumblebee next. Prime's left arm is bothering me for some reason......
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just give it time, set it aside for a couple days (and move on to another character) and then go back to his arm with fresh eyes and see if you can figure out what you don't like about it
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Well, it's too late for that, I already went over it with sharpie, and colored it. Along with Bumblebe, Megatron, Starscream, Soundwave, Ratchet, Arcee, Wheeljack, Jazz, and Grimlock. And I still have to do Cliffjumper, Ironhide, Shockwave, Blitzwing, Brawl, Knockout, and Oil Slick. and Grimlock isn't part of my main cast, I just drew him because I got his figure and decided to base it off of that.
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