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so this is one of the many designs i came up with for issues 22 and 23 of transformers ongoing.originally the character was called swingarm, but was changed later to springarm.
this is one of the 2 bike twins that help police an area on cybertron along side orion pax.
he had a twin brother named wheelarch who is basically the same design with only a few minor tweaks to the head and a different colour palette
this was probably one of my favourite designs to work on, and i know i thought the idea of them turning into bikes that optimus or orion would ride was pretty cool. then James had to kill them
oh well, there were fun for as long as they lasted.they have the same alt mode, so they are regular bikes on there own, but can modify for another bot to ride them.
i'll post the alt mode soon
this and other designs can been found the the Transformers: Alex Milne sketchbook
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He's got a good head on his shoulders.
Wakka wakka.
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I like the wheel over the ass design.
I hate it when the wheels are split in half etc...and too many characters have'em in their legs. So the design is a nice departure from the norm as far as I can tell.
You rock
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WIN !
I love the way the tires are placed
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Way cool! Maybe Afterburner could carry on the legacy of these guys?
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Nice design! Judging by what's said, if only they lived a bit longer!
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Oh man, he is so cool!!! So jealous of your design skills!
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Great character desgin! I absolutely love it!
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looks great. the wheel on his butt takes a bit getting used to, but overall it's great!
coming up with so many different designs is tricky anyway with all those wheels and appendages.
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the wheel isn't technically on his butt, it's part of his back and hangs in that area. but it's not attached there.
it can be sometimes hard to come up with something that i would like to see, but then there are time when it's not hard at all
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hmm, i know about the sketchbook that came out or will come out soon, but are you ever going to release a real artbook?
"the art of transformers" maybe?
because that would be awesome. your drawing style is very detailed and creative, i would love to read a bit about your way of drawing and designing. even if it was just along the lines of "i put this there because it looked good!" or "this is inspired by a toaster!" - it would still be interesting to read imo! you can actually learn a lot by just closely looking at a drawing and recreating the possible thought-process of the artist
i have a feeling that i've already asked something like that sometime... sry if i'm repeating myself. i really can't remember right now.
PS: are there any books you'd recommend for learning about how to draw robots, weapons and technical stuff?
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there is a book that IDW put out a while ago called the art of IDW's transformers. it was basically a book that had a bunch of pictures from all the artist that worked on transformers at IDW up until that point. it's pretty old, so i think a new one would be in order. i wish they would make a new one
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i just googled that and i'd rather have a book with a better rating. ^^"
there aren't any books on how to draw machines at all?
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there are a few, but i'm not sure how good they are.
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oh ok, i'll just search on then.
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Beautiful work, my friend. I would KILL to be able to do robots this well!
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You know... I wouldn't mind seeing them pop up in one of the toylines... I mean, they'd even use the same base mold, already saving Hasbro the trouble of making a headswap-and-repaint character!
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Love this design, sir. Great job on both him and Wheelarch
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I would LOVE to see this design as a toy. Either from Hasbro or a third party.
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i would like that to
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I really loved this design, it will be a real shame if Springarm and his bro don't show up again...
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you took the words right out of my mouth 
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"Does this make mah butt look round?"
(Ok, the design is great ~ but I just couldn't resist!!)
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So they are (was) twins ?! Looks like that there are quite more twins in the Transformers universe than we thought...Shame that they had to die. I liked them and they had a very nice design/color sheme.
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can i pleeeeeeeeeeeease have a hirez?
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this looks like the Robotech armor where the guys are riding bikes and the bikes transform into armor! I miss that show
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Now with Asstire Technology(tm)!
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He will always have somewhere nice to sit!
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i thought exactly the same thing, lol!
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Twin cops in Cybertron as a gestalt team? That's AWESOME!
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A gestalt team that turned into a bike mount for another bot? That's the most stellar Idea I've ever heard
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