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Published: 2008-05-21 03:35:56 +0000 UTC; Views: 34992; Favourites: 693; Downloads: 165
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Description Wow, I'm uploading again already? ^_^ Well, that's what happens when I'm stuck at home with a head cold. This is another piece I've been working on for a week, but have been stuck due to my artist's block. I've been especially wanting to finish this one.

So see? Three more Humanformers designs! And a DECEPTICON!! Sorta. Lockdown strikes me as such a punk, that's how I went with his design. On second thought though, I think maybe I should have just shaved him bald, instead of going with the mohawk. Oh well.
Also Humanformed is Arcee! I gave her headphones and a mike because of her job as an intelligence officer, and also because it was the only way to pull off her helmet design without using Princess Leia buns. -_- And why does her character have to be so gosh-dark PINK?!?
Finally, the one that I've REALLY been wanting to draw; Humanformed Young Rachet! I picture him age-wise about 26-28 or so here. I love his uniform; it was SO much fun to design. I think drawing this actually suceeded in raising Rachet to my favorite character, he rocks that much. Old Rachet is so much fun, but Young Rachet is cool incarnate.

So what's going on? This is part of a flashback that Rachet was having in spurts throughout the episode "Thrill of the Hunt". He was supposed to rescue an injured intelligence operative and take her back so the access codes she knew could help in the war. But a neutral bounty hunter named Lockdown captured them both. This is them escaping from Lockdown's ship; Rachet's sporting his new scar from his battle, and Arcee's a little spaced as her memory's been wiped by the EMP that Lockie stole from Rachet.
Wow, my first time putting blood in an artpiece. Hope it came out OK. Also, while a missing limb is apparantly repairable for robots, its not for humans, so she's just sporting an injured leg instead.
And now that I look at it, I wonder if Rachet's magnet prongs should be magnified...not sure if he's turned them on or not...I might add that later.

Not much else to say, except that I had fun designing three new Humanformers, and Rachet really rocks.

EDIT: Something else I've noticed. Why is Rachet the only one who ages?!? Ultra Magnus has the same aging general look/sound in the present that he did in the flashback, Lockdown looks and sounds EXACTLY the same, and while Megatron wasn' t in that flashback, he has been leading the Decepticons since the war and could possibly be even OLDER than Rachet...so why is poor Rachet the only one time's picking on?

Transformers Animated is copywrighted to Hasbro. DON'T TRIP, RACHET!
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Comments: 132

Soundwave3591 [2008-06-29 17:24:44 +0000 UTC]

i think Arcee should have like a bump or concussion-type injury, for the Amnesia or something

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alienruler [2008-06-18 05:57:08 +0000 UTC]

if only lockdown looked more like lance

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Kirrw In reply to ??? [2008-06-15 17:59:47 +0000 UTC]

This ish awsome! I :heart how you designed the clothes and hair. It really fits the character ;3. XD Hansome no?

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AlanGarou In reply to ??? [2008-06-14 23:58:10 +0000 UTC]

I'm pretty sure Ultra Magnus was already middle-aged at that point, so there really wouldn't be much change in his appearance.

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Kouice In reply to ??? [2008-06-06 21:07:30 +0000 UTC]

Truly awesome picture. And you're not alone, with the whole 'robot aging' thing also. Always thought that was a bit odd.

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Kth-77 In reply to ??? [2008-05-31 19:09:32 +0000 UTC]

PIRATE, RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Sihira-Hedgehog In reply to ??? [2008-05-31 15:19:19 +0000 UTC]

maybe the reason Ratchet's the only one who ages is because he got some sort of long exposure to the allspark and it ended up giving him the ability to age? xD I dunno. just trying to answer your question. oh, and I was wondering, would you mind doing the other decepticons? I see you drawing the autobots but not the decepticons. maybe I haven't looked through your gallery enough to know if you did or not but just in case ?

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MBlackwood In reply to ??? [2008-05-31 00:46:25 +0000 UTC]

Uwahh!! Poor Ratchet!! *flies in as tiny ministering angel of . . . ministry . . . and dabs at Ratchy's scar with disinfecting solution* The last thing you need on your mind is an infection! Plus, you might like having sight in your right eye again, seeing as how the blood's kinda blinding it at the moment.

Ratchet: Buzz off, ya bug! *swats at me*

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AosakiKeiko [2008-05-28 01:24:02 +0000 UTC]

Wow! Awesome humanized version of this scene!

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Skybot4 [2008-05-23 22:01:10 +0000 UTC]

They're awesome!! I love it!

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ShadowDemon101 [2008-05-22 22:35:57 +0000 UTC]

Duuuude that is so awsome
I think the mohawk works fine, but in the present time where Ratchet is old [and not supa-hawt like in this picture ] bald wud probably be better
And the blood on Ratchet looks good too

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mystryl-shada In reply to ShadowDemon101 [2008-05-23 20:58:19 +0000 UTC]

Ooo, I like that idea. Mohawk now, but bald later. Cool!

on that note...why is Rachet the only one who ages? I'm putting that in my commentary...

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ShadowDemon101 In reply to mystryl-shada [2008-05-23 21:29:57 +0000 UTC]

Well maybe they start aging after a certain number of years

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vick330 In reply to ??? [2008-05-22 16:31:55 +0000 UTC]

Neat, it looks really cool

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mystryl-shada In reply to vick330 [2008-05-23 20:45:36 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I'd hoped it would. ^_^

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xCubicZirconia [2008-05-22 12:02:12 +0000 UTC]

*blush* I'd love to be in Arcee's position right about now!

^_^ I <3 Ratchet! *favs*

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mystryl-shada In reply to xCubicZirconia [2008-05-23 20:45:04 +0000 UTC]

Lol! ^_^ Yeah, I usually don't say this about characters I draw, but as Rachet's actually in my AGE bracket, he is rather attractive. Pulls off the uniform pretty well.

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xCubicZirconia In reply to mystryl-shada [2008-05-26 00:11:17 +0000 UTC]

u did great ^^

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Shadowesque13 [2008-05-22 02:53:06 +0000 UTC]

INSTA-FAVE. I ADORE IT. I WILL GIVE YOU AN INTERNETZ NOW~~~ <3 *so much <3*

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mystryl-shada In reply to Shadowesque13 [2008-05-23 20:41:53 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Glad you like it so much!

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Arcee828 [2008-05-22 00:34:15 +0000 UTC]

Could I add this pic to my site

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mystryl-shada In reply to Arcee828 [2008-05-23 20:41:10 +0000 UTC]

Go ahead! ^_^ Just give credit so people know where it came from.

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Arcee828 In reply to mystryl-shada [2008-05-23 22:57:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!!! Of course I'll give you credit!

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AlterEgo911 [2008-05-21 21:08:55 +0000 UTC]

Wow. I like...

But why does LockDown have taht eyepatch?

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mystryl-shada In reply to AlterEgo911 [2008-05-23 20:40:17 +0000 UTC]

He doesn't have an eyepatch; that's just a clumbsy mass of pen markings making up his eye, eyebrow, and facial stripes which apparantly didn't shrink down so well. -_- I didn't notice it looked so bad...thanks for pointing that out; I might have to change that.

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AlterEgo911 In reply to mystryl-shada [2008-05-23 21:32:14 +0000 UTC]

oh, okay....

so if you were to do Blitzwing, how would you portray the 3-face-feature?

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mystryl-shada In reply to AlterEgo911 [2008-05-24 01:03:48 +0000 UTC]

That's one of the things that I've been stuck on. Each face has its own distinct facial shape, and that's hard to pull of in human mode, because his face would literally have to change its shape each time a personality shifted. I'm thinking of modeling it more after Icy (who seems to be the dominant personality), and just have his jaw jutt for Hothead. Random...uh, would just look unbalanced and nuts... maybe a change in eye shape and such.

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AlterEgo911 In reply to mystryl-shada [2008-05-24 10:29:32 +0000 UTC]

or he could just switch between masks......yeah, bad idea

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KarToon12 [2008-05-21 17:24:15 +0000 UTC]

This looks great! Epecially Arcee!
And no, you should probably keep Ratchet's prongs off; one-it's the first thing your eye would go to, rather than everyone's poses or faces, and two-it might cover up Ratchet's outfit alot.

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mystryl-shada In reply to KarToon12 [2008-05-23 20:31:43 +0000 UTC]

I was starting to wonder if it would clutter. Good idea; I'll keep 'em off. Thanks!

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KarToon12 In reply to mystryl-shada [2008-05-23 23:26:02 +0000 UTC]

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DragonGirl1136 [2008-05-21 13:28:30 +0000 UTC]

Oh, wow. That's awesome. There are really no other words to describe this. As always, your designs are super-cool! Arcee is so pretty, and Ratchet is just plain cool. *favefavefave*

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mystryl-shada In reply to DragonGirl1136 [2008-05-23 20:28:42 +0000 UTC]

Designing these is so much fun. I'm glad you like!

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sportswing [2008-05-21 13:24:18 +0000 UTC]

Oh, human!Arcee is cool! I also like how Ratchet's "horns" are in his hair style.

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mystryl-shada In reply to sportswing [2008-05-23 20:16:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! I loved the idea of his horns being his hair; ended up looking way cool. ^_^ Half the fun of theses is in the design.

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Teengirl [2008-05-21 12:15:08 +0000 UTC]

wonderful!!!

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mystryl-shada In reply to Teengirl [2008-05-23 20:08:55 +0000 UTC]

^_^ Thanks!

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Teengirl In reply to mystryl-shada [2008-05-23 20:12:06 +0000 UTC]

no prob

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Cafcow [2008-05-21 06:56:21 +0000 UTC]

Oh that looks awesome! You did a wonderful job. I love the human designs you gave them. ]:3

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mystryl-shada In reply to Cafcow [2008-05-23 20:08:35 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! The human designs are fun to drraw. ^_^

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Nortstar [2008-05-21 06:45:04 +0000 UTC]

omg this is fantastic !!!!!!

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mystryl-shada In reply to Nortstar [2008-05-23 19:18:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! ^_^

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Nortstar In reply to mystryl-shada [2008-05-24 06:45:25 +0000 UTC]

you welcome ^^

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Neko-Gal28 [2008-05-21 06:30:53 +0000 UTC]

This scene was done so perfectly! The designs and the compositions are awsome

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mystryl-shada In reply to Neko-Gal28 [2008-05-23 19:18:11 +0000 UTC]

Thanks a ton! Glad you like!

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Neko-Gal28 In reply to mystryl-shada [2008-05-29 04:07:20 +0000 UTC]

your welcome!

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true-crystalwolf [2008-05-21 06:09:56 +0000 UTC]

this was my fav episode and this is amazing i love how you designed young ratchet

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mystryl-shada In reply to true-crystalwolf [2008-05-23 19:12:04 +0000 UTC]

This ep was so cool. Love Rachet eps, and a flashback to his glory days was just exellent. And thanks! designing that uniform was such fun too.

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kmrsworld734 [2008-05-21 05:00:46 +0000 UTC]

Yay! Young Ratchet looks so cool, and I love your take on Arcee. I seriously never did like the Princess Leia buns, but her headphones look so awesome! Great job on everyone!

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mystryl-shada In reply to kmrsworld734 [2008-05-23 19:09:32 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Heaphones rock. And yeah, the Leia buns never really did anything for me.

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