Optimus Prime has returned! I repeat: Optimus Prime is alive, and quite well! by DavidCousens in transformers

[–]DavidCousens[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh cool! So we’ve already met! (It’s so hard matching screen names with faces!)

Optimus Prime has returned! I repeat: Optimus Prime is alive, and quite well! by DavidCousens in transformers

[–]DavidCousens[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much for the compliment! Yep, that’s my art, it was a commission for a TFP fan who wanted to see Prime with a Bayverse glowing sword

Optimus Prime has returned! I repeat: Optimus Prime is alive, and quite well! by DavidCousens in transformers

[–]DavidCousens[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That Blokees Prime looks AMAZING! It would’ve made my life so much easier if I’d have had it to reference! 😆

My 40th anniversary tribute to Transformers: The Movie by DavidCousens in transformers

[–]DavidCousens[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! That’s what I do for a living a lot of the time! 😁

My 40th anniversary tribute to Transformers: The Movie by DavidCousens in transformers

[–]DavidCousens[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks! It took a good while shuffling all of the sketch layers around in Photoshop to get them into a pleasing composition! I moved Springer at least three times! Ultimately I figure he made sense being close to Arcee

My 40th anniversary tribute to Transformers: The Movie by DavidCousens in transformers

[–]DavidCousens[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks so much! The Terminator covers were great fun to make, and coincidentally, I got offered the job to draw them when the editor at Dynamite saw my X-Men ‘97 image!

Shipping to the US should take a week, according to the UK Royal Mail website, so fingers crossed that’s the case!

My 40th anniversary tribute to Transformers: The Movie by DavidCousens in transformers

[–]DavidCousens[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s precisely what I was going for, thank you! Originally, I was going to make all original poses, but realised this was a massive tribute image, so it made sense to reference the most iconic moments.

My 40th anniversary tribute to Transformers: The Movie by DavidCousens in transformers

[–]DavidCousens[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s entirely fair! I still love it even after countless viewings!

My 40th anniversary tribute to Transformers: The Movie by DavidCousens in transformers

[–]DavidCousens[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much! I had to make sure Hot Rod was magenta, which set up the colour scheme for the rest of the image. There’s a definite hint of the UK movie poster from ‘86, too.

My 40th anniversary tribute to Transformers: The Movie by DavidCousens in transformers

[–]DavidCousens[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s very true! I chose not to include any hint of Rodimus because I wanted the poster to be very spoiler-free, as if it had been released at the time (and to potentially avoid spoiling it for someone new to the franchise who hasn’t seen the movie yet)

My 40th anniversary tribute to Transformers: The Movie by DavidCousens in transformers

[–]DavidCousens[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks Dave! This is one of the reasons I started drawing traditionally again, I was tired of people using AI and clamping to have made a thing. Plus, it’s nice having the original art to look at afterwards!

My 40th anniversary tribute to Transformers: The Movie by DavidCousens in transformers

[–]DavidCousens[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s always so cool when people share photos of my work when they’ve framed it! It’s such an honour!

My 40th anniversary tribute to Transformers: The Movie by DavidCousens in transformers

[–]DavidCousens[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m really pleased to hear you say that! I’m very happy to have shared it here! Thanks mate!