#aecholapis

[raudart]

Starsqueak 💥

woe, starsqueak be upon ye

original:

[cyber-streak-2]

Drift: What are you watching?

Rodimus: Oh, nothing. Whirl stole someone's mustache and Mags stormed off to hunt him while I review the camera footage.

Drift: Let me guess, it's Minimus' mustache?

Rodimus: No comment.

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[k-ke]

Hi! May I have a crumb of Candy Diver Cookie, please and only if you want to?

I LOVE CNDY DIUVER

[cogitohazard]

PYRITE

casual conversation

[dimorphodon-x]

BOOp

[noritaro]

Hello! Your art has relly nice, soft colors and I wanted to ask how you choose your color palettes if you don't mind.

well it's 4 AM so my thoughts maybe a bit jumbled and I'm totally ass with explaining but anyways- I learned colour by copying other artists and looking at a ton of photography... especially photography! There's a lot to learn about colour from all sorts of places be it people's clothing, small useless trinkets or insects

just be on a lookout most of art is just observational skills anyways

for pieces I actually care about I like doing colour thumbnails before doing anything like so- usually picking 2-3(sometimes more) main colours

my goal is to try and frame the main focus and thats typically done using a very contrasting accent colour, be it a complimentary one, a bright neon one to contrast with pastel or a desaturated colour etc.

In general- I use a ton of compliementary and triad palettes

on a related note, I actually consider the shading and lighting colours to be a significant important part of a pieces colour palette, since to me every single colour effects the piece

sometimes you will see me shade and light using existing colours around a piece, which ends up in weird sorta "unconventional" art decisions like using the colour blue to light yellow and sooo on- since I love experimenting with colour usage

and well it gives out cool results!

really just have fun with colour and don't be afraid to be clumsy and insane with it like me :)

[the2ndsanctuary]

Hi! 12, 17 and 22 for the choose violence ask game, please!

i'll be talking mostly tf probably cuz its been on my mind lately

12. the unpopular character that you actually like and why more people should like them

Thunderclash obviously. I'd say Ambulon but I feel like he's considerably more popular by virtue of association with other doctors who are 3456576534 times more popular so. Thunderclash, however, Well I can get it because imo his most appealing appearance was in MTMTE and ppl who read MTMTE came out with nothing after it and then there are TF fans who hate MTMTE so. But I think if he was actually given more time and development he'd make for a very interesting character and in my mind he's always going to be the idolization of Autobots Philosophy personified (but like, perfect version of it too). How he's also Rodimus' foil and how their relationship could've been interesting to explore BOTH their characters. Idk I think Thunderclash is neat.

17. there should be more of this type of fic/art

Pre-autobot Ambulon being a bit of a badass unintentionally. Literally no one else wants that.

22. your favorite part of canon that everyone else ignores

Man i've been sticking to my own corners for a while i dont rember, i need to like, reread MTMTE and stuff. if anything i think there are more things i wish people focused *less* on. because there are more things that kinda annoy me. or if there Is something i really like it's i think well liked by everyone else. the best i can think of is probably rodimus' entire. gestures. everything that MTMTE majority will not really give a fuck about. also getaway's character arc.

[ryuki-draws]

Finally got around to draw @aecholapis' OC Helios! He's such a miserable boy and the universe keeps whacking him with a comically large mallet, poor thing desperately needs a break :'D ♥

[maydays-medbay]

Would you like to draw Fuselage, please?

He has no idea what he's doing

[soundcrusher]

Hiii, hello 👋

OH MY HOT ROD! HIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[sgrplmjnxxx]

Oh no, who gave the robo puppy a gun

it was me! /j It was built for self protection tho,even for a robo dog

[raudart]

Hi, hello! Would you like to give us more information on the Sparkeater AU 🎤

YAP MODE ACTIVATED

okokok so going into the spec bio side of things, sparks are both functionally souls capable of being imprinted with data and also molten hot balls of plasma that are similar to stars. they provide power to a mech’s internals and frame and are fed with energon, set in a durable chamber surrounded by innermost and suspended in the center by a thin, gelatinous membrane to prevent the energon within from completely boiling inside.

consuming sparks requires a completely modified set of internals, since eating molten plasma isn't exactly something cybertronians are capable of without severe damages. part of star's mutation involved his entire intake and digestive system coating itself in an extreme heat-resistant polymer to allow him to consume sparks without everything inside him melting upon contact (said polymer is also the reason he can't eat anything other than sparks, as it makes everything else taste disgusting). any filtration systems and those dedicated to processing energon within him are now defunct and have since been either reabsorbed and recycled within his frame or removed by ko. what systems remain are much more efficient, as digesting sparks now directly provides energy to his own spark and keeps his frame running at a higher energy output than energon.

since sparks can be imprinted with data, they retain the memories and emotions of their owners. to a sparkeater this manifests in a form of synesthesia and gives them their flavor. whatever the spark owner was feeling most intensely at their time of deactivation (during which the spark is removed from its casing and consumed) presents in its taste and potency. though he is very accustomed to consuming sparks in states of shock, fear, and terror, starscream's favorite flavors are more positive emotions and experiences like hope, elation, and euphoria.

[train-fans-anonymous]

Hi! What's your opinion on Mirage/Hound for the ship bingo?

aaaaa I love them so much. I’ve been trying to get into Mirage/Hound/Cliffjumper recently :) idk what it is that makes them such a good pairing but I enjoy reading about them and I think they look so cute together. Their differences and similarities in character make their dynamics really interesting. I actually don’t know where this ship first originated from,? I’d assume like G1 so that’s kinda how I view them. I don’t have nearly as much as this as things like KOBD but I just think they’re cool together that’s it and more people need to get into this

[ryuki-blogs]

For the ask game: chronically depressed looking guy (gender neutral) that hasn't slept in days and is running on ten cups of coffee, with dark hair and dark circles under the eyes. I didn't say a name but at least three characters popped into your head, didn't they?

Oh, and there's also the plague survival video game from 2005

Wow. Okay. Alright. Yeah. There certainly is a pattern, huh. Yeah, rightfully called out and obliterated to star dust. (And the worst is, there is more than three of them too.)

And yes, beloved plague game with the worst of blorbos of this flavor ever ♥

[cogitohazard]

Can you tell us more about Ieshim, please?

she’s a councilor!

she's able to read minds / see dreams or both.Either way she Knows

she's Tall but Thin and. very physically weak. Likely a one hit kill for gabriel

design wise im thinking maybe false eyes everywhere but we will see

also she's like this but infinitely worse

[dimorphodon-x]

Hello! Do Oardivians have unique names or is it possible for two individuals to share the same name by coincidence?

While I personally try to go for unique names, it could happen. I mean look at Prowl and Prowl (Dent)