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being a mecha artist is so bizzare sometimes,

I have to research how hydraulic lines work for a pinup drawing. I'm reading a car parts manual for a pinup drawing.

what the hell man.

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two more jazzprowls!

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some humanformers jazzprowl,

set in some kinda noir/thriller setting. tarantulas is a serial killer targeting prowl, Jazz is a special agent trying to catch him.

more to come, I have many thoughts about them. :)

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symposium is tomorrow. i've been so nervous I forgot to post the finished jazz plush

so here he is! he came out significantly better than expected. plus a bonus last photo of him going on an adventure because my buddy tuna took me to visit a local park yesterday, (they saved my ass I was in an anxious rut all day lol)

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ok so I lied I'm working on jazz already, here's the concept draft for the plushie, and my patterning nightmare scribbles below that.

trying to decide if I put little eyes under his visor even though you'll never ever see them just for the bit, or if that's too much effort.

yes my patterning process does always look this insane, I promise it comes with good results!

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JAZZ WINS! off I go to pattern!

i'm workin on something evil too, so It may be a minute before there's progress

I SPELLED PLUSHIFY WRONG FORGIVE ME

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Dakjuk of shame for dinner because I do not think im gonna be able to make myself eat anything more substantial.

the upside is my house smells good now

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I SPELLED PLUSHIFY WRONG FORGIVE ME

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progress on the custom earthspark soundwave also! got all the paint on, now im slowly starting to put him together. I need to find a decal or something for the con insignia cause my shaky ass hands can't do detail that small. otherwise its going way smoother than expected!

I love this fancy divorced robot so much.

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oc posting today because I am on so much pain medication that I can't take my anxiety meds. fandom content will resume when my brain is once more functional

enjoy my stupid mecha pilots

grumpy old woman is sola, she's in charge of the whole program. she deserves a year of paid vacation and a raise. instead she gets space bugs and idiots.

I still need to draw sempra (Roddy's drift partner) but I haven't landed on a solid design for him yet.

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absolutely heartbroken, I saved up to get a copy of transformers devastation for the old old xbox 360 my brother doesn't want anymore. and THE DISK READS AS CRUNCHYROLL??? either something is DEEPLY wrong with the way this thing reads disks or I got ripped off BAD.

I am like, weirdly upset about this. I cannot cry over a game not working I am a full adult what is wrong with me

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here's a process video of me designing wasp for the upcoming tfp au I have planned! y'all can watch me lose my mind in real time lol!

its basically just me putting every waspinator in a blender, and then like, squinting at arachnids kibble really hard +emotional support cuckoo wasp

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You have reminded me of this wild idea I had. If you have watched Ben 10 (the one where they are teenagers), yk how Kevin is obsessed with his car? And he’s constantly pampering it and fixing it. well his car is green and has black stripes….

I guess it’s not Waspinator but maybe wasp? Could be his car? It would certainly explain how it survived everything.

Idk you just reminded me of the existence of this thing that’s been sitting in my docs for months ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

OOOH I've never watched ben 10 (I should its got cool aliens) but I'm always down for wasp/waspinator in any form I love him so! especially considering he technically doesn't die at the end of tfa...... maybe he went and got his old alt back somehow??

however you just gave ME an idea by accident lol. fabulous feedback loop of inspiration we've got going here lol.

makes ANOTHER au

I needed an excuse to redesign Miko anyways. we're similar people. (pink hair, too much jewelry, metalheads, zero impulse control lol)

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ugh I wanna give waspinator a human friend so bad...

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i have returned to your askbox to say i also love your starscreams - especially when you’ve messed him up real good , those are my favorites :3

also … how do you do digitigrade legs so good … those have always oddly been a struggle for me

in that case here, have a warm up I did eons ago of him shooting megatron at someone!

(I do enjoy using florescent colors so I find thoroughly beat up bots fun to draw, even though I feel bad lol)

as for digitigrade legs, I'm not really sure honestly! I find plantigrade hard, since there's less?? joints to pose with?? I did to a LOT of fursona commissions for friends back in high school, so I could afford art supplies. so maybe its a practice thing??

I will say I find for when I draw most cybertronians, I tend to use goats/deer as reference, since I draw their pedes like hooves.

I think the last time I drew megatron I literally had a photo of a draft horse rearing up the whole time,

oh, except soundwave/rodimus, I use cats for them. I dunno why

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I love how you draw Waspinator so much 😭

HES SO FLUFFY AND SAD

He gives sad wet cat 😂

he is the saddest, wettest cat. a bug just full of anxiety like a water balloon.

I want to give him one saltine cracker and a blanket.

hes also the character I actually enjoy drawing the most. I find his shape language very soothing to work with, and his colors really appealing. so I tend to spend more time on him since I'm actually having fun!!

It also helps that I have a png of a cuckoo wasp pinned in my reference album so I don't have to suffer every Time I need to check how bug-joints look. lol

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guys.. what are the best looking swindle figures... even 3d/4th party ones. I am making a list to consider options. because... I would very much like to have him.

he does not have to look good in alt either since I rarely keep my figs like that that,