Posted: 21 July 2008 at 2:24am | IP Logged

Peoples, the next sprite milestone approacheth!

Ordinarily, I'd make a post about the TF sprites I draw in their own thread, for obvious reasons - but to avoid double posting and cluttering up the place, I'm making a standalone thread just this once!

I'm now almost at the quarter-thousand mark!  I have, to date, drawn 246 (excluding the Xmas-themed specials) Transformers sprites across multiple series, from the different Dreamwave comics to a couple of IDW series, the TF & GI Joe crossovers, and across one or two toy lines as well.  I'm not sure who to grant the coveted 250th honour to, so I'm tossing the vote out to you lovely folks!  Who do you want to see take the figurative crown, and why?*

I'm going to draw the most recently requested sprites that were asked for in the main thread first (Animated Bumblebee and G1 Galvatron, and also get Impactor posted), then get to work on whoever gets the most votes!  Since I can't get a poll going here, you'll just have to tell me who you think should have the honour, and why they deserve it.  Check out the list below to see everyone that's been drawn so far, so you don't name someone that's already been done!  The eventual winner will be shown right here in this very thread!

*And no, I'm not drawing Unicron!  Or Primus. 
At least, not yet.................

This is a full list of which characters I have drawn sprites of, to date:

G1 Autobots - Air Raid, Alpha Trion, Arcee, Beachcomber, Blaster, Bluestreak, Brainstorm, Brawn, Bumblebee, Bumper, Cliffjumper, Cosmos, Eject, Emirate Xaaron, Fireflight, Gears, Grapple, Grimlock, Hoist, Hound, Hubcap, Huffer, Impactor, Inferno, Ironhide, Jazz, Jetfire (with and without armour), Metroplex, Mirage, Omega Supreme, Optimus Prime, Perceptor, Pipes, Powerglide, Prowl, Ramhorn, Ratchet, Red Alert, Rewind, Rodimus Prime, Seaspray, Sideswipe, Silverbolt, Skids, Skydive, Slag, Slingshot, Sludge, Smokescreen, Snarl, Steeljaw, Sunstreaker, Superion, Swoop, Top Spin, Tracks, Trailbreaker, Twin Twist, Warpath, Wheelie, Wheeljack, Whirl, Windcharger

G1 Decepticons - Astrotrain, Battletrap, Blast Off, Blitzwing, Bombshell, Bonecrusher, Brawl, Breakdown, Bruticus, Buzzsaw, Crankcase, Cyclonus, Dead End, Devastator, Dirge, Drag Strip, Flywheels, Frenzy, Hook, Kickback, Laserbeak, Long Haul, Megatron, Menasor, Mixmaster, Motormaster, Octane, Onslaught, Ramjet, Ravage, Razorclaw, Ruckus, Rumble, Runabout, Runamuck, Scavenger, Scrapper, Shockwave, Shrapnel, Sixshot, Skywarp, Soundwave, Spectro, Spyglass, Starscream, Swindle, Thrust, Thundercracker, Viewfinder, Vortex, Wildrider, Windsweeper

Alternators/Binaltechs - Battle Ravage, Dead End, Hound, Meister, Nemesis Prime, Optimus Prime, Red Alert, Ricochet, Rollbar, Shockblast, Silverstreak, Smokescreen, Sunstreaker, Swerve, Swindle, Tracks

Armada - Cyclonus, Demolishor, Galvatron, Hot Shot, Laserbeak, Megatron, Nemesis Prime, Optimus Prime, Overload, Red Alert, Scavenger, Skywarp, Smokescreen, Starscream, Thrust, Thundercracker

TF vs GI Joe Vol. 1 - Bumblebee, Frenzy, Ironhide, Megatron, Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Rumble, Scrapper, Soundwave, Trailbreaker, Wheeljack

Classics - Acid Storm, Astrotrain, Bug Bite, Bumblebee, Cliffjumper, Grimlock, Jetfire (with and without armour), Megatron, Mirage, Nemesis Prime, Optimus Prime, Ramjet, Rodimus, Skywarp, Springer, Starscream, Thundercracker, Ultra Magnus

War Within - Bluestreak, Bombshell, Bonecrusher, Bumblebee, Grimlock, Hook, Hound, Ironhide, Jazz, Kickback, Kup, Long Haul, Megatron, Mixmaster, Motormaster, Octane, Omega Sentinel, Optimus Prime, Optronix, Prowl, Ratchet, Runabout, Runamuck, Scavenger, Scrapper, Shockwave, Shrapnel, Skids, Skywarp, Soundwave, Starscream, Thrust, Thundercracker, Trailbreaker, Wheeljack

Hearts Of Steel - Bombshell, Bumblebee, Kickback, Megatron, Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Shockwave, Shrapnel, Skywarp, Squawkbox, Starscream, Thundercracker

IDW Infiltration - Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Jazz, Megatron, Prowl, Ratchet, Runabout, Runamuck, Skywarp, Starscream, Sunstreaker, Thundercracker, Wheeljack

Other - G1 Sunstorm, G2 Laser Rod Optimus Prime, Takara Dai Atlas & Star Saber

Posted: 22 July 2008 at 7:45am | IP Logged

G1 Trypticon.

"Total victory requires total destruction."

Posted: 22 July 2008 at 10:56am | IP Logged

ironpyrite303 wrote: G1 Devastator

He's already done, and is listed above.

Nemesis Scourge wrote: Fortress Maximus

Hmmmm..........*considers*

Posted: 24 July 2008 at 1:29am | IP Logged

nice are you going make movie and animated sprites yet?

Posted: 25 July 2008 at 4:19am | IP Logged

ah cool.. I would like see Animated Soundwave and bumblebee and I like see Classics Sunstreaker and Prowl if would add on list

Posted: 30 July 2008 at 8:25am | IP Logged

my votes go to armarda skywarp and TF vs GI Joe Vol. 1 wheeljack

Posted: 31 July 2008 at 1:52am | IP Logged

They've been done, dude.

Posted: 09 August 2008 at 6:07pm | IP Logged

Right, number 249 is done, so it's time to begin the 250th!

Looks like it's gonna be Fortress Maximus then.  As is the case with all the G1 TFs, I'll base him upon the Dreamwave interpretation of him, as seen in MTMTE and the Micromaster miniseries.  There's a great pic of him in the TF Genesis artbook that I'd considered as well, but I'll have to go with the DW version, to fit in with the other G1 sprites.  However, that's not to say that the Genesis depiction won't also be done at some point in the future...

So, watch this space!  I'll update this thread again when he's done and dusted!

Posted: 16 August 2008 at 1:36am | IP Logged

Ok, Max has been drawn - just needs to be coloured now.  He's on the same size scale as Metroplex, so is my second biggest piece to date (Metroplex is fractionally taller).  His design is based mostly upon the DW MTMTE profile pic, with additional elements from the previously mentioned Genesis picture included as well.  The colouring should be completed before the week is out.

Now, does anyone want to see him accompanied by Cerebros, Cog and Headmaster Spike?  I can probably draw them in the space of a few days, and then post the whole lot together.  Or would you be satisfied just with Max on his own?