More old art
From way back when. My art skills haven't improved appreciably since then.
This was a stab at a prototype version of a fancharacter I've put art up of before. In this variation, he had a lot more black than grey. It's possible that this might even be art of his pitfighting persona, Obsidian. Yes, he chose a name identical to an existing, active Decepticon general. No, he didn't realise it until later. Yes, he then kept on using it for the mystique. No, he didn't admit that was his stage name when he was captured. As the black colour was mostly a temporary spray-on he used in the arena, he was back to mid-gray by the time he'd been processed and power-washed.
Differences from the more recent 3D art:
- his napalm cannons have a flatter turret, not the hemispherical one which came later.
- the colour, of course.
- there's a dip in the helmet at the top of his face. That was actually supposed to be in the CGI model, too, until I realised that it would make any liquid falling on his head automatically run down over his optics. Put on hold until I worked out an alternative - probably shifting the dip to the back of his head.
Note that I hadn't yet decided how the shoulders were going to transform, and the pistols are therefore placed to block any view of them. Also that I suck at drawing detail and metallic surfaces, so it's hard to really pick out the foreground pistol faces from the background robot.
On the other hand, the expression wasn't bad, considering he's got only the barest hints of a faceplate. It really does look like he's scowling.
This was a stab at a prototype version of a fancharacter I've put art up of before. In this variation, he had a lot more black than grey. It's possible that this might even be art of his pitfighting persona, Obsidian. Yes, he chose a name identical to an existing, active Decepticon general. No, he didn't realise it until later. Yes, he then kept on using it for the mystique. No, he didn't admit that was his stage name when he was captured. As the black colour was mostly a temporary spray-on he used in the arena, he was back to mid-gray by the time he'd been processed and power-washed.
Differences from the more recent 3D art:
- his napalm cannons have a flatter turret, not the hemispherical one which came later.
- the colour, of course.
- there's a dip in the helmet at the top of his face. That was actually supposed to be in the CGI model, too, until I realised that it would make any liquid falling on his head automatically run down over his optics. Put on hold until I worked out an alternative - probably shifting the dip to the back of his head.
Note that I hadn't yet decided how the shoulders were going to transform, and the pistols are therefore placed to block any view of them. Also that I suck at drawing detail and metallic surfaces, so it's hard to really pick out the foreground pistol faces from the background robot.
On the other hand, the expression wasn't bad, considering he's got only the barest hints of a faceplate. It really does look like he's scowling.