Drew Our Ocs In Friend's Sketchbook

Carnelian stamp seal featuring a kitty, Minoan, 1900-1600 BC

from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

self regulation

aHhh okay so the discussions of Titan!Megatron on @callsign-relic's blog have fully. FULLY taken over my brain and ive been drawing stuff for it for like the last few days nonstop

the tl;dr of this is AU is pretty much "what if Megatron got turned into a titan/cityformer as a form of penance/imprisonment and now roams the empty wasteland of Cybertron forever" plus "IDW Megatron has really fucked up internals so... what if that, but as a City?"

and of course since he's a Titan, that also means he has a cityspeaker... or three. One per sub-AU thing. Theres 3 options. 3 flavours of AU.

i have so much art to make. but in the meantime, for more info! check out the #titan au tag on Relic's blog :]!! (also uhh potential ns//fw warning for the link shfjbdkd)

Hi. My battery is running out once again so design and art notes get chucked here instead of an image.

The cuffs and collar are hardwired into Megatron, so I made the lights the same colour as his biolights!

I imagine that on the tops of his shoulders there are solar panels, even if you can't see them here lol.

I really wanted to keep the swirly bits on Megatron's chest from IDW

Other art notes:

The second picture with the seekers is (loosely) inspired by a discussion about whether or not Megatron gets visitors or not. I thought about who would visit him and well... I think this is as close as Starscream realistically gets to visiting him.

Extra detail about that piece is that Thundercracker and Skywarp are keeping watch from above! Also drawing Megatron took me like 8 hours because I was struggling with his legs really badly kshffkbfkdsbdk,, the background went much faster, funnily enough.

Optimus specifically isn't wearing his Autobot badge any more.

This isn't relevant in this series of images, but Ultra Magnus's eye markings are only on the Magnus armour. His other two forms do not have them :] (... until he begins to discard the armour, that is.)

Megatron is roughly 3200m/2 miles tall. Technically he could have clouds around his knees, but I thought this looked a little bit cooler lol.

Also, height chart! Him big. I didn't even attempt to put a human for scale because that'd be. near impossible with this scale.

AU idea: Tarn got injured during a mission and lost his memories, returning him to pre-empurata Damus... (I just want to draw him with a big smile 😭)

Bonus DJD reaction:

Red

i drew a misraaks a few days ago. look at this crepe of an individual.

some thoughts

i don't know why i never regarded the eliksni as being lizard-like. i always thought of them as insectoid, but they can be lizardy too. i imagine they have little hard whiskers on their snouts for feeling and social gestures (they're very social creatures that enjoy physical touch) and scutes that shed as they grow older, growing larger and more vibrant in color until they reach their adult form. they molt through their entire life, slowing as they age. similar to lobsters, a lack of energy and difficulty molting can end their otherwise extraordinarily long lifespans. shed scutes are often used in things such as jewelry and the making of small household tools. after being introduced to the idea of the tooth fairy by pre-golden-age records, eliksni sometimes keep their hatchlings' first shed scutes as tokens, or leave small gifts in exchange for them.

they are cold-blooded creatures, who prefer warmth and basking in direct sunlight. when available, they prefer open-air architecture that allows them to stay in the sun, and otherwise use windows and basking bulbs when the sun is unavailable. sometimes mirrors are used to direct its rays into otherwise unreachable areas. their armor probably contains heating mechanisms for colder environments. they enjoy basking as a social activity, and will bask in large groups, utilizing dark materials in floors and furniture to absorb heat.

anyway, just food for thought.

Chaos God color poll

Finally, I’ve made another poll

"It's just a loader. It doesn't understand"

All shot using real figures and miniature sets. The eyes and button glow on Ned-B I digitally illustrated in.

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