I Love The Difference Between A Sketch And A Worked Piece.

I don’t know how to give a spoiler alert on this website but if I can warn you here it is. This is vague enough though it’s not too much??? Maybe????

Anyways, I saw Transformers: One yesterday and have been thinking about it nonstop ever since. It’s beautiful. Almost perfect. Sensational. 10/10 would recommend please go see it if you have any Transformers love in your bones and even if you don’t. It’s just a good story.

As for the spoilery part, don’t read ahead as I talk about this piece if you don’t want some spoilers.

What kills me about this movie is, yes, Orion and D-16’s friendship, but also Bee and Elita coming together as a team as the four of them. Bee particularly, as it would be assumed he is the youngest and the least experienced in their little group and needs them potentially the most.

I would say there’s a direct parallel you could make between Bee and D-16 throughout the movie. As both of them move from blind loyalty in the status quo to having to accept that the system they live in is set up against them and the power that they trusted is false and vile.

D-16 is a fascinating case of losing trust in anyone and anything because of that betrayal. The movie does a fantastic job of justifying (not excusing) the rise of Megatron and truly emphasizes how tragic of a character he really is, beyond just the violent rebel we’ve gotten used to.

Bee on the other hand shifts quickly to lean on the support and trust of his friends (maybe he is more inclined to as they are literally his only option), and to still hold his faith in Primus and the true Primes, ultimately following Optimus.

Anyways, this illustration I whipped up this evening is in the climax of the film when Sentinel Prime has captured much of the High Guard, as well as D-16 and Bee. D pulls the ballsy move of refusing to kneel to the false Prime. They discuss Megatronus Prime for a bit, Sentinel drawing attention to D’s Megatronus decal. Then Sentinel decides that D-16 should always have a reminder of that dead Prime, and brands a crude likeness of Megatronus on his chest with a laser gun.

Above all else I think that this is potentially the final turning point for D-16. This isn’t the point of no return (see end of film when Sentinel gets his due) but I see it as D-16 losing faith completely in both the true Primes of the past (Megatronus), and the false Prime of the present (Sentinel), leading him straight to the point later where he won’t trust his future to anyone but himself. Not even Orion. I wanted to explore this moment visually so while I was at work the composition for this piece slowly started forming in my head and I knew I wanted to bring both D-16 and Bee into the focal point.

A bit of a monster creation from last night!

I’ve never illustrated Obi-Wan before but with the new teaser I felt I had to finally give it a shot!

Really don’t know if this sketch will ever get completed but oh boy oh boy episode 5 was a rollercoaster that just went down and down into emotional damage wasn’t it?

Did a sketch of Eris last night. She finally has a fireteam again even if it is pretty odd.

🎶 Cuz mama I’m in love with a criminal 🎶

Zemo was definitely making some points in the last episode. Pardon the first image, I didn’t use a reference until I was almost done with it, which seems counter intuitive.

Hello again tumblr! It’s been a while! My name is Ruth and I’m an illustrator and senior university student. I will be posting a backlog of my own illustrations for your viewing pleasure. If you are curious about commissions, my email is in my bio. Send me a quick message and I’ll get back to you with info. Hope you have a wonderful day!

I don’t know when I started loving them but now I do apparently????

Variks and Euros working on a new arm.

Was on my phone waiting for some Destiny 2 loading screens and suddenly felt the urge to just start bawling. Realized a moment later that Deep Stone Lullaby was playing. Boy that song really just slaps you across the face with emotion. Imagine if it had played when Cayde died.