Previous Ratchet Now Colored. Be Warned, Really Basic Skills Going On Here! I Promise It Will Get Better

Previous Ratchet now colored. Be warned, really basic skills going on here! I promise it will get better soon.

For now I want focus on figure drawing. Gonna try to work on lots of sketches before going all the way through a whole finished work for a while.

I haven't been able to draw for a few weeks, so I wanted to post this. I was lucky enough to snag tickets to meet Peter Cullen at TFcon LA this year. (Bucket List ✅) I really wanted him to sign a drawing of mine. So after not having even sketched in 10+ years I really started into art again. I was finally able to make this, completing it just in time.

And Mr. Peter Cullen signed it!!

I can't put into words how much this means to me. I'm literally still alive today bc my younger self clung on to Optimus's words to get through each day as my life was unraveling around me.

So to have met Peter Cullen and actually thank him for, well, being him, my heart is able to continue to heal.

I was inspired by MTMTE with this. When the crew visited the Necroworld my first thought was "What would Optimus's statue look like, and how would he react?". My head cannon says he'd have just as many flowers as Megatron. And would probably react even more intensely upon coming to that realization.

I also see the drawing as Optimus literally holding my life (spark flower) in his hands. I'm sure that's something a therapist could spend hours dissecting, lol.

It is now framed, hanging in my reading nook. (I will show the other two amazing commissions from the wonderful Casey Collier at a later time).

Til All are One.

The Marshmallow.

Quick sketch from the sketchbook (first Tailgate!) and trying out coloring. Really need to actually learn the software but this is my brute force method practice!

More to come!

Real quick Drift! Figuring out my style. Figuring out quicker sketching and inking processes. Still want to focus more on figures before finalizing subjects. It's hard for me to just doodle/sketch and not try to keep adding more.

Attaching the drawing process really helps me so I hope it helps someone else as well. Any tips or critiques are very welcome! I'm literally coming off of zero formal training!

Havent had time for serious drawing, so here's some sketches I doodled during yet another Teams meeting.

Be distracted during Teams meeting and doodle.

First Prowl and I love him.

I've been reading a lot of Jazz/Prowl fics lately. Shout out to Crimes in Crystal and Mistakes and Mistakes Until.