#transformers isolation

[tf-isolation]

Heyo, I’m still alive and I guess this project is as well

Yeah, anyone who knows me knows how horrible my “perfectionism” is and a lot of the reason why I haven’t done a lot of content lately (other than the usual real life factors/burnouts until recently) is because I find myself often becoming more and more dissatisfied with the Isolation designs from my previous pass with them.

Buuuuut with a bit of motivation from my GF, I present to you and updated look at Wolfatron! (and a bonus rough glance at his palette when he uses the power of the Dead Matrix)

[agathaarts]

@drawma-king‘s Wolf-Knight based Megatron, as run through the “Agatha Filter” as we call it in the discord servers! Basically it’s “let Agatha go ham on your character and redesign them.”

It’s...very fun for me.

Also a good excuse to me to just mess around with color variations

[tf-isolation]

Sorry for the long absence, everyone! 

I still intend to get to some of the meme prompts I’ve been sent and take new ones but as a few of them were design related, that gave me pause and I had to ask myself “how satisfied am I really with the direction of these current designs?”. So I present, a revised and (hopefully) finalized shot of all five main characters in Isolation! 

From left to right we have Blackarachnia, the young ward and (supposed) last new Cybertronian in the universe. Shockwave, her father and the team’s defacto engineer working past the effects of shadowplay to be a better caretaker. Of course we have  Megatron, repentant former King of the Decepticons with a dark bond. Arcee, former Arachnicon priestess/Autobot who was wounded and betrayed ages ago by her own sister, Airachnid. And lastly Soundwave, Megatron’s mysterious right hand man and resident telepath. 

[tf-isolation]

It’s only a week late but I ended up doing a crossover idea as a gift to the lovely @moontruffles featuring my boi Gil from her @transformersreversal AU! 

I can’t tell you exactly what compelled me to give him Wolfatron’s sword and cape but hey, I guess it worked ‘cause I went from having art block for a week to IMMEDIATELY having a solid sketch for him last night when I got it. I guess the secret to making me draw something is “give it a sword and a cape”.

Well, the cape certainly looks good on Gil! Not too sure about that sword, though...it’s weird, people keep saying it gives off a bad vibe and informs their use of it...almost like it has a mind of it’s own.

[tf-isolation]

Motivated by @agathaarts and her take on the old man, I finally took another stab at the design and came upon a design I was happy with...for the first time in the almost three years since I came up with the AU. Whoops. 

Megatron...has had it rough over the past several centuries. He went from being a proud ruler, the literal king of his Decepticons, to a disgraced old knight hiding out on Earth. The years have not been especially kind to him but they have brought about some positive changes to the former tyrant, such as a renewed sense of humility and a reminder of his former purpose...to protect those who cannot defend themselves from a corrupt higher power. (though he hasn’t decided whether dealing with Autobot politicians was better or worse than fighting demons)

While old age may be slowing Megatron down, he does still have one ace up his sleeve...one that seems to respond surprisingly well to the strange sword and shield set. Even the most mindless drone of the Chaos Bringer seems to take pause whenever they see it. Curious...

[tf-isolation]

Admittedly, I kinda got lazy with the shading on this one but I’ve finally got another member of the “core four” Isolation crew, namely Shockwave! 

One of Megatron’s most loyal allies and one of the Decepticon’s earliest driving forces, being a former victim of the Functionist council (like fellow hermit Soundwave) who encouraged the people of Cybertron to help dismantle the system of the “Three Primes” government. In more recent years, Shockwave has almost completely undone the effects that Shadowplay had over his personality, allowing him to be more expressive and “emotional” than most other depiction. The reason for this change? 

So he could be the best father possible to Blackarachnia, his daughter with the Decepticon deserter (and former scientist) Airachnid. After all, the current theory is that she could very well be the last “new” Cybertronian left uncorrupted by Unicron. Best to raise her as best they can, to have her serve as the best possible example of their supposedly fleeting race.