Transformers Gaiaverse

A synthetic species, destined for conflict by the very CNA-frequencies that program their instincts. A history erased, left to be rediscovered. 🌌 This blog is dedicated to a world building project that takes a new spin on the Transformers franchise, offering a chunk of speculative evolution and a pinch existential horror.

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Blog Status

The development of Transformers Gaiaverse is currently on hold. There is no planned date for when I will revisit it.

This project was originally fueled by the growing frustration of Hasbro not giving us any good TF show as of recent. And while the mentality of "fine, I'll do it myself, then" has driven me several years in private, I no longer have that passion.

I may revisit this AU at a later point and publish my notes, since I have put a lot of work into them.

Edit: I'm currently going through my Inbox and reading through so many questions you guys have left me. I'm touched to see that so many were interested in this AU and wanted to learn more about it. Thank you for your curiosity

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Messing around with Shockwave's head design. I'm actually quite happy with this rotating "face". Rather than showing his momentary emotions (as humans and other Cybertronians do), the angle of his face in combination with his eye color would convey his general mood. That means he usually does not change his facial expression for up to a week!

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Redesigning Shockwave! I'm finally motivated again to continue with this worldbuilding project, but as I'm updating some lore I noticed some designs needed to be tweaked in order to fit the story line.

Above is a quick doodle, below some updates to Shock's robot mode and heavy rework of his alt mode.

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What was Optimus's job before the war? What was Megatron's?

Optimus was Sentinel Prime's secretary, but also owned a library where he archived all kinds of obscure texts. There he would hosts a reading club which would eventually bring together many important characters.

Megatron started off as a miner before eventually becoming a gladiator to climb up the social ladder and gain popularity.

Edit: This information is now outdated!

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Whats ur inspirations for the plot of this au?

I started developing this AU after the Netflix TF trilogy aired which was supposed to be for a mature audience. Aside from gore, there is nothing mature about it. With this AU I want to tackle heavy themes like politics (they're not at war for fun, duh) but also the question and purpose of existence.

I use TFA, TFP, Beast Machines and G1 as my references.

I haven't uploaded much yet so I don't want to spoiler everything up front.

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Okay now I gotta know. What are the visions of a perfect Cybertron according to your boys and cons?

Why not hear the answers from the leaders themselves?

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Stumbled on this blog by happenstance but wow, I adore how alien the bot designs look! Like seriously I'm actually getting "Alien robot from outer space" vibes from your art, it's amazing! Sorry if you get this alot, but would you mind sharing any thoughts or inspo on your design process?

Thank you so much!!

While designing the characters I pulled up their G1, TFA and TFP designs and compared them. What characteristics were present in all continuities? When I draw my first sketches, I try to capture that same essence.

The next thing I think about is the body shape. Similar to TFA, I strive to have expressive silhouettes that tell a lot about the characters just by looking at them. For example, for Mirage I went for something that looked like he was tip toeing around in a sneaky cape.

Some characters are purposely designed to look more alien and somewhat organic in comparison to other characters, who purposely resemble what a typical mecha to looks like.

It all boils down to keeping in mind that they are alien synthetic life forms. Their home planet provides a different environment: Lower gravity, no moisture. Especially because of the lower gravity, they can maintain forms that would be unthinkable for human built machines to have.

(And yes, if they don't calibrate according to a planet's gravitation and air density, and scan a new vehicle, they can be stumbling idiots. Right after landing on Earth, Starscream tried to use his Cybertronian jet mode and barely managed to do an ugly backflip in the air before crashing down.)

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I just found this blog and I love everything about it, its great! You don't have to answer if you don't want to but in your list of characters, why are some names different colors?

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Thanks a lot!

The colors stand for what pronouns the characters are going to use when speaking English. Black>>he/him, very dark red>>she/her and dark yellow>>they/them.

Soundwave would be the only exception regarding pronouns. He straight up doesn’t use them. He will refer to everything by its name no matter how clunky that will sound in human language.

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OH MY GOD these designs are amazing?? delightful???? they're all so unique and expressive... eye candy. i love the style so much! so glad i stumbled upon your blog, can't wait to hear more about this AU :>

do you mind if i make fanart of these designs? with credit, obviously!!

Thank you so much!! I’m glad you enjoy the AU, and I’d love to see fanart of the designs!

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As someone who also draws robots in a very exaggerated, organic manner with lots of pointy bits, I absolutely adore your art style. It’s a huge inspiration

Ah it makes me very happy to hear that!!! <:3 I feel honored to be an inspiration to others. It's somewhat surreal, really.

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Just found this blog and wow your designs are AMAZING. :0 If you have anything more in depth about the plot you'd like to share, I'd love to hear it!

Thank you so much!! I worked hard on them and I'm very happy about the positive feedback I've received :)))

I currently don't have a plot so far because I'm still in the phase where I'm building the characters, which means character sheets and character backgrounds. But, if you have any specific questions about a character's past, chances are high I can answer them. ;D

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WIP of autobots, second half

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WIP of Autobots, first half

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WIP of deception character sheets.

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An older work (with outdated designs) depicting a scene during Sentinel Prime’s assasination.

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Headshots of the majority of characters that are inlcuded in the storyline. Here is the full list, for those who are curious:

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