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Not really a "process" per se, more of a before & after but. I was diggin through some old files i have and came across these!

So what this is is the Wrap-Around covers to one of the TF:Movie 07 Prequel comic books. Probably issue 1.

So what had happened was throughout this issue Don had based the pre-earth Bumblebee design off an early concept of Bumblebee's earth mode. thought it would be a neat nod i guess. It got approved and then Hasbro changed their minds and wanted him to look a bitmore like the Protoform Optimus toy they were making. And so for all of issue 1 Don had to go in and RE-DRAW every Bumblebee. The whole issue.

Sucked.

Sucked for me, although not as much lol. I was only a few pages and this cover into the issue when the change was mandated so I had to re-color some stuff as well.

Well along with changing the looks of Bumblebee's bot mode they [Hasbro] decided they didnt want too much "color"

They wanted everything to be variations of the chromes, gun-metals, etc etc look they had the protoforms goin for. I wanted to keep SOME semblance of color [man what a monochromatic mess that woulda been] in bumblebee so i gave him a yellow tinge. And the same applies for Arcee

Thats why in the comic all those characters lack color!



So yeah!

Kind of a look into that :P

Hope you had fun!


big pic just for you guys ;)

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:iconvincentgordon:
oh whoa, i hope you had extra time to do the changes before the deadline with all those changes. I think this is a fab job!
:iconm-u-d-c-a-t:
I can understand their reasoning behind the changes, but the first looks so much better imo.

I've always loved how you do glows Josh. Yer the Glowmaster 3000.
:iconshinobirendar:
damn!

That must've sucked pretty bad. But you guys did an amazing job!

Keep posting stuff like this. It's awesome!

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:iconder-der:
That looks like a lot of work.
A lot of changes on Bumblebee.

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This song reminds me of the Autobot Bumblebee? Noooo... maybe ^_^;
:iconhumblebot:
Thats why in the comic all those characters lack color!

I always wondered. I wish they gave you guys more freedom, since I like the top picture more :C Even enemies deserve to be distinctive, instead of MASS OF COLORLESS DRONES.

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:iconladybeelze:
great pic! i prefer the one at the top x3

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:iconfantomdranzerx:
Both of Bumblebee's designs look good. :) I heard that the first issue of the prequel was delayed because of a "printing error." Did redrawing Bumblebee have something to do with it?

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:icondcjosh:
hmm...i cant even remember now. i dont think that was the sole cause but it coulda been a factor

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