Heyo, it’s still January somewhere! This month I did 2 fanarts I have been working on and off since December last year, Optimus Prime and Starscream from Transformers One movie because of course. These was very hard to draw by the way, but I will always risk carpal tunnel syndrome for Optimus Prime and Starscream, my two favorite stars, whose names match this website’s name by the way, feel like it’s destined lol. Anyway, neither portrait is as good as I have in mind, I apparently can’t draw a straight line to save my life, but also not the worst thing I’ve ever drawn so I will call it a success.
[CG, 2025]I used blue forget me not flowers for Optimus Prime because forget me nots were fairly similar to whatever the glowing blue flowers are in the Transformers comics as mentioned in the previous PC setup post. However real life forget me not flowers are very small, like tiny baby’s breath sized blossoms, whereas the glowing flowers seem to be about crocus-sized (compared to a Transformer’s frame, so they’d be massive compared to a human lol). But the symbolism or significance of forget me not is important for Optimus Prime in my opinion. I used some Clip studio free brushes for the flowers, I might go back and redraw them if I feel like it though…
I also used a free geometric texture brush to decorate the gold frames which I drew myself based on the official merch packaging to imitate the Art Deco feel of the Transformers One movie setting. I obviously really love the Art Deco choice because that era of decoration looks classy and retro and elegant yet it blends well with the futuristic sci-fi 80s-inspired vibe of the movie.
I would really love to draw Bumblebee and Megatron portraits in a similar style but just these two were already difficult to finish, and I don’t know if I love Megatron enough to risk carpal tunnel syndrome for him, I would for Bumblebee though lol. I had planned to print these out as trading cards for me to decorate, someday… I will draw something different next month, so keep an eye out!