Do the Dinobot Stomp!

**Highfive** · August 25th, 2002, 09:48 PM

You could consider this one of the first eatpoo responses to the Thunderdrome Challenge, but Slag here obviously isn't an original creation. I've seen a lot of portfolio sites where artists have "vamped up" one of their old favourite Autobots or Decepticons with their own style so I figured I'd try it myself.

Any C&C always appreciated.

**Oblio** · August 26th, 2002, 05:53 AM

Eek... :eek:
Umm... nice doggy..

It looks good but... i'll go with our war dog for now!

Let the jurry decide fairly who's the winner - it's going to be tough!
Great work.

Oblio
-post it in thunderdome mate so anyone could compare the beasts easily.Thx.

**jng** · August 26th, 2002, 08:22 AM

bloody awesome!
I love the details and the background really rounds it off nicely.
Great!

**Gray** · August 26th, 2002, 09:29 AM

Nice contrast.. Machine Nature. Great rendering on the Dinobot.

I'm impressed.

**JoshuaTheJames** · August 26th, 2002, 11:55 AM

a transformer and he-man thread!

pretty cool pic!!!

**nardfrog** · August 27th, 2002, 01:49 AM

Damn! Just when i think this place has a ton of talent, i find there is even more than i thought!
High Five! (pun) But for reals, i still have that dinobot - you're the shit!

**McNallyism** · August 27th, 2002, 06:54 AM

Hey, very nice rendering job there! I love the background as well. I have one suggestion though. Spatially, this piece is looking kind of flat. For instance, Slag's left front and back legs both appear to be about the same distance away from the viewer. Its hard to tell them apart. you could pop the front leg out by adjusting the contrast relative to the back leg or even putting a dust cloud in between them. Just a thought.

On a related note, I had the stegosaurus dinobot when I was about six. I brought it with me on a trip to the zoo one time and left it in the car while I was there. When I got back into the car, I found my stegosaurus dinobot with both of its back legs broken off!! I never figured out what happened...:eek: :confused: :mad:

-Sean

**TJ Verhagen** · August 27th, 2002, 06:00 PM

Stegasaurus eh? wasn't that Snarl or something? sucks man... I had that happen to my Arealbot (Silverbolt, for anyone who cares) once. Never got it fixed right

anyway, I think Slag here turned out very nice! good job!

**Mr.Magnetichead** · August 29th, 2002, 08:44 AM

Thats fantastic:eek:

Great one man, im majorly impressed, im a huge transformers fan and i use the nem 'Grimlock' on my regular forum.

Keep up the good work

skankerzero · August 29th, 2002, 11:27 AM

very nice image.

I took it and showed it to the people over at theallspark.com
Hope you don't mind. I just felt they HAD to see this.

your fans speak and want to see more.

http://boards.allspark.com/ikonboard...ST;f=6;t=13471

**Highfive** · September 1st, 2002, 11:06 PM

Hi guys, thanks for all this awesome feedback! Sorry I took so long to respond, though, and a BIG apology for the image being taken down (I hope you all managed to save it somewhere!) All I can say is that it's attracted the attention of some interesting people :cool: I'm hoping I can include it on my website when it's built.

Oblio - Thanks, man. I saw some of Seedone's work up on the Thunderdome contest and thought, "err, maybe not this time!" I'm worried about us eatpooers getting our arses kicked!

jng - The background was a lot of fun to paint, thankfully! Used a photo-ref of Alaska to get the atmospere.

Gray - I'm glad I picked the right background for it then. Was toying with other environments like the surface of Mars and that sort.

Joshuathejames - hehe, it's all 80's cartoon nostalgia here, isn't it? I'd love to try painting the Sorceress sometime. She was hot!

nardfrog - High five... Down low... Too slow! Cheers, man. I lost all my transformers

so hold onto that one!

McNallyism - That's a good idea for bringing the legs apart. Yeah, there should be a lot more dust behind that front leg as well as in front. Quite a few people thought he had only two legs when they first saw him because there wasn't anything separating them. Thanks very much for pointing that out. That sucks what happened to Snarl, too. Very mysterious!

TJ Verhagen - Cheers, glad you like it!

Mr. Magnetichead - Ah, good old Grimlock! I'd love to see someone paint him.

Skankerzero - Wow, they're really getting into it. Thanks for both for responding here and putting it up on that forum. They're already complaining about it being taken down now, doh! Guess I'd better register and respond to that thread. I was definitely considering posting it on a fan-site somewhere to see the response, but it looks like you saved me the trouble

**plasma** · May 7th, 2003, 06:34 PM

wow

**I.was.ink** · May 7th, 2003, 08:11 PM

This is great. GOOOO transformers!

One small crit: His horn seems to be in a weird perspective. Imo it should be pointed more towards us, so we just see the point and a little bit of it.

Just my thoughts anyways...

**Scotty** · May 7th, 2003, 08:38 PM

I am a HUUUUGE Transformers fan!! This is awesome. Slag rocks.....I actually still have the figure of him.

**absinthe** · May 8th, 2003, 12:09 AM

OLD!!!! hehe nah this is great jon...(ill repeat what i said the first time i saw it) great work as usual and i still think the metal textures are some of the best i have seen!
I PROMISE to get the stuka picture done soon. i am graduating in june so i cant really afford time right now. but when i graduate and cant find any sort of job ill work my ass off on the stukas! p.s. get your ass back on msn soon...sheesh...i havent talked to you in ages.

RedMag* · May 8th, 2003, 05:41 AM

yeah its awesome

**davi** · May 8th, 2003, 07:47 AM

freaking lord that is crazy good

**cam** · May 8th, 2003, 08:57 AM

AAGGHH!!! You're from Australia. . though on the other side of it

Brilliant work man. . .I'm a big Transformers fan, Slag always was one of my favourites. The Dinobots kick arse!

I'm dying to see more transformers stuff on concept art. . .maybe you could do him when he's in robot mode too?