16:55 From what I've heard, Mirage/Dino had to be red in order for Ferrari to agree to their car being in the movie. For being a character that really didn't have a ton of screen time, there were a lot of hurdles to clear in order for him to even be in the movie. I love these redesigns. I wish Transformers leaned into stylized designs like this more often.
It is pretty silly that the filmmakers had to jump through so many hoops just to get a Ferrari in their movie just for that character to wind up with 4 minutes of screentime and 3 voice lines. Not complaining though. I still think Dino is really cool and I own his studio series toy.
Not helped by the fact that Ferrari already had a toy contract with Mattel, and the CEO of Ferrari didn't like their cars being associated with killer robots (which is why his name was changed from Mirage to Dino, after the guy's son).
While I typically like my Ratchet and Ironhide designs to be similar to each other (because I feel like it, ironically, makes them stand out more and contrast with each other), the Ratchet design having a dad bod and an almost "overalls" look is actually really neat and inspired. Ironhide also looks pretty badass, too.
I love these designs! as a massive mecha fan, i find the vents on either side of the heads of some autobots (most notably prime and jazz) to bear a striking resemblance to the cheek vents seen in designs seen from the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. While I doubt this was the intended homage, vents on the sides of the head like this are a common sight on Gundam's protagonist machines, especially the main robots. It not only works for the designs, but the extra reference already strengthens the heroic silhouettes of the characters by linking them to other robotic heroes!
I'm sorry... I just keep coming back to your videos, because I'm blown away by your designs and the way you describe your thought proccess behind each design element and why you chose it. There is not one design that I have a gripe with they're THAT GOOD! Now I hope you don't take this as criticism but rather a compliment. Your drawing skills need improvement (vehicles especially), but your cartoony art style, freaking amazing crativity and the overall flow of each design and the animation... I'M FLABBERGASTED! Your creativity is constrained by your skills is what I'm trying to say and I hope this doesn't come off as douchey I'm trying my best to describe how incredible your work is despite your abbilites. I've never seen anyting as creative in the franchise in terms of designs as yours till now. I ADORE YOUR DESIGNS!!!! Cannot wait to hear your thought process on how you redesigned the Deceptions and especially Bonecrusher as he is my favorite redesign of yours.
I am very intrigued about how went on redesigning some of the famous among the Autobots. Now I can't wait to see how to see how you'll redesign the Decepticons, as well as other characters such as my favorite group of the Autobots; the Dinobots.
Dude these are really cool! I’m a biology nerd myself, so my transformers concepts usually end up on the “they look actually alien” side of things, the only ones I wanted to make look a smidge friendly were prime and bee, primes face being somewhat human, and Bee having a literal biomechanical bee face (my transformers concepts use the idea that they’re not robots, they’re creatures that evolved to be able to shapeshift, and they transform by basically flexing muscles.) I wanted to make mine unsettling, and portray the idea that “not all things are what they seem” Like the phrase “more than meets the eye” lol
My one complaint with most fan redesigns is that they aren't very toyetic. I know they're not going to be turned into toys but that's my favorite aspect of the franchise so I like when I can tell exactly how the parts rearrange to become the alt mode.
Or more accurately a decent transformation We’re aiming for kingdom cyclonus or even G1 not bullshit like MP-44 or the third part starscream figure crimson wing It also helps it it scales down well yes you could get a bayverse style figure in master piece scale with minimal changes but try it in deluxe class and there’s going to be a shit tonne of kibble
i actually really liked ratchet being green and ironhide being black in the bayverse. the later not only because it fits his character, but otherwise there would be an over-abundance of the color red lol. optimus is red and blue, ratchet was red and white, ironhide was red and jazz had a red stripe on G1. your designs are nice, tho! and really cute. they would be a nice fit for a rise of the TMNT-type show.
I just found your channel today, and it helped me get motivation for creating my own characters again. I’m still in the process of making profiles though. My plan now is to remake existing characters I know I want in my own continuity (called the Reformed Continuity as a better attempt to create a better hybrid of all concepts and previous universes after the Aligned universe failed at that) and figure out an art style for those characters, then use my experience to create my brand new characters. A few months ago, I created a short story for my school’s writing celebration, and it was a winner in its category. I made the crew of the Oblivion, an research shuttle that surveys the ores on each of the colony planets
My favorite subject of fan redesigns is movie Blackout. I feel like he has one of the most iconic robot designs spawning from the bayverse so I'm excited to see you putting your own spin on it and how much of the original you kept.
I did some Transformers designs in the past, and when I did Bumblebee I exclusively made him based on bees, a rounder silhouette, a helmet that is similar to the one he wears in the recent films that has a visor that looks like insect eyes, and Big eyes that also give him a more friendly look and make him look more like a bee.
1:14 i might've counted wrong but a few years back i assigned myself a task of listing/discovering as much transformer character as i can (even the obscure ones from the far corner of the franchise) and i gave up after 2063 bots. (some of them even have the same name such as Skydive whose used as a name for an autobot in the Aerialbot and a decepticon in a subgroup called the Predators)
I would love to see your process behind the Decepticons next!! especially Starscream!! these designs are awesome so far and I adore the animations you've made :3❤
Amazing thought process in this! Excellent designs overall… you’re making me want to try my own hand at redesigning the autobots!! 😂 and I’m pretty terrible with bot designs Awesome!
Joltbot this is the first video i watched from you and AM ALREADY INSPIRED! BY YOU! You have taught me how to make my own designs! Thanks sooo much i wish you a good day man Thank you. You have inspired me :)
I love this when redesigning characters taking elements from different versions and other characters from different media you’re transformers are great
me too! it's like i'm a designer for hasbro or something and I have to keep in mind how the toy will look haha. It can be difficult but I feel like it adds an extra layer of fun and complexity.
I looked at this a while back and I got to say, we think alike. For me I was just creating scripts for a UA-cam project show. For designing Bumblebee I thought you were my long lost twin 😂 I’ve also thought of taking some elements from your designs to supercharge mine. Thanks
there are around 442 characters in the g1 toyline, considering most newer characters are also named after one of these, there are atleast 500 characters.
I like the idea, but I guess Transformers is even harder to redesign because, in my head at least, you have to take in to consideration the toys, and how that will work with the transformation. You don't exactly need to, like Animated Bumblebee have a fake window chest, but I think it adds to the challenge. It gives a little more authenticity, your designs might never became toys, but since every single Transformers is designed with that intent I think it's a valid option. Nice video, it inspired me to do my very own designs!
I'm far from being a competent artist tbh, but I love redesigning characters a lot, even having an Optimus Prime design that many ppl found it unique and distinct from many others (not showing off, this genuinely happened to me multiple times). A tip for anyone wanting to redesign characters: Keep it simple, but give it your own touch, find unique ways to give it an essence of its own, while respecting the source material.
Something I always struggle with when trying to assemble a Transformers roster is color overlap. Optimus is primarily red with blue as a secondary color. So Ironhide, Sideswipe, Cliffjumper, etc. clash pretty hard with him. (Assuming you use G1 colors) and with Ratchet, you have to give him an accent, otherwise he's just boring white. So you go with red, but you have to find a balance between enough red to break up the white and not so much that he clashes with Optimus.
You inspired me to create my own redesigns for a video for my second channel, I did for Optimus Prime, Jazz, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Ratchet, Prowl and Wheeljack: Optimus Prime: The front doesn't basically transform, his colors being red mixing with blue, I put the smoke stacks on his back, his trailer hauler forming his legs like in other Optimus designs, I made his head resemble a Japanese warrior's helmet, besides him always wearing the mask (like G1) and doesn't retract when he needs to speak, in this case I imagine the mask and the helmet being one thing and not being parts of Optimus' body, so technically he can take it out whenever he wants, not to mention that in my redesign, Optimus is MUCH bigger than Jazz and Bumblebee, the white stripe I placed a little bit lower and it doesn't reaches the door, besides having two fully white insignias on his shoulders (which, by the way, are a division of red and blue), for vehicle mode, I basically made a Freightliner FL86 Cabover Semi truck with blue and red trailer hauler and with black windows. Jazz: I made him much whiter, without the dark gray color, only the red, blue and white, and with a thick waist, just like your Ratchet, I put the joints between his feet and shins, and I also placed the wheels between his hands and arms, his face is less human and kind of oval and his mouth is small, I practically got rid of the antennae and the visor, however I replaced the visor with a blue and red structure around the eyes inspired by an asymmetrical glasses from Back to the Future and having shoulder pads placed on him and having red insignia faded on his shoulders, for vehicle mode, I pretty much made a generic rugged sports car, which I have to admit resembles a Volkswagen Beetle. Bumblebee: I basically based him on G1's Bumblebee, with the front bumper forming his feet, I basically took a bit of inspiration from your design by adding the black structure analogous to a clypeus and his face is like a bumblebee, I made his design have vertical black stripes to remind of a bumblebee, but unlike you, I went for something more similar to current Bumblebee designs and put antennae instead of horns, I put the wheels on the shoulders and I put a black insignia on his chest, for vehicle mode, I basically made a generic small yellow coupe that could remind a bit of the Volkswagen Beetle from G1. Ironhide: The chest is formed by the front, that transforms very little, I made his legs and shoulders red, and his shoulders have mirrors, the parts where the wheels are located are positioned on the torso and the front bumper on the belly, I made his helmet similar to the G1's, but just like yours, I put an antenna, or rather, two antennae, for the face, I was inspired by Bulkhead's face from Transformers Prime, his colors are practically his classic G1 colors (except the yellow), I made his arms pointy like Ironhide from WFC, put the wheels near his shoulders and put the joints between his knees, ironically he is my only redesign that does not have an Autobot insignia in either robot or alt mode, although I imagine he has a white insignia on the back of his vehicle mode, for vehicle mode, I made a generic van with a long front and maybe the only vehicle I made that have a bumper. Ratchet: I pretty much made him bulkier (except for the arms) and like Optimus, the front of his vehicle mode doesn't transform, but at least he has a waist, the front obviously forms his chest with a small white Autobot insignia and a text underneath that says "Rescue & Heal Hospital", I put a blue siren on his head and I made his face with a bigger mouth, also loosely inspired on Bulkhead, although the face looks kinda goofy I have to admit, I made his head helmet red and the red is almost predominantly color in the front, although I chose the classic red and white color, I decided use a darker red to contrast with Ironhide and Optimus, for vehicle mode, I made a generic type two ambulance that I would say it loosely resembles a Volkswagen Bus or his G1 Nissan Onebox Vanette Ambulance alt mode with two large dark red Autobot insignias with the text "Rescue & Heal Hospital" on both sides. Prowl: He has the front forming the chest like on G1, but his "door wings" are positioned downwards, similar to Blackout's propellers, I was kind of inspired by your Barricade design, with his arms having the word "police" divided across them, I positioned his wheels between his elbows and his joints behind his legs, similar to Jazz from G1, another thing that I inspired on G1's Jazz was that he have an insignia on his chest, for the face, I wanted him to resemble a classic old cop with a mustache, so in addition to putting a mustache on him, I also made the helmet subliminally resemble a cop hat, also he is the only one of my redesigns that has a nose and eyebrows, for the colors, well I decided to use blue and white instead of the classic and repetitive black and white, the reason I chose blue instead of black was because of Chase from Rescuebots who is also a cop Autobot and I strangely didn't put golden yellow like in other designs of Prowl, for vehicle mode, I made a generic police car with "police" written on the roof with a dark red and blue (a lighter blue to not mix the colors) siren, and I have to admit it looks a lot like a Hudson Hornet, which ironically was never used as a police car. Wheeljack: I basically based him a lot on the G1 design, but with the front forming only the feet and the other part where the front wheels are formed on the upper part of the legs, the rear forms two structures similar to the G1, but he doesn't have "door wings", I kept the two plates and the three protrusions on the head that the G1's look has, but I made them white, I made his eyes a little bigger and I added something that I don't think any Wheeljack design has, a transparent visor that you can see his eyes through and subliminally resembles a scientist glasses, I chose two colors from the G1 look, white and red, with his chest having four red squares that have an insignia in the middle, for vehicle mode, i made a vehicle with a long nose that looks like a beak that i'm pretty sure doesn't look like any real vehicle, also, it's the only vehicle I've made that has blue windows.
I know you probably need more people in order to do this, but can you do a similar video for the decepticons and the other bayverse characters, please? I like your videos and animations, and you helped come up with my own drawings and redesigns of these iconic robots in disguise.
I remember I searched it up a long time ago because as a long time fan of the franchise, I didn’t know either. I remember reading somewhere that there were at least 500 named cybertronian characters, but I’m not sure if that includes characters from Autobot/Decepticon colony worlds or if it even included characters from Beast Wars.
I absolutely love your designs, i was a little nervous when you say u would given them a more human facial features, which give me some war memories(wheeljack) but now i only waiting for more redesigns. Are you going to make arcee, chromia and elita-1 different, right? I know Michael Bay didn't care for these characters, and them killed them late, but i would love if them are different from each other, like chromia being a Toyota land cruiser for example
This may sound random but coincidentally, i also have my own redesigns (they would look awesome if only i was good at drawing). Just to give you a few examples of my own redesigns; The Aerialbots of my universe are heavily inspired by Top Gun, Ace Combat and many other franchises involving aerial combat. Their jet modes are heavily changed simply because I'm a sucker for wacky yet badass aircraft designs. Speaking of designs, the Aerialbots are meant to resemble the Variable Fighters from Super Dimension Fortress Macross, an anime that also features fighter jets that turn into robots. In my universe however, instead of a team of 5 bots, they're an entire army of Autobot aircraft serving as both their Air Force and galactic navy. My universe's Trainbots are designed to look like mechs you see in a lot of Super Robot anime. It just makes sense considering that Japanese Transformers are a lot more bombastic as opposed to western Transformers being more serious and grounded. On top of that, i made all of them turn into bullet trains as a homage to Team Bullet Train from RiD 2001 Star Saber similarly has that same Super Robot style to him but this time resembling many Gundams. This version however turns into a stealth bomber similar to Energon Wing Saber which also kinda looks like Stealth Gao from GaoGaiGar I have way more i could talk about but my comment is already way too long. I absolutely love your designs and really hope to see your Decepticon designs and other maybe even other characters
Strangely enough can see ratchet saying that line 15:45 when he’s defending a patient from a Decepticon. He may like all grumpy, but he’s not letting his patients die if he can help it
1:15 If someone were to go through all the trouble to count every single character in this massive franchise, that person is either extremely dedicated, or just straight up insane
I wonder how a Halo x Transformers redesign would work. What vehicles would go with what characters, what style for robot mode, colors, etc. I would personally use something like Halo Reach, and Halo Wars as the reference point for the vehicle designs and gritty feel. Halo as a franchise isnt in a good spot right now, so its not gonna be popular but I still like the idea of it.
"Strong enough to be gentle."
Play focus on that too!💪😊
Like a gentle giant mostly
Meanwhile:
Optimus prime:give me your face
I like the idea Peter Cullen was given tat speech and than immediately recorded the Booby trap line
Your bumblebee design is seriously the best one I ever see the similarities with a real bumblebee is a really clever choice
My bumblebee design is a mix of bayverse and tfp
@@ScottDickson-wv9yi Mine was based on the designs of Cyberverse, Prime and Bumblebee.
Theamazingspino did make a bumblebee design that fit that criteria
That Bumblebee design is so adorable, I feel like we need a plushie of it lol
Yes
Oh my god it’s you! Why couldn’t your brother be here today?
@@L0rdskywarp cause he got ran over by transit
@@Firegodzilla19and was caught stealing transformers one content
@@UltramagnusIDW And Barricade did a police brutality on him.
3:45 THAT TRANSITION WAS ABSOLUTELY WILDDD 😭😭😭
💀🔥🗿🍷
I WANT...
TWO pieces....
"YOU WANT A PIECE OF ME!?" -Jazz's Famous last words
"No I want too!" -Megatron
16:55 From what I've heard, Mirage/Dino had to be red in order for Ferrari to agree to their car being in the movie. For being a character that really didn't have a ton of screen time, there were a lot of hurdles to clear in order for him to even be in the movie. I love these redesigns. I wish Transformers leaned into stylized designs like this more often.
In other words: Michael Bay being a sellout hag once again
It is pretty silly that the filmmakers had to jump through so many hoops just to get a Ferrari in their movie just for that character to wind up with 4 minutes of screentime and 3 voice lines.
Not complaining though. I still think Dino is really cool and I own his studio series toy.
@@AngryFeminist30 Agreed. Dino was awesome. And I love that Studio Series figure.
Not helped by the fact that Ferrari already had a toy contract with Mattel, and the CEO of Ferrari didn't like their cars being associated with killer robots (which is why his name was changed from Mirage to Dino, after the guy's son).
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TV: Who’s that Pokémon ?
Random guy: *It’s Pikachu !*
TV: It’s Sungoku
Random guy: *F*CK !*
Oh my for those brain rot videos about this showing bad man but am not mad at you
Ratchet’s removable med pack is GENIUS. Reminds me of the partsforming of the original toy
While I typically like my Ratchet and Ironhide designs to be similar to each other (because I feel like it, ironically, makes them stand out more and contrast with each other), the Ratchet design having a dad bod and an almost "overalls" look is actually really neat and inspired. Ironhide also looks pretty badass, too.
Theses designs are so raw
Now let’s see the process of the decepticons
I love these designs! as a massive mecha fan, i find the vents on either side of the heads of some autobots (most notably prime and jazz) to bear a striking resemblance to the cheek vents seen in designs seen from the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise. While I doubt this was the intended homage, vents on the sides of the head like this are a common sight on Gundam's protagonist machines, especially the main robots. It not only works for the designs, but the extra reference already strengthens the heroic silhouettes of the characters by linking them to other robotic heroes!
4:39 this might just be 80% of the transformers fandom
I love the way how you designed Bumblebee honestly he looks very adorable
That ironhide design is quite literally the best ironhide ever conceived
I'm sorry...
I just keep coming back to your videos, because I'm blown away by your designs and the way you describe your thought proccess behind each design element and why you chose it. There is not one design that I have a gripe with they're THAT GOOD! Now I hope you don't take this as criticism but rather a compliment. Your drawing skills need improvement (vehicles especially), but your cartoony art style, freaking amazing crativity and the overall flow of each design and the animation... I'M FLABBERGASTED! Your creativity is constrained by your skills is what I'm trying to say and I hope this doesn't come off as douchey I'm trying my best to describe how incredible your work is despite your abbilites. I've never seen anyting as creative in the franchise in terms of designs as yours till now. I ADORE YOUR DESIGNS!!!! Cannot wait to hear your thought process on how you redesigned the Deceptions and especially Bonecrusher as he is my favorite redesign of yours.
I am very intrigued about how went on redesigning some of the famous among the Autobots. Now I can't wait to see how to see how you'll redesign the Decepticons, as well as other characters such as my favorite group of the Autobots; the Dinobots.
I love how you used similar characters for reference to use with the redesigns, it adds so much depth to the designs
Dude these are really cool! I’m a biology nerd myself, so my transformers concepts usually end up on the “they look actually alien” side of things, the only ones I wanted to make look a smidge friendly were prime and bee, primes face being somewhat human, and Bee having a literal biomechanical bee face (my transformers concepts use the idea that they’re not robots, they’re creatures that evolved to be able to shapeshift, and they transform by basically flexing muscles.)
I wanted to make mine unsettling, and portray the idea that “not all things are what they seem”
Like the phrase “more than meets the eye” lol
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I did some researching and apparently there's 442 transformers, including headmasters target masters etc etc, although it says there may be more
I like the Bumblebee design i think the battle mask being permanently on would be a cool story
3:46 "No, I want two!"
I was looking for a comment like this
My one complaint with most fan redesigns is that they aren't very toyetic. I know they're not going to be turned into toys but that's my favorite aspect of the franchise so I like when I can tell exactly how the parts rearrange to become the alt mode.
Or more accurately a decent transformation
We’re aiming for kingdom cyclonus or even G1 not bullshit like MP-44 or the third part starscream figure crimson wing
It also helps it it scales down well yes you could get a bayverse style figure in master piece scale with minimal changes but try it in deluxe class and there’s going to be a shit tonne of kibble
Awesome video 👍
OMG THEORYMUS HI I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS
Hi
You made Bee look incredibly adorable
I really love these redesigns! I especially love your Ratchet redesign. I love how he has a detachable medical backpack!
I love how you do thoses designs !! Honestly continue and i hope we can see a Sentinel Prime redesign !!
I like your designs and attention to detail. If you ever plan on redesigning the other movies designs then I can’t wait to see what you cook up.
The bumblebee looks more like something cute then something that will rip you into pieces
looks cute but can kill you
@@Ghostplayssometimes well now he actually looks like a rule 34 custom design.
@@scrinkly_kinito🤨
@@scrinkly_kinito WTF?
i actually really liked ratchet being green and ironhide being black in the bayverse. the later not only because it fits his character, but otherwise there would be an over-abundance of the color red lol. optimus is red and blue, ratchet was red and white, ironhide was red and jazz had a red stripe on G1.
your designs are nice, tho! and really cute. they would be a nice fit for a rise of the TMNT-type show.
Bumblebee is absolutely adorable in this art style
I love all your designs .❤
I just found your channel today, and it helped me get motivation for creating my own characters again. I’m still in the process of making profiles though. My plan now is to remake existing characters I know I want in my own continuity (called the Reformed Continuity as a better attempt to create a better hybrid of all concepts and previous universes after the Aligned universe failed at that) and figure out an art style for those characters, then use my experience to create my brand new characters. A few months ago, I created a short story for my school’s writing celebration, and it was a winner in its category. I made the crew of the Oblivion, an research shuttle that surveys the ores on each of the colony planets
OMG I JUST REMEBRED I SAW YOUR ANIMATIONS ON TWITTER DUDE HOLY CRAP YOUR THE COOL GUY
the cool guy 💀
My favorite subject of fan redesigns is movie Blackout. I feel like he has one of the most iconic robot designs spawning from the bayverse so I'm excited to see you putting your own spin on it and how much of the original you kept.
I did some Transformers designs in the past, and when I did Bumblebee I exclusively made him based on bees, a rounder silhouette, a helmet that is similar to the one he wears in the recent films that has a visor that looks like insect eyes, and Big eyes that also give him a more friendly look and make him look more like a bee.
I saw this yesterday, and I loved it. This is great and people should hire you
1:14 i might've counted wrong but a few years back i assigned myself a task of listing/discovering as much transformer character as i can (even the obscure ones from the far corner of the franchise) and i gave up after 2063 bots.
(some of them even have the same name such as Skydive whose used as a name for an autobot in the Aerialbot and a decepticon in a subgroup called the Predators)
I would love to see your process behind the Decepticons next!! especially Starscream!! these designs are awesome so far and I adore the animations you've made :3❤
Amazing thought process in this! Excellent designs overall… you’re making me want to try my own hand at redesigning the autobots!! 😂 and I’m pretty terrible with bot designs
Awesome!
this is awesome you should do a video about how to make your own designs!
Joltbot this is the first video i watched from you and AM ALREADY INSPIRED! BY YOU!
You have taught me how to make my own designs! Thanks sooo much i wish you a good day man
Thank you. You have inspired me :)
Btw, your designs are really solid, it's definitely among the better art styles I've seen on the internet
Thank you so much for making this video!, this is definedly gonna come in handy for my transformers drawings, oc's, and AU! 😊
I am very excited for the Decepticons! Definitely subscribing
I love this when redesigning characters taking elements from different versions and other characters from different media you’re transformers are great
when I design Transformers
I also keep in mind *how* they transform
as in, what part goes where, how does it fold and turn to become the alt. mode
me too! it's like i'm a designer for hasbro or something and I have to keep in mind how the toy will look haha. It can be difficult but I feel like it adds an extra layer of fun and complexity.
I looked at this a while back and I got to say, we think alike. For me I was just creating scripts for a UA-cam project show. For designing Bumblebee I thought you were my long lost twin 😂 I’ve also thought of taking some elements from your designs to supercharge mine. Thanks
there are around 442 characters in the g1 toyline, considering most newer characters are also named after one of these, there are atleast 500 characters.
Hey dude you actually inspired me today to start redesigning Transformers
Wont say who yet but its going great
Fun fact: live action bumblebee's face looks like hes wearing a ball gag
I like the idea, but I guess Transformers is even harder to redesign because, in my head at least, you have to take in to consideration the toys, and how that will work with the transformation.
You don't exactly need to, like Animated Bumblebee have a fake window chest, but I think it adds to the challenge.
It gives a little more authenticity, your designs might never became toys, but since every single Transformers is designed with that intent I think it's a valid option.
Nice video, it inspired me to do my very own designs!
I'm far from being a competent artist tbh, but I love redesigning characters a lot, even having an Optimus Prime design that many ppl found it unique and distinct from many others (not showing off, this genuinely happened to me multiple times). A tip for anyone wanting to redesign characters: Keep it simple, but give it your own touch, find unique ways to give it an essence of its own, while respecting the source material.
Thanks for the tips since u inspire me to make my own transformers redesigns
Bee’s design reminds me of his battle mask from the movies
Are you going to redesign the many other characters in the Transformers franchise?
It would be a huge task!
sure feels wack seeing Bayverse Prime, G1 Soundwave and Combiner Wars Deathsaurus in the same roblox game
also kudos to whoever made the models
I miss you ,your UA-cam channel is so good,you're a great animator!!!😮😊😂
Something I always struggle with when trying to assemble a Transformers roster is color overlap. Optimus is primarily red with blue as a secondary color. So Ironhide, Sideswipe, Cliffjumper, etc. clash pretty hard with him. (Assuming you use G1 colors) and with Ratchet, you have to give him an accent, otherwise he's just boring white. So you go with red, but you have to find a balance between enough red to break up the white and not so much that he clashes with Optimus.
You inspired me to create my own redesigns for a video for my second channel, I did for Optimus Prime, Jazz, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Ratchet, Prowl and Wheeljack:
Optimus Prime: The front doesn't basically transform, his colors being red mixing with blue, I put the smoke stacks on his back, his trailer hauler forming his legs like in other Optimus designs, I made his head resemble a Japanese warrior's helmet, besides him always wearing the mask (like G1) and doesn't retract when he needs to speak, in this case I imagine the mask and the helmet being one thing and not being parts of Optimus' body, so technically he can take it out whenever he wants, not to mention that in my redesign, Optimus is MUCH bigger than Jazz and Bumblebee, the white stripe I placed a little bit lower and it doesn't reaches the door, besides having two fully white insignias on his shoulders (which, by the way, are a division of red and blue), for vehicle mode, I basically made a Freightliner FL86 Cabover Semi truck with blue and red trailer hauler and with black windows.
Jazz: I made him much whiter, without the dark gray color, only the red, blue and white, and with a thick waist, just like your Ratchet, I put the joints between his feet and shins, and I also placed the wheels between his hands and arms, his face is less human and kind of oval and his mouth is small, I practically got rid of the antennae and the visor, however I replaced the visor with a blue and red structure around the eyes inspired by an asymmetrical glasses from Back to the Future and having shoulder pads placed on him and having red insignia faded on his shoulders, for vehicle mode, I pretty much made a generic rugged sports car, which I have to admit resembles a Volkswagen Beetle.
Bumblebee: I basically based him on G1's Bumblebee, with the front bumper forming his feet, I basically took a bit of inspiration from your design by adding the black structure analogous to a clypeus and his face is like a bumblebee, I made his design have vertical black stripes to remind of a bumblebee, but unlike you, I went for something more similar to current Bumblebee designs and put antennae instead of horns, I put the wheels on the shoulders and I put a black insignia on his chest, for vehicle mode, I basically made a generic small yellow coupe that could remind a bit of the Volkswagen Beetle from G1.
Ironhide: The chest is formed by the front, that transforms very little, I made his legs and shoulders red, and his shoulders have mirrors, the parts where the wheels are located are positioned on the torso and the front bumper on the belly, I made his helmet similar to the G1's, but just like yours, I put an antenna, or rather, two antennae, for the face, I was inspired by Bulkhead's face from Transformers Prime, his colors are practically his classic G1 colors (except the yellow), I made his arms pointy like Ironhide from WFC, put the wheels near his shoulders and put the joints between his knees, ironically he is my only redesign that does not have an Autobot insignia in either robot or alt mode, although I imagine he has a white insignia on the back of his vehicle mode, for vehicle mode, I made a generic van with a long front and maybe the only vehicle I made that have a bumper.
Ratchet: I pretty much made him bulkier (except for the arms) and like Optimus, the front of his vehicle mode doesn't transform, but at least he has a waist, the front obviously forms his chest with a small white Autobot insignia and a text underneath that says "Rescue & Heal Hospital", I put a blue siren on his head and I made his face with a bigger mouth, also loosely inspired on Bulkhead, although the face looks kinda goofy I have to admit, I made his head helmet red and the red is almost predominantly color in the front, although I chose the classic red and white color, I decided use a darker red to contrast with Ironhide and Optimus, for vehicle mode, I made a generic type two ambulance that I would say it loosely resembles a Volkswagen Bus or his G1 Nissan Onebox Vanette Ambulance alt mode with two large dark red Autobot insignias with the text "Rescue & Heal Hospital" on both sides.
Prowl: He has the front forming the chest like on G1, but his "door wings" are positioned downwards, similar to Blackout's propellers, I was kind of inspired by your Barricade design, with his arms having the word "police" divided across them, I positioned his wheels between his elbows and his joints behind his legs, similar to Jazz from G1, another thing that I inspired on G1's Jazz was that he have an insignia on his chest, for the face, I wanted him to resemble a classic old cop with a mustache, so in addition to putting a mustache on him, I also made the helmet subliminally resemble a cop hat, also he is the only one of my redesigns that has a nose and eyebrows, for the colors, well I decided to use blue and white instead of the classic and repetitive black and white, the reason I chose blue instead of black was because of Chase from Rescuebots who is also a cop Autobot and I strangely didn't put golden yellow like in other designs of Prowl, for vehicle mode, I made a generic police car with "police" written on the roof with a dark red and blue (a lighter blue to not mix the colors) siren, and I have to admit it looks a lot like a Hudson Hornet, which ironically was never used as a police car.
Wheeljack: I basically based him a lot on the G1 design, but with the front forming only the feet and the other part where the front wheels are formed on the upper part of the legs, the rear forms two structures similar to the G1, but he doesn't have "door wings", I kept the two plates and the three protrusions on the head that the G1's look has, but I made them white, I made his eyes a little bigger and I added something that I don't think any Wheeljack design has, a transparent visor that you can see his eyes through and subliminally resembles a scientist glasses, I chose two colors from the G1 look, white and red, with his chest having four red squares that have an insignia in the middle, for vehicle mode, i made a vehicle with a long nose that looks like a beak that i'm pretty sure doesn't look like any real vehicle, also, it's the only vehicle I've made that has blue windows.
I know you probably need more people in order to do this, but can you do a similar video for the decepticons and the other bayverse characters, please? I like your videos and animations, and you helped come up with my own drawings and redesigns of these iconic robots in disguise.
I remember I searched it up a long time ago because as a long time fan of the franchise, I didn’t know either. I remember reading somewhere that there were at least 500 named cybertronian characters, but I’m not sure if that includes characters from Autobot/Decepticon colony worlds or if it even included characters from Beast Wars.
Very interesting process and video
My favorite design you made is the Bumblebee one, but they are all very nice✨✨
I absolutely love your designs, i was a little nervous when you say u would given them a more human facial features, which give me some war memories(wheeljack) but now i only waiting for more redesigns.
Are you going to make arcee, chromia and elita-1 different, right? I know Michael Bay didn't care for these characters, and them killed them late, but i would love if them are different from each other, like chromia being a Toyota land cruiser for example
3:46 woooooow, that’s crazy lol
I like how your Autobots have faction symbols with more color than red, it gives variety to them
love the video and designs
20 minute joltbolt upload :D
Please make this into your own series, this to me has a lot of potential!
These designs go hard
This may sound random but coincidentally, i also have my own redesigns (they would look awesome if only i was good at drawing). Just to give you a few examples of my own redesigns;
The Aerialbots of my universe are heavily inspired by Top Gun, Ace Combat and many other franchises involving aerial combat. Their jet modes are heavily changed simply because I'm a sucker for wacky yet badass aircraft designs. Speaking of designs, the Aerialbots are meant to resemble the Variable Fighters from Super Dimension Fortress Macross, an anime that also features fighter jets that turn into robots. In my universe however, instead of a team of 5 bots, they're an entire army of Autobot aircraft serving as both their Air Force and galactic navy.
My universe's Trainbots are designed to look like mechs you see in a lot of Super Robot anime. It just makes sense considering that Japanese Transformers are a lot more bombastic as opposed to western Transformers being more serious and grounded. On top of that, i made all of them turn into bullet trains as a homage to Team Bullet Train from RiD 2001
Star Saber similarly has that same Super Robot style to him but this time resembling many Gundams. This version however turns into a stealth bomber similar to Energon Wing Saber which also kinda looks like Stealth Gao from GaoGaiGar
I have way more i could talk about but my comment is already way too long. I absolutely love your designs and really hope to see your Decepticon designs and other maybe even other characters
These are amazing 19:08
Can’t wait to see the Deceptacon episode
2:34
Bro pulled up TFA Bumblebee right as I was watching TFA with Bumblebee appearing on screen- 💀
Strangely enough can see ratchet saying that line 15:45 when he’s defending a patient from a Decepticon. He may like all grumpy, but he’s not letting his patients die if he can help it
Ain’t no way you did jazz like that in that transition
3:45 it's 2007 all over again:(
AINT NO WAY BRO WANTED 2 PIECES
What about how you came up with the decepticons?
Wow those are soms great designs
I would love to see your design for Grimlock and the Dinobots
Hasbro is gonna make a lot of money because of your designs!
These designs are eye candy
Cool designs
1:15 If someone were to go through all the trouble to count every single character in this massive franchise, that person is either extremely dedicated, or just straight up insane
“A more griddy”
I’m brainrotten
I wonder how a Halo x Transformers redesign would work. What vehicles would go with what characters, what style for robot mode, colors, etc. I would personally use something like Halo Reach, and Halo Wars as the reference point for the vehicle designs and gritty feel. Halo as a franchise isnt in a good spot right now, so its not gonna be popular but I still like the idea of it.
This is going to stay in my brain for a while
Will you do a vid about the Deceptions
I always thought it would make a lot more sense if bumblebee transformed into a dodge super bee
"This is not between us, Megatron"
"Isn't it? You were always Primus's favourite."
something inside of me snapped when i saw bumblebee
1:02 this is the part where you can learn how to redesign your own autobots/decepticons or any of your favorite characters
5:54 thats game fotage from an ROBLOX game i play
That is not my fotage
For optimus, a fire truck would have been such a great alternative to the generic red truck....
Well now i just have to see the Decepticons next
This makes me want to make my own tf redisigns would you be fin3 if I used some of the stuff you used in your designs
"Aimed to make him like an older, nerd doctor" shows image of a man who lost his medical license for stealing a living person's skeleton.
rip reactivate... goated designs tho
3:46 hey I saw you split Jazz there, you’re not slick!!!
Cool redesign
Love these designs will there be a part 2
nice work
Wait but the Bumblebee has the car windows in the chest but at the back wings at the same time how does that make sense