{"id":2225,"date":"2009-05-01T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T07:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jasonbot.com\/?p=2225"},"modified":"2009-05-01T00:01:00","modified_gmt":"2009-05-01T07:01:00","slug":"no-apologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jasonbot.com\/?p=2225","title":{"rendered":"No Apologies"},"content":{"rendered":"

THIS IS A SPOILER ZONE FOR <\/i>TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED… YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.<\/i><\/p>\n

I claim to be such a huge Transformers nerd, and yet I don’t believe I’ve mentioned how much I enjoy Transformers Animated<\/i><\/a>–I’m caught up on season three, which has been amazing. Both the series and the toyline are easily amongst the best incarnations of the franchise since Generation One<\/a> (for anybody keeping score, I do<\/i> enjoy the two most controversial incarnations of the series–Beast Wars<\/i><\/a> and the live action movie<\/a>). Transformers Animated has introduced a fresh asthetic, invigorating a franchise that was in danger of stagnating. The new, cartoony look is largely the doing of Derrick Wyatt<\/a>, who’s quickly becoming one of my favorite character designers. The asthetic has been translated into the toy line masterfully by the team at Hasbro, and provides a great visual counterpoint to the gritty realistic look of the Transformers live action movie(s). It is a good time to be a Transformers geek.<\/p>\n

Today’s post features the Autobots’ half human, half-Cybertronian sidekick, Sari Sumdac<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I elected to draw Sari in my own style, because I think it would be foolish to try and out-Wyatt<\/i> Derrick Wyatt. Sari is depicted in her powered-up teenage form from season three, though I did take some minor liberties with her costume. I tried to make this one a bit more dynamic, since I know static-ness is an on-going poblem with my art. Sari’s costume makes her look like a RAcaseal<\/a> from Phantasy Star Online<\/a>, which is definitely a good thing.<\/p>\n