Grimlock pencil art

[M-bot]

So, I tried a bit of freehand original pencil artwork. It came out pretty good - not perfect by any stretch, and I used the same trick here as with my FOC Grimlock custom - when in doubt, cover it with battle damage! He is meant to look a little weathered, with a nasty split in his face, exposing his eye underneath, as if he's just been in one hell of a rumble.

I drew a fairly generic Grimlock head that has elements of several different iterations, including the 'side teeth' from the War Within Grimlock that I quite liked. The front knuckles are meant to look a little bit like knuckledusters and I'm not sure I quite pulled it off.


DSC_1017 by M-bot2011

So... over to you. Thoughts? Constructive criticisms? I am toying with the idea of inking it but I'm not much of an inker, to be honest. I would be very open to any OTCA members trying their hand at some digital inking/colouring - I could send some high-res scans via email to any interested parties. Let me know if you'd like to give it a (digi)bash!

[lancalot]

that looks good man.... with the knuckle-busters you need to add abit more height to them as they look flat atm... very nice work man...

[KalEl]

oh man thats awesome! dude i might have to commission something

[Sam]

Lovin' the battle damage!

[Kazza]

That's damn awesome man.

[UltraMarginal]

That's really impressive work.

the only criticism I could offer, and I'm being super picky is the curvature across the top/back of his head seems a little off, but seriously it's excellent. I can see what Lancalot has said about the knuckles,

my only other suggestion is to follow through with the shading that you've started, it's currently around the visor, and fist, I'd put some more on his torso I'm certainly no expert but I think it will add more depth and volume.

as for inking, if it were my drawing I'd have a hard time going over it, I'd probably scan and print and then ink the print. that way the original awesome pencil work is still there.

[AJ_Prime]

Wow that is VERY nice dude!

Would love to see more from you. The more you practice, the more your work will evolve. But yeah, that battle damage is sweet!

[Verno]

If ever you were keen, I'd love to have you aboard the TransWarp Project and working on a page of two of TransWarp: Csirac

[Iriorne]

Let me know if you'd like to give it a (digi)bash

I'll have a go at it, but no guarantees on what the end result will look like.

[Verno]

I'll have a go at it, but no guarantees on what the end result will look like.

Do you have a DeviantArt account or something showing off more of your work? I'd love to have a look.