So I have this crazy idea: Create "portraits" of all of the Transformers characters shown in the first three seasons of the original 80s cartoon in 1,000 square pixels. Each portrait includes a (usually greatly altered) screen capture image of the character (because I can't draw to save my life) and a word that, at least for me, describes the character in the portrait or at least a major aspect of him/her. (Because, let's face it, many of these characters were never well-developed.) Also, the "mood" of the idea should ideally be reflected in the overall feel of it. That's my mission. Whether or not I will succeed...remains to be seen.

This-here's Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots and Defender of Truth, Justice, and the American Way. This is one of at least two icons that I have planned for him, though I haven't made the other one yet. "Courage" sums him up pretty well. I mean, ya gotta have courage to command the pack o' wackos that he has to deal with, right? And I went with a sort of patriotic color scheme, too. It was going to be a lot worse; I was going to put the American flag behind him. But saner thoughts prevailed. Fortunately. This one was more complex than it looks. Mostly because I was dealing with a really crappy screen cap. I was feeling too lazy to re-do it from DVDs, but apparently I wasn't too lazy to spend about an hour fixing up the screen cap. That's me for you; if there's a hard way to do something, I'll doggedly sniff it out.

Credit:

Two brushes used. There's this one and...the mask one I used for the border. I'm sure that I got that one from someone here on DevArt, but I'll be darned if I can find it now... If you recognize it as yours, whack me with a brick so that I can credit you properly, 'K?