What do you think?

 

Personally I love it!

 

http://www.bwtf.com/br/marvel/bfc/battle.gif

http://www.bwtf.com/br/marvel/bfc/autobots.gif

 

and check this:

 

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Why does Prime have a mouth and nostrils? I like the part where Prime wacks Meg's car.

 

Rumble is Humongous and The Autobots are a foot taller than the humans.

me thinks this belongs in the art area but any who

 

i dont like it

 

1 prime has a mouth

 

2 megs driving a car is ghey

 

3 thier are alot of other little things i dont like about the line art

 

the colours aint bad tho

Yes, Prime has a moth but who cares? this is from '84 and a true document.

he still has a mouth and the line art aint all that bar the humans

Why does Prime have a mouth and nostrils? I like the part where Prime wacks Meg's car.

 

Rumble is Humongous and The Autobots are a foot taller than the humans.

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The original character design of Optimus Prime had a mouth.  (quoth the raven, Nevermore :tfevil ).  It was just shortly before the production of the cartoon that the faceplate was added.  Obviously a lot of the Transformers product was getting ready to go to have a simotaneous launch with the cartoon to have product on the shelves in conjunction with the cartoon release.

 

Another possible, but less likely, explanation would be the since it is a children's book and Transformers as a product was introductory and not established, a mouth was simply added for greater emotional access by young kids.  A small child who is reading a book of brand new characters may possibly be intimidated by a character with no mouth; no emotional attachment and connection = product not sold.

 

Those would be my two proposals.

 

That being said, I loved this guy's work as a young boy (5-6 yrs old), I still have my books of his work, and ironically, this guy's work remains some of my favorite Transformers art today ("wait a minute! You mean you like artwork that's not boxed-figure, Americanized anime?"  response:  "Yep, I like it all.")

As an art student defending himself with work like this, its the classical style. These are from the days of good hope, when every chapter ended with a smile and a "ROLL FOR HOME!"

Check this too:

 

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What do you think?

 

Personally I love it!

 

http://www.bwtf.com/br/marvel/bfc/battle.gif

http://www.bwtf.com/br/marvel/bfc/autobots.gif

 

and check this:

 

click

 

 

:thumb

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He's a forgotten master!  Thanks for posting these!  *goes to make new sig*  :thumb

Why does cliffjumper have eyes in car mode? :wtf