This is how I imagined TF1 Arcee ( This is an early sketch with flat colours)
I'm on my recovery break so I didn't want to go past the sketch phase
I tried to be as true to the TF1 "art style" as I could ( she gave me a hard time cuz I'm very blind to details and there's just so much going on )
I got inspired by her IDW backstory
This design was before she received her T-cog / she transitioned
Also, her dead name is "R-C15"
Before she Renamed herself "Arcee" she didn't wanted to change her name mainly because she didn't had that hard of a time in the Energon mines and she had more pleasant memories than the bad ones
But her girlfriend Aileron ( idk if that's her real name) liked to call her "Arcee" so later she adopted that name
In terms of her alt mode, it probably would've been some kind of two-wheeler
I'm not sure about her personality YET but I think I would be between TFP Arcee and TFE Arcee though I still gotta think about that
Also gotta think about her backstory too
I'm gonna make her "after receiving the T-cog" design later I just had to get this out before I forget
Bay! Optimus in the comics has a wildly different backstory then compared to other versions of Optimus (and had a better characterization then in the films). In the IDW! Bayverse continuity there was no Orion Pax. Optimus was literally always called Optimus just without the title of prime. He was hidden away from the Fallen because he was the last of the dynasty of the primes so he grew up knowing nothing about who he was.
Cybertron during this time was already a desolate wasteland with little to no life with cybertronians being separated into tribes. Sentinel Prime finds Optimus and recruits him into his "autobots" alongside Elita One, Megatron, and Shockwave (Ironhide joined way later). Their goal was to find the allspark and restore life to Cybertron. They succeeded and the planet was reborn.
It was here Sentinel revealed Optimus's true heritage and that he was destined to succeed him as leader of the Autobots. Optimus being the noble leader he is turned down this position and decided to uncover Cybertron's artifacts. Megatron however had overheard this conversation and of course history repeats itself. (You can read the wiki to learn more its super interesting!!)
So IDW Optimus and bad taste in men and women right? I mean, look at the homoerotic Megop tension and idw Oplita made interesting by how IDW Elita One is way more brutal than I anticipated.
The point of the story?
ProwlOp fling because Prowl is everyone's ex they regret (Mesothulas/Tarantulas excluded because he too is Prowl's ex he semi-regrets. It's like multiplying a negative and a negative, it cancels out or some shit)
I hope they would mix it up a bit with the Aligned continuity with the comics as well as their own originality 'cause unless they can come up with better awesome backstory for Megatron than him being a former miner turned gladiator turned warlord meeting a scholar/cop who has been inspired by him, they have to take it up a notch
These sweet illustrations are now available for purchase as prints on INPRNT!
(left to right)
Nautica - Transformers
Airazor & Blackarachnia - Transformers
Elita-1 - Transformers
Milly - Trigun
I will be using this post to update and catalogue which illustrations/prints are available in the future.
Reblog appreciated!
Thank you for your continued support! (Special shout out to everybody who participated in the poll! <3) Giving y'all each a special trinket of your choice <3
You know, I've been thinking about this lately, but for a Cybertronian, it must be TERRIFYING when someone like Elita-1 or Arcee walks into the room. Because not only are they extremely intimidating individuals in their own rights, but these are mechs that have specifically chosen to paint themselves in the same color as energon. (At least in Elita's case, but I like to think Arcee's was a conscious decision as well).
Like. The gall you have to possess in order to walk around every single day, wearing the same shade as your people's lifeblood, is INSANE. (And I think in some comics it's mentioned that this is exactly the color of innermost energon, which is SO METAL).
Even after the war is good and done with, she continues to keep up with that *very specific* shade of pink. And I think this is often discounted by the people consuming Transformers content because to us, it's just a silly little shade of pink on a girl robot. This subversion in her color scheme is especially cool to me in continuities where Elita-1 is a known threat, like IDW. Hell, during the whole Carcer debate thing it's shown that she literally TOWERS over Starscream. She may not be a tank, but she's huge, and she makes sure to use this to her advantage. This isn't even to mention how utterly brilliant she is. I'd be willing to bet that if things had gone differently, she could've made an absolutely ruthless leader of Cybertron. In my mind she rivals Megatron and Optimus in all aspects.
It's no wonder the Council is so afraid of her. Elita-1 is a mech that's proven time and time again that she's wickedly intelligent, ruthless in battle, and knows how to make a statement. She's spent her time intentionally making herself as big of a threat as possible in every way. She literally acts as her own warning sign (that paint just SCREAMS 'I know how dangerous I am, and so should you'). Honestly, I'd piss myself if I ever met her on a battlefield or if I ever had to debate against her.
One last note, I really enjoyed the way Elita's character was handled later on in the IDW comics. It was amazing to finally get her out from Optimus' shadow and not only give her some actual characterization but to see her become so vastly DIFFERENT from her earlier counterparts. This Elita means business. She's independent to an insane degree. I really love the way she got to reclaim the pink as something that's no longer just a color she was given because she's a girl robot, but as a critical piece of her character and a part of WHY she's so feared. I just love Elita-1.
I'd like to really explore this whole concept (when I have some more time for it) within my own AU. Because this kind of stuff is incredibly fascinating to me. I have some very specific ideas on both Warframes and Femmes, and this is one of those perfect tie-ins imo. Love it when women get to be evil <3