Direct from Alex Milne’s Twitter account we got some very nice IDW Rom VS. Transformers: Shining Armor Character Design Sketches.
Talented artist Alex Milne shares the sketches for Bumblebee, Starscream and new character Stardrive which will have a key role in the new Rom vs Transformers: Shining Armor comic.
You can check the images after the jump and then join to the discussion at the 2005 Boards.
AnnoyedRobot
Was he the one who did the redesigns of Ratchet and Drift for MTMTE sometime last year?
Furnace
They look so beautiful! I\'m glad they did old Screamer justice, though there\'s hardly been a deficit of good designs for this guy of late!
Venixion
Looks really nice.
SG Roadbuster
I am praising this amazing Alex Milne artwork. while lamenting the fact that Milne doesnt get to work on more comics. and yet idw keeps letting Livio Ramondelli turn everything he touches to over shadowed, over textured, off model shit.
AnnoyedRobot
What exactly is the problem? I don't quite see what you're talking about.
SMOG
I think it's kind of the opposite in Ramondelli's case. I think he's reasonably capable if he applies himself, but it's more an issue of his pencils being pretty weak, but relying on the digital painting and his extreme stylization to cover up the lack of solid draftsmanship. In other words, the painting style is messy because it's concealing weak linework.
I don't even mind his "style" so much. It feels like he's strongly influenced by the flat blocky style of Geoff Senior… but sometimes it just feels too sloppy or minimal.
zmog
RobotKnight95
Must resist urge to color.
mapatel
God that artwork…..Starscream specially….so amazing. I spoke to Milne at TFcon and he said hes only doing covers, which is upsetting.
Phadthiaprime
I don't believe SG Roadbuster was commenting on this ROM crossover, rather why Ramondelli keeps getting hired over more talented artists.
In a nutshell, Ramondelli is quick and cheap. While his pencil work is decent he ruins it with his paints and darker contrast coloring which removes any details he may have put into his penciled work. Unfortunately There are fans of his "dark" and "edgy" look and though there are many naysayers (myself included) there are a few Ramondelliacs out there who would storm the gates of Valhalla to keep his cave-drawings coming.
legotron123
I thought the art style looked fine. Not sure how things look good is "ruining books," but whatever.
SG Roadbuster
Why does idw keep letting Ramondelli ruin books when they have artists as talented as Milne working for them?
The Kup
Alex Milne on Twitter
View attachment 27768932
Alex Milne on Twitter
View attachment 27768933
Alex Milne on Twitter
View attachment 27768934
Absolutely love Starscream's design.