Artist Andrew Griffith, who fans should know well because of his participation in IDW Transformers comics, has shared via his Twitter account a very impressive piece of art for your viewing pleasure.
According to his tweet, while Andrew Griffith was in Japan as part of the Kitakyushu Artist-in-Residence program, he was asked to create a piece of art for the city. Andrew created an original Optimus Prime (or Convoy as Japanese fans call him and it is mentioned on this article) in an interesting anime-style, incorporating Kitakyushu’s mascot Teitan (a small cute bear) and some of the city landmarks.
If you are in Japan and you are wondering where this piece of art will be placed, it will be at Kitakyushu City Hall by the Mayor’s office (as confirmed by Andrew on this tweet). Not in Japan? Fear not! You can check out the mirrored image after the jump and then sound off your impressions on the 2005 Boards!
Prime Wylde
Beautiful, but i knew that from just knowing who drew it.
primalxconvoy
nice. i might have to go and visit there.
Digger
Holy shit I just noticed!
Lunatic Prime
Who spotted the teddybear head in his chest?
Digger
Nice art. And scale. I swear I’m waiting for the day we get a titan class Prime that transformers.
jamarmiller
oh got ya, thanks
Black Convoy
Andrew is spending one month in japan. Check his Twitter, he is attending several conventions this month in japan.
Kitakyushu Kaigai Manga Fest Kitakyushu Japan 11/10-11
Brave and the Bold Tokyo, Japan 11/23
Comic Art Tokyo Tokyo, Japan 11/24
Tokyo Kaigai Manga Fest Tokyo, Japan 11/25
Tokyo Comic Con Tokyo, Japan 11/30-12/2
Monster Japan Ebisu, Tokyo, Japan 12/3 5-8
jamarmiller
he lives in Kitakyushu Japan ? I am about 30 minutes south of that city, had no idea he lived in Japan and so close !
User_124141
That is what I call art
User_96283
Hot damn! I just wanted to be part of the group.
Exastiken
I wonder if there will be prints of this available later.
Pho’ptimus Prime
Hot damn! I went to Japan earlier this year for something as nutty as a ramen pilgrimage (14x ramen in 18 days ~ specifically looking for non-tourist ramen places). Whelp! I guess my next destination next year is to go pay homage to Andrew Griffith's wall in Kitakyushu.
Novaburnhilde
Hot damn, that is lovely.
Black Convoy
What a fantastic piece of art! Adding it to the first post!
AzT
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Gaokaiser
人気アニメ:トランスフォーマー作者、北九州に絵を寄贈 – 毎日新聞
So,in the article, "Convoy", not "Optimus Prime".
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