Bumblebee 9-13-09

This is a follow-up post to my journal entry about Optimus Prime from Transformers. This post is about another member of the Autobots(the heroes), Bumblebee. Again, I will compare the designs from the original cartoon and the Michael Bay movies.

Bumblebee(1980s)

Bumblebee(2007-2009)

The 1980s Bumblebee, like 1980s Optimus Prime, is more geometric and simpler to draw than his 2000s counterpart. The 2007-2009 counterpart, like 2007-2009 Optimus Prime, is more organic/mechanically detailed than the 1980s version and more difficult to draw. They are similar in color, which is Yellow.

However, unlike Optimus Prime of both eras, the two Bumblebees are two different vehicles. The 1980s Bumblebee is an old Volkswagen Beetle. However, due to licensing issues, the people behind the movie had to replace the Beetle with a Chevrolet Camaro. The Camaro had the black stripe coming down the middle, which matches the stripes of a bee and is more fitting to his name.

Hopefully, these entries are good so far.

Optimus Prime 9-10-09

This design journal entry will be about 1980s children's icon Optimus Prime. Optimus Prime is from the Transformers multimedia franchise. Recently, he has appeared in the movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Today, I'm going to compare two versions of Optimus Prime: the Classic version and the 2007-2009 Movie version.

Optimus Prime 1980s

2007-2009 Michael Bay Optimus Prime

The 1980s Optimus Prime is more geometric and has less detail, making him simpler for some people to draw than the 2007 version. The 2007 version, on the other hand, is based in live action and, therefore, is more organic and has more detail. He is, however, hard for some people to draw on paper. Both may be slightly different, but both maintain about the same color scheme: blue and red. And they both have the same alternate form: A semi-truck. I may do another Transformers character in a future blog, but I'm not certain if that counts as cheating or not.