#Ngl. was funny getting into bayverse Oppy with the ‘damn he’s so sad

[iridescent-serpent]

Back at it, back again. Also Ngl I May need to start a AU tag for the bayverse stuff bc I’m pretty sure I’m starting to hit that line. Yippie.

(Also @orion-archives I know there’s no Meg here for u (sorry 😔) but I’d love to hear ur thoughts :3!!!)

Anyways, got caught up in how Nemesis Prime (evil clone of Optimus) would fit into this, and it was uh, interesting. Was originally gonna go base route of black/red coloring of bay!oppy (but with the lines of the flames colored instead of fully) but then it turned into this

Here’s my base pages, the one of the left was my initial starting point and the one on the right is what it ended up being (though Nemesis is still gonna be prone to being redesigned, I can Feel it)

Reason I did this all? Wanted to draw a meme, which was Difficult (not about drawing Oppy, he was easy peasy)

Despite how downtrodden he is, he is Still an Optimus Prime. Living example of unhopeful optimism, would love for the universe to be nice to him for once but he does Not expect it.

Also a piece I did to Really nail in Nemesis vibe, which started as opposite Optimus (upbeat and kinda insane with no chill) and then it turned into religious guilt (how’d that get here)

Some extra doodles and past attempts of the meme (I went through So Many Brushes, and I’m still not happy) underneath readmore

A doodle to show the general vibe of how I felt toward nemesis during this

And the past meme versions!

Also! For those who actually clicked under the readmore, you get a free preview to a comic I’m thinking of making :3! It’s just the rough draft (key panels). It May become a part of a prologue for my re-imagining on bayformers, otherwise it’ll just be a solo comic.