#idw sunder

[emperor-kumquat]

"Public domain Sunder" outside of Tumblr (How my project art runs away)

This is NOT a general Sunder! As cool as he looks, he belongs to me and Mynametia/ Inishira (Instagram)!

I want to talk about how reposted art causes harm. It has been stressful to see and I hope fellow artists can sympathize or empathize. And please, if you base art off this Sunder, credit the project Transformers: Mercy!

Firstly, I've heard both "you're niche and unknown" or "you have a big following so watch your mouth"

It feels mean either way... :( Like the jab takes whatever stance is most convenient.

Bottom line: I don't consider myself special. I am just a very hard worker. The only reason I have gotten as far as I have was my hours of daily work for years on my project and YouTube channel.

I am awed when I reflect on how far I have come. Growing my social media platforms, working with 100 different artists from all over the world, commissioning comic artists like Alex Milne and Livio Ramondelli for posters, getting interviewed, collabing, or having shoutouts on other YouTube channels, sitting on panels at TFcon in front of hundreds (although it was t e r r i f y i n g) and getting to talk to them about Transformers: Mercy! And this year, I will be selling Mercy merch at a table at TFcon in the art gallery!

So I don't think I am niche anymore... I don't think my project Transformers: Mercy is. Over the years it has become very widespread with art posted on blogs across social media platforms. As I will discuss, maybe too widespread in one wrong way.

But... there is a long way to go to completing the project. I have about 1000 images now. That's insane! This is no tiny lil project. And I am gunning for 1000s more to make this TFP fan-made sequel. But, I have to pay so so much out of pocket despite making less than minimum wage most months. I need a lot of support to make this big dream possible. Thank you to all who have already helped me thus far.

I think I am just writing this post to clear the air. I am honoured deeply by fanart or fanfictions or fan animations people have created for Transformers: Mercy. It is very motivating and heartwarming and helps me keep up the pace of working hours every day on this project.

I don't mind inspiration being taken from my work. It is an honour. My project draws inspiration from James Roberts' MTMTE and would be nothing without his appealing takes on characters. We may critique MTMTE but where would we be without his Whirl, Rodimus, Drift, Ratchet, Pharma, Cyclonus, Tailgate, Chromedome, Rewind, Swerve, Overlord, DJD, etc.? I carried on from him, others may carry on from me.

A while back, I never meant offence when pointing out one animation of Sunder had features that looked eerily similar (to me) to the Sunder of my game. The reason I got a jolt of horror stems from the fact that this project has fallen victim to reposts on places like Instagram, Pinterest, Reddit, the fan wiki, and other TF forums with zero credit to me or the artists. The growing popularity of Mercy art has also caused it to appear in general searches for IDW or TFP characters. This is why if you search "Transformers Sunder concept art" you are likely to see Mercy Sunder right there but uncredited. So you would see our art but not know what it was for. And Mynametia/Inishira (the artist) did such a good job that it even looks like IDW concept art. It can be mistaken for official content.

But it's not. It was created for my project with very specific features to match my story. A project which costs so much of my time and money and it needs all the donations it can get. It is loses support when its art becomes popular with no tie back to this project. It is still a project in development and is therefore vulnerable.

Transformers: Mercy, after all the years, has become a famous project. But it is a struggling project due to the high financial cost. It is made with ok not blood, but real sweat and tears as I have pushed so hard to make it this far. It has been emotional. It even brought me the love of my life, my spouse.

I want to continue to work on it, the largest Transformers fan project that I believe has ever been attempted. But I need that support, that credit. It hurts when I use google/another search engine and search "Transformers Sunder concept art" and see our work totally visible to the public and not at all attached to Mercy. It then jumpscares me to see other people creating something that looks just like my creations. I see fanart that uses the face of my ghoul Sunder, the one-eyed purple-eyed version with a gaping black pit where the other eye should have been with a small white light within (or the other specific features I requested for Mercy Sunder).

It feels like my ideas are running away from me.

I do not believe anything was done with intent to harm or any malice or spite. I did not believe my project art had been knowingly stolen by any animator or fan artist of Sunder. But when I wrote my post in response to one animation, I did believe that Mercy Sunder had been seen and used as an inspiration because he does appear in general Sunder searches on the Internet. So this is where I came from and why I felt compelled to step in at the time.

I hope I have expressed myself better than last time and I just would like to voice that not this artist/ animator I first reblogged, but other people have reposted Mercy Sunder and caused him to become like.... public domain? Please, I just want it to be known that what you see on search engines, forums, wikis.... was taken from my project. Please do not base your Sunders on that art without crediting Transformers: Mercy and Inishira (Instagram or X).

I hope all the artists here can imagine the feeling of distress I feel seeing credit and support fly away from me and that talented artist, Inishira (who designed Mercy Overlord, Sunder, Crankcase, Fulcrum, Misfire, Krok, Spinister, Waspinator (bug form), and angel Starscream).

I don't want drama or a public back and forth. I seek amicable relationships going forth. Please be very mindful and go back to add in credits if you realize you used this Sunder design as a reference!

[just-a-moray-eel]

Me, if I was isekai'd into the Transformers universe, looking up at them after I asked them to marry me the moment I see them.

[rotten-3y3s]

Some transformers doodles + art of my girlfriends dnd character

[warmtoastieer]

Sunder Headshot !!

I think he is very very freaky ! 😼😼😼

[grey-nine]

my art as of rescent

and a thing i made for a social justice journal assignment. guess what topic i chose ↓

and then the blood gods came and kicked me in the balls so i gave sentinel crime my cramps. he's NOT being brave about it cuz HE'S A LITTLE BITCH

i also used it to cover up an ugly ass drawing i did of the blokees prowl figure cuz i was NOT letting that thing live on the first page of my sketch book nuh uh

[phoenixisobsessed]

Sunder anon here, sorry about that! Didn't see the (2). Sunder and Froid for #23 then :)

AAAHHAHAHAHA (Original post: PINNED)

Nah again, totally my bad on that one.

Now that we have that out of the way…who was going to tell me that there is a CHARACTER IN TRANSFORMERS who is a PARODY OF FUCKING SIGMUND FREUD???? If I have to hear his name ever again from my teachers y’all better have the coffins ready. I don’t know if it’s just me but in about 5 or more of my subjects in school, we’ve had about Freud. LIKE SHIT UP ABOUT ID EGO AND SUPEREGO, AND THOSE STUPID INCEST-BORDERING THEORIES I AM TIRED. But all of that aside, I want Froid so bad omggshdghsd who stole his waist?!?! His arms are so long for what.

Quite happy with this one! Pulls back Sunder’s helm foreskin :3 (I’m not sorry about that one)

[naughty-nephi]

“I’m sure this character won’t awaken any kinks in Me”

The Character in question:

[tailgate-of-rivets-field]

I heard your drawing request is open 👁️👁️ can we get a Sunder?

*slides the drawing into the anon’s feed and scampers back into his hab.*

((I hope you like, I’m bad at hands… and coloring… and shading… fluids are cool tho.))

[peacethroughpassionyt]

IDW Sunder Rap

It's not my usual style, but I decided to go for a more aggressive rap over a poem because it matches Sunder's personality better. I had this sitting around for a while before finally deciding to share it, so it might not be as good as some of my current works.

[seraphim-seeker]

You ever just look at a particular set Transformers Characters that you like and go

“THIS. THIS IS GENDER”

[anony-man]

Chubformers drabble #97!

Characters: Sunder (& Froid - IDW)

Word count: 812

(TW: implied vore)

Sight was the key to filling his belly with the food that truly satisfied him, but after a while, Sunder had begun to feel no need for seeing to feast. There were other ways to go about fulfilling his desires, and he was hellbent on finding them.

The high of the chase was addicting, and the glorious sensation of squirming bots and writhing victims clawing at his belly from the inside made it all the sweeter. Sunder was on permanent leave from both mnemosurgery and his favorite pastime, it seemed, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t find ways around the promises he’d made.

Dying bots cared little for what happened in the end, he’d begun to discover. Keeping Froid company with idle chatter was enough to allow his processor to wander, to probe, and to infiltrate, and Sunder found more often than not that there were plenty of willing participants. A yearning for death wasn’t something one could easily erase, and it was up to him to erase all his past wrongs and sins by giving those grieving bots an easy way out.

It was easy to do, and it broke none of the strict code that nosy doctor inflicted on him. For Sunder’s end of the deal, he promised no more killing sprees and no more threats against unwilling victims—this was plenty for Froid, to his glee, and even more satisfactory with the loss of the mnemosurgeon’s optics.

No optics meant no setting his sights on poor, fearful prey, and that was the deal. What wasn’t part of the deal was allowing his processor to wander and connect with those desperate enough to come straight to him. They practically fell into his wide open, gaping maws every time, and Sunder had grown to enjoy the indulgence more than the rush of pleasure from screaming mechs.

For a while, Froid was none the wiser of those miserable bots creeping through windows and tiptoeing their way around corners to Sunder’s lair. The mnemosurgeon sat perched atop his berth and listened for the sound of the door’s squeals before patting his belly and beckoning with a servo and a wide grin. They had nothing to be afraid of, not anymore. It was a win-win for everyone.

Sunder supposed the problem had come up when his frequent visits to the doctor’s room were put off in favor of lounging in his berth and obsessing over the feel of his swollen, stuffed belly. It was hard to keep the nightly sound of squeaky floors and creaking doors to a minimum when his visitors were so eager for relief, and Sunder didn’t much care to conceal the reasons behind his recent absences as of late.

After a while, he just… well, he stopped caring, he supposed. It was hard to care what Froid might think or do when he was near-constantly stuffed to the brim with warm bodies and eager prey.

“Sunder,” Froid had finally said one morning, dropping into the mnemosurgeon’s private quarters for an unexpected visit. “I’m starting to worry. Are you sure there is nothing going on that I should be aware of?”

It was hard to answer that with a straight face. Sunder was practically drowning in ecstasy and contentment, his processor a haze of feel-good thoughts from all the bots who’d come and gone. Their happiness at an escape and joy for the release was starting to affect him in more ways than one.

The massive belly of excess fat and rolls of mesh that hung over his lap was no longer the only sign that something was amiss, that was for sure.

“Mmm… yes,” he said, drawing out his words as he picked his teeth with one of the insignias hanging from his neck. “Why? Feeling lonely, are you? I could fix that…”

While he spoke as though airy words and sing-song tone had little effect, Sunder could still hear the flustered stutter in the doctor’s voice. His smile grew comically at the scuffle of pedes and the clink of those ridiculously long arms crossing over Froid’s chest as he stumbled over a reasonable response.

“I—just… tell me you haven’t broken our contract,” he said—practically begged, really. “I’m serious, Sunder. If you’ve gone back to hunting Autobots down, then—“

“Please,” Sunder cut in, lifting the servo that rubbed gentle circles into the swell of his belly to pause Froid’s frantic speech. “You know me, Froid. I would do nothing of the sort.”

And he hadn’t… not really, that is. The agreement remained intact as it was, and Sunder was proving to be a fabulous patient. He could hear Froid’s huffy vents and allowed himself a snicker of his own, his servo settling back down to stroke his belly.

He was, by far, a most reliable mech—for both Froid and for his compliant and willing prey.

[mx-jester]

I made a little comic about an interaction I had with my mom.

she somehow knew what the all spark was??? But doesn't know about half the weird stuff... thank god

[just-a-moray-eel]

How I'm gonna be watching Sunder commit crimes and being the creepy little guy he is, completely smitten and ready to support his actions.

[rotten-3y3s]

More transformers doodles + oc doodles!

[idlepollingofcybertron]

SUNDER PROPAGANDA

Vote Sunder.

[shrimpscream]

Hihi

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