#maccadam guide

[springtimeishere]

Awww 🥰🥺

Who would say no to such a beautiful thing!! Symbiotic relationships are the best in nature!! 💕

I was reading some transformers fanfiction and it's a solely underutilized idea to have humans and Cybertronians be in a symbiotic relationship. In nature all the time big animals will rely on smaller animals' help.

For example humans could give repairs, clean them, and help them reach smaller places. Cybertronians can give transportation and protection of course. They're emotional benefits too; humans are really nice soft things to touch and humans like having big robot friends :3.

So I'm imagining transformers realize how useful it is to have a human partner around so they start going around trying to get one. Anyways this leads to shenanigans of course and a lot of cracky moments.

Suspiciously nice looking car in a driveway with its door opened: ....

The random human who owns the driveway: ...

Human: *turns around* Screw that! I'm not becoming part of the human distribution system today, no sir I am not.

Cybertronian: *sad beeping noises*

[yuukirita]

Here we have the BOARD ALLMIGHTY! Which regroups all of the delicious AUs you may encounter on this blog C:

Some of them have fics in the works by me. Some don't. The ones above do. Those bellow don't

Some of these aren't original- none of them are actually. But at least you have a guide to look to when I post something and you wonder 'what is this about?'

It's mostly cute stuff- and kind of headcanons. Theres a few people that have started their own versions of these AUs inspired by my art/headcanons... And that kind of things is encouraged! Create away! (just pin me if it is inspired by me- I wanna see all of it)

There are other variations of Bee you might see on this blog- But they aren't really AUs- at least not like the ones on this post. It could be art for a fic i'm writing or fanart of someone Else's AU like the examples bellow.

Fic art for "A Bee See Dee" and "A Bee's Last Sound" on AO3

Bee's design varies according to the story he's in- If it's not from an au then it'll be in the tags! I try to tag the fic name if I want to draw a lot of art for it.

Oh and- example of art from someone else's Au. The Bodyguard!B-127 Au from @whalemleck that I LOVE. (someday I'll write something with it...)

Of course I don't draw JUST B-127. You'll find a lot more other Cybertronians here. And my art style changes depending on the days... But I hope this post will Help some of you keep up with the AUs :D I'll update this post when needed.

[diblmetta]

Could I pretty please get some tips on drawing Blurr? I don’t know what I’m doing unfortunately

Hope this helps!

My advice is to always use tons of references but he’s drawn pretty inconsistently in the show so I just cherry pick my favorite styles and mix them together

[random-cockroach]

God games - epic the musical Little test of storyboard pro I guess... (*sigh* JUST. UM. The lyrics of God's games fit so much to Prowl ahah? And, as a lover of afterlife things, hypothetically speaking it can be happening in Allspark when Jazz tries to get Prowl's spark back, since he isn't actually dead, but forced there. There is also, Ares' part. COME ON IT FITS PERFECTLY)

[ihatebrainstorm]

The (Hopefully) Comprehensive Guide to Drawing Transformers! [1]

[Chapter 1/5?]

Decided to make a little quick guide to drawing transformers/humanoid mechs because some people asked! (Plus I thought it'd be fun lol) .... Hopefully it makes sense and helps some people out :'D

[Next] -> coming I dunno when, I keep adding to my WIP pile......

[izsheum]

how does one go about practicing on drawing mechs? like, how did you do it? I have no idea where to start aaah 😭😭 any advice would be so helpful

i have soooome notes but! truly it comes down to looking at a LOT of references! references and REPETITION!!! i swear i have dozens upon dozens of photos of characters pulled up when i start drawing. it gets easier with each time that you sketch ‘em i promise!!

(i also “cheat” a lot and look at my figures when i wanna put them in certain poses—this goes heavilyyyy for megatron LOL)

and i hate to sound like a broken record because i’m sure everyone says this…but truly i break them up into shapes! they really are just layers of geometric shapes layered on top of one another with pretty little details etched on top :)

this is kinda how i see their figures! these kinda forms are how all my drawings start out before i put the armor on top of them!

also important to remember that the inside structures of organic figures (bones/muscles/etc) are completely visible for mechs! you can see the joints and gears that bend at their knees/elbows/shoulders/hips/feet rather than them being hidden by skin and clothing. i think this is the part that i have the Most trouble with because it’s a lot of small moving parts layered together. forgive the messiness…i’m still learning myself honestly haha and this is all compiled after looking at a LOT of art and models and whatnot. included in this are hands…which have a Lot of the small exposed joints.

anywayyys that’s all i have in terms of general advice that i can give…if you have any specific questions feel free to ask! i am an open book and will do my best to answer with words or visuals lol

but really—just have fun with it! experiment and try try try again

[lancelotslair]

"Was that a nuke?" - Galvatron

THAT'S RIGHT BITCH, SUPER SEVERE SUNSTORM BLAST 9000!!! TASTE THE POWER OF PRIMUS BITCH!!!!

the scars on Galvatrons face have numerous causes but they're all from when he was oool Megs, the big one on the cheek specifically is from Starscream kicking him once thrusters ON

[keferon]

Any starting resources for someone looking to get into Transformers?

I can’t speak for everyone but if I could time travel this is the list I would give to past me

1 - Transformers Prime. (Great series + basic lore/terms/names introduction for the new fans )

2 - Transformers : More than meets the eye + Transformers : Lost Light (IDW) (Infinitely dramatic gay clownery. Such a gem. 10/10. You need to have at least basic understanding of tf lore and terminology though. This is why I recommend watching “Transformers Prime” first)

3 - You probably have some of those robits as yours favorites at this point. Type “IDW insert name” into google or youtube to find out where to look for more comics with them. Use this image to navigate the timeline chronology so you always know what happens after what. (Don’t try to read everything on that list from the very start in chronological order - you will die of boredom)

4 - Transformers Animated (This series has it’s own version of tf lore that might cause a lot of confusion if you try to read IDW comics after watching it without being already familiar with the basics. That’s what happened to me lmao There’s a lot of primes instead of just one Prime. And Bots and Cons are kind of like two different species or something.)

5 - Transformers Earthspark ( Very good series but you need to have a lot of prior knowledge to fully understand its themes. It’s writers did a great job at showing how much their characters have changed but absolutely forgot to show what they were like before they changed. This is why you need to read comics or watch the other shows first. Earthspark Megatron is redeemed villain but they didn’t show him being a villain. Earthspark Starscream is traumatised but they didn’t fucking show what exactly happened to him, they just expect you to already know. I could write an essay about this lol I need to stop)

6 - Transformers 1986 animated movie. For some reason I really love it. (The reason is Roddy who am I kidding) Maybe also Prime wars trilogy? Cyberverse? Transformers G1? Poke at everything. Have fun.

[kheprri-garde]

Typical Screamer behavior I think

[drawkill-dragon]

Soundwave, Champion of the pits of Kaon

Guiding Star Soundwave reveal!! And a little snippet of how D-16/Megatron (and Bee) first met him. D-16 is just a little awestruck. Bee is trying to figure out why that name and face remind him of the memorial Sentinel constructed in Iacon for the High Guardsmechs who died in the last days of the war against the Quintessons.

[siide-4-my-sliide]

ConstructiProwlJazz Androidformers Designs

(Click for better quality!)

[smoked-salmon-official]

The promised guide

Basically this is how you break the body down into basic shapes. Works pretty much fool proof. BUT you must adjust for style, character, and of course adding in the details

This is just the basic skeleton

For more guidance/practice look to g1 Optimus. Very simple design that fits this almost perfectly

[askvectorprime]

Dear Vector Prime,

Do the Quintessions also worship Primus?

Dear Primal Potentate,

It is… possible.

When it comes to Quintesson religion, most are rather close-mouthed—and with five mouths to keep shut, it’s certainly a conscious effort! To outsiders, they present themselves as a secular species; if they can be said to worship anything, it is the abstract ideals of law and science. Even in those realities where they clean up after Unicron, they do not appear to revere the Chaos Bringer; to them, it is simply an alien lifeform.

Still, the Quintessons do not all think alike. Across all of Cybertronian history, there have been a handful of encounters with fanatics or exiles; they spoke of the Pentacore, the ultimate source of existence that is split into five aspects. These rare faithful differed on what, exactly, those aspects are—with Death being the only constant.

Comparative xenotheology specialists have noted similarities within these aspects to the Guiding Hand, a quintile division of the Divine Source—and as you may be well aware, Primus is counted amongst their number. It may be that somewhere in the multiverse, there is a Quintesson heretic who has recognised the shared divinity between faiths, and reveres Primus as part of the Pentacore. If so, I have yet to meet them.

[they-hermes]

This is what motivational posters look like in decepticon bases

[lets-try-some-writing]

just curious, if you ever put The guiding hand in your fics, what will they be like?

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Guiding_Hand

Difficult to say. I think the way I would integrate it into the Aligned Continuity lore that I personally use for my fics would be something along these lines:

Before the Thirteen, there were the five. They were not truly Cybertronian, and rather they were pieces of Primus's own spark that he forged into Avatars to help him fight against Unicron. He imbued each with part of his personality, emotion, and desire. This led them to each shift enough to become their own entities in the sense of split spark twins. They are the same, and yet while they live in different frames, they are not united.

These Avatars were not children of Primus, they WERE Primus. Despite greater numbers, the broken focus of the god of Creation led to little to no changes in the battle of Chaos and Order. The eternal struggle continued, but as it did so, Unicron gained the upper hand through Adaptus. The transformation god was able to have his loyalties shifted through Unicron's manipulations which convinced him that Primus would refuse to allow for any change when the battle was won. As a being who was made to change, Adaptus could not allow this and quickly turned on his fellows.

The result was catastrophic.

Adaptus broke Epistemus, which resulted in the gift of intelligence being gifted to all living beings but ended with Primus losing the ability to see and know all at the same time. Only a small shard of him remained, and that shard was eventually forged into the Covenant of Primus, a relic capable of reading the echoes of Epistemus and recording them as it is required. Unfortunately, following Epistemus's scattering, Primus was forced to focus on one thing at a time to see its truth.

Adaptus attacked Mortilus next, and while gravely wounded, he did not die. So to preserve him, Primus created the Allspark from him. That way he would not perish and all life that was or would be would be secured. (There is a reason Unicron despises the Allspark so much, and it is because Mortilus protects Primus's children from true death and reabsorption into Primus himself.)

Solomus was the only one who escaped the unexpected betrayal unscathed. And he and Adaptus battled as Primus fought to hold Unicron at bay while also saving what little he could of Mortilus with Epistemus scatted to the winds. Their conflict was so brutal that their identities began to blur. Wisdom and transformation morphed as they tore each other apart. The biggest molded piece of their frames became Vector Sigma. The rest were reabsorbed by Primus, which is what ultimately allowed him to create children that could grow physically, mentally, and spiritually while also limiting his influence with Vector Sigma now stuck as a physical object.

Back to square one, Primus was desperate. He saved what he could, but this time he knew he had to try again. He needed warriors that were not extensions of himself, beings that could act on their own and not be predictable. He needed creatures who could adapt, who could learn, and who could become capable of gaining the upper hand on the Unmaker.

This is how the Thirteen were born. Instead of turning himself into many mecha, Primus instead cultivated new sparks through small echoes of his. He fed them pieces of Solomus and Adapatus and what little he still had of Epistemus. And from all this, the Thirteen Primes came into being, not knowing any had come before them.

The Guiding Hand were pieces of Primus that live on only in the vague memory of the Thirteen. They are legends, and while Alpha Trion knows the truth, the rest of the Primes believe the Guiding Hand to be some sort of parable that they cannot decipher. They do not know, and they don't need to. It is irrelevant to them.

This is how I would integrate The Guiding Hand.

[zhibekfromkaon]

No surprise Rung took them with him to death lmao