#tfp jack

[fujii-draws]

I love medic peepaw so much

[raileurta]

Miko: You're weird, I like you.

Raf & Jack: Coming from you don't know whether I should be insulted or not.

[factual-fantasy]

I've been working on this comic for several days now. Its safe to say I haven't gotten much faster at this drawing style.. 😅 I think I need to keep experimenting with different drawing styles in hopes I'll find one that'll make drawing TFP comics less draining.. (; _ _ )

Aside from that- I tried out a few design changes with Ratchet and I tried making the canvas size significantly bigger! You think the image is a bit clearer now? I hope so! <:D I might use this canvas size (W-1455 H-2000) for my future TFP comics :)

My last note is, Ratchet is the best XDD 🚑🧡

[heraxic]

sketch redesigns of the tf prime humans

notes/rambling:

i wanted Miko to look more like a scene kid cause her original design weirdly makes her look like she lives at the arcade, not someone who’s aesthetic is centered around music/metalcore(?). Added heavier looking clothes and more greenish tones to match Bulkhead. also, personally i really dont like her hair so i just made it more spikey.

Raf my perfect angel. I like his original design, but for the fun of it i tried making an outfit that communicated more of his interest in RC cars and racing games with more athletic looking clothes (still with a nerdy little polo shirt underneath, so it doesnt look like he does any actual physical activity regularly). Yellow shorts to match Bumblebee.

Jack. jackyboy. i have never seen such boring character design. his outfit says Nothing about who he is. ok anyway- so he’s the more responsible/mature one of the kids, but kind of a loner outside team prime. i gave him more layers —ie the hoodie, bulkier pants and a beanie— to put some distance between him and the rest of the world, and to give him a stronger silhouette so he looks more like the default leader. The beanie is blue to match Arcee and Optimus, with an official looking grey patch on the front (again to give him more authority).

[zorangezest]

mother. mother the children yearn for more humanformers soundwave.

it’s a game night!

soundwave has a realllyyyy good setup so the kids come over for game nights!

[theangrycomet-art]

Ironhide is the Grunkle who happily gives the kids weapons but scolds them when they cuss.

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[dat-lil-shark]

Daily reminder that this is how tfp optimus see the kids:

[blade-liger-4ever]

Why I think Miko Nakadai is arguably the best human character in TFP

Don't misunderstand, I know Miko was handled haphazardly throughout the series' run. That said, aside from her skipping off into the battlefield, she was actually a great character - and, in my personal opinion, the actual audience surrogate character in TFP.

Now, let me explain.

Although Miko's backstory is told and not shown - a rich daughter who had everything she could ever want, up to and including two pure-breed cats and piano lessons from age three onwards (which, coincidentally, tells us she's brainy despite her antics) - much can be inferred from what snippets of her past we get, along with her interactions with the Autobots. For one, she obviously can't stand most adult supervision, which is likely because of a few things. For one, back home in Japan, Miko would have had to be proper and polite, always restrained, and had to do what she was told. While this is normal (to an extent) in the West, in the East this is etiquette that needs to be obeyed, especially if you're as well off as she is; her actions, specifically in Japan, will reflect on her parents, but to a far lesser extent in America. Thus, when presented with the freedoms of the USA, Miko not only jumps at the chance for an exchange program that will give her the mobility she craves, she also chooses the place that has the least amount of glamor. By extension of choosing to settle in Jasper, Miko's also displaying two other traits: she's not afraid of going to a place vastly different from her home, and she isn't disgusted by a small town with very little monetary value to it.

Secondly, Miko's disregard for authority from adults but deference to the 'Bots teases us with an insecurity - namely, an insecurity that no adult ever gives her a chance to make her own decisions.

Just think about it: All the times Miko's blown off the human adults, it's when they've tried to decide her life for her. Miko has, from what we can see, had her whole life dictated, up to and including those piano lessons. She may be a prodigy at almost everything, but her preferred instrument is the guitar - and yet, she wasn't given lessons in that from the time she was a toddler. Therefore, she feels confined and controlled by the authority of her elders. And so, while Miko may be able to sway Bulkhead into getting her out of detention and consistently slip past the watchful eyes of the 'Bots, it's out of a desperate motivation to control her own life. Now, she does hold too much interest in the battles and getting to watch them, but wouldn't you have that same eagerness if Gundams or Jaegers came to life before your eyes? Yes, she knows their lives are in danger, that they couldn't come home, but there's still a fantastical element to all of this about the Autobots. And it remains so because while she loves them all, Bulkhead is the only one who, while giving her life advice and trying to keep her in check/alive, lets her make her own decisions and take control of her life and her actions.

And that's why she keeps going to the field. That's why she only listens to the reprimands with half an ear and why she recovers so fast from Optimus' near death experiences, as well as Raf's close call with death.

And that's why Miko's world shatters when Bulkhead is left in a half-dead coma from his fight with Hardshell. Because the one person in the universe who gave her freedom and care without deciding her life for her was not just seriously injured, but possibly on death's door.

That's why Miko runs around without a care until the S2 episode "Hurt": because she wants autonomy to decide her life, even if it's stupid choices that could get her killed.

And after "Hurt", we see a new Miko. Yes, she remains gung-ho and fierce, but she stops running onto the battlefield. She takes less enjoyment from the War. Because now, with the reality of war fresh in her mind, she knows the risks and the stakes involved, and she will never take that or her friends for granted anymore. This is further proved when Miko 'sneaks' along for "Chain of Command", but with a twist: she asks Wheeljack if she can come along - and if memory serves, this is the first mission Bulkhead's been on with herself present since the events before "Hurt". Clearly, Miko is still worried about losing Bulkhead - only, this time, she values the words of the 'Bots, and now seeks permission to join a mission, though she wisely asks Wheeljack for this blessing.

This is the beautiful part of her arc, crowned by her battle with Starscream and his Seekers (which is also just straight up awesome.) When she's kicked the afts of everyone, and Starscream tries to intimidate her with his usual "I killed Cliffjumper" speech, Miko's response is this calm, slightly rough, retort:

"Big whoop. I snuffed Hardshell."

In this moment, Miko Nakadai is shown to have grown from an excitable child into an unyielding, but mature, adult warrior. She no longer treats the War and the 'Bots like a game, or a release. She treats them as her friends who she will gladly risk her own life for.

And that, in my opinion, makes her the best human protagonist in all of Transformers: Prime, and Transformers media in general.

As for what I said earlier about her being the true audience surrogate, be honest with yourselves: If any of us were given the chance to meet the Autobots, wouldn't you be just as irrepressible as Miko, as eager to help as she was, and tempted to go to the battlefield to see the action/make sure your 'Bot wasn't going to die? That's what I mean when I say she's the audience surrogate - Miko acts like we would, and learns as we would about the War and the 'Bots if we suddenly came across them.

That's my two cents on Miko, and why she's the human character I respect the most in Transformers...probably of all time. If you liked it, I'm glad; Miko deserves better, and I hope I explained why well.

Til next time, folks!

"Autobots, transform!"

[deepfriedhopesanddreams]

Alley melody

[knox-enden]

Dumb idea that Soundwave gets taken down hard and ends up getting a slight processer reset, causing him to misidentify the humans as weird little minicons and claiming them as his own.

[sjhfjdjdn]

[mokabeanzz]

ADULT JACK!

Finally finishing the trio with jack, i decided to make him an agent as suggested by someone in the community, i think its cool if he become an agent like fowler

[raileurta]

I have daydreamed about this kind of edit for MONTHS but only now could I actually do it. It just fits so perfectly!!

I'm pretty proud of this and it took me 5:24 hrs to make. There were a few things I had to redo because of glitches/low quality but other than that this was a joy to make!

[yuki2sksksk]

June is me. (I gave up on colouring the last two panels) (the chokehold this ship had on me when I was younger as well as June and Ratchet)

[rosaharazu]

If Elita-1 was in Transformers Prime.

(Based on the other post I made)

Huh, would you look at that. I can draw robots. Would've redraw this digitally, but that's gonna take a huge toll on me.

Headcanons ;

Personally? I would like it if Elita's like a retired war veteran, cuz she had a higher toll of war trauma than Optimus. Still helps the Autobots, but mostly stays at base.

She and Optimus would take turns on Prime duties and government stuff, but not too often

Megatron would try not cause too much trouble if Elita takes over for the day

Adores the kids, friends with Fowler and besties with June.

Most likely is June's guardian

I can't help but think her alt mode is a pink van? I think it's cute!

Why did I make this?

She and Optimus would rather have more comfort cuddles than anything overly romantic.

Now add your own headcanons

Despite me wanting so bad Elita to be in the series, TFP is still very good.

It's just devastating that a character like Elita passes so early on. She absolutely deserves her own spinoff Transformers series for girls or smth.

[zorangezest]

For your human tfp soundwave, how does he eat? A slot in the side of his mask for chips? Smoothie only diet? Injects nutrients directly into his veins? I know he could also just take the mask off but I feel he is the type to never ever take it off

great question!! unfortunately

no one else knows either