Totem-pole

Uh yeah one a day. Today I actually need to prepare more sketches for the blog cuz i'm about to run out.

These are another set of transforming mecha I made up. They weren't originally in this style, but I recently switched to the animated style because:

A) It's easier to draw cool designs.

B) It is easier to draw transformers who's alternate-modes have the same basic shape, with different protoform molds for bodies. This adds to their individuality.

There would be a problem I noticed in say Generation 1 where transformers with the same mold like Bumblebee and Clffjumper would not only look exactly the same sans colour, but they barely had any differences in personality unless you read the comics.

Now with different body types its easier to differentiate between characters in the same team.

This was from a series that I actually made up from back in preparatory school entitled "Totem-pole Warriors". I may re-title this series as "The Zemi" but I'm not sure yet. Basically its kind of like Transformers Masterforce, where there are a set of ancient monuments spanning the globe, and each of them have a human being who is destined to be one with it or some nonsense. These relics are remnants of alien astronauts that aided in building many earthen civilizations back in society's infancy. The mecha would be divided into sets depending on their location on the earth i.e. Totem-pole of the Sky, Totem-pole of the Desert, Totem-pole of the Tundra etc. Each set of 3-4 mecha had a base form where they stacked on top of one-another in descending order of size that granted them the title of Totem-pole.

These four here are the Totem-pole or the Zemis of the Sea. They represent the power of the ocean, beasts of the sea and they're coexistence with humans.

In clockwise order:

Seagull

Blue Whale

Great White Shark

Orca

Remember that these are sketches so the look is not finalized.

[Edit] If you can't see crap that's cuz the original image was a really tiny sketch. I had to blow it up a little, and it didn't really come out the way I hoped. There may be a compression thing going on not sure.