A very cool piece of news to share with you today coming via Gregory Titus Illustration. On top of the massive amount of infomation of the behind the scenes work that went into the packaging and art design of the Age of Extinction toy line, we have a first look at the package art for Junkheap and Vehicon as well as sketches for the robot modes of Slug and Scorn, which were originally going to be used for the packaging. On top of all that, there are also sketches of alternate character poses and slightly different character designs as well.
From the Gregory Titus Illustration page:
This project was an absolute monster. Pilot was brought in about 18 months before the movie came out. Though well into the design phase of all the Transformers characters, none were completed. We were working with concepts, designs, information, and deadlines that were constantly changing. It was an amazing challenge that we all rose to in typical Pilot fashion. We were brought in for everything, a total overhaul and rebrand of a toy line plagued with different packaging styles for a decade. We were tasked with uniting them under a single, new, and simplified Transformers banner and provide all designs and illustrations to go with it.Be sure to check out the full gallery here and hit the discussion link below to share your thoughts.
Underwear
The line art looks more beautiful than the finished painted version.
User_136440
I doubt it, his company just provided the new branding and illustrations. The deluxe then and now packaging had the G1 images pulled directly from the archives.
slpypnda
scorn looks like pyramid head from silent hill
Thundershot
That's a beautiful pic of G1 Prime. Too bad the "then and now" pack had Classics Prime. Oops.
Wait, is this the guy who put G1 Strafe on the side if the TRU exclusive?
Dragonzzilla
The more I look at the AOE Dinobots' designs, the more I like them.
Sponge
So I guess these are the people responsible for the unintentional purchases of power battlers strafe I heard about back in June, artwork is nice enough though
Edit:can't say I'm fond of all of them lunging forward
LegendAntihero
Thanks for posting these. I've been looking for pics of Evasion Optimus all over google.
Novaburnhilde
Very cool artwork. Especially Scorn and Slug.
MasterZero
That some beautiful art.
QLRformer
Awesome artwork there.
Shizuka
*droooooooooooooooool*
kaiserlisk
YAS, that lineart is amazing.
Digilaut
Really insightful and awesome looking art!
Autovolt 127
They look cool but man are they just following the same running pose. I wish they could have mixed up a bit, Scorn is the only one that does so.
FanimusMaximus
The Deluxe Vehicon that could have been…
JDK
Wow, I've really hated the packaging art for AOE with the running figures, and now I hate it even more seeing how BEAUTIFUL the pencil work is. Those painters absolutely mutilated his drawings.
Fallout
hahah dinosparkers grimlock
Lord Madhammer
TacticalBacon
Awesome!
bumblebeej8
Cool