Editing Talk:Package art

== Beast Machines ==

I think... I ''theeeeenk''... that the only instances of CGI models being used on the packaging were for the Mega toys, and they didn't actually appear on the FRONT of the boxes (Cheetor might've still been there?), but on the BACK, in the vicinity of the bio-card. I know this was definitely the case with Tankor... - [[User:Chris McFeely|Chris McFeely]] 00:32, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

==Optimus Prime==
I won't argue too hard against replacing a run-of-the-mill Ordinary Joe example with the Shining Icon -- Prime's art was my first thought when I was starting this page --  but I ''really'' don't want to see this article become burdened with a ton of Optimus Prime images.   Better to stick with a wide variety of characters.   Also, I really liked the Rollbar art because it so aptly illustrates the exaggeration inherent in most G1 art; it'd be nice to find a home for it on this page somewhere. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 07:05, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
:I wanted to use G1 Prime's art because it's the most well known and one of the best 1984 art. Supercon Armada Prime's art is there because it's the only neutral white background packaging art from Armada that I know of on this wiki (the other being Powerlinx Optimus Prime). As for exaggeration, I'd say that's mostly for the first half of G1. During the Masters era and there after, the standard of packaging art was quite high. --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 07:28, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
::Eh.  Thunderwing there has about 50 joints, none of which exist on his toys.  (Still not as extreme as the Throttlebots, though.  At least his toy HAS joints.  And feet.) -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 07:35, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
:::Oh, you mean the art making the character (and thus the toy) look like they have natural joints and articulation that allows the cool posing that toys today can't even dream of doing? --[[User:FFN|FFN]] 07:55, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

==The movie's "computer-rendered" headshots==
Do we really know those are CGI?  They could very easily be paintings.  --[[User:ItsWalky|ItsWalky]] 18:01, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
:I was about to say. I'm pretty sure they're paintings. I'm sure the movie bots' headshots use CGI renders as a BASE, but do we really think they made CGI models of allllllll the non-movie bots' noggins? I severely doubt it. --[[User:M Sipher|M Sipher]] 18:09, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
:Yeah, that was just me making an ass-umption, working from memory and without looking too carefully.  I'll readily defer to your more artistically-experienced judgment.  On close inspection they pretty obviously aren't the movie models. -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 18:12, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

==Links from Botch's Site; Question about mirroring==
Hey hey, it's Botch. I wanted to mention that I put up a link to this page from the homepage of my [http://www.botchthecrab.com/archive Box Art Archive]. In truth, I was hoping there was some way that I could mirror an edited version of the contents of this page via a feed of some sort, but I haven't found any information or utility for that yet. My hope was
* Allow people to read the history of TF box/character art without leaving my site
* Advertise this Wiki and encourage people to visit and contribute. 
So if anyone has any opinions on all of this, feel free to shout them at me. -- [[User:Botch the Crab|Botch the Crab]] 02:47, 9 March 2008 (UTC)
:I don't think wikia sites have any kind of feed, but I'm not the expert.  It's open source, so there's nothing to stop you from reproducing the content on your page in some form or other, but that wouldn't have live updating, of course.  Regardless, the link is appreciated! -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 03:49, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

==Richard Marcej==
This fellow's page shows instruction sheet line art, not package art paintings.  I'm gonna guess that he was copying the paintings, rather than vice versa.  Anybody got facts to the contrary? -- [[User:Repowers|Repowers]] 03:49, 9 March 2008 (UTC)<div id="wikia-credits"><br /><br /><small>From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</small></div>