Marcelo Matere

Marcelo Matere (born March 14, 1979) is a Brazilian artist. He is a freelance artist for Hasbro who regularly works as a character designer, toy concept artist, packaging artist, and more. He has also done comic book illustration for 3H, Dreamwave, Titan Magazines and IDW, among others.
Known design projects
Packaging art
Armada
He also did the package art for Armada's Corona Sparkplug and Wind Sheer, but it is undetermined if these were published anywhere.
Energon
Cybertron
- Brimstone
- Evac
- Demolishor
- Downshift
- Cybertron Defense Hot Shot
- Leobreaker
- Megatron
- Galvatron
- Cybertron Defense Red Alert
- Galaxy Force Optimus Prime
- Optimus Prime (Deluxe Class truck)
- Optimus Prime (Deluxe Class gorilla)
- Optimus Prime (Leader Class)
- Override GTS
- Primus
- Unicron (Deluxe Class)
Universe (2003)
- Universe mini-poster
- Depth Charge
- Inferno (Deluxe Class)
- King Atlas
Beast Wars 10th Anniversary
Alternators
- 6 Autobot Tracks (bubble package)
- 7 Meister (bubble package)
- 10 Windcharger
- 12 Shockblast
- 13 Wheeljack
- 14 Decepticharge
- 16 Prowl (bubble package)
- 17 Autobot Skids
- 18 Sunstreaker
- 19 Rollbar
- 20 Ricochet
- 21 Optimus Prime
- 22 Mirage
- 23 Autobot Camshaft
- 24 Nemesis Prime
- 24 Decepticon Rumble
- 26 Ravage (Jaguar XK)
- 27 Rodimus
Star Wars Transformers
Transformers (2007)
Universe (2008)
- Optimus Prime (Special Edition)
- 25th Anniversary Optimus Prime
- Megatron (Special Edition)
- Prowl
- Sunstreaker
- Tankor
- Powerglide
Crossovers
Animated
- Atomic Lugnut
- Shadow Blade Megatron
- Optimus Prime vs. Megatron: The Battle Begins 2-pack
- Samurai Prowl
- Roadbuster Ultra Magnus
- Waspinator
- Wreck-Gar
- Freeway Jazz
- Electrostatic Soundwave
- Mercenary Swindle (unreleased)
- Vortex Blurr (unreleased)
- Fugitive Waspinator (unreleased)
Revenge of the Fallen
Timelines
Generations
Combiner Wars
Titans Return
Power of the Primes
Studio Series
- 86-01 Autobot Jazz
- 86-02 Kup
- 86-03 Blurr
- 86-04 Autobot Hot Rod
- 86-05 Scourge
- 86-06 Grimlock & Autobot Wheelie
- 86-07 Dinobot Slug & Daniel Witwicky
- 86-08 Gnaw
- 86-09 Wreck-Gar
- 86-10 Decepticon Sweep
- 86-11 Perceptor
- 86-12 Coronation Starscream
- 86-13BB Cliffjumper (backdrop)
- 86-14 Junkheap
- 86-15 Dinobot Sludge
- 86-16 Arcee
- 86-17 Ironhide
- 86-19 Dinobot Snarl
- 86-22 Brawn
- 86-24BB Ironhide / 86-20BB Prowl (backdrop)
- Core Class Exo-Suit Spike Witwicky
- Core Class Autobot Ratchet
- Core Class Autobot Wheelie
- Core Class Decepticon Rumble (Blue)
- Core Class Ironhide
Dinobot Adventures
- Dinobot Sludge
- Dinobot Slug
- Dinobot Snarl (Dinobot Striker)
- Dinobot Swoop
- Bumblebee (w/ Lance the Raptor-Bot)
- Optimus Prime (w/ Scale the Shield-Bot)
- Predaking / Grimlock / Dinobot Snarl 3-pack
- Optimus Prime T-Rex
Classic Heroes Team
- Optimus Prime
- Bumblebee
- Grimlock
- Optimus Primal
- Megatron (drill tank)
- Megatron (crocodile)
- Starscream
Transformers Retro
Toy design
Universe (2003)
- Roulette (head design)
- Shadow Striker (head design)
Beast Wars 10th Anniversary
Transformers (2007)
Robot Heroes
Transformers (2007)
- Generation 1 Series
- Movie Series
- Bumblebee / Barricade
- Autobot Jazz / Decepticon Frenzy
- Autobot Ratchet / Megatron
- Optimus Prime / Blackout
- Armor Bumblebee / Starscream
- Ironhide / Bonecrusher
- Protoform Jazz / Decepticon Brawl
- Optimus Prime / Scorponok
- Ironhide / Dispensor
- Allspark Bumblebee / Starscream
- Battle Jazz / Megatron
- Optimus Prime / Barricade
Universe (2008)
- Beast Wars Series
- Generation 1 Series
- Autobot Hound / Blitzwing
- Sunstreaker / Galvatron
- Arcee / Decepticon Rumble
- Autobot Blaster / Thrust
- Ironhide / Kickback
- Perceptor / Hardshell
- Snarl / Sharkticon
- Ricochet / Predaking
- Prowl / Laserbeak (unreleased)
- Victory Saber / Dessaras (unreleased)
- Beast Machines Series
- Cheetor / Tankor
- Optimus Primal / Jetstorm (unreleased)
- Robots in Disguise Series
- Optimus Prime / Megatron (unreleased)
Revenge of the Fallen
- Bumblebee / Long Haul
- Mudflap / Rampage
- Optimus Prime / Blackout
- Sideswipe / Sideways
- Autobot Skids / Megatron
- Autobot Springer / Starscream
- Ironhide / Mixmaster
- Jolt / Ravage
- Chromia / Megatron
- Ratchet / Barricade
- Battle for the AllSpark
(Decepticon Brawl, Bumblebee, Megatron, Optimus Prime, Autobot Ratchet, Sam Witwicky, Starscream)
- Battle of the Fallen
(The Fallen, Ironhide, Megatron, Jetpower Optimus Prime) - Desert Devastation
(Constructicon Devastator, Mudflap, Autobot Skids, Captain William Lennox) - Shanghai Shootout
(Demolishor, Optimus Prime, Sideswipe, Sideways, Autobot Skids & Mudflap)
Crossovers
Universe (2008)
Power of the Primes
- Throne of the Primes (throne only)
Legacy
Rise of the Beasts
- Beast Combiners
Character design
War for Cybertron (DS)
Rise of the Beasts
Comic/story book art
Dreamwave Productions
- More Than Meets The Eye (G1) #4
- More Than Meets The Eye (G1) #5
- More Than Meets The Eye (G1) #6
- More Than Meets The Eye (G1) #7
- More Than Meets The Eye (Armada) #2
- Energon #30
3H Productions
IDW Publishing
- Spotlight Soundwave, Grimlock, Metroplex
- Megatron Origin #2 (select pages)
- Beast Wars Sourcebook #1, #2 (select pages)
- Maximum Dinobots (B covers)
- Spotlight: Metroplex interiors, cover A
- Transformers: Animated - The Arrival #2 (on "Whatever Happened To Whatisname?")
- The AllSpark Almanac cover
- The AllSpark Almanac II cover
- War for Cybertron cover
- The Transformers: The IDW Collection: Phase 2 (#2–12 covers)
Harper Collins/Harper Entertainment/Harper Festival
- Transformers: The Movie Storybook
- Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen: Rise of the Decepticons
- Transformers: Hunt for the Decepticons: Satellite Meltdown
Titan Magazines UK
- Transformers Comic issue 6 (Movie Jazz story)
- Transformers Comic issue 13 (Twilight's Last Gleaming, Part: 5)
Hasbro
- Unit:E (pages 8–9)
Transformers licensing art
Other work
- Transformers Legends card line art (uncredited)
- Signature Series featuring Marcelo Matere
Convention Appearances
- OTFCC 2003
- OTFCC 2004
- BotCon 2005
- BotCon 2006
- BotCon 2007
- BotCon 2008
- BotCon 2009
- BotCon 2011
- BotCon 2013
Gallery
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It's a dirty job but someone's gotta do it.
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Think a chiropractor's going take on his case?
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Taking backstabbing to another direction.
Fiction
Legends comic
A resident of the Legends World, Marcelo Matere was saved from a Zamojin invasion by Brazilian Transformers toys that revealed themselves to be real Transformers. Legends World in Imminent Danger! Part Two When his world was destroyed, Matere was evacuated to Cybertron of the G1 World. The Road to Legends' Revival Chapter 2
Notes
- Matere first got involved with the Transformers brand when Dreamwave couldn't keep up with Hasbro's needs for art assets, leading Aaron Archer to look online for suitable contractors.[2] The first piece of packaging artwork he did for Hasbro was Armada Swindle.
- Matere was originally contracted to do 8 pages for Megatron Origin #4, which were drawn and submitted to IDW. However, apparently Alex Milne was also contracted to do those pages, and his versions were used instead.
References
- ↑ Matere's Tumblr
- ↑ "Marcelo came on cause I found him online, to fill that need, when Dreamwave couldn't keep up with that demand. We needed more people and he was very capable to kinda... do that style, and also is an industrial designer, which worked out even sweeter for us."—Aaron Archer, The Toy Armada, 2023/01/28
External links
Interviews
- Pages with image sizes containing extra px
- Creator stub
- Aligned designers
- Alternators packaging artists
- Animated packaging artists
- Beast Era packaging artists
- Convention guests
- Hasbro designers
- Hasbro packaging artists
- Generations designers
- Generations packaging artists
- Dreamwave Productions
- Illustrators
- Legends World humans
- Movie designers
- Movie packaging artists
- IDW Publishing
- Revenge of the Fallen packaging artists
- Unicron Trilogy packaging artists
- Universe (2003) designers
- Universe (2003) packaging artists
- Universe (2008) designers
- Universe (2008) packaging artists
- Timelines packaging artists





