The Official How to Draw Transformers issue 1
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 Optimus prepares to kick himself in the truck cab. | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | Blackthorne Publishing | ||||||||||||
| Cover date | November 1987 | ||||||||||||
| Writer | Andrea LaFrance | ||||||||||||
| Additional art by | Dennis Francis | ||||||||||||
| Cover | Jay Oliver (colors only) | ||||||||||||
| Price | $2.00 US $2.75 Canada | ||||||||||||
How to draw Optimus Prime and Megatron.
Contents
- Brief profiles of Optimus Prime and Megatron.
- Introduction
- Basic Approach — Drawing
a regular humanCharles Atlas. - Optimus Prime — In both robot and truck mode.
- Megatron — In both robot and gun mode.
- Profiles — Drawings of Optimus and Megatron in profile.
- Emblems — Autobot and Decepticon insignias.
- Reading list — Other books on drawing you might like to read.
Errors
- The guide to drawing Megatron's arm does not have a lot of difference in terms of detail between the last two images.
Items of note
- The Decepticons are described as "discontented Autobots", and Megatron is described as being forced to share Decepticon leadership with Shockwave, an apparent reference to events in the Marvel Comics title.
- The credits at the start of the issue suggest that the last stages of finished art were supplied by Hasbro, possibly originally drawn by Don Perlin.[1]
- Remember to make your drawings three-dimensional!
