Autobot City concept art (part 5)

 Well, all good things must come to an end, and so it is with this unused concept art for Autobot City.  I want to again reiterate my enormous respect for Floro Dery's talent and imagination.  I tried to save the best for last, and this piece really shows off the crow's nest. 

With the AllSpark Almanac II finally put to bed, I'll be able to go back to our regularly-scheduled Ark Addendums next week.  Stick around!

Autobot City concept art (part 4)

Here is the third of four close-ups on the Autobot City concept art posted last month.  You can see creases, and where some of the many sheets of paper that make up this monstrosity don't quite line up.  Notice how massive the city is, compared to the already quite large shuttles.  This thing clearly dwarfs the old volcano headquarters by a good order of magnitude. 

Autobot City concept art (part 3)

Welcome to part three of my ongoing exploration of the concept art of Autobot City.  This is the right side of the paper, which includes Floro Dery's signature and the date (8/16/85).  It also includes the information about the city closing up like a fist.  Neat stuff!

Autobot City concept art (part 2)

Two weeks ago, I posted some unused concept art from the fertile imagination of Floro Dery. I asked if people wanted to see the original notes on it, which would have been unreadable at the size I originally shared it.  The response was fairly positive, so here we go.  I think I'll break it into four drawings.  Here's the left-hand side.  I hope you enjoy!

The Ark Addendum - Autobot City concept art

It's Tuesday, and we all know what that means.  It's time for another edition of The Ark Addendum.  It's a special, double-wide spread of an issue today - the concept art for Autobot City.

Over the weekend, I got a request from a fan named Alex who was asking about artwork for Autobot city. Sadly, aside from a single, low-quality image that Floro Dery posted to his website years ago, I didn't have anything from the final version.  However, I have stumbled across this absolutely lovely image of an early, unused concept for the city.  The concept artwork is a Floro Dery hand-drawn original, on several oversized pieces of paper taped together.  In fact, the center piece of paper were oriented vertically, hence the slightly odd shape to the image.  It's an amazing piece, showcasing the extraordinary talent of the man who drew it.

Note that since the image was drawn across several pieces of paper, there are occasional discontinuities. These were present in the original drawing, so I resisted the urge to clean them up.  If there's interest, I may post some additional views of this absolutely massive piece where I zoom in close up, so that you can read the hand-written notes on the city. Let me know if that's of interest.

For those of you printing out and saving these Ark Addendums, this is designed to be printed on two 8.5x11 pieces of paper as a two-page spread. Hope you enjoy! (A big thank-you to Dell Barras for saving this piece all these years, and sharing it with me.)