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Here you can compare the final toy with the early character concept I did for the IDW comics.
Please note that colors were brillantly adjusted for the comic by ~dcjosh Josh Burcham, and the toy reflected these changes as well (specifically red wrists and red details on legs).

As character, DRIFT was created from scratch by TF writer Shane McCarthy, and designed by me, following Shane's input, under the supervision of the great IDW team.
He did first appear on comics, in issue #5 of the IDW's "All Hail Megatron" maxi-series.

Hasbro liked the concept, and wanted to create a toy from it.
They did an impressive job, as they have been able to keep all the key features of this character, managing to create a very faithful, fully transformable, plastic version of Drift!
Can't wait to get the actual toy in my hands!





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:iconagailazen:
The feeling of something you've drawn being translated into a great toy must feel like LIQUID SEX.
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Mood: Love ~Keoma2121 Feb 4, 2012  Hobbyist General Artist
I KNOW RIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i have him on my desk right now along with other autobots. see Auto Days for more list of case members of the photo comic
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:icondestroythenconquer:
The robots look similar, but there's something off about the car modes.
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:iconguidoguidi:
*GuidoGuidi Feb 1, 2012  Professional General Artist
Yep - the car model was changed for the final toy (don't know the actual reason, maybe copyright stuff)
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:iconshadowwolf0821:
I have two of his toy! Love the design and the comic!!!! Great job guys!
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:icontffan1:
He would be a perfect Punch/Counterpunch!
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:iconaujeanpas:
Mood: Passionate ~AUJEANPAS Jul 21, 2011  Hobbyist Photographer
oh yeeeeaah I have this toy, he's absolutely awesome !!
Thank you too much Guido for create this excellent character !!
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!bsnawder Jun 16, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Oh yeah...

Is his car form supposed to be, or at least inspired by, a 1990s Toyota Supra? Great design...

uh... four things...
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!bsnawder Jun 16, 2011  Hobbyist General Artist
Ok two things:

1.) For some reason it just looks like the character designers for the Michael Bay films totally copied off of this design for their version of Sideswipe (who transforms into the 2011 Corvette Stingray concept). The head design is especially similar.

2.) How the heck do I get a job like yours?!?!?! I would love to just make some drawings for something cool - like, oh say, Transformers - and someone in the biz just happens to see it, like it, and turn it into an official toy that gets mass-produced and put on the shelves for all the other toy and Transformers fans out there to take home! That's been my dream since I was a kid, having been just old/young enough (I'm 26) to buy original, first issue G1/G2 action figures at Toys'R'Us. It must feel pretty good to have something like that happen to you.

I'm really glad that you are sticking to the original design style. They really had something special back then. The designs are simple and easily recognizable; unlike the new movie designs which just look messy and weird. Seriously, if there's one thing I learned from my Character Design class back in my Art Institute days, it's that if you want to know for sure that your character design is good, and that each one can be properly distinguished from the others, black them out so that all you see is a solid black figure with no detail except the outline. "When in doubt, black it out," they say. I guess that was three things...
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