Strange Adventures in a Digital World

$25 single character sketch commissions to be exact.

Only real stipulation is no NSFW.

I’m open to most series and OCs, but my specialty is stuff like Pokemon, Digimon, Transformers, Heathers, Sonic, that sort of thing. If you have an OC, please provide some reference material.

I accept PayPal, DM me for info and your PP so I can send invoices, and slots are always open.

Here are some examples of my sketches!

Onyx and Nexus I’ve had some loose ideas for RiD15 off and on, where Onyx is the replacement big bad over The Fallen.

Nexus came to mind as the ringleader of a more involved in the Combiner Force toy line and story, though i hadn’t given it much thought at the time.

Overall I’d say it goes as such:

In the RiD AU most things are the same prior to the main continuation but the big change is Onyx Prime as the starting antagonist.

Onyx is upset at the treatment of his Beast brethren (a meta gag at Prime and the fandom overall still being weird about Beast Wars), so his brothers Liege Maximo and The Fallen indulge his bleeding heart, tricking him into gathering a beast army to “liberate” Earth into a colony world. Oh and raze Cybertron to the ground using said Beasts in petty revenge too, which ever comes first.

While obviously Liege and Fallen want chaos and destruction, Onyx merely just wants a place for Beasts to reign in peace, but the main hitch in this is Steeljaw, who instead wants to turn Earth into a Decepticon capital for a new empire under his “benevolent” rule.

Because Oynx is thinking primarily with his activist mindset, he didn’t think it through inadvertently sending only Decepticon Hybridizors to Earth, rather than Autobot ones also, most of this being influenced by the Evil Primes behind his back.

Onyx ultimately comes in as the final antagonist of the first season, but in a body type that resembles Predaking and Dragotron to retain the mistaken identity bit with Megatron/Megatronus.

While annoyed Steeljaw tried to hijack his plan, Onyx still intends to go through with converting Earth, using his Mask relic and a Legendisc to reformat Earth into New Eukaris and by extension make the planet uninhabitable to humans and most Earth life.

Onyx is defeated and humbled by Optimus and the Bee Team, relenting when he sees Grimlock being besties with Russel and Hank, which is all he really wanted to begin with.

When Onyx realizes he’s been had by his brothers however, he goes back to the Prime Realm to beat the crap out of them.

A Dinobot Island situation is nevertheless arranged for peaceful Decepticon and Autobot Beasts by the Bee Team that Onyx checks on from time to time.

Amalgamous Prime’s two Beast Modes partly exist to make Onyx feel more comfortable and accepted, tho between the two, Amal likes being a Dinobot the best.

Nexus Prime meanwhile mirrors some of his Collector Club origins, where his company parts had forgotten their original purpose and by fate are reunited when things go awry.

In this version of events, Nexus had been missing for quite awhile, and Amalgamous and Onyx aren’t sure what actually became of him when asked by the Bee Team.

All Amal knows is he prefers leaving the Combining to Nexus. He tried copying his brother and split into five component robots once as a matter of ego, but found trying to control five minds was a big fat headache and immediate recombined, never wanting to do that again.

When the Enigma of Combination was discovered, it created Ultra Bee and SteelReign on Earth, but when a different Decepticon active on Earth touched the Enigma, it restored his memories of once being a component of Nexus. In particular he used to be a leg, and not a particularly favored one at that, fueled his inferiority complex, deciding to instead view himself as the pillar of what made Nexus a Prime in the first place.

Stealing the Enigma, he sought to use it to send a signal out to try and summon the estranged component parts to Earth, so they could Combine once more, only for the leg to be the dominant mind this time to flex on everyone. What’s interesting is the Enigma had already been doing in some fashion, attracting Combiner teams to Earth for years, even if they weren’t super sure why they compulsively did so such as Chop Shop, Mole Dive, Tarantulas Maximus, Sharkticon Maximus, the Mutacons, and the Crash Combiner Autobots working with Stormshot and Fowler among others.

In the Japanese version of events, while mentioned in a prior guidebook, ES is considered a splinter alternate timeline to the G1 cartoon, simply due to the cartoon using the 80’s cartoon visuals for a flashback.

In story, the explanation is quite literally …

-pause for effect-

G1 Alpha Trion writing fan fiction in the Covenant of Primus.

No, I’m not being cute.

It is indeed a Fionna & Cake situation.

As for the continuation itself, that part is weird overall.

Most of it has to do with the cancelled Hasbro releases of Cosmos and Soundwave being released in Takara markets instead under the New Legends collector aimed toy line. This has happened before where several Transformers Animated toys were only released in Takara markets such as Blackout.

In story, the conflict takes place after the end of EarthSpark in American markets, as EarthSpark only lasted one season before it was cancelled.

G1 Unicron & the Sweeps (at least the G1 Legacy/Studio Series versions cuz To Sell Toys naturally) arrive and make a bargain: The Maltos either get permanently cancelled or they’re left alone if Optimus surrenders his Matrix.

Optimus surrenders his Matrix, and Unicron backs off.

Because there’s not a fully reliable translation atm, I’m not super sure what’s going on here with Soundwave.

But Soundwave has traveled to the dying G1 Universe to acquire his prototypical self from Sideways and Noisemaze, both are back working for Unicron and have a stake in the comic’s affairs. Noisemaze had a radio in the anime that was visually G1 Soundwave as an Easter Egg, but like many things in the Legends series, it turns out he actually had the OG Soundwave enslaved for some reason.

Meanwhile, ES Optimus began to travel the multiverse after this, having upgraded into Star Convoy (or rather Star Optimus Prime for brand synergy reasons and because the Stars are considered separate characters for some reason), having reformatted using the Zodiac (from Transformers Zone) which apparently exists in EarthSpark World.

The ES writers are either happy to see the story sorta continues or are having a meltdown over the super robot stuff being re-integrated into Transformers, indeed ES Optimus getting a Super Mode and its Star Convoy of all things would be something the staff would’ve shut down or screwed up if forced to use it (like the already clunky Combiner toys included in the ES toy line).

To make it more Japanese shonen to their potential disgust: ES Optimus gets in a Kaiju fight with his counterpart controlled by Energon Shockblast: Dark Star Optimus Prime.

Because Dark Nova Prime or Nova Nemesis Prime couldn’t be trademarked I s’pose.

Anyhoo, in context, the Nemesis Prime version of Star Convoy is the corrupted version of the corpse of G1 Optimus Prime, who was buried on GF Velocitron after helping create it in ancient times.

Isn’t Japanese media a kick?

Alan Tudyk Prime defeats his dark progenitor, but there’s still a problem. The prototypical Prime is still filled with Unicron’s essence, and until they can use the Matrix to purify him they can’t get too close unless they get Unicron’d too. …And because Alan Tudyk surrendered his Matrix, there’s nothing they can do right now.

…Why a version of Unicron wanted the Matrix when it’s toxic to him isn’t clear yet, but it might feed into the overall story of the manga, where aspects of Unicron are beginning to revive.

Dark Amber Lio Convoy, reborn from an Angolmois Energy infused corpse of BWII Lio Convoy from the then dying Planet Gaia/Earth (don’t worry Earth is restored thanks to Amber) was the first major kick off and that was somewhat of a fluke.

The instigator of this Unicronian plot is none other than Liege Maximo, specifically the Age of the Primes G2 based design. His goal is to collect Unicronian essence and use it to Transform the dying G1 Universe into a new Unicron that will feed on other Transformers universes to restore their reality for infinity.

Because of the similarities to IDW Dark Cybertron and EarthSpark Liege’s own scheme, some have wondered if New Legends Liege and ES Liege are the same character, and he’s merely trying his plan again on a more ambitious scale.

That or all Liege Maximos think alike, who’s to say.

Most of the fallout of ES getting a small boost is people largely being stunned it’s back at all considering how much of a flop it was in media and toy sales, and of course, has reignited discussions of gender identity among Cybertronians.

Most of the topic is people wondering how Skywarp became a woman if this is an alternate timeline to G1, taking things a bit too literally when even in show, there’s a lot of continuity snarls that don’t really add up between the two anyway.

Devastator and Superion are the primary Combiners in the Nucleon Quest AU.

When the Constructicons tried to power up on Nucleon, they Combined into Devastator to try it out, only to find they’re stuck as a shrunken down Devastator who’s slightly taller than Cyclonus.

To compensate, Devastator has teamed up with the Constructor Squad as their chief foreman, and typically work on maintaining Trypticon and their MicroMaster bases such as Greasepit. They often collaborate with Backdraft’s unit on schemes to acquire Nucle-Ai from the Autobots.

Superion has the opposite problem.

When fueled with Nucleon, the Aerialbots are stuck in Vehicle Mode, but retain the ability to Combine or Separate into Superion. When Combined however, Superion can’t fly anymore, and requires an Action Master partner to do so. Rather than the bike proposed with the toy, my thought was an Autobot based on the Falcon Zord that forms a backpack similar to, well, various other instances of super robots having jet pack upgrades.

The Aerialbots do have some assist in the Air Patrol tho.

The Stunticons also appear fairly often though they’re still able to Transform and Combine properly because they refuse to use Nucleon until the bugs are worked out. Like the others, they’re accompanied with a related Micro team in both the Race Track & Sports Car Patrols. These Micros are treated as the sons of the Stunticons in particular though it’s vague on whether the Stunticons specifically made them or not.

I had actually designed this character prior to EarthSpark dragging in Liege Maximo as the final antagonist. What’s funny is both are kind of similar, but Dark Nova Prime is a nihilist who wishes to use the Emberstone to destroy all life, vs Liege wanting to turn the universe into Energon for Cybertron in an IDW Dark Cybertron nod.

In the ES AU with Grahm & his friends along side the Maltos & Ethan Meridian, Dark Nova Prime was a companion of Quintus Prime’s during his travels in seeding life on other planets with the goal of making allies for Cybertron.

Dark Nova Prime becoming increasingly pessimistic observing the chaos of life and watching societies collapse they worked so hard to build.

Dark Nova ultimately came to the conclusion life wasn’t worth living if all it amounted to was death and misery caused by petty fights, from the Decepticons, Quintessons or Witwicky’s mayor Shaun Berger.

Wanting to reverse the life giving energies of the Emberstone to drain life in the universe, reinfecting everything inherit, Dark Nova Prime was stopped by a horrified Quintus who banished him to the Dead Universe, granting his wish in some fashion.

This naturally didn’t last, as continued use of the Emberstone by heroes and villains alike on Earth caused Dark Nova Prime to grow more disturbed, haunted that more life was brought on to a cruel world that didn’t deserve it.

Preying on Starscream’s insecurities, Dark Nova tricked the recently upgraded half Terran Starscream and his Chaos Terrans into helping him acquire the Emberstone and other tools necessary to bring him back into living universe.

Determined to give a sword of some sort to the main Autobots in most of my AUs, this continues with G1 Nucleon Quest, where the Nucleon Saber is thrown into the mix.

Design wise it’s based on Micromaster Weaponizers for WFC, and in story it’s loosely based on Hot Shot using the Star Saber in Armada.

The weapon itself is something created by the Quintessons and introduced as a wild card in the conflict between the Autobots and Decepticons over the miracle fuel Nucleon.

They seek to use Nucleon to render the Transformers completely unable to Transform, and therefore fight back, so they may retake control of Cybertron and their rebellious creations. They view Nucle-Ai as the Nucleon Ignition and they require a special “Nucleon Key” to activate their plans.

This key would later reveal itself as a pair of Micromaster jets called Scabbard and Caliber, who can combine to form the Nucleon Saber, a weapon the Autobots try to keep from the Decepticons, but a stalemate occurs when the Decepticons manage to steal one half of the Saber…

This does not go the way the Quintessons desire for their plans for Cybertron and the Nucleon Zone, requiring them to intervene more directly to keep their plans on track for the unwitting Nucle-Ai and the Saber.m

Personality wise, Caliber is a stalwart BW Silverbolt knight type, with Scabbard as his loyal pet Dragotron. Scabbard doesn’t talk, instead making Frank Welker Slimer noises as a form of communication, while Peter Cullen does Caliber in more of a posh British accent of his Nightstick voice.

Amalgamous Prime was one of the original 13 Primes on Aligned Cybertron, but he’s living proof the legends aren’t always accurate, let alone true.

The only things true was that he was a Shifter, a Transformer who can assume infinite Modes who is an early ancestor to the more common Triple and Six Changers, and that he’s something of a jokester.

Voiced by Weird Al, his personality is an amalgam of Disney’s Genie and Milo Murphy, a chipper, fun, slightly impulsive uncle ready with a helpful quip and an impersonation to entertain his friends, Autobot or alien. Despite what one might think, he never attempts to pull rank from Bumblebee or Facadimus Prime (Smokescreen) or flaunt his Prime hood, instead falling in as a loyal friend and soldier, only intervening if he thinks the youngbots’ goals need a slight tweaking. His direct descendant among the Bee Team is Fixit, and is clearly one of his favorites. He’s also fond of Strongarm and affectionately nick names her “Stronk-Arm”.

He clarifies several things about the legends when asked, in particular the confusing idea he’s the first actual Transformer. All his fellow Primes could Transform, but Amalgamous had what was the first Mul-T-Cog, which later became used by young Rescue Bot cadets.

He never lost his Cog, what actually happened was a malfunctioning copy of it created by Solus Prime and Nexus Prime became a drift in space and reformatted the Mutacons unintentionally into a hive race until the Bee Team & Amalgamous were able to reverse the effects.

It’s why Amal’s first act upon getting the fabled Cog back was to crush it.

He was close with Maccadam, Solus, Quintus & Nexus in particular. He is openly rather critical of Optimus, viewing him as a rigid fuddy duddy, and the root cause of the rumor that “Primes Don’t Party”, but ultimately deeply respects him seeing how he later carried the Autobots to victory and sacrificed himself to jumpstart Cybertron. When he participates in the Legacy Wars and the Reinstallation of the Primes conflicts alongside other AUs, he’s pleasantly surprised to meet G1 Optimus, RiD01 Optimus, CyberWorld Optimus, and TFA Optimus who are much more relaxed and willing to play and try new things. He likes playing basketball with G1 and CW Optimus during down time. Ultimately Amalgamous doesn’t typically like to talk much about serious topics, preferring to keep things light, but when the chips are down he will take certain things seriously when necessary. He has no idea where people get he had a scythe, and actually hates when people say he’s missing his signature weapon. He is actually very openly upset when he meets alternate selves like TFONE Amalgamous who DO have a scythe, usually forcing them to put the obscene thing away and get them to use their bodies as a weapon and to not rely on an easily losable object. …It’s this stray comment that makes Bumblebee, Facadimus and Strongarm to wonder if their Amal DID have a scythe, and he simply misplaced it and could never find it…

Amal also clarified some of the Primes are still alive and that the Realm of the Primes is just a pocket dimension they hang out in sometimes, their own personal Cheers bar essentially; The Fallen however is forced to sit in the corner with a dunce cap nursing his space beer every time he tries to raise a stink about something and take it out on Cybertron or Earth.

Amal was active during the Golden age under different alias to keep tabs on his assorted children, nieces & nephews, and took off to the stars to check in on Quintus’ progeny. While Quintus didn’t like interfering much in his descendants affairs and tried to force his siblings not to interfere, the extremely paternal Almalgamous defied his brother and helped out his stellar nieces & nephews.

When the Great War broke out, Amalgamous participated in secrete on occasion, taking on different personas like Chameleon, and retiring them once they “died” and moving on to the next.

Needing a break from the war, he found himself on Earth in the 70’s while investigating Cybertron relics that wound up there, befriending several human movie directors and becoming a popular actor, stunt double and special effects guy for the next few decades. He worked with famous directors like Rollie Friendly & George Landisburg, and in particular enjoyed making comedies, his favorite role being the titular Coward the Duck.

A Decepticon attack on the filming of a Monstercon From Mars remake in the 90’s caused a malfunction in his aging circuits, locking him into a Billy The Breakfast Beaver statue mode that later became part of Denny Clay’s collection in his scrap yard.

The Prime was reactivated when Fixit, Russel, Hank, Grimlock, Sideswipe & Cloudraker were playing a game, knocking over the Billy statue, and rather than shatter, it knocked something internally allowing Amal to Transform back to Robot Mode.

Becoming the fun uncle to the group, Amal bonds with fellow kid at heart Denny and joins Russel & Hank in trying to get Drift to unclench from time to time.

A running gag is Amalgamous’ circuits not quite aligning properly with his Cog, causing him to occasionally not Transform into the correct thing in a given moment. He once turned into a toaster trying to help fight the Star Raiders. The perfectly toasted bread ejected was not effective.

Commish for @thebigboy71~!

Featuring his OC Juan Carver, an antagonistic businessman with dealings in trans-dimensional affairs with the Zoners, DigiDestined, Tamers, what have you.

Commish for RustyBug continuing an earlier small Iliad idea for Digimon Zone.

The flying island Digimon Ceresmon, unknown to the DigiDestined and Zoners initially, has mysteriously appeared in the Adventure Zone (set between Adventure & 02)…!

I saw it was National Cousins Day, so I whipped this up featuring the Heathers/Stranger Things AU.

Will Byers, Veronica Sawyer, Lydia Deetz, Eleven Hopper, and Jonathan Byers (tho he’s not included here).

A concept for a potential commish for @92ndletter .

We were talking about different ideas and this one came to mind while prepping commissions, so I drew it in-between projects. I’m still counting it as work.

I hadn’t thought of any specific scenarios for Mysterious Prime initially, but if he did appear, he’d probably just have the Shaggy head deployed specifically, have the Scooby-bot, but also be partnered to Flim-Flam & Scrappy Doo. Both to give them something to do, and also my main Scooby exposure as a kid was the Boo Brothers, the Ghoul School & the Reluctant Werewolf, all specials that heavily included Scrappy. I never actually watched 13th Ghosts but I think Flim-Flam could use a comeback in context like in Scooby Apocalypse.

I feel like Dyno-Mutt would be involved too with a retooled Airrazor as Blue Falcon since we have a few blue birds from that mold anyway.

As for where they’d appear, probably the Legacy Wars & … uh whatever we’re supposed to call Age of the Primes & related future toy lines for the intended conflict.

Commish for @DigimonTamer93 featuring his Digimon Frontier designs~!

There's a pure forms like with Loewemon and Duskmon, but for this, I focused on the concept art for the corrupt forms.

The Human Spirit is Reapermorimon.

The Beast Spirit is Limosmon. The Fusion Evolved form is ReaperLimosmon.