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Unspecified Transformers Concept: Autobot Cheetor

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Recently Boulder Studios, responsible for such gems like The Amazing World of Gumball, Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends and Wander Over Yonder, put out job listings for artists for a new 2D Transformers animated series.

While I jumped at the chance to potentially work on a TF series, I reread the fine print, and I'd have to relocate to Dublin, Ireland if I was hired. Relocating, let alone THAT far, is not in the cards for me atm, but I nevertheless experimented with a character design. 

Nothing was specified for the style, tone or theme of the new Transformers other than "Sci-fi Vehicles and Weaponry are involved" so I tried something with a vehicle.

But because I'm a Beast Wars fanatic, I tried a Fuzor approach combining beast and vehicle, ultimately coming up with a formula one race car - cheetah Cheetor as a sample. Because kid appeal character other than Bumblebee. 

I was really excited thinking I came up with something cool, but browsing the TFWiki I discovered Hasbro had already toyed with a similar concept. 

Dubbed "Motor World", this subset of Transformers toys apparently would've had Cybertronians with monster car modes, but it apparently never went farther than a few sketches: tfwiki.net/wiki/File:Buffalo-d…

Ah well. One day, I hope to have a shot at drawing Transformers for a living.

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It feels like what people would expect Beast Machines Cheetor would look like. You know, cute, mechanical, not one of the most sinister looking designs in all Transformers, with a heavy injection of green in the color scheme.