Evolution

Eugene Meltsner custom vinyl toy

Thoughts regarding the Beast Wars Netflix revival rumour

The initial article.

Beast Wars, or Beasties as it was curiously called in Canada, was the second-ever 3D animated series. Debuting alongside an incredible toyline, Beast Wars was three seasons long, and a sequel series, Beast Machines, and two Japanese-only spinoffs, Beast Wars the Second and Beast Wars NEO. The games...well, nevermind about the games...

Beast Wars was one of my favorite cartoons ever. I rank it up there with the Ninja Turtles and the Ghostbusters, I really mean it. Even today, the show holds up. Yes, it shows it's age, but the characters still appear in Transformers media to this day. So, you can imagine when the rumour about a Beast Wars Netflix revival popped up recently.

Well, this rumour got me excited. Very excited. Like, almost giddy. I like that. I like that things can still make me feel excited and giddy and something close to what you humans call "happy." Until I started to think about it a bit.

The article listed eleven characters as being apart of this new series, which I assume will be a reboot, if in fact it is true. Looking at this list makes me somewhat...wary; Optimus Primal, Megatron, Rattrap, Ravage, Scorponok, Cheetor, Blackarachnia, Terrorsaur, Inferno, Rhinox, and...Magmatron?

First off, why Ravage? Yes, the Ravage in Beast Wars was the same character as in G1, but he only showed up for three episodes. And he wasn't exactly the best designed character in the series either. (Tigatron's beast mode head's glued onto a recoloured Cheetor.) Why out of all the characters to show up on this list, why Magmatron? If you are unaware, Magmatron was the villain of the Japanese-only series NEO. Yes, Magmatron showed up in the IDW comic, alongside practically every other Beast Wars character imaginable, but not in the original cartoon. Although, I suppose, if the Nickelodeon TMNT cartoon can feature characters from all other TMNT continuities, so could this potential new Beast Wars series.

Lastly, why doesn't the list feature Dinobot? Or Waspinator? Or Silverbolt? I'm not talking about cannon fodder characters...okay Waspinator was literally cannon fodder, but you know what I mean? Why include characters like Ravage and not Dinobot or Silverbolt or Waspy? 

Regardless, if in fact Beast Wars is being prepped for a revival, I shall watch it with much anticipation. It's a series that I loved as a child and one I still love to this day.

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It is Friday the 13th!!!

And this was the best I could come up with...Nightmare on Miitopia Street, lol...

Day at the Museum

No Paper Involved (Work-In-Progress)

All digital.

Call this practice.(Kind of ironic I've been promoting my Inktober drawings and here's a digitally drawn picture.

New commission information

Just did my first vinyl toy commission this month :)

The sigil of the tulpa

Wikipedia explains it well here.

It's a recurring theme in some of my storylines that some of the most powerful beings mastered the power of thought.

I'm going to look into more sigils in the future.

The Gladiator

One of our second year assignments was apart of two classes actually. We had to make a painting, one by acryllic, another digitally. Each of us were tasked with making these art pieces in the style of legendary painters from history.  This digital version was a lot better than the acryllic version.

I admit the hand didn't turn out how I had hoped. But in terms of shading, colour and anatomy (well, El Greco anatomy), I feel that this is the best piece of art I've ever made.

The Surfing Waffle, as an animation cel

From my first year of college. It got a little damaged over the years but I still like it. It's a nice memento.

(c) WaffleAfterHours 2006 - 2012

The Name That Character collages

Created in around 2005 to 2008, these collages were made for fun and to showcase my drawing ability. They had a small level of success back then. They did get me my first real job in the industry before my time in community college. (More on that later.)