Unicron Concept Art by Floro Dery

Tuesday, March 24th, 2015 5:12AM CDT

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Fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath keeps an eye on the activities of concept artist Floro Dery, the mind and hands behind several setting of the original Transformers: The Movie (1986). The latest print offered is the artist's recent rendition of the Chaos Bringer, Unicron (not the actual art used for the movie) - check it out below, and head here to purchase this wonderful piece of art!

MY 2014 VERSION OF UNICRON

Unicron rips Cybertron apart as Autobot and Decepticon warships attack. Also shown are Mini-Unicron and the five moons of Cybertron.

Signed prints are available at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/FDartstudio

Credit(s): Floro Dery

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Re: Unicron Concept Art by Floro Dery (1666178)
Posted by Dead Metal on March 24th, 2015 @ 5:17am CDT

Goddamn that is awesome, we need that artbook to finally come out, the prints while incredible, are just too far out of my price range.

But daaaayum, look at all the stuff that's going on in there, sadly the digital preview is too small to makeout everything so it looks a bit like a mess, but what you can makeout is amazing.

Edit:
So reading the description, this isn't actual concept art from the movie, but seems to be something he did last year.

Re: Unicron Concept Art by Floro Dery (1666179)
Posted by Va'al on March 24th, 2015 @ 5:30am CDT

Dead Metal wrote:Edit:
So reading the description, this isn't actual concept art from the movie, but seems to be something he did last year.

Yeah, I edited the story to have that be clearer.

Re: Unicron Concept Art by Floro Dery (1666181)
Posted by Amelie on March 24th, 2015 @ 5:44am CDT

Whilst I'm aware of Floro Dery's... eccentricities... for me, Dery IS Transformers. Whilst he only fully did the character models in-full from series 2, he had a part in series 1, helping bridge what I would call the East\West design bridge. His contribution to Transformers:The Movie changed our favorite robots forever and his design cues live on even today.

Wish I could afford a print

Re: Unicron Concept Art by Floro Dery (1666201)
Posted by Cyberpath on March 24th, 2015 @ 7:12am CDT

He doesn't strike me as eccentric to be honest. At least no more than your average artist. He's very imaginative. Always interesting to read where he draws inspiration from.

It's amazing how Floro's new work looks good as as ever.

Re: Unicron Concept Art by Floro Dery (1666227)
Posted by Sabrblade on March 24th, 2015 @ 8:11am CDT

Cyberpath wrote:He doesn't strike me as eccentric to be honest.

See here for his "eccentricities" - http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Floro_Dery#Participation_in_the_modern_fandom

Re: Unicron Concept Art by Floro Dery (1666229)
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on March 24th, 2015 @ 8:28am CDT

That's pretty cool!

Re: Unicron Concept Art by Floro Dery (1682482)
Posted by -Soundwave- on May 5th, 2015 @ 10:27am CDT

Yeah I'd buy this book so fast.

Re: Unicron Concept Art by Floro Dery (1713136)
Posted by Cyberpath on July 25th, 2015 @ 12:50pm CDT

The Transformers Quintesson castle and Ariel (later redesigned and renamed as Elita)

Signed prints are available at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/FDartstudio

Re: Unicron Concept Art by Floro Dery (1713693)
Posted by Va'al on July 27th, 2015 @ 1:54pm CDT

Fellow Seibertronian Cyberpath has spotted a couple more pieces of unused concepts by Transformers artist Floro Dery via the usual Etsy store, this time featuring the Quintesson castle and Ariel, an early version of what then became Elita - check them both out mirrored below!

The Transformers Quintesson castle and Ariel (later redesigned and renamed as Elita)

Signed prints are available at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/FDartstudio

Re: Unicron Concept Art by Floro Dery (1713731)
Posted by Cyberpath on July 27th, 2015 @ 4:53pm CDT

This Ariel design was used. I think Floro meant that her character was rebuilt as Elita 1 by Alpha Trion on the show.

A little about his processes: someone asked why his designs sometimes feature a copy with exposed internal parts, to which Floro answered:

Style. Besides, it's practical to start from something that's complicated and then simplify it.

Re: Unicron Concept Art by Floro Dery (1713736)
Posted by Alpha Dominus on July 27th, 2015 @ 5:10pm CDT

Gorgeous prismas and watercolors. Has a Moebius (RIP) style to it, bordering on fine art. Dig that exposed gadgetry for Ariel. Not too invasive but I can see why an artist wouldn't want to render for any project requiring sequential art.

Re: Unicron Concept Art by Floro Dery (1714314)
Posted by huryochagi on July 29th, 2015 @ 12:35pm CDT

How typical:

"credit(s): Floro Dery"

:-?

Re: Unicron Concept Art by Floro Dery (1759815)
Posted by xRotorstormx on January 27th, 2016 @ 7:16am CST

Wow, it would be amazing to have some of the scenery artwork framed. I'd love to have some of those hanging on my wall. It's a shame that the Etsy shop only has a Unicron print

Re: Unicron Concept Art by Floro Dery (1848521)
Posted by Batfan007 on December 22nd, 2016 @ 11:15pm CST

Sabrblade wrote:Here it is. A truck-load of Floro Dery artwork from his blog and his Etsy "FDartstudio" account (many of these are no longer available from there but were mirrored prior to their being sold). All of this is mostly from season 2 and season 3 of the G1 cartoon, the G1 movie, and some early/unused concepts from either:

Decepticon Hall of Heroes, shown in BG are the Earth's moon and the severed head of Unicron.

First version of Junkion spaceship, in BG is Cybertron.

Temporary Decepticon base, in BG is Cybertron and two of its five moons.
From the episode "Enter the Nightbird"

Shown on the left side is the Decepticon Forest Base; on the right side is the Decepticon tower on Cybertron, in BG are three of the five moons of Cybertron.
First is from "Make Tracks", and I'm not sure which episode the tower is from.

Decepticon lunar dome base.
From "Blaster Blues"

On the left side is Cybertron and its robot mode.The city of Lithone, in BG is Unicron, is on the right side.
First is from the discarded early draft of the G1 movie called "The Secret of Cybertron"; the second is from the final version of said movie.

Early version of Autobot City, from when the name "Fortress Maximus" was originally going to refer to said city instead of being the name of the big Headmaster Citybot.

The first version of Fortress Maximus, shown above, transforms to Autobot City, shown below.

Early concept for Scourge

Iron Mountain from "The Insecticon Syndrome"

Unicron concept art

Early concept for Galvatron

Junkion ship and Quintesson ship from the G1 movie

Nightbird concept art

Surface of one of Cybertron's moons, from the G1 movie

Decepticon ship concept art, from the G1 movie

Early concept for Hot Rod

The Kronosphere from "War Dawn"

Cybertron

Sharkticon concept

Unicron's brain, from the G1 movie

TORQ III from "Dary of the Machines"

Space carrier and an early version of Chaar

Matrix of Leadership

One of Cybertron's moons, from the G1 movie

Autobot City (third version)

Early concept for Cyclonus

Aujtobot shuttle from the G1 movie

Autobot City transformed (third version)

War screen room, from the G1 movie

Sub-Atlantica, from "Atlantis, Arise!"

Concept of Wreck-Gar