I animated the Transformers cartoon...in blender

The thing that always gives it away as 3D is that the perspective is perfect. If only there way to have the model randomly deform at some parts to get that hand drawn look.

Kinda reminds me of when early 2000’s cartoons would have random cgi shots inserted and hope nobody would notice. Back then extremely obvious but this is simply impressive 👏

Awesome animation! But imo, it doesn't really look anything like the 80s cartoon, it has its own style.

The Thumbnail wasn’t 3D at all, but the actual transformation in the video was pretty nice.

You made something that looks nice, but it still doesn't look anything like the original cartoon. The model is wrong. Good job though.

Looks like you had help from the matrix of leadership i can say that you've got the touch . You've got the power

Damn whyd you do animated prime like that😂

Such cartoons didn't have a bad quality look back then as they were experienced on old tube analog TVs. The ideal should be to reproduce how they felt like at the time which is not the same feeling as watching smaller screens resolution content on modern high resolution displays.

Ahhh good old TF Earth Wars game mode

It looks great! I think what could have sold the effect more would be to use brigher colors to make them stand out more from the background. Either way it still looks great!

It looks more like a point and click adventure style on the windows xp/nintendo ds.

there is no reson why this should not be viral this is a great animation

I think the end result came together well! One thing that was always going to prevent it from being more believable was the much more complex/high poly 3D model. A model that was simple like the OG cartoon would have fit the scene better, but it would have been much more challenging to animate since it would require morphing and perspective based animation needs compared to a model that was designed for both modes as well as transformation.

As an old Earth Wars player I instantly recognized the model, but I didn't know they were free! 😅

You got the touch AND the power!

Fans of transformers are pretty bad at not critisizing things for not looking exactly how they remembered them looking as a child. This is a cool project and it looks good. Does it perfectly simulate hand drawn Toei animation? No. But thats not exactly the goal here. This concept can and should be pursued further

There are three big giveaways for me. Firstly, the Model is still a bit too detailed, as it is actually based on a more modern show. It gave the look away immediately as it contrasted harshly with the background. Second, older shows don't really match the cell shaded look. Two tone colors were usually reserved for animated movies, and as such the shows weren't shaded, making everything look flat. The cell shading actually makes the look more obvious rather than a flatter tone. Finally, the model shifts a bit on the 2d background rather than staying stationary, which is probably a result of the camera. As others have pointed out it looks like when cartoons replace cars and other characters with CG to get more detailed movement, rather then a 2d shot. Ignoring that, this is really well animated and presented, and the process was really interesting, even though the end result didn't necessarily achieve what you wanted it to do.

Great job. the model reminds me of mp-10. The project reminds me of the Transformers Devestation game

Didn’t help that the background seemed to blurry. Even if u argue it’s out of focus. Just made the model stand out more.

if you don't appreciate Transformers Animated, you don't deserve any thumb up.