So if you can't tell, this is a bit of a season three spoiler. And so is the commentary.

OK, Transformers Animated's Season Three "Transwarped" is now my second favorite cartoon episode of all time (topped only by the sheer awesomeness that was the Avatar series finale). And Sari has now surpassed all the other characters to be my favorite in the series. Seriously, my Autobot version of her doesn't even match up anymore, lol. Leave it to the awesome creators to top anything fanmade. XD Great, I'm gonna have to find someway of squeezing yet ANOTHER character into that mass of figures that is my Favorite Characters pic...

I really need to get a job in cartoons. I keep predicting this kind of thing. After season two, I'd even been thinking "What if she used the key to 'upgrade' herself? She'd probably stick it in her chest and turn into a teenager with super-gizmo powers." While I didn't see her backstory coming (am I the only one who finds it ominous that it didn't specify WHICH kind of protoform she came from, and that her eyes pre-upgrade are a muted kind of RED??), and I didn't accurately predict the KIND of Autobot she'd become, I'm still suprised the series followed as close as it did to how I pictured it. Weird.
Also, I was just thinking that the key was getting over powered, and that poor Rachet was getting poinless, and then the series actually addresses it. Wow. I also knew that because the key was getting too familiar, something was gonna happen to it. Wasn't expecting Sari to drain the life out it; I was thinking more like it getting stolen for a longer time by the Decepticons. I like the writers' way better, lol.

K, ignore most of that; it sounds really egotistical now that I read it, lol. >_<

Anyways, the second I saw her transformation sequence (whoot! Transformers Magical Girl!), I had one of those "must do fanart" moments. So scrounging up a sketch of her teen form online and taking about 50 screenshots of her kick-butt fighting sequences, I managed to draw this and still botch her energy blade handles and hands, lol. Oh well. I also nearly forgot the wings on her back, because the one screenshot I was mainly using had an animation error where the actual animators also forgot her wings, oops.
And since the pic of her teen form was only a b&w outline, I kinda had to guess as to how her color pallete woulg go. The only other hint I had was the 15% of her that was showing under the blanket at the end of the episode, so I might either be corrected or validated by this Saturday's episode. So I might have to change a few things, but I reeeally wanted to get this done. So much, that I worked on it obsessively while waiting for feedback from my comission art. And that comission art was also TFA related, so I've had a fun art week.

I love how Sari's eyes aren't quite human anymore. They're Autobot blue, with kind of the Autobot pupil-light-blue for the rest of the eyes. They reverse when she's in Autobot mode. Kinda awesome, and fun to draw/color.

OK, I got lazy with the background. I kinda...borrowed it from my Wall-E pic, lol. And rearranged/flipped a few things around, and stuck a star border on the edge to help bring in the focus. But it really fits; kinda hints at her "from the stars" origins. I wanted to do something spacy anyways, and I didn't feel like redoing something that was gonna be silimar to something I'd done recently anyways, so there you go.

Anyways, so here's my fanart of who I'm calling Sari 2.0. ^_^

And Blurr CAN NOT be dead; I haven't even drawn fanart of that guy yet!! I refuse to accept this!! I REJECT YOUR REALITY AND SUBSITUTE MY OWN!! Oh wait, I do that regularly...

And even Rodimus Prime?!? And Hotshot? And Red Alert??WE JUST MET THEM, DANG IT!! And I really wanna see Rodimus and Angry Archer go at it Robin-Hood style, lol...Battle of the Bows, FTW.

EDIT: So many nice people, assuring me Blurr isn't dead. ^_^ Apparantly, one of the writers said as much, and Blurr didn't go gray. So if anyone else is concerned like me, be assured. He's not gone. He just won't be showing up for awhile.
Also, I likewise don't really think Rodimus and his gang are dead either; I was just being funny/dramatic. ^_~
...Geez, doesn't anyone stay DEAD in this cartoon though?!? The Decepticons have it best; they can get blasted into PIECES and still come back, lol.

Transformers and all is trademarked whatever to Hasboro and Cartoon Network. Fanartists like me just like to mooch off thier popularity, lol. Oh, and we love to draw their stuff, that too.