sykografix:Astro Boy by Derrick J Wyatt.I have something special to share today. I’ve kept thi
sykografix:Astro Boy by Derrick J Wyatt.I have something special to share today. I’ve kept this for over 10 years and nobody else has seen it. Derrick J Wyatt was the character designer on a number of animated TV series, most notably Teen Titans and Transformers Animated. He was a guest at TFcon a number of times, including in 2009 when Transformers Animated was hot. This was the first year of the Faction Feud trivia game, which my team won and I was the last surviving member. Derrick watched from the audience and hung out with us a bit after it was over. It was at this time I asked him if he could draw for me his interpretation of Osamu Tezuka’s Astro Boy, and he thankfully obliged. He drew it with a ball point pen (you can see how he tested it out in the upper left corner) and told me Astro was a challenging character to draw because he’s basically made out of circles and Derrick never really did perfect circles. For all I know, this could be the only time Derrick ever drew this character and gave it to someone else.Today it was announced that Derrick passed away this month. I will miss him not only for his monumental contributions to art and animation, but also his presence as a fan. At TFcon he would often sit and chat with other fans outside of his obligations as a convention guest, holding court well into the morning hours. He was one of us. I am lucky and thankful to have been able to talk with him and be there for those moments. -- source link