It was only a matter of time until Astro got translated into the Transformers Animated style; I didn't, however, think it would take me nine years to do it (last time I tried was in 2014). I can officially say trying to replicate the TFA style is a huge pain because of how angular and simplified it is, and how different from my inherent style that is.

(Astro herself is now over ten years old as of posting this. Good god.)

Anyways! With finally having dragged my partner into reading MTMTE/Lost Light this past couple of months, my general interest in Transformers has been re-ignited. And uh, I will admit, I have never watched TFA and I haven't gotten around to doing much other than absorbing content passively through whatever sites. Hell I keep putting it off because I'm not sure I'm in the right mindset to enjoy it. I do know I love Shockwave across all continuities and TFA Shockwave's design is delightfully different and I have wanted to draw him, but also in some self-indulgent situations. Astro not having a TFA design kept me from that, and then my interests moved on. And now I'm back here. Yes I'm shallow.

In the Animated 'verse, Astro is still a scientist but even more heavy on the reconnaissance and spying than in the Prime 'verse. She actually has the Mirage-esque ability to be invisible for periods of time, which helps greatly on that front. She's also very behind-the-scenes with her work, so she's more of a rumor than a known figure.

( As an aside, I hate drawing alt-modes so it's very likely that you won't ever see it again. I nearly deleted it from the sheet tbh )