I don't think I'm technically eligible to enter ... But this was a contest I really wanted to do so I'm just going to post what I've been working on anyway!
Magical Ape MS, and Flame Pegasus in particular, have always been my two favourite Beyblades. The mechanism behind them were so fascinating to me, and being able to perform tricks with them was such a great, alternative aspect of Beyblade.
I've based my design on a reimagining of the gyro mechanism found in both of these Beyblades (unfortunately the name 'Gyro' was already taken by another Driver ...). I've tried to reimagine both the Layer and the Driver in the spirit of how Takara-Tomy might have done it, but also really tried to make them more 'Burst' - despite my own hype for the S-Series Burst, I was ultimately a little disappointed by how there was little to no adaptation of the Attack Rings towards something more suitable as a Layer.
So here's my effort:
[Image: 0nu7nJk.jpg]
Magical Monkey Kinetic doesn't have a Disk. Its gyro mechanism relies on its own special Disk which makes up the weight of the Beyblade. Kinetic was the one of the only appropriate letters left in the alphabet, haha. I wanted to reflect the fact that despite Beyblade inherently being about movement, Magical Ape MS and Flame Pegasus embodied this in a way which went beyond just 'spinning', and was more about moving through the air in fanciful ways.
The Layer, Magical Monkey (M2 ... ?), tries to remain faithful to Metal Ape - I obviously realise such a circular design could be very gamebreaking, but I didn't want to make it have such weak teeth structure that the Layer would almost immediately become useless like Chaos. Maybe Takara-Tomy will have released much more fearsome Attack Layers by this point!
It's been a while since I've done anything graphic design related so I am a little rusty on Photoshop - so I apologise it's a little rough around the edges (although I am wholeheartedly unashamed in my indulgent use of the 04b_08 font, which has been a total nostalgia blast).
I really enjoyed the whole process of designing, drawing and presenting this idea! This was such a great contest idea guys!
Magical Ape MS, and Flame Pegasus in particular, have always been my two favourite Beyblades. The mechanism behind them were so fascinating to me, and being able to perform tricks with them was such a great, alternative aspect of Beyblade.
I've based my design on a reimagining of the gyro mechanism found in both of these Beyblades (unfortunately the name 'Gyro' was already taken by another Driver ...). I've tried to reimagine both the Layer and the Driver in the spirit of how Takara-Tomy might have done it, but also really tried to make them more 'Burst' - despite my own hype for the S-Series Burst, I was ultimately a little disappointed by how there was little to no adaptation of the Attack Rings towards something more suitable as a Layer.
So here's my effort:
[Image: 0nu7nJk.jpg]
Magical Monkey Kinetic doesn't have a Disk. Its gyro mechanism relies on its own special Disk which makes up the weight of the Beyblade. Kinetic was the one of the only appropriate letters left in the alphabet, haha. I wanted to reflect the fact that despite Beyblade inherently being about movement, Magical Ape MS and Flame Pegasus embodied this in a way which went beyond just 'spinning', and was more about moving through the air in fanciful ways.
The Layer, Magical Monkey (M2 ... ?), tries to remain faithful to Metal Ape - I obviously realise such a circular design could be very gamebreaking, but I didn't want to make it have such weak teeth structure that the Layer would almost immediately become useless like Chaos. Maybe Takara-Tomy will have released much more fearsome Attack Layers by this point!
It's been a while since I've done anything graphic design related so I am a little rusty on Photoshop - so I apologise it's a little rough around the edges (although I am wholeheartedly unashamed in my indulgent use of the 04b_08 font, which has been a total nostalgia blast).
I really enjoyed the whole process of designing, drawing and presenting this idea! This was such a great contest idea guys!