Your very first Bionicle drawings

So, I was going through some of my very old stuff again and found certain … works of “art”, that are just so hilarious to look at for me, that I simply need to share them.
They’re definately not especially eye-catching, but … just look at them anyways, for they’re so bad, they’re actually funny at times :laughing:

And, to expand this topic a little: What were your first Bionicle drawings?

Starting off:
Bohrok from 2002 by 5/6 year old me. The picture is a little faded, because it hung on a cupboard for over a decade, and the spelling of the names is horrible, but yes, this is the oldest Bionicle drawing I remember and still have.

Next:
Toa evolution from late 2002 by 6 year old me. When the Toa Nuva were released, it didn’t take a genius to think “What if they evolve again? Like Pokemon?” In the end that even was, what happened (Phantoka/Mistika)
So I did these. But probably I ran out of patience before I could do Onua. Although Onua probably is the lucky one because of that …

No, I don’t know, why Tahu 3 is wearing a Kakama. Seriously.

Yes, Pohatu 3 looks pretty stupid. But it will get worse, believe me. That horrible thing in blue was added some time later. It was supposed to be a guitar, if I remember correctly, but it looks more like a disfigured fish or something, I guess.

Kopaka is the only one, where version 3 looks like something (at least the mask). Kopaka Nuva’s weapons are attached the wrong way around to his hand, though. Also his legs look a little unhealthy.

Congratulations. If you read this, you’ve survived looking at what I did to Lewa. I somehow forgot to add a full axeblade to Mata’s weapon, Nuva is … just bad, and … yes, 3 has a flower pot for a mask. Don’t ask. I thought this was funny back then. Now I think, that it’s one of those cases, that it’s so bad, that it isn’t even funny anymore.

And, last but not least, Gali. Mata and Nuva versions actually look ok, but 3? I seriously have no idea, what mask and weapons are even supposed to be.


However, there is some resemblance to the Mistika version from 2008. Coincidence?

Ok, leaving these behind, next up are the Bohrok Kal from somewhen in 2003 by 6/7 year old me. I guess, I did improve somewhat. At least not regarding spelling errors.

And now there’s a greater leap to the year 2005. I was 9 years old, Star Wars Episode III was in the theaters and I was bored in school, so I did this:

Actually, I feel like “Darth” Sidorak doesn’t look that bad, though not in any way like Sidorak. I have no idea, why I added this spinner-staff-shield of death thing, though.
Oh yeah, and General Kuhrak. I actually added two arms to the set from 2003 and played that way with it for a while.
It’s probably a good thing, that you can see “Emperor” Makuta just from the back.


So what about your early Bionicle fanart?

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Huh as long as I have been a fan of Bionicle, I rarely draw them. I have one I just need to go and find I will be back.

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Am I wrong to find Lewa3 funny?

Oh well, either way, this:

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When I was little ( Kindergarden, I think), I wanted to recreate the MoL movie with this big drawing note book I had. It’s too bad I still don’t have it. I’d sure get a kick out of it. But from what I recall, Jala’s head was a circle with red “eyes”, and a giant oval on his face for his hau. I based him off the McToran, so he had giant arms, a tiny torso, and I don’t even remember the feet. Puku was nothing more than a brown circle with eye-stalks, noodle arms, and tiny crab legs.

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Meh… I think I’ve thrown away my first BIONICLE drawings.

They were really, really bad.

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I was too dumb to even GET the idea to draw Bionicle, when I was a kid…

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@Cyclopian

That was your first try at drawing Bionicle figures? I guess I can’t do something much better by way of digital art now. That Kakama actually looks more than decent.

@Toa_Ignika-7901

Sounds … interesting.

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You should’ve seen the people and transformer failures that came before it.

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Managed to salvage this, which is one of my first from… Either '08 or '13. As you can see, I couldn’t draw their masks, so I just taped them on. I believe this was shortly after I looked into some older sets and got into Bionicle.

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Tahu doesn’t even look that bad. Better than mine definitely. I just wonder if he is surfing on the lava without a board.

And Jaller is … take away the mask and he reminds of the backside of a bird flying away with the arms being the wings and the legs the claws.

And seeing those taped on masks … I think I did a collage once with Pohatu and Gali. And filled up the thing with flowers and stuff I cut out of a garden magazine or something. In the end you actually had to search for Pohatu and Gali between all those bushes and trees :laughing: But I’m pretty sure my parents threw it away …

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Why is it that your bohrohk are having dance parties? The evolutions are just weird I like it.

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I mentioned this collage… Well, I recently found it:

But don’t ask me what exactly it is meant to depict…

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Did you get drunk? Looks pretty neat actually.

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I didn’t care for bionicle till early g2 so it’s not as bad as my LEGO Star Wars drawing from when I was like 8

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hmmm… haven’t made any yet. Maybe I’ll go work on that…:grin:

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Here’s mine:

The Rahkshi was added later.

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I drew a picture of the 6 Toa Mata and Teridax behind them but alas I cannot find it :pensive:

I gave Kopaka a cape because I thought he turned out sick

I also drew pictures of Pridak, Pohatu Phantoka, Vezon/Fenrakk, and Tahu fighting Bohrok Kal, plus Mahri Nui, but sadly they too are lost to time.

@TotalMaddness Why is Gali trying to be eaten by a monster (can’t tell if its a Bahrag or not)

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I think that was meant to be a cliff covered in icicles (?) that she was jumping off.

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The first bionicle drawing that I remember making was a drawing of either pohatu mata or one of the toa mahri but with a little bit of muscles like in vrahno’s animations. The latest one is this one

@N01InParticular this topic wasn’t revived properly

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HERESY!

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