Based on an exchange I had in my friend's kitchen.
Brb crying about future turtles ;;;;
Don's silly overalls. Raph's prosthetic arm that Leo later inherits. Raph's pretty eyelashes...!
(first time I'm drawing any of them, wooo!)
Underdark 2: The Undarkening! Aka @plothooksinc blessed us all with a sequel to Underdark; Chiaroscuro which focuses on Raph and Donnie's side of the story and the rescue operation. Obviously, I enjoyed it greatly. I sketched the first doodle immediately after KJ showed me the first wip of the story. The 2nd is for celebrating her finishing the fic <3 And as an extra, here's a couple Mikey&Leos from the regular story. One of them I published with my first Underdark fanart, but I feel it might been too hidden under Read More. The other one is new ✨
Work's been kicking my ass. Drawing some turtles to relax.
Leo came to sabotage Donnie's gaming but fell asleep halfway through.
Some of my personal favorite parts and drawings from the Firefight animatic based on @remedyturtles's fic.
I really like the 'characters rotating anime opening'. And I love the symbolism of the twins starting with reaching for each other, only for Leo to limply keep spinning past and drifting away. Would love to have it animated slow and smooth.
This scene is one of my favorite scenes. I'm very happy how the cuts match the music and especially the last drop to shocked Leo.
I like his face, very handsome. I'm not as established with how I draw the rise turtles compared to 2k3 boys, so it was fascinating to see how it'd morph over me drawing them like 100 times in a short period of time. They definitely got more elongated facial shapes and Don a sturdier body build compared to canon (I wanted to emphasize him being a bit blockier compared to Leo).
Reeeeally like Don's pose in this and the overall composition and movement of the shot. Very dynamic and dramatic.
Aaand the money shot #2 All the previews I shared while I was working on the animatic, were ones that I'm very happy with. But this one is very special. I like that someone was able to guess Firefight based only from it, haha.
I'm a big fan of the visual trope of characters turning to gaze at each other meaningfully, conveying things without saying anything. So there's a lot of that in this animatic. I really wanted to get Donnie's expression right, his sorrow and determination, and I'm happy with the result.
Back shots are fun. They can express a lot of emotion while concealing what the character is truly feeling. The drawing of Don grappling fallen Leo is one of my top favorites from the animatic, I just really like how it looks. Overall I like this whole scene a lot.
And of course, THE money shot #1. The culmination of it all. I'm very proud of the animated bits too, but I made them their own post.
Made some gifs of the more animated parts in my Rottmnt animatic based on @remedyturtles 's fic Firefight so it's easier to appreciate them ehehehe. (Psst, you should go watch the whole animatic)
Cuddle and nap time for little turtles 💚💛💚
(Don't cuddle real turtles, ok. They'll bite your face off.)
Keeping company for the bedridden.
I imagine in the first couple weeks or so when Leo is too tired to do anything more than sleep, he welcomes the safety and comfort. Once he becomes more coherent, the moping and self-isolation start >_>
More turtle tots. The more sniffy brothers checking that their siblings are okay. Mikey and Leo are very cuddly and affectionate ( *´ ∀ `*)
Im mentally ill, he's physically ill. We're the sick brothers of season 4.
they really divided the whole season between them. Leo got back from japan and passed the baton to Don to get fucked in the next episode
Happy scientist in his natural habitat, photographed by April.
I know it’s hard. It hurts. But you can fight this. I’ll help you. A companion piece to this and another commission for @plothooksinc featuring a scene from her Rise movie aftermath fic No Rest For The Weary No turtles are having a good time lmao.
Battle Nexus poisoning, except more involved, I guess. You know those times when you get sick, but you're away from home? And then you just try to lay down on a bench or on your friend/family member while trying to make it more bearable?
Leo had a pretty rough Battle Nexus experience. Good thing Donnie was there to take care of him (to the best of his ability).
Some after-work doodles~
Thinking about the early 2000s. Pictures taken with a film camera. Waiting hours for something to download from the internet. Crowding around the bulky family computer to play with your sibling or friends.
I absolutely love the 2003 turtle designs, they’re so sturdy and shaped <3 But I do think their lack of individuality is bit of a downside that later iterations have handled better. So for the past few months I’ve been working on and slowly figuring out my own take of their designs. It’s not a I fixed and made it better and more of a my headcanon for their bodytypes/ how I like to draw them /just having fun with character designs type of thing.
Down below I’ll go at lenght into my design process and include individual character notes plus sketches.