Looks familiar? Yeah, I got a little bit inspired by Inuyasha! This took me a while cause this I can’t draw anthropomorphic well. Luckily, the 2012 had an anime style I was familiar with and I was pretty much winging it 99% of the time. The 1% was looking at tutorials if you’re wondering. Anyway, I’m glad it turned out well!
So I think it’s obvious what you guys think what happened in the comic. In case if you didn’t get it, Leo protected his brothers and he died smiling, knowing they’re safe from harm. I was inspired by Yashahime when Setsuna died smiling. So I did the same with this!
After almost two years of artblock and anxiety attacks when picking up a pen or just thinking about drawing, i have finally found the desire to draw again. And it had to be because of the Disaster Twins. I’m so in love with the art style of RotTMNT and I’m really sad that I can only watch the first season in German Amazon and YouTube. Anyways, my spark is finally back and I’m enjoying drawing again!!!!
They’re done!! They’re finally done!! I was so excited to draw these and I’m so incredibly happy how they turned out!
I tried some new techniques with lighting and shading and I’m really satisfied with the end result. I used gradients of their colour schemes as a colour correction layer over the base shading and I feel like it gives the shading more depth without being too much.
Spent my afternoon refining sketches and creating a sort of cheat sheet for colors. Last time I shut down my Macbook and closed Photoshop properly, all of my recent color swatches got deleted… first time that ever happened and I can’t get them back… And those swatches all happened to be for the Turtles, April and Casey.
Anyways… An art update!!! So excited to line, color and shade everything!
Also… am I the only one who kind of ships April and Cassandra?
I’m gonna be upset if these *ancient* sketches get more notes than my recent finished artworks, so here goes.
Since I was going down memory lane with my earlier post, I searched my old art folder for my TMNT drawings and actually even found one from as early as 2012! I had turned 16 that year. Lord… I turn 25 this year… 9 years…
Around the time I drew Raph was when I recorded the 2008 movie with my camera from my computer screen and edited a video to each of the turtles to a Nickelback song. I was obsessed with Raphael back then. Watching it then was also the first time in English, because in the time between 2008 and 2012 my English improved enough to understand movies. Since English isn’t my first language and in Germany all movies come out German dubbed.
Absolutely loved Raph and Leo’s fight, the voice acting in that scene… so goooood. Love Nolan North and James Arnold Taylor = perfection! Also, Chris Evans as Casey?! Yess please!
I guess I really skipped the 2012 show… I saw some scenes of it and did like the animation and the voice acting, but couldn’t find where to watch it in English via German channels, only in German, and so gave up… so I never got into it.
And then came 2014… and oh boy… was I into it. Watching it for the first time I was super into Donnie, but then that shifted to Leo who used to be my childhood crush from the few episodes of the 2003 series I managed to watch as a kid at my grandma’s place.
The first drawing with Donnie… gosh, the girl… anatomy? yeah, we don’t know her.
Completely redrew Mikey and April because I wasn’t too happy with their poses. They were the only ones who were folded in on themselves and not standing up like the others, and that kind of bugged me. I also might still change the leg positioning of Raph, because I’m still not a 100% happy with it, but getting somewhere.
Finally finished this beast! I know I had asked for your opinion on shading and some had suggested I should add some, but I just wanted to get this done so I can start with the next project and not slip back into procrastination.
I lined and coloured Mikey yesterday while streaming to a friend on Discord and he and I both kept gasping how cute Mikey is. And to be honest, out of the four he has turned out my favourite. This time at least.
Thanks so much for all your notifications on the previous post of these sketches. It really brightens my day, so thank you tons.
I had kind of a low energy day today, so instead of continuing the first artwork of the turtles brothers or starting to line these ones, I procrastinated and only managed to clean these up a bit in Photoshop and do some changes that were necessary to improve the overall look.
Lots of adjustments still required, but I’m so happy how each and every one of these sketches turned out!
I wanted to draw everyone’s finale looks, because I absolutely love the black/T!color combination. April and Casey joined the party because Leo’s pose was giving me such a headache I had to draw something else before getting back to him.
I’m especially happy with the latter four where I ran out of my sketch pencil and picked up coloured pencils instead to sketch. I wish I had done the same with Raph and Mikey from the beginning, but whatever.. not gonna redo something I’m happy with.
I will still finish the other artwork I’ve been sharing, but I gotta say, I like these ones a lot better already. Comes to show what a week of daily sketching can help improve.
Based off of a request from an Anon: “A reader who is good at archery?” and the art is in fact mine, signature in the corner.
Leonardo grimaced as he walked. On his bad leg he still limped a bit, but he no longer was so dependent on his crutches. Every step was a twinge of pain in his knee, but he continued, bow in hand and looking for prey. The rest of the team was back at the farmhouse—he wanted to do this alone. He needed to do something. For himself and everyone else.
He crept along the forest floor, senses hyper-aware of all of the things around him, as with his injured leg, he felt vulnerable. He jumped when a bird shot out of a tree nearby with another one hot on its tail feathers. When had he become so easy to start? Of course, as a ninja, he was trained to be skeptical. Aware. But he’d never felt so jumpy as he did after coming out of his coma, his throat wrecked and his knee in just as bad a condition. He took in a deep breath, then released it. Focus.
Oh my, it’s been a while since I visited this, it’s the one project I never finished, would anyone be interested in a part 2?
There really isn’t a lot out there for 2012 Leo. Mostly because y'all want the Bayverse HUNK (can’t blame you ) but I’m curious about finishing this one and seeing maybe how my writing has changed in this time!
*Story Summary: Sometimes, sorry really is the hardest word.
*Note:This one-shot takes place after the episode ‘Slash and Destroy.’ It’s a companion piece to my works ‘Mikey’s Worst Move Ever’ and ‘Slash’s Revenge.’
*Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise.
In the history of rotten days, this had to be one of the worst. Hamato Donatello breathed out a sullen sigh that no one could actually hear. Unlike him, the rest of his family was probably fast asleep by now, but he just could not seem to settle into a comfortable position. This was not for lack of trying. He had spent the lion’s share of the past hour shifting in his bed, vainly attempting to find peace, but alas, comfort was not meant to be. Maybe that’s because he had been beaten to a pulp not all that long ago.
Everythinghurt.
Whether he laid on his side, his front, or his back, the pain would radiate throughout his body. A harsh, relentless reminder of what had happened that night.
That awful, awful night.
Pushing himself up into a sitting position, Donatello wearily gazed out at the shadows enveloping his room. Something about the darkness sent a chill creeping up and down his spine.
It was so menacing.
So very sinister.
So eerily reminiscent.
A whimper threatened to escape the confines of his parched throat as a flood of memories came rushing back without mercy. Disturbing memories he’d just as soon forget…
hi this is art that i did for my story He Who is Hard as Stone it’s my darkest Leo-centric FIC I’ve ever made. I dunno if I’ve mentioned it before on here or not but it’s ironically one of my FAVORITE fictions ive written ahshhdgs PLEASE CLICK IMAGE FOR BETTER QUALITY THANKS
Im in love with how these came out because I DID EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR THE RAIN BY MYSELF. THATS RIGHT. EVEN THE CLOUDS. HELL YEAAHHHHH
ALSO SORRY IDK HOW TO DO THE READ MORE THING ON MOBILE SO UH. TW FOR BLOOD/EYE IMAGERY ON THIS ONE IF I NEED TO TAKE IT DOWN I WILL
im gonna rant about how tmnt 2k12 leo so if you dont wanna hear me out thats okay
yall are fucking forgetting that during the series leo was a teenager??
He was 15 and he nearly drowned because he didnt care if he had to sacrifice himself for his family because thats what he was brought up knowing. He grew up with the mentality that a leader should be ready to sacrifice themselves for their team and that fucked him up badly.
They were teenagers living in a world where they had to fight for their lives almost everyday. And Leo knew that one way or another, one of them could get really hurt or worse. And he wanted to make sure that it was him, and not his brothers. He was willing to die, willing to give up his life if it meant his siblings didnt have to. So his friends didnt have to. Hes selfless to a fault.
Yes, he still acts like a child and not a ninja or leader sometimes because that’s what he is. He is a teenager. TEENAGER. He shouldn’t have to deal with the fucking respnosibility and im sick of people saying he should.
Need i mention the fact that he got into a COMA, woke up in a new place far away from his home, found out his dad is dead, and then finding out his home is taken over by an alien race that wants to kill his family?? And you think he’d still be mentally stable to handle it while his body was weak and fragile and he could do nothing about it?? That shit is traumatizing, no less for someone his age.
Leo had to grow up and mature faster than he shouldve, learning to bottle up his emotions and put them aside for the sake of survival. He’s been through things that i cant even imagine going through. I just want to give him a hug
thank you.
I’m gonna add onto this if you don’t mind, because something that’s bothered me about this the most is that…some people – not anyone that I’ve come across on here – like to take his age as I guess an excuse? Something to be like, “Well, Splinter is dead and Leo is the oldest out of his brothers, so he’s automatically Dad 2.0 now” and that just….doesn’t sit right with me??????
Like, yeah, he’s 24 now. That doesn’t mean that the trauma of everything he and his brothers went through disappeared (also do remember that he wasn’t the only one who experienced the chaos, he just took the worse end of it). He was raised from the get-go to believe, “If you aren’t willing to die for your brothers, you’re not worthy to be called their sibling.” and that’s just…not okay. People forget that despite doing the best he could and being a great father, Splinter still had a major flaw in that he raised his sons as war machines instead of people with human emotions despite a lack of human appearance.
And I understand that like, he wanted his sons to be able to protect themselves, he wanted them to stay safe. But he literally drilled it into Leo’s head that if he didn’t go as far as to sacrifice his literal fucking life for the sake of his family, he wasn’t allowed to be a leader. And that just concerns me as to what would’ve happened if someone like Mikey or Raph was chosen as leader, because they along with Donnie have their own emotional turmoils as well.
Imagine the youngest turtle in the family being the leader, and being forced to take on that kind of mentality. I doubt he would have even been able to handle stressful situations the same way that Leo did in the show. And Leo went through a lot of shit.
He got bullied for trying to be like Splinter in Season One.
In Season 2, he had to watch his father basically “die” temporarily.
In Season 3, he was in a fucking coma.
In Season 4, he had to watch his father die again, this time permanently.
And in Season 5, he had to handle taking on the role of the new Sensei without any sort of help from anybody, because he no longer had anyone to guide him. Yeah, Splinter was there in spirit, but the advice he gave was vague, and he always disappeared before giving a straight answer to anything Leo asked.
From Season 3 to Season 5, Leo acted more like Splinter than like a 16-19 year old boy, because he was forced to have the mindset of a father figure instead of an older brother. And I won’t lie….that kinda pisses me off, in a weird way.
TL;DR - Leo needs therapy, and I will fight anyone who disagrees. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
Okay, I absolutely agree with everything that is said here, Leo one HUNDRED PERCENT NEEDS SO MUCH HELP.
But there’s one thing that does not sit right with me at all.
Splinter didn’t force Leo to be a leader. Leo wantedto be one.
Do yall not remember him immediately raising his hand and ask with a big smile on his face, “Can I be leader?”
Like. Everything Leo did Splinter supported him through. Gave him advice. Helped him in the way he knew how. He never once told Leo that he was supposedto be leader; he was only leading Leo on a path that helped him be a better one. He never said “This is your destiny” or any shit like that.
I hate that people forget that 2012 Splinter cares about his sons more than all the other iterations. He constantly tells his sons he is proud of them, that he loves them, and gives them advice that made them better. Who they are now. That’s why loosing him not once, but three separate times impacted them so hard and heavily every single time. They weren’t ready to let Splinter go. They were always going to need him. They literally have told him this.
Is he a little harsh in his training sometimes? Sure, but most of the time it was with love and care, and when he was truly harsh on them it was because they messed up bad (And even those times he wasn’t truly angry!). He was never harsh when they came home looking all beat up, he made sure they were okay first.
He never wanted Shredder to come into their lives. He never wanted them to go through what they had. He himself has trauma and he literally had a nightmare about loosing them, panicked about it and later apologizedinone single episode.
He wasn’t the fault for what happened to his sons. He did all that he could to protect them. Which is why he was so harsh about letting them go out on their own for the first time. All that happened–to him and the turtles–was because of Shredder.
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