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Recently, I’ve been reading the Archie comics, and had been wanting to draw the turtles in that style. I also got a new drawing stylus I wanted to try out, so I decided to sketch in Ibis Paint to get the hang of it (I usually sketch on paper).

I was having trouble deciding what I wanted to use as a reference photo until I saw this cover art on a post from IDW. I’m also obsessed with the drawing so much that I’ll be after this variant cover.

(Reference art drawn by Luis Delgado, Dan Schoening, and Ken Mitchroney)

This was a fun weekend with my dad and my sister. We made some new friends, and plenty of happy memories.

Whether you know him as a ninja turtle, Yakko, Pinky, Carl Wheezer, PJ, Reuben, or many other characters, we all get a smile on our face when we hear their voices.

These characters are so impactful, that Rob calls it a privilege to be able to meet his fans. Every second we got with him was worth it.

He said/mentioned many iconic lines during the panel, including:

-“Narf!” -Pinky

-“Helloooo Nurse!” -Yakko (Rob also talked about how “Yakko’s World” had been updated, and sang the new part)

-“Butt canons, it has butt canons?!” (mentioned, not said word for word) -Donatello

-“Turtle Power!” and “Does the phrase, “go suck a lemon,” hold any meaning for you?” -Raphael

I decided that I wanted to draw a Mirage turtle very last minute. The reference was a color re-creation of the original cover, made by six artists at Mirage Studios. I’m not sure if I’m going to be able to finish this by Sunday, but I’ll at least have the sketch to show for it.

The Side-By-Side:

I looked further into the story behind the reference image and discovered that each penciller did a specific turtle, Kevin Eastman’s being Raphael. I would have chosen Raphael, had I known that before I made my sketch.

I made this with heavy inspiration from the “Saturday Morning Adventures” comics. It is the first comic I’ve ever drawn. Thanks again to @fabuloustrash05 for the idea to have 87 Leo react to Karai’s snake form, and happy reading!

I decided to try something I had never done before: draw a comic! I will be finishing this project digitally.

Thanks to @fabuloustrash05, the subject came up about it being a missed opportunity to have ‘87 Leo react to 2012 Karai’s snake form in the TMNT 2012 crossovers. This is what I think would’ve happened.

For further context, Karai is wounded, and Leo tries to help her. She tells him that she can heal herself, turns into her snake form, and sheds her skin. Leo stares at her, absolutely petrified.

The last two images are Leo having a flashback to when they encountered the snake in “The Incredible Shrinking Turtles” (S2E2 of TMNT 1987). I believe that episode is where Leo gained his fear of snakes. (Nearly becoming snake food, while they were shrunk, seems like a valid reason to fear them.)

We came across a cute little comic book store, where I got the first comic book I’ve ever owned. I love the cover art on this Archie comic. The crystal ball thing is super cool.

I know I’m probably reading this in the wrong order, but the TMNT section was small. They only had a few different comics.

I remember seeing a crossover comic with Street Fighter. They also had some Last Ronin comics and some other IDW ones.

I think I’m going to look into the Saturday Morning Adventures comics next.

Did I have to fix up the linework? No.

Did it help me get rid of the background because I did it anyway? Yes, yes it did.

Also, why does this seem to happen the most with Leonardo?

In TMNT 1987, I swear Leonardo ends up with some of the funniest lines if he gets to say a clever remark, though in this case it’s more of a burn. Is it just me, or is Leonardo secretly the funniest turtle in TMNT 1987?

This is a TMNT SpeedPaint compilation that I put together. I didn’t get many views on it before, so I’m seeing if Tumblr will bring more luck.