#fmau

Boy oh boy what a theme! Fanart for others AUs and cool stories? Awesome. I don't recall the last time I drew fanart for others works, but like... gotta do that more. Because it's always a treat. Cause people make such fun designs and concepts, and goodness I know as an artist and writer seeing people get inspired to make art by stuff I've made is great. So to do that for someone else is always fun. I had a lot of ideas in mind, more than I thought since my mind blanked but I remembered a fair few! While I didn't do every idea, I did a lot more than I expected! :D!

First up we have.. one I adore so much, the species changed Teenage Mutant Ninja Everything-But-Turtles by @rufwooff / @rufwoof-archive (I think both of these are the same user, but I noticed the first they said they were shadow banned so I wanted to make sure they could be still credited properly!) But I love, love, LOVE the designs and choices for each of the boys. Like of course Raph as a big alligator, perfect makes sense he's already close enough to one being an alligator snapping turtle. Mikey as a frog, fitting so bouncy.. him as a tadpol is SO cute. Leo as a salamander, the markings, the sleekness, it's him. Donnie being a gecko.. he gets to be SO purple, him losing his tail in the first proper shredder encounter? Terrifying. I love it. I love Tanuki/Raccoon Dog Splinter and April's alternative design is so FUN. I love the tot designs, I love the hints of story with the little information give. AUGH. These designs are so cute and fun, I was so happy to get to draw them myself.

Next up is... You've Been Portal Jacked! by @wickcipher Which is such a FUN time. The story feels straight from Rise itself, the style both matches the show and yet is still of course very unique and it's own! I love the way the two different sets of turtles are different aside from obvious changes. Like how the future Mikey is a bit more angular than the past Mikey, while still rounded! I like the way they have the effects of the movie on the boys, like of course Raph & Donnie's matching changes. And Leo despite being the most similar.. still being different with how he carries himself in the future verses the past. I love the poses, the colors, the expressions, it's such a fun time. The brief AMA for the characters was so fun, to get a peak into things, I love how the story is going and am excited to see where it goes! This is also one of the like.. first few times I've ever drawn Donnie more like his canon design, well... in the face. I think I have only one other time where I drew him with his regular face, as I always give him a snoot. It was odd to do! But! It was fun!

Now next we have another fun one, @hitwiththefandomz Spitfire Au! I love the concept of the ninpo/mystic connected dragons. It's already a fun idea, but especially in this manner is great. Having them all being based around elements too.. perfect. The dragon designs are SO precious, and cool. And like.. I love staring at them. I love the way the comic is so far, how they activated them from the weapons.. and Donnie technically from the crystal. But the slow burn to when he gets them, though I'm also glad for the silly doodles of his dragon already being there. They are precious. Ruben. So cute. So little, so bright. Sandwich lover. Vortex, sleek and silly... I love the doodle of Leo frustrated about brushing him and Vortex is PURRING up a storm, it's cute. Crash and Bash... dogs, just big silly dogs that are perfect for Raph. Alis, so mysterious, but of course a stinker who is cat like. I hope to learn even more about these glowy sillies.

And finally we have Fusion Mayhem by @teenagenutant as I love me some fusion designs. I also love how by all means it COULD be a canon thing with Hueso and Piel literally fusion in Rise, but just. AUgh. All the different designs for the boys different fusions are so fun. I did want to draw a few of them, because they are all quite exciting, but I didn't have enough time! So I went with Galileo because.. well he's great. The first fusion in the AU so he gets to be drawn, special treatment for him <3. But seriously. I love how silly his first fusion is, I love how canonically being him is fun, and both brings out the best and worst of Leo and Donnie. Love of space, crafting amazing space related things, but can not sleep for days and stays up... spills everything when asked, has his heart on his sleeve and yet is so self important. I love him. Again I love all the fusions, but Galileo is honestly up there. I hope for more in the future, but regardless if not what is there is so creative and fun!

I’ll order pizza, she replies.

@teenagenutant 's silly billy

and a lil comic scenario

Newton from fusion mayhem au by @teenagenutant :DD (i used some of ur art as a ref for the pose i hope that’s ok-)

"So, I’ve been thinking a lot about these Steven universe-style fusions that @teenagenutant made for the rise turtles. I’ve been working on a fanfic of them with another writer actually!

here’s the tag for them: https://www.tumblr.com/teenagenutant/tagged/fmau

So I’ve just been wondering- since I have absolutely no knowledge on fashion- what kinds of outfits *these* characters would wear, them being fusions of the rise turtles and all because it’s kinda hard to imagine they’d just wear both their components’ clothes together

if that makes sense?

Theres also the fact that a lot of them are designed wearing shorts/pants, so that may give hints to what kind of style they’d prefer. So since you’re well versed in the topic of fashion for the turtles, I figured why not ask you what you thought about it!

...And I was thinking specifically for what their wrestling outfits would be like or what they’d wear in a. “clothes don’t make the turtle” scenario...Though the ones that seem the most intriguing to me are Titian (Raph and Donnie fusion that looks like a mech) and Caravaggio (Leo and Raph fusion with the loooongggg mask tails and mega anxiety)

Because those two are hard to guess

And also Newton! (Donnie and Mikey fusion.)..."

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Ooo.

Firstly, combining the turtles into fusions is a really cool concept! The boys' personalities are already so interesting, so blending them would surely yield some very intriguing results...

Also, I just so happened to have watched all of Steven Universe. So, I'll be using my understanding of the SU rules for these fusions. (Assuming that these turtles fusions are using the same rules. If not, I'm so sorry! 😣)

Let's get started!

From what I've gathered from SU, the fusion rules are not as hard and fast as they could be when it comes to their designs...

Sometimes, the fashion is a true amalgamation of what each component was already wearing, which is usually in the case for Stevonnie.

Other times, and in my opinion more commonly, the designs involve the fusion's personality coming out in their fashion choices. But, it's not necessarily a direct reflection of the component's clothing.

My example for that is Sugilite.

The design for her clothing is not exactly what Garnet and Amethyst is wearing, but is more a reflection of who they become when they're together; this rough and tumble, rough around the edges, strong-willed, and powerful gem-which is reflected in the exaggerated and excessively ripped outfit, so it still works!

(BTW, this is also an example of the "Exaggeration" component of good character design.)

Alright, so I've said all of that to say: In SU, I believe that there's no absolute way to have a fusion. It seems to be more of a sliding scale from a "perfectly balanced physical amalgamation" to a "completely emotional combination," depending on the design choices of the creators, if that makes sense...

So, I'll summarize the SU fusion rules (in my opinion) that I'll be using going forward: This is a more "Physical Amalgamation" Fusion Design: Rainbow Quartz 2.0

vs.

A more "Emotional Amalgamation" Fusion Design: Sunstone

vs.

Something Right in the Middle: Sardonyx

Additional SU Note: In the end, the sliding scale of physical to emotional fusion choices is all at the discretion of the character designer! - IE. Rebecca caught a lot of flak for her Sunstone design, but in the end it's Rebecca's design (as revealed in the "Steven Universe: End of an Era" book.) Thus, how she chooses to depict the fusion of Steven and Garnet is up to her discretion!

Phew, ok. With that foundation out of the way...

Let's look at the turtles!

And since you mentioned their wrestling outfits, let's look at those specifically:

I found the easiest way to come up with a good representation of various turtle combinations is to do what we've always done in science...use punnett squares!

However, instead of crossing "alleles/genes," let's cross clothing design characteristics! (Stay with me! 😂) I went ahead and made a square using their wrestling clothing choices.

Let me just pop that baby right here:

Here's a reminder of all of the boys' wrestling fits:

And as an example, let's look at T.I.T.I.A.N. (Donnie and Raph's Fusion) since he seems to be one of the hardest to predict:

(T.I.T.I.A.N. as depicted by the original creator, @teenagenutant)

BTW, the design for T.I.T.I.A.N. is so logical!

With Raph's overly bureaucratic nature (as he's a stickler for the rules) and Donnie's hyper-analytic personality, the two of them combining to be a giant robot just makes sense! 😌❤️💜

"Uh, Ma’am, you misplace your five dollar bill directly into my palm."

"I need pre-game stats, highlights of past stats, projections of future stats. We’re missing the stats, people!"

Anywhoozle...

Here's a close up of my estimations for T.I.T.I.A.N.'s outfit based on the "SU fusion rules" I established earlier and the general application of the punnett square:

For me, the takeaway is the DRAMATICS!

Raph was a natural showman in the ring, and Donnie is just dramatic in general. Sooo, in my eyes, T.I.T.I.A.N.'s wrestling persona would be HIGHLY theatrical. 🙄

But yeah, by using the punnett square, you can just fill in the blanks, thus making any combination you'd like!

Or scrap all of my thoughts and start fresh! The point is it's a tool to make combining the turtles easier. 😁 Psssst! BTW.... I don't think you were the only ones inspired by Steven Universe:

💙💜🧡❤️Happy Creating! ❤️🧡💜💙

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