Another tip for TMNT fanartists (and fanfic authors who write injury)! I know quite a few of you are aware, but just for those who aren't:
If you wanna explore a take with more turtle-ish biology...
Reminder that turtle shells aren't just attached to their bodies. Their spine and ribs are attached to them directly.
This can sort of be seen in 2012 TMNT, when the turtles got electrocuted those couple of times. I think it's a good combination of the human skeleton and turtle skeleton that actually doesn't look the most awkward. Like the ribcage spanning the area of the shell, and also the widened pelvis in exchange for making the ribcage almost all the way down the shell.
And while not the most visible, in some shots, the spine curves further back into the shape of the carapace. Even if only slightly.
For a more extreme example? Note this example doesn't quite match the more humanoid leaning parts of the mutant turtles, but, just as an extra point:
An artist, Satoshi Kawasaki, created various illustrations of a human skeleton with animal skeletal structure.
The turtle one looks like this:
Take this as you will.
Also draw and write the turtles' skeletons however you want lmao, this was just something I wanted to share because I may or may not be a huge nerd.
Hope this helped anybody who cares about this in their TMNT fanwork! :)
