tsunami-2956

Hello!

I'm tsunami-2956, nice to meet you!

I'm a watercolor painter and photographer.

My interests include:

-One Piece

-Dragon Ball Z

-Transformers Animated

-TMNT

and more.

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One of my favorite characters is Fukaboshi.

So, I saw the trading card for him earlier this month and promptly lost my mind

So, here's my take on that illustration, just in time for the end of Mer-May.

For comparison:

Here he is, the final turtle, the Leader in Blue!

Well, he will be in blue.

At least 3 different shades of blue actually.

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Okay, not gonna lie, he's my favorite character. Ever since TMNT 2003 I've always gravitated toward him; this iteration is no different.

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The paintings will be done soon. Expect them to be published this Wednesday for the 10th year anniversary of Out of the Shadows.

I might have put the turtles/lyrics out of order, but eh

A complete abuse of shuriken, but look at him, he's having so much fun

Looks a bit like Christmas lol

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Heeere's Donny!

Do not ask me how long it took to draw his flipping boots, hell I even re-re-sketched them after this photo was taken

A bit more subdued palette this time around, but worry not, the tech turtle will shine by the time I'm done.

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(okay, yeah I know the movie credits used the '80s theme, but let me have this)

Here's the cleaned up line art. Major shoutout to @brightlotusmoon, your many Mikey posts and reposts helped me figure out the physics of the nunchaku spin in this.

Limited palette? Never heard of her. (please ignore my handwriting)

But in all seriousness, here's the colors I'm using for this, and some of my thought process.

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It was an amazing experience.

I absolutely love the visuals, the way they brought the book to life, it was so amazing!

I'm a little sad that we didn't get some scenes and dialogue from the book, such as the other decisions Stratt made to save the Earth, but it was a more than admirable adaptation.

And it was amazing! They did a really good job of adapting the chapters and episodes in my opinion.

The sets, the casting, and the acting! Incredible.

Also. Whoever was in charge of titling the episodes. Pun-tacular job.

I had a more eventful month this time around. I was mostly working on a commission for a family friend. I haven't really worked on too many animals before, so I learned quite a bit while painting.

Namely how exhausting fur can be lol.

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I was also able to visit the 'Kokoro' exhibit in the California State Museum just before the end of its run in Sacramento.

It... was informative. I am of Japanese descent, so it was rather sobering seeing photos of these places and businesses that no longer exist, in a space that was deliberately erased by racists. There was so much life here, a community my family had been part of.

And it's all gone.

So... yeah.

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On a lighter note, I was so pumped to see the new Dinosauria video. "Monsters Down Under" was just amazing.

The desaturated palette, the soundtrack and foley, the species and the speculative behaviors shown! Ah, it was so cool!

If you haven't already, definitely check it and the Making Of video.

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That's pretty much it for now.

I will be posting updates later on the TMNT project I had mentioned earlier this month.

I might've mentioned this before, but I am a fan of TMNT.

Mostly of TMNT 2003 - and more recently, the 2014/16 movies.

The 10th anniversary for Out of the Shadows is in about 3 months, so to celebrate, I came up with a portrait project of sorts about the guys.

Since today is my birthday, I thought I'd share with you all the rough sketches I have so far.

I cannot wait to start painting them!

Hey everyone!

Admittedly, not a lot happened this month for me. Went to work and paid some bills, the usual.

I did make some brown butter cookies earlier this month, and tried a pretty nice hamburger mac and cheese recipe.

Also went to few places this month.

I had tea at the Celeste Tea Parlor in Vacaville, then visited Fenton's for some ice cream.

(Sorry for the terrible photo quality!)

For more important news, I will be posting an actual art update tomorrow, so stay tuned for a personal project of mine!

Thanks!