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sticker-star-sketchbook · 1 day

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Tell me.

HOW CAN YOU DRAW SO CUTE???

😭😭😭😭💞💞💞

thanks haha!

to be fair rise made insanely adorable turtle tots

but here's a breakdown of my drawing process when it comes to the tots (and just drawing babies v adults in general):

(buckle up for a lot of images and rambling XD)

cute-ness essentially boils down to proportions and shape language--ie the smaller and rounder you are, the cuter you tend to be

when you're a baby, you're smaller and squishier--so mikey's head is a 1/3 of his body as a toddler, but 1/6 as a teenager

also limbs tend to be stubby and short when you're younger, I tend to emphasize that by not drawing mikey with visible toes as a tot because it makes him feel like he hasn't grown as much yet

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when it comes to the face proportions are super important to emphasize the cute

babies tend to be cuter because their facial features are closer together and they have big eyes, which makes them much easier to connect with

as you grow, your face stretches out, your eyes appear smaller, and your mouth and nose will drop further and further away from your eyes

also you lose baby fat as you grow up, making your face sharper (best seen with raph 'cause mikey's shape language is all circles)

here's an example from moana, watch as the older she gets, the longer her face gets and the less round her cheeks are:

and of course in real life, same as moana, the older someone gets, the less round they become and facial features fill out the head more, rather than being bunched together:

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to end, i learned a lot about this by drawing from life and observing kids and adults--this is essential to learning how to draw and from looking at other artists and what they suggested when it comes to drawing cute, Griz and Norm are a great resource for this and in other general drawing tips :)

when it comes down to it, when aiming for cute, the chunkier and smaller and rounder the better

anyway, that was long, hope that was what you meant to ask lol XD

#asks #my fanart tag #drawing tips

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sticker-star-sketchbook · 2 days

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still here! just busy lol--did more rewrites, trying to make the comics a bit more character driven ;)

here's some doodles of mikey and raph when they're older and some mikey showing off his ninpo to donnie (also! a messy f!mikey painting i did ages ago that I still like)

#rottmnt #mystic kid au #raising your mystic kid au #mystic baby mikey au #rottmnt fanart #my fanart tag #rottmnt mikey #turtle tots #tmnt 2018 #rottmnt raph #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #hamato clan #rottmnt donnie

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sticker-star-sketchbook · 1 month

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doodles from the sketchbook :D

bonus thumbnail doodle of that family portrait post from a while ago (i still like the energy of this better haha)

#rottmnt #sticker star sketches #rottmnt fanart #tmnt 2018 #tmnt #sketches #my fanart tag

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sticker-star-sketchbook · 1 month

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answering a couple of questions haha

my best explanation about mikey's hair being from his mystic powers is because he's the only one who has it in the bad future and is the only on who seems to have mastered his ninpo, so i guess i just connected the two in my brain and it's been like that since lol

i'd say that's a high probability XD (donnie sees mikey do magic and is like ???? i need this to make sense)

#rottmnt #questions #q&a #reply #mystic baby mikey au #rottmnt mikey #turtle tots #rottmnt raph #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt leo #raising your mystic kid au #mystic kid au

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sticker-star-sketchbook · 1 month

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(raising your mystic kid au -- episode 1 - part 1)

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<<First - Next>>

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sticker-star-sketchbook · 2 months

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another wip piece lol i didn't expect this part to take as long as it has, but here we are XP

#my fanart tag #wip #mystic baby mikey au #raising your mystic kid au

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sticker-star-sketchbook · 2 months

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just a WIP post to say I'm still working on this! I rewrote this section of the comic multiple times and am finally happy with it's direction lol

next part should be out soonish!

#wip #my fanart tag #raising your mystic kid au #mystic baby mikey au

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sticker-star-sketchbook · 3 months

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warm up doodles from the past couple weeks and a silly two panel non-au comic featuring a conversation between my friend and my professor that just fit lol

#rottmnt #rottmnt fanart #my fanart tag #tmnt 2018 #rottmnt mikey #rottmnt raph #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rottmnt leo #rottmnt donnie

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sticker-star-sketchbook · 3 months

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Got a few messages that the writing's hard to read (my bad lol sorry I'm still figuring out how to post these) hoping to have a more reader friendly comic next time I update ( . . ;)

Here's the script for this comic:

PG 2:

Yoshi: "MOM!"

Atsuko: "Yoshi, sweetie, tell me what's wrong."

Yoshi: "We talked about the Oni at school and...some kids said they'll gobble me up because I'm always scared..."

Atsuko: "Well...you tell them if an Oni ever comes for you, we'll scare it away with our BIG muscles and it'll never come back!"

Yoshi: "But what about when I feel alone?"

Atsuko: "Oh. I promise Yoshi, that you will never be alone. Now cuddle in close. I'll be here. Always."

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PG 3:

Raph: "Dad?"

Yoshi: "Do you wanna sleep here?"

Raph: "Are you okay Dad?"

Yoshi: "Yeah Red, I'm fine. Don't worry."

alright let's do this >:)

(raising your mystic kid au -- episode 0)

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#rottmnt splinter #rottmnt raph #rottmnt au #reblog #raising your mystic kid au #mystic kid au #mystic baby mikey au #hamato atsuko #hamato clan #hamato yoshi #my fanart tag

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sticker-star-sketchbook · 3 months

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Masterpost :)

Raising Your Mystic Kid AU (rottmnt)

(originally Mystic Baby Mikey AU)

Main Story:

Episode 0 - Promise

Episode 1 - Spark : Part One

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Miscellaneous:

Original Concept

Bonding w/ Dad: 1 2 Bonus

Being w/ Bros: 1 2

Family Portrait

Specific Tags this AU is under:

#mystic baby mikey au

#mystic kid au

#raising your mystic kid au

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sticker-star-sketchbook · 3 months

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alright let's do this >:)

(raising your mystic kid au -- episode 0)

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reblogged version with script lol

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#rottmnt #my fanart tag #rottmnt fanart #tmnt 2018 #hamato clan #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #turtle tots #rottmnt raph #mystic baby mikey au #mystic kid au #raising your mystic kid au #hamato yoshi #lou jitsu #hamato atsuko #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt au

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sticker-star-sketchbook · 3 months

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a quick family portrait ;)

I wanted to thank everyone for their kindness and support, it seriously means a lot to me <3 All of your lovely comments have made this a ton of fun and I can't wait to keep exploring this idea :) :)

(also! I have a big update coming this weekend that I'm super excited to share--see you then! :) )

#rottmnt #my fanart tag #rottmnt fanart #rottmnt mikey #tmnt 2018 #turtle tots #mystic baby mikey au #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #hamato clan #rottmnt raph #rottmnt splinter #hamato yoshi #lou jitsu #rottmnt donnie #rottmnt leo

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sticker-star-sketchbook · 4 months

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