#my iteration leo and karai | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

snackugaki · 4 months

Text

i'm alive i just keep forgetting that posting WIPs is fun, easy, and valid

#thanks tychou #because now I have a little tychou on my shoulder to box my earlobe and yell at me to throw down a WIP or 8 instead of going radio dark #iykyk #...the kick is I dddon't think I'm gonna use this composition in the end #s'cute tho #but somebody gonna see it anyway #wip #my iteration leo and karai #i... can't really stop the rest of y'all from tagging it as 03 or idk rise for some reason but like........ s'not #thanks to thiah for pointing out some people forget to confirm tags in the euphoria of reblogging #and just go on what it “looks like”#but like... idk what to tell the kids is not 03 or rise or 12... not even the series i was thinking of when I made my iteration #(it was Archie run comics and Next Mutation)

62 notes · View notes

idiot-mushroom · 6 months

Text

found casey ^_^

vol.1 masterpost

232 notes · View notes

theartofeverything · 9 days

Text

#leoraisagi #leo #karai #yuichi usagi #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #my art #itt!au #tmnt au #digital art #itt!leonardo #itt!karai #itt!usagi #tmnt leonardo #leonardo #tmnt fan iteration #tmnt usagi

11 notes · View notes

melliedoodles · 5 months

Text

doodles for my tmnt iteration because I love these guys, I really like how Kari’s design looks

Usual form:

Human form:

Snake form:

#save rottmnt #tmnt iteration #my tmnt iteration #my tmnt au #tmnt au #tmnt casey #tmnt casey jones #tmnt ralph #tmnt raphael #tmnt disaster twins #tmnt donatello #tmnt donnie #tmnt doodles #tmnt leo #tmnt leonardo #tmnt karai #kari tmnt

17 notes · View notes

sunny-clover · 10 months

Text

OH RIGHT MY ITERATION

Okay so these are just the concept info pages I made and these are not the final designs though, I’ve updated some designs A TON already

OKAY this iteration is called

TMNT 2032

and these pages are in order of when I made them so there’s no rhyme or reason.

This is Cassius Casey (Kirby) Jones, he’s the first person I designed for the AU and his design does not look like this at all anymore. He’s got Japanese heritage from one side of the fam and Mexican on the other. No real reason except I wanna push my Spanglish onto him. Also he’s gay.

This is April O’Neil, she’s the second person I designed but I never really thought her I through. She I guess has a possessed softball bat cause she’s a lesbian and the bat is a reference to Rise April. Her mother’s family is Indian and her dad’s is either Indian-American or African American. Like I said before, I haven’t thought her through much.

She handles the supplies for the Homatos and that’s really all I have, I should probly think her through more 😬

This is Raph, originally he was going to be a snapping turtle but I decided he’s actually going to be biologically related to his brothers with the turtle DNA. I haven’t thought too much about him but he does have romantic feelings for Mona Lisa when he meets her but I still need his personality-

Okay so here’s Mikey and he’s the one that I’ve HEAVILY changed—DRASTICALLY, if you will. I wasn’t even really in the right mindset to design him here so I am not at all proud of this design 😬

Yeah so he’s technically not the youngest I guess and also the drawing I did here was horrendous so uhhhhh let’s ignore this and we’ll have better content on him later.

Here’s Kassandra Karai Jones, I had SO MUCH fun designing her. She’s a super badass lesbian Foot clan royalty soldier. Also she’s Casey’s twin hehehehe I love that so much. I can’t wait to write her arcs and stuff but I’ll have you know right now that the girl is a DISASTER around attractive women.

This is Donnie!!!! He’s DEFINITELY up there with the Jones twins as one of the most fun characters to design, he’s so awesome I love drawing himmmm eeeeeeeeeeek!!!!

Okay so I made a mistake saying he has dual Bo-staffs, I just liked the way it looked with his design, but that’s incredibly impractical so that’s one of the first things I changed.

He’s the one character that I have his WHOLE personality fleshed out because I loved designing so much and he’s either a silly gay or a silly bisexual. I can’t tell you everything about him right now bc he’s still in the making and I wanna leave some room for content but he’s so much fun to draw and write!!!!

This is Jennikka! Did I mention she’s in here? Hehehehehehhehehehehhe well now I did. i am not getting involved into the making of the turtles because I spent DAYS working on that but I love it so much but ANYWAYS she’s here and she’s sapphic.

This is Venus!!! She’s so cuuteee eeeeeeek I love her she’s aroace and she’s also here. She has a deep connection with spritual energy and stuff much like Mikey from Rottmnt or I think the 2003 Venus as well? I haven’t gotten that far in the 2k3 show yet so I don’t know much abt her but I heard she has strong mystic connections or smth. I absolutely love her design and I hope you do too.

LEEOOOOOO!!!! I really have to show you guys the concept doodles of him sometime cause I love it so much.

I don’t have too much on him atm cause I finally got his design down like 4 days ago or smth like that, but I’ve decided he can’t stand up straight for the life of him and Donnie always yells at him for it. He’s a bit like Rise Leo I guess but just more smooth and more serious on his training like every other Leo. I had him down as a tattle-tale at firs but then I decided nah. Oh also he’s the medic

——

Oh and I don’t think I mentioned but Donnie starts out as the leader cause he’s the oldest but eventually the title just moves liquidly through them until it lands on Leo. I had a little headcannon that I’ll never write down on paper but I keep up here that they be wingmen for each other when someone’s tryna impress a love interest they “hold” the leader title. See: Raph gets to be leader when they meet Mona Lisa.

——

I have a few other designs down but not on info sheets, just on doodle pages and I’m not ready to reveal how much time I waste on this lmfao.

I have Splinter, Mona, most other Mutants and almost Draxum’s concept designs on paper. I’ll post info on the creation some other time but maybe not. Maybe I’ll keep it to myself.

All I’ll say abt it for now is that the turtle’s creations were all at the fault of Splinter being an absolute disaster of a bisexual.

(I do accept asks on this iteration and I really do wanna answer questions abt it pls ask me questions)

Omg it’s 12:30 in the morning I needa sleep 💀

18 notes · View notes

purpleleafsyt · 9 months

Text

#my art #my digital art #tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt au #tmnt iteration #mashed multiverse #mashed multiverse au #tmnt leo #tmnt leonardo #Cosmos #tmnt karai #their dynamic is sort of inspired partially by Luz and Hunter from the owl house #so that exchange fits pretty well :]#purplearts

5 notes · View notes

junsei-draws-rotasu · 1 year

Text

You know, now I'm not speedwatching Rise for context, I can appreciate the animation and humour of this show.

I wonder if I'll get the wired hit of feelings again when I see Karai dying again. Because I sure as hell wasn't expecting my feelings pulled when I saw that scene, especially when I had known her for 10 minutes.

#tmnt #tmnt 2018 #tmnt 2k18 #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rottmnt movie #rottmnt movie is an expectation on the sudden emotional outburst #Because no matter iterations of tmnt #I will always cry for them(not really)#From my heart at least #you can't get tears from me unless I'm really into it #Which the movie did #Man #Really cried with the prison dimesion scene considering the only thing in my mind is the parallels of Karai and Leo #which made me more sad

19 notes · View notes

rottmnt-hc · 4 days

Text

Main TMNT Iteration for my blog

Read tags for more info

Oroku Saki and Hamato Yoshi are half brothers, they were good friends but Saki's mother hated Yoshi's mother and Yoshi by extension.

Saki and Yoshi have a Yakuza father, he wasn't doting but he also wasn't emotionally available. He actually loved Yoshi's mother but was in an arranged marriage to Saki's mother.

He treats the kids the same (he loves them but he's emotionally constipated), he's cold towards Saki's mother. (She's a bitch)

Yakupops gives the title of boss to Saki because he showed interest in it and Yoshi has taken up acting.

The two fall in love with two different women, Tang Shen for Saki and Gumo.

Saki's mother sold Yoshi to Gumo, who had been dating him and fell in love, but she has to go by the rules of summoning. She has to make him suffer.

You guessed it she's Big Mama!

She tearfully tells Yoshi what happened and reveals that she couldn't tell Saki.

Saki's mother had killed Yoshi's mother and their father, then she was caught and executed.

Years down the line Tang Shen died during child birth and Saki swore to find his brother at all costs.

He began to grow an empire.

Police, Politics, Schools, Gangs, you name it, he's delved in it. Soon mystics came up, and he met and recognized Gumo.

He did research on deals before hand, warned by many yokai, and didn't blame her for Yoshi.

During the time prior mentioned, Yoshi fought and honed his skills. Never hating his brother but missed his family. He didn't even hate Gumo.

Soon fighting became to much and he stopped, he was kidnapped by Baron Draxum.

You know, mutegan was made with his blood and experimented on turtles with a year or two of each other.

The first was a Florida Softshell Yoshi named Donatello, Second was a Pond Slider he named Leonardo, the two being months apart and already two years old by human standards. A year passes when they joined by a Spotted Box Turtle that was named Michaelangelo and another two years when surprisingly and egg showed up. It was apparently a map turtle.

Draxum decided to take the other three for training, already mutated the egg and going for the five and four year olds.

Soon Yoshi gained the will to fight then.

He escaped and for their protection locked the babies in a cage with the egg and told the oldest two to protect them.

He managed to defeat Draxum and destroy his work before taking the cage and running to topside.

He couldn't return home, because during the fight he touched the ooze and was scratched by an escaped rat. Thankfully since the oozed was made of his DNA, he was partially mutated.

Gumo had already been in contact with Saki and found out what happened to Yoshi and about Draxum.

Later the egg hatches and he names his new daughter Rachel, though his boys jokingly call her Raphael.

Though Leo decided her name should be Rose and Yoshi agreed.

The duo assumes he died.

At this, Saki began looking into dark means of getting his family back and his daughter was being co raised by Gumo.

Saki slowly became corrupted by dark mystics and trapped within his own mind. Years later he became Shredder.

He soon learned of a mystic armor that Yoshi's mother protected and decided this was a step to bring back his family.

#my iteration #tmnt fandom #tmnt au #youngest raph #oldest Donatello #Oroku Saki and Hamato Yoshi are brothers #implied possession #big mama #baron draxum #Oroku Karai is gonna be the best big cousin #April meets a homeless man #Cassandra Jones is the same age as Rose #Casey Jones Junior is her older brother #April and Donnie and Leo are the same age #Mikey and Casey are the same age #April's dad is dead #the Jones family is also dead #Sunita is the same age as Cass and Rose #heavenly inspired by ROTTMNT

0 notes

shantechni · 4 months

Text

#tmnt #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt 2012 #tmnt 2k12 #meme #memes #tmnt memes #its just a meme-laugh and move on

1K notes · View notes

indieyuugure · 5 days

Note

Hi so i'm kinda new around this, but what is you au indie, and where can I read/find it?

Ah! Well welcome then ^v^

My iteration of the turtles, “Indie TMNT,” is basically exactly what it sounds like. It’s the concept “If I was the director of a new TMNT tv-show or comic series, what would it be like?”

Unfortunately it is not a fully length or serial comic a the moment, though it will be after my current comic is finished.

I do have a few short comics that I have made for different little plots and stuff that you can read right now under the tags #indie tmnt and #indie’s turtles. The most popular one is THIS ONE about Leo and Karai.

If you have anymore questions, feel free to ask!

Good question! :]

#tmnt #q&a #indie’s turtles #indie tmnt

40 notes · View notes

turrondeluxe · 7 months

Note

TMNT au were Mikey and Leo were raised by Shredder to be foot soldiers with Karai being manipulated by the Shredder, believing they have no one but themselves as family, and meeting Donnie and Raph, who are pals with Casey and April already helping them take down the foot solider to face off against Shredder. They cross paths with each other, which shapes how the story continues. Mikey starts to question Shredder, believing that the other side is who he should be with because he starts finding the way the foot handles things to be suspicious, so he goes on his own solo fights throughout this iteration, fighting Raph and Donnie every now and then, with Leo popping in to see assist and see if everything is okay. He also starts questioning his loyalty, but never brings it up since he believes in his father, Shredder, and sister Karai are innocent, so he and Mikey get into a fight, and Mikey chooses Raph and Donnie, which upsets Leo, who throughout the rest fights with Karai to try and get Mikey back on the shredder side. Thoughts?

fic on my hands now please pretty please

#OOOOOUGH THE ANGST OFMIKEY LEAVING LEO BEHIND. OOOOOUGH. CRUMBLES TO THE FLOOR #LEO WOULD BE SO SAD. THATS HIS LITTEL BROTHER:(((((((((((#i love the fact of mikey and karai growing up together karai would also be so protective of mikey :((((#OOOUGH MIKEY LEO AND KARAI FIGHTS... THEY WOULD FIGHT SO COOL TOGETHER AAAAUGH #i love this premise so much but i just keep imagining on how utterly sad mikey would be when apart from karai and leo #while raph and donnie are still his brothers; karai and leo grew up taking care of him because saki def didnt #(seeing as how he treats karai and all)#fucks me up #he would be so extremely sad without his siblings. ough #ask

102 notes · View notes

our-happygirl500-fan · 11 months

Text

Something that I have kind of been wondering about is if Big Mama’s character might have possibly been kind of inspired by two other TMNT characters

In many of the past iterations of TMNT Hamato Yoshi’s past love has been Tang Shen who is either the love interest or wife of Hamato Yoshi, however in Rise Big Mama is the one who is Hamato Yoshi’s past love.

Splinter: Big Mama and I were inseparable

Due to Tang Shen usually being Hamato Yoshi’s past love, it’s possible that there might be some things about Tang Shen that might have influenced Big Mama’s character but there is also another character that I think might have also influenced Big Mama’s character.

It might be possible that Big Mama’s character might have also possibly been influenced by Kitsune as the two characters do have a few things in common.

Big Mama: I do have a splendiferous mystic bubble that you can have. For a price.

Big Mama: We Yokai have existed for thousands of eons

Some things that we kind of know about Big Mama is that she seems to have quite a bit of mystic knowledge as she seems to make use of various mystic items throughout Rise, there is also the possibility that being a Yokai she might also be a few 100 years old.

These qualities seem to be kind of similar to some traits that Kitsune has which make me possibly wonder if some inspiration from Kitsune was possibly drawn when Big Mama’s character was being created.

Leo: I knew we couldn’t trust Spider lady!

Big Mama: I am not one to be outmanoeuvred my turtle boo. Well done.

Another similarity that kind of exists between Big Mama & Kitsune is that they both sort of have a connection to Leo, I have seen a few people call Leo & Big Mama kind of foils of each other as Leo was able to see through her in the episode Bug Busters & outmanoeuvred her in the episode Many Unhappy Returns meanwhile in the IDW comics Leo has a kind of connection to Kitsune due to what she put him through.

People have asked the Rise team about Kitsune before with the reply that they hadn’t given much thought about Karai’s possible mother but I kind of think it might be interesting if Kitsune did possibly influence one of the new characters that Rise introduced.

It might be possible that Big Mama’s character might have possibly drawn a few pieces of inspiration from other iterations of TMNT having been a mystically inclined enemy of the Turtles similar to Kitsune & having been Hamato Yoshi’s past love similar to Tang Shen.

#rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #teenage mutant ninja turtles #big mama #rottmnt #tmnt

171 notes · View notes

idiot-mushroom · 4 months

Text

more action and a continuation coming later :9

prt 7 of the Purple Dragons Project Arc

197 notes · View notes

fabuloustrash05 · 4 days

Text

Some of My TMNT Hot Takes (PART 2) 🔥

Warning: More Opinions

Part 1 Here

I don’t like that in Mutant Mayhem Donnie is not a “science guy” but instead is more of an anime and pop culture geek. I’m not against him being an anime fan (I love anime too) but I wish we saw more of his science and being a tech genius side instead of him just liking stereotypical “nerdy stuff”. If that makes sense.

I don’t like the Punk Frogs (any version).

The 87 crossover episodes in the 2012 series (as much as I did enjoy them & are great episodes) should not have happened. They leave no real impact or development to 2012’s overarching story and just waste time. These episodes could’ve covered more important things that 202 was desperately lacking like like character exploration and character dynamic development. It was just nostalgic fanservice. The arc in S5 specifically would’ve work better as a movie instead of a 3-4 episode arc in the (most likely non canon) final season.

Shinigami being Mikey’s second love interests ruins her character a bit (for me personally). That was a pointless decision that did NOT need to happen. She would’ve been our first recurring female character to not be a love interest, but nope!

People are allowed to like/ship Donnie x April in ROTTMNT (this is coming from someone who’s not crazy about April being shipped with the Turtles).

I ship Yuichi with 2012 Leo more than Rise Leo (still ship Rise Leoichi, but I just think 2012 Leoichi is way more interesting, plus 2012 Leo deserves a good love interest).

The humans in Mutant Mayhem look ugly af (I know that was probably an intentional design choice but still. It looks bad.)

I hate Raph x Casey (any ver). I’ve stated in part one that I don’t like Raph (any version) being in a romantic relationship with human characters and yes, that meant him with Casey. Not only that but Raph and Casey being a couple ruins their whole dynamic and iconic friendship I love so much. I’m all for friends to lovers but they are a line that should not be crossed. Not every friendship needs to turn romantic.

2012 Karai’s hair looks bad.

Fans often over exaggerate Rise Donnie’s character and badly mischaracterize him in fanfics and fan comics to the point it makes him feel like he’s an entirely different character.

Shinigami should have been revealed to be a villain.

Rise Donnie was just as mean to his brother as fans claim 2012 Raph was to his. Yes, they both do love their families and I’m NOT saying either of them are abus!ce (they’re not), but fans praising Rise Donnie for doing similar things fans criticize/hate 2012 Raph for doing just makes them hypocrites.

Venus does NOT need to be in every iteration of TMNT. It gets kind of annoying when fans keep on saying that she should be in all the other iterations when in truth her presence would not make sense based on the already established canon story. The only (recent) version of TMNT where I think her being included would’ve fit the best and deserved to make her comeback in is ROTTMNT.

The side plot of 2012 Karai being mutated and later getting brainwashed by Shredder was a waste of time and the most boring arc in the series.

2012 April, Donnie and Casey being in a poly relationship does not fix anything with their problematic dynamic and massive flaws with one another. I'm not saying you can't ship all three of them together, you do you! Idc But in reality their relationship would be a train wreck, that's why I personally don't ship 2012 Capriltello.

Renet is probably one of the most powerful allies the Turtles have in the 2012 series.

Rise Donnie would NOT hate 2012 April. He’d go crazy over her psychic powers and want to study them to help her explore them more.

From what I've seen so far, Leo x Usagi seems like the only GOOD ship in the 2003 series (this hot take might change tho).

Raph had the best character arc and development in the 2012 series and changed the most out of the four brothers. Next would be Leo. With Mikey and Donnie have little development (or none at all sadly).

42 notes · View notes

flockofcrowsinaturtleshell · 10 months

Text

Why I like Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

(my part of the letter from my last reblog)

Up until about three months ago, I disliked the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I saw the trailer for the Bayverse live-action TMNT and quickly decided I hated it. The live-action designs and the turtles’ attitude towards April felt gross, and I suppose that I, a young teenage girl at the time, felt like I didn’t fit in the target audience.

Flash forward to four months ago. I’m scrolling through my Tumblr feed – looking for Ninjago fanart and completely disregarding the target audience for lego ninja – when I see something under the “For you” tab.

It’s a Rise comic, but I don’ recognize it as TMNT yet. It’s a drawing of a scruffy-looking teenage boy, with long black hair and a hockey stick. He appears to be underground, looking a little lost. He turns, and before him sits a giant robot, deactivated and covered in moss. It’s a turtle, I realize, but I still haven’t realized that it’s a TMNT comic.

Then the boy calls his Uncle Donnie, who’s a turtle in purple. It’s then that I realize; I’ve been tricked. I’m reading a TMNT comic and genuinely enjoying it. I begrudgingly give the comic a like and go on with my day.

Over the next few weeks, I keep seeing more of the comic. To my horror, I’m actually enjoying reading it. One month after discovering the comic, I give in. I go to the first page of the comic and read from the beginning.

It’s the story of a family trying to survive in a world overrun by invaders. Their family is made up of four color-coded turtles who make up the nebulous concept of uncle-dad, their entirely human older sister, and the scruffy-looking teenager they-re all trying to keep alive. This family dynamic is one I quickly grow to love, and the comix earns itself a place in my heart.

And then I watch the Rise movie.

Skip ahead to the present. I just watched the Rise movie two days ago (it had me in tears). As I write this, I’m also trying to figure out a plothole in the seventh chapter of the fanfiction I’m writing. Just yesterday, I finished designing the skeleton of my yokai character (because why not. I love speculative anatomy). I’m still reading the comic, which just updated yesterday. I’m happy with my new interest.

I love Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for the family dynamic. I’ve always been a fan of unconventional families, and I’ve grown a liking for color-coded squads. I enjoy how April is more like a sister than a crush for the boys to fight over. I feel a certain kinship with Donnie, as an autistic-coded middle child who loves to learn. I absolutely adore Raph, the person who’s had to step up to care for their siblings and yet hasn’t quite grown out of the stage of life where he’s just a kid. Mikey is so silly and adorable, and he reminds me of my younger sister; the youngest and somehow the wisest at times. Leo feels just like a character from the first show I ever had such an interest in (Lance from Voltron: Legendary Defender) and I think he’s pretty awesome.

I also enjoy the show’s unique takes on some things. I find it cool how the turtles are all different species. I love how this iteration’s version of Casey Jones is an energetic young woman from a rival clan. I find it interesting how Karai is a loving ancestor instead of an enemy. I love the artstyle of the show, where each turtle’s design is unique (compared to other shows where the only way I can tell them apart is by the color of their mask). I think it’s cool how the backstory is different from some of the other iterations, how the turtles were mutated on purpose and how Splinter used to be a famous actor. I think the yokai are awesome, how they’re like mutants but were there long before. I enjoy finding the little references, like the pictures of other TMNT shows on Donnie’s conspiracy board, or the fact that the source of yokai power is a Kraang.

I have so many questions left unanswered about the show, and I’m sure others do as well. I would love to see the return of Rise. I have no doubt that it would be awesome.

#unpause rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles

– Crow

P.S. The comic I am referring to is by @somerandomdudelmao on Tumblr. I have no words to describe how much the comic means to me. Cass, if you’re reading this, thank you.

#rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #rotmnt #riseofthetmnt #tmnt #rottmnt movie #unpause rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #unpause rottmnt #cass apocalyptic series #save rise of the tmnt

132 notes · View notes

ruija · 1 year

Text

A trip down memory lane - TMNT 2003

So. The 20th anniversary of 2003 Ninja turtles was a little while ago, but I didn’t have time to draw anything for it 👉👈💦 BUT, I wanted to do SOMETHING for it, even a bit late.

For context, TMNT 2003 was my introducion to the franchise. Back when it started airing, I was 9yo and was immediately hooked. I think it’s the series/fandom that has stuck with me the strongest across the years. Even if I’d have long periods, even couple year brakes from it, I always dip back at some point. Usually it’d happen by me suddenly having a dream about the turtles, and then going like “Oh, is it that time again? Guess I’ll go check some fanworks, then.” ANYWAY, I thought it’d be fun to dig up some old art and do some redrawing hehheh. Hopefully yall find these somewhat entertaining, I’ve been equal parts cackling and cringing lmao!

Here we have THE FIRST EVER Leonardo I’ve ever drawn! (Made when I was 9) I’m honestly very charmed and kinda impressed by it. Like, he looks really funky and dynamic! That pose and the way the bandanna tails are flying adds really nice movement and energy to the drawing! It was really fun to use it as a base, because the elements of it were already working well!

Also there’s Splinter I drew around that same time. He also has a lot of funny personality haha! (Sorry Splints for being too lazy to redraw you)

(More art and reminiscing under read more!)

BY THE WAY. I’m FUCKING DEVASTATED that I was not able to find a third drawing I remember from this period. It featured Splinter being drunk while Leo looks on horrified. Why? I don’t know. Little Ruija thought it was really funny I guess. Anyway, here’s an imitation piece for demonstration:

Truly shocking. Bad Parent Splinter AU? (I have a suspicion the original is MIA, because I got too embarrassed by it at some point. But I will not lose hope, maybe it’ll turn up someday🙏)

I think the next time I drew fanart of ninja nurtles was when I was 11-12yo and joined Devianart. The account I used to have doesn’t exist anymore, so I wasn’t able to recover files from that time. My only hope is to come across some originals in my old art folders 💦 💦 I have really fond memories from that time. Was quite active in the Sonic and TMNT fandom.

This was drawn when I was 13, I think. I’m sensing... a bit of a fictional crush there. And- Wait a minute. Is that...? ENHANCE

DONNIE?!

Biblically accurate recreation.

Karai from same time period. It’s probably a lesser known fact, that in several iterations, she’s usually among my fave characters.

Grumpy Raph my beloved! This is from when I was 14. Those thighs are tragically skinny! This obviously had to be rectified.

Somewhere in the 14-15yo range. I think I had already picked up a special fondness for Leo+Mikey dynamic <3

And then... I got kind of a whiplash when this piece jumped out from my folders:

What a weird experience. I guess this particular visual spoke to me even 13 years ago.

Well, here’s another one to the pile.

Last piece has a bit of a timeskip! It’s from 2013 ( I was 18yo) and the original post is actually on this blog!

I’ve actually been wanting to redraw this piece anyway, but with my HC of Donnie being really tall, haha. (I keep squinting at Leo and how he turned out very femme in this... Oh well, he/she’s just rocking some transswag)

--

PHEW! This was fun! Made me feel extremely fond, thinking about how excited my younger selves would be to see these redrawings haha.

Earlier I said I didn’t have any works archived from my old DA account, but surprisingly I had a couple screenshots like this:

Back then (2005-2007 in this case) personal websites were common, including ones dedicated to fandom-content. A Japanese tmnt fan going by Sakan-san also had one called FREAKfreak. (She was also on DA) Her art was gorgeous and I thought she was like the best and coolest tmnt artist ever.

Her webpage had this PAINTchat on it and both Japanese and Western fans would gather there to draw together. Sakan-san would often post the collabs in her gallery afterwards. There were a couple times I was able to join a session with them too, which I was over the moon about! (In the screenshot the bottom right segment was mine lol). It was really cool, that they included a novice artist with extremely broken english amongst them.

Seeing these screenshorts made me remember how much I admired Sakan-san and wanted to draw like her. And then realizing, that now I can✨

--

Another memorable interaction from that time is when I was chatting with some older fans. By the time I got on DA, my country had only dubbed and aired the first two seasons of the 2003 series. I kept seeing fanart of Leo with his shellscar and got curious. I asked the others where he gets it.

They told me he put dynamite on it.

And then said it’s better if I go watch the episodes myself. Fortunately I was able to find and watch rest of the series after that, haha.

--

Maybe that’s enough reminiscing for now! Thanks for the company and all the lovely memories TMNT 2003 <3

I hope you all can also keep creating and having fun within this fandom, for years to come! 💙❤️💜🧡💚

#tmnt #tmnt 2003 #leonardo #michelangelo #master splinter #raphael #donatello #oroku karai #long post #redraw #old art

182 notes · View notes