Donnie hates grape flavored things. Not grapes themselves but anything that taste like it.

*disintegrates*

here's ov lita guyz! evil clone baby 🤲🏾

close ups under the cut

Does 04 Leo know what his brothers look like? or like have they ever done the thing where the blind person (Leo) will touch the other persons face to feel how they look like?

I posted this a little bit ago as a sort of explanation, and yeah he does like to map out his brothers faces to get an idea on what they look like

In his head, it’s a little like this

Apocalypse Future Donnie Concepts

I wasn't actually planning on posting these until I had a definitive final design to share alongside them, but- It's probably going to be a while before that happens and I feel bad for how inactive this blog has been lately. I've been working on stuff, but only in-between projects, and none of it is really ready to post. So, here's a little something to prove that I am still alive. ❤

Donnie's design is so hard to update. It's just...so good in its simplicity??? Every element feels necessary to his character - so figuring out what to keep, what to get rid of, and what to change slightly is a definite challenge. It's even harder when we're given so little (canonical) information about what role he played in the Resistance and what effects the Krang Apocalypse may have had on him...including how long ago he was killed in relation to the movie. Or how he was killed, for that matter.

So, I'm playing around with some potential ideas and trying to get something that feels right - feels like Donnie, but if he had to adapt to the apocalypse (while also trying to stick to the show's simplistic, shape-heavy style, so nothing too terribly detailed or complex.) I'll share a few of these ideas below, for anyone who's interested.

(Also, yes - I know the spot-goatee is in no way an original concept, but I have a deep affection for it and had to include it in my design.)

One of the concepts I'm considering is giving Donnie a prosthetic leg, something to sort of parallel Leo with his Robo-Raph arm. But in Donnie's case, he probably lost his leg long before Raph was killed or maybe even before he built the robots of his family (maybe this serves as the inspiration or catalyst for the idea.) My working theory is that he was attempting to detonate a mine field full of some Krang dogs and something went wrong which caused him to get caught up in the resulting blast. He was lucky enough to keep his life, but lost his leg and probably some of his hearing in the process. Naturally, because it's Donnie (and because they're living through an apocalypse), the leg will be more than just a prosthetic limb - it'll have some kind of weaponry or technological capabilities built into it. Just haven't decided what that's going to be yet, lol.

I'm also toying with the idea of him creating some kind of "Ninpo Protection Device" - something to act as a defense mechanism against the Krang's mystic-cancelling (or, more accurately, locking) abilities. He's testing it on himself before green-lighting it to be used on his brothers (which, obviously, never happens.) The problem is I can't decide how to visibly convey this idea, I was thinking something along the lines of one of those medical aid devices that become permanent attachments to the user's body. But most of the visible parts of his body are covered in natural armor, save for his limbs and head. So figuring out the best placement for a thing like that has been a little challenging.

I was considering giving him a mechanical hand along with/in place of the robotic leg, as well. Reason being - he works primarily with his hands and almost never wears practical protection gear (another thing I tried to partially remedy with the addition of the gloves), so if any part of him is going to be lost, his hands would be the logical first choice. I also think there's a poetic element to the guy who relies on his tech becoming more and more "mechanical" himself (but only in the physical sense). It would also imply that there was a time when he couldn't work as efficiently on his own as he normally is able to, due to having one less hand, so there was likely an adjustment period wherein he had to lean into his mystic abilities (and the aid of others around him) far more than he's used to doing. A little background character development for him, because I love that kind of stuff.

These are about all of the definitive concepts I have for him at the moment, but obviously, I'm nowhere near having a finished design just yet. So, all of these could potentially be scrapped or tweaked in the final version.

If you read this far - kudos! And thanks for your interest! :>

I was gushing to my friend today about the little pocket of tmnt fandom I've found myself in here. Because omg! I kind of have community here. I feel like i have friends!! I love seeing them on my dashboard!!!!!!! they make me really happy!

unfortunately I have foot in mouth syndrome and ended up shakily explaining just how deep we're all in it

2k3 sainw don 🤝 2k12 donbot 🤝 last ronin

mikey 🤝 future rise leo

all experiencing the fucked up timeline and

having to be Fine about it

do you have a fave fandom list that you love drawing and post art of? I saw some movie and book art which I loved though <3

Like fandoms I post art of consistently? I tend to fandom hop a lot (part of why I'm rly thankful to ppl who stick around!) but there's a couple I come back to all the time! And this might be helpful info if someone is deciding whether to care abt my account or not lol. If I had to list them...

Major Fandoms which I will probably always draw: Pokemon, Digimon, Homestuck, Metal Gear, Marvel & DC Comics are probably the big ones.

Minor recurrences: Tales of series, My Hero Academia, Naruto, Lord of the Rings/Tolkien, Kingdom Hearts, MP100/One Punch Man, Splatoon, Oofuri, I didn't think I'd ever go back to drawing IT (Stephen King) or Persona but it did happen so. Much is possible.

2k3 Shredder and why he fucking terrifies me 💀

I’m having some intense ass 2k3 tmnt brain rot rn, and I need to talk about this Shredder. This bitch is horrifying. Note that I am only about half way through s3, and this is my first time ever watching the show in full, so there is a lot I haven’t seen yet. All of my knowledge and opinions are based off of the first 3 seasons.

Onto the why!

First of all, this mf has been an intergalactic war criminal for hundreds of years. Based on all the shit we see going on across this universe, you gotta have done something pretty damn horrific to become a war criminal. Like this lil’ freak can easily be considered a terrorist. Even if we disregard that, he’s still the leader of a gang that borders on being a cult.

He has killed so many people? Using people as a broader term for any intelligent, sentient life forms- so humans, Utrom, etc. We don’t have a kill count or anything, but he’s probably directly killed over 100, and indirectly killed thousands more. Thousands may seem like an unrealistically high estimate, but when you really think about it, it’s not. Saying he’s indirectly responsible for 1000 deaths is a generous underestimation. Think about it, all the people his Foot Clan goons have killed, all the gang wars and violence he has incited, all the buildings he had destroyed, livelihoods of innocent people he completely demolished, and everyone who died for him. Not to mention how any and every person who died in the Triceraton/Federation invasion of earth only died because of a millennia long chain reaction resulting from this evil little flesh sack stranding the Utrom on Earth.

Even without all the actual deaths he caused, the things he is shown to be willing to do to others are nightmare fuel. He has no morals whatsoever, no compassion for any living thing other than himself; there is no line he is not willing to cross. He brutally killed Hamato Yoshi, he was willing to leave the turtles & co. locked in a fridge, in a burning building, with a gas leak, and a bomb ready to go off. He inflicts life altering injuries on his “employees” to punish them for not accomplishing his impossible goals. He regularly threatens death on those he views as lesser, and is perfectly content to go through with it.

A perfect example of his sadism is Baxter Stockman. Stockman was just your average corrupt, greedy tech CEO. Shreddy-boy saw the chance to exploit that, recruiting Stockman to be his robotics guy. Every time Stockman failed to do what Shredder demanded of him, he lost a part of his body. He was dismembered and tortured and taken apart like a fucking LEGO set. I mean, he got so mutilated he was literally nothing but a brain, a spinal chord, and an eyeball in a tank. Shredder destroyed every part of Stockman that wasn’t useful to him, which was everything but a genius brain. With all of his body gone, Stockman didn’t have the choice to leave the Foot, he physically couldn’t leave the Foot because he would die. If he ever dared to stop serving the Shredder, he would inevitably die, whether the Shredder ordered it or not.

Which segues into my next point, his manipulation. The way this ugly ass quishy tissue blob manipulates everyone around him is sickening. The way he treats Karai, someone who sees him as her father, is nothing other than abusive. He lies so easily. He almost convinced Leonardo to join him by pretending to be some benevolent ninjutsu master. He views every life other than his own as expendable, and he sees himself as a being above death, a god above God.

Which brings me to my final point. THIS MF JUST WILL NOT DIE. Every single time the turtles seem to have defeated him, every time it seems like he’s finally dead, THIS BITCH JUST COMES BACK. The mental anguish and paranoia that would cause anybody once it happens over and over again is enough to land you in a psych ward for eternity. And it seems like every time he returns he returns more powerful, more evil, and less human than ever before.

So yeah. 2k3 Shredder fucking petrifies me and I am not at all ashamed to admit that. It’s a pretty reasonable fear imo.

i also think the take that leo’s post-movie character shift long term is to distance himself and ~hold himself separate~ from his brothers and treat them a little differently and train all the time etc simply Doesn’t Track btw

doing it as a major initial overcorrection bc of guilt and having to be like intervened with, i can see happening, and overall getting better at buckling down/communicating w his team for sure yeah

but like the idea that that is a change he makes to himself forever going forward (especially if it means his brothers/april not clocking it and calling him out on that nonsense, especially especially if it involves splinter noticing it and ENCOURAGING HIM to keep holding himself apart like that’s so not rise splinter at all) just does not feel right

for me it undermines the core statements that the series and movie are going for: you are not alone, we do it together, he hasn’t seen what we can do when we work together, this isn’t about you (i think this one in particular bc what is withdrawing from your loved ones and holding yourself in a different category bc Must Be Leaderly if not making things about yourself just in a different way to how you were doing it before?)

cover art for my april o'neil centric fic big sister, which is an angsty rise april fic for anyone who has a mighty need for those

Donatello has to have some form of large muscle like dude carrying and/or using heavy machinery is gonna do something do.

And like I’m not talking JACKED but like stronger than normal idk man I might be looking too far into things :}

It's a bit of an unproductive writing day for me so have a small (probably controversial) headcanon instead:

I don't think Donnie actually needs glasses (how would a mutant turtle get a prescription anyway). Donnie only started wearing them when he saw other "smart" people wear glasses like that on TV and began wearing some himself. He saw a bit of himself in some of these characters and ended up mimicking them and their behavior for a short time. After a while though, the glasses became a bit of a comfort and security item for him as a kid, which is why he kept them around for so long. Donnie later built the goggles as a proxy to them when he decided he needed something with a bit more high-tech and functional.

Bruh no way did I forget to upload a comic from a couple days ago...

Anyways.

Mue's just a very ambiguous character sometimes:

Mue doesn't care. They're just a silly lil' guy

nice, nice by temptationstairway

"Fuck! Just one goddamn day–"

"Mhm–"

"Can't even get a fucking bag of chips–"

Mikey lifts up a hand and grabs her leg to get her attention. "I think we need the first aid kit."

Casey looks down, blood running along her chin and onto her shirt. "What makes you say that?"

Messy 1AM sketch of my faves cuz I love them and also the fic is very cute and DAMN IT I wish we'd gotten more of their dynamic...

I’m bringing this up again because one rant post was not enough. What the fuck is the RISE fandom’s deal with belittling 2012 Donnie in every crossover post. You guys know that there’s more to him than the whole April crush thing, right?

The guy has interests, fears, insecurities (arguably the EXACT same ones 2018 has, yknow, the lack of parental praise and being the weakest of his brothers). Yeah I know that the 2012 writers focused on the romance drama the most, but there’s so much else to him that ranges from subtext to in-your-face-text. It really pisses me off that people just boil him down to the April obsession and NOTHING else. I never see this done with any other character. Not even Leo gets slandered this bad, and he has an incest plotline.

I just can’t stand this fandom sometimes. Stop whittling down characters to fit your superiority complex. It’s a bad look for you.

tmntov raph is a transgirl btw, just saying this here cuz i haven't updated the intro post yet but i promise i will!!