Smol-bean-boi13 - You Cannot Escape The TMNT

What program do you use for your art? I’m using Procreate on an iPad but I’m not sure I’m liking it? It seems like all my drawings come out sort of pixeley.

I use procreate as well! Okay, so I might do things a little bit crazy, but hey it works for me lol.

My trick is that I draw on a huuuge canvas. Like no less than 2000x2000 pixels . I don’t wanna say resolution isn’t important, but to be honest, unless you are printing your works out, you can put it at any number, it doesn’t have to be at 300. This way if you have a big canvas, and lower resolution you can keep your layer count higher.

Just a few examples. This canvas on the right was something like 9000x12000, but I have multiple works on the canvas, and I’ll export as a png and crop it. For my comics, I’ll do the same idea just on a longer, narrower canvas.

The one last thing that might be causing pixelation—your transform tool may be blurring your art if you use it to make a lot of adjustments. I have mine set to bicubic, cause I’ve heard it’s the best option, but I still try to resize stuff as little as possible. All in all, a big canvas should help that be less noticeable.

the overwhelming urge to find a creek with some nice rocks and lay facedown in the water on the rocks in the forest with no thoughts in my brain and then- oh shoot my breaths i cant breath oh no, i've fucked up in a completely avoidable way

Huh, nice design Ari 👍

And you actually hit the bullseye with Akio being Transmasc so good job! Also with the anxiety X) I didn't know if it was obvious with his nervous yet kind demeanor 🤷

I also feel like Akio might be Demi (like me XP), idk but it feels like it would take a lot fr him to see someone romantically.

And please, call me smol (⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧

Doodle cuz I felt like it lol

@smol-bean-boi13 here they are!!!

I'm accually really proud of my self because i've never drew a full body turtle mutant before

So here they are I've already come up with some angst/a backstory (kinda?) for him and I don't know if I want to make him Trans Man or what so guess what @smol-bean-boi13 can disiced his Akio born a man or is he trans????

*BACKSTORY*

After he was mutated he was abandoned by the person who helped him escape he stayed in the alleyways so he could keep himself hidden one day he Cherry but he didn't know who it was but he became curious about this red mutant thing but him also having anxiety he stayed hidden but when he did see her she would always look where he was he would hid quickly and run away until one day Cherry finally decided to follow the eyes that were watching her. Akio was trapped and couldn't get away Cherry assured him that it would be ok and then had him introduced to the other Turtles and know he's apart of them as well and when he joined Cherry and Akio became BFFs almost instantly him and Leo now are the number one mutants that care for Cherry because Cherry and Leo do become a couple and Akio and Cherry are BFFs...

Well anyway hope you like him and smol-bean-boi you better tell me!

(Fun fact about Cherry because why not, Cherry's pan well at least I think I'm going to make her be🙂)

Happy 21st of September!