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I made some cool stuff, like my boy, who got fucked up 😔, and there's a moth, and the Vessel, Mr. Skull.

A picture where it's in a darker environment, which looks much better in my opinion.

Me and my cousin finally finished this, after like, six months, and we finished it because we were a bit inebriated, the two moths on the left were a result of that, I'm sure.

Haven't been particularly proud of my art in a while but THIS ONE I am happy with. New obsessions bring it out of you, I guess.

i collect images with powerful ot3/third wheel energies so you don’t have to. i am releasing them to you, the public, so you may share in my bounty

Your comic series is the first Rottmnt comic Iv ever read! It was an amazing first impression to the Rottmnt fandom! Could you teach me how to draw the turtle boys ( rise turtles)?

Also love the new update!

Aw! I’m so glad my comic made on good impression on you! ^v^

Of course! I’d love to help you!

So first thing’s first, here’s the boys the best I can draw them. The most important thing when learning to draw new characters is identifying what makes them look like them. We’ll start with the faces since that’s, in most cases, the point of focus.

Leo’s face is a pretty tall and vaguely pentagonal. His face is also very angular, the corners of his cheeks and top of his head are very sharp. Leo has the traditional style mask with tails that crap down to about his waist.

Donnie has that smart boi forehead and majestic eyebrows. His forehead often has a soft curve to it while, similarly to Leo, his cheeks and jaw use sharp angles. Remember too that the top of his head is flat, there’s no curve. His mask is that newer pirate style that wraps over the top of his head, with the tails looking like curvy squares.

Mikey’s face is a combination of a rounded square and a circle. The top of his head, while much rounder than Donnie’s, is somewhat square. The bottom of his face is a curve. Sometimes I draw the curve in line segments, but it’s not a requirement and won’t impact the way he looks. In general though, Mikey has a very circular face. His mask is the traditional TMNT style with the rounded bouncing tails on the back.

Raph is arguably the hardest to get right for some odd reason. Really though Raph’s face is just a shorter version of Leo’s face with slightly more exaggerated angles. His face is like a fat pentagon. Also tip: Raph’s eyes are always just a little smaller then you think they’re going to be. Trace some scenes from the ROTTMNT movie, you’ll see what I mean. Raph’s mask is the same style as Donnie’s where it covers the whole top of his head. There’s a small nick on the edge above his right cheek and the tails are tattered.

Okay, next are their markings! They play a lot in how easily identifiable they are.

I figured these diagrams should help as a little map as to what spots go where.

Alright, now we’ll look at their shells. There are many amazing diagrams and explanations for drawing their shells on Pinterest I’ve found, but I’ll sum it up here as best I can.

Leo’s shell is very sleek in design making his is profile look the thinnest of his brothers. Many people describe his general body shape as being an inverted triangle.

Donnie’s shell is very straight with hardly any curves. I didn’t include his battle shell in this since that qualifies as “gear” in my opinion, so you get to see what Donnie’s shell looks like! You’ll notice that the sides of his shell are very wide, which I’m guessing is because the curve of his carapace is so shallow.

Mikey’s shell is very similar to Leo’s but is a lot thicker and boxier(haha get it? Cause he’s like, a Box Turtle? :D I’m so lame…). He’s also much rounder and the distance between his plastron and carapace is pretty big.

Raph’s shell is probably the most complex of the boys because of all the spikes. Good things to keep in mind are that the spikes on the top of his plastron angle out, and spikes on his carapace flow up. In general think of Raph as a pentagon, he’s got big broad shoulders and arms and almost comically short legs. (And yes, I’m aware that I didn’t include the side of his shell here, it was too big to fit on the diagram. But just to give you an idea of where it should be, around the “w” in “flow” is where it should connect to his carapace.

Okay! So now that we’ve covered what the boys look like, let’s apply it to their bodies!

Here’s a quick sketch of Leo. “Oh, but Indie” I hear people say, “I can only draw basic shapes and stick figures!” Well to that I say good because that’s what I’m doing too!

For drawing action, it’s crucial to capture the energy of the character. And in a style like Rise’s energy is an iconic trait. So I’ve re-invented this “shape method” to actually be useful. The number one thing is that these shapes are loose guides as to the positioning of the body. Don’t think of these shapes as “well chests are like cubes and arms are like rectangles.” These shapes are place holders. I could replace those circles with stars and it wouldn’t change anything. I just use circles because they’re faster to scribble and stand out against the hard angles of everything else.

Here’s a picture of the shapes overlayed on the image, as you see, these shapes are guides to help comprehend a complex angle in 3D space. Sadly I don’t have much I can assist with on proportions, since I learned purely by studying total uncreepily real life people and myself (I swear I’m posing in the mirror for purely educational reasons! Okay!?).

But anyway, for this kind of thing, practice is the only remedy. Just draw action pose after action pose. Trace scenes from ROTTMNT and the movie to teach your eye to see what things should look like and to train your brain to recognize patterns of shapes and angles.

I hope you found this at all helpful. I’m not really sure how great of a teacher I am but people keep asking questions like these so I guess I’m okay. Glad you liked ROTP so much and I’m glad it made such a good impression on you! ^v^

Good question! :]

And of course if you have more questions, feel free to ask. Here are some previous asks about drawing I’ve gotten that you might also find interesting:

Tricks for Drawing Extra Expressive Faces

More Tricks for Drawing Expressions

Tips and Tricks to Drawing Non-Graphic Wounds

Basic Guide and Tips for Drawing the 2012 and Rise Turtles

How to Draw 2012 Raph’s Fire Ninpo

Nailing The 2012 TMNT Style in 2D

Important Concepts in Drawing Female Characters

drew some of my ocs as homestuck trolls............... ermmmmmmmmmmmm

Made this a while ago and forgot to post it

Really proud on how it turned out

I made some art!

Pretty Proud of it too

I will try to make some more fanart tho since it seems more people like it.

Don't know what it will be but guess I'll find out.

It's My Birthday Today!

So I Made A Small Animation

Pretty proud of it too

Anyways I hope whoever sees this has a good day

The Mettaton drawing from earlier but with color!

Look at Him! He's so Fricken Beautiful!

I really love how he's turning out so far and will be adding the finshing details later so expect the finished product soon

Also im going to try drawing more simple things like mini comics or something so that I can post here more often

Who knows though

"\(=v=)/"

Walking home and decided

FUCK IT WE FINNA POST SOME WIPS (that might/might not get finished :P)

So some of these are pretty old but I'm going to try and at least get some of them finished but the're are ones that are pretty much close to done so expect to see that soon (maybe today or tomorrow)

Also I know not a lot of people see my art but and I know the fanart stuff tends to do better but I like doing my own thing so I'll keep doing that.(sorry for the ramble)

Anyways HOLY FUCK ITS FUCKING HOT OUT HERE

FINALLY FINISHED SOME ART

One of my wips from my post other day. It was pretty much already done besides the hands which I struggled a lot with, but otherwise I really likehow it turned out =v=

NEW DRAWING ON A LATE NIGHT

Really like how he turned out. I've drawn him a couple times and I'm still trying to figure out his style I guess so you might see more of him in the future maybe?

Anyways hope you like >v<

Also might add some color later idk not sure tho

ART BUT WITH COLOR

Idk if I would consider this finished but definitely like how its coming along .^.

I Made Goofy Horse Sticker

He's so cute and derpy and I love it. ( ´ ▽ ` )

Also look forward to more art soon both finished art and silly doodles and sketches I make.

Made this last week and forgot to post it. I wanted to make a sticker concept and came up with this fella.

FINALLY SOME FINISHED ART!

Really love how it turned out too!

Shit forgot to post this because I've been busy with school stuff but yeah I made some finished art and honestly love how it turned out. I have some other stuff that I'm going to post when I have the time. So look forward to that I suppose.

^v^/

Oops forgot to be more active

Anyways DRAWING

Hope u like :)

This was I 20 min sketch I did earlier today and recorded (which also made this harder to draw :P) and might post a speed up version when I get the chance.

Also I'll be posting old sketches during this week btw so look out for dat :P

DOLL SKETCHES

Made some doll concepts as I have some fabric. I don't know if I will actually make any of them but hey I can dream

MORE SKETCHES

These little guys are so cute!!! (>∀<)

Also I made these sketches as a draft for a mini comic idea I had. I might make it, but idk. (￣з￣)

Oc Wip Art!

Hope to post the line Art soon!

>v<