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Favorite turtle duo?

Any of the duos with Donnie in them, lmao.

Like pb&j, brains and brawn, disaster twins...

Those are all my favorites. I honestly don't know how to pick my absolute favorite.

Maybe... pb&j.........or.........disaster twins....

I dont wanna choose.

#asks #yapping

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#this comic is literally killing me slowly #hey kinda like...

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Me this week:

#lesbian visibility week

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leos from my iterations hanging out and having a fun chat!!

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I be painfully struggling to get through comics and then once I finish one I'm like:

#yapping

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For context:

This is for my Villian Mikey AU! I know I never post about it lol.

After opening the portal to save Leo, Mikey's powers start freaking out whenever he gets really emotional. He tries to deal with it on his own for a while, but eventually, he caves and asks Draxum for help.

I tried to explain a little bit about how mystic powers work for this au in the comic cuz it'll be important later. (if I ever get to "later" lol)

Also, in the au, Splinter died during the invasion, so Draxum kind of has to step up a bit more as a father figure here. Mikey and Draxum got closer between the end of s2 and the movie but Draxum is still not that great at being affectionate.

Lmk what y'all think I'm trying my best with this. 😅

#rottmnt #rottmnt fanart #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #teenage mutant ninja turtles #rise of the tmnt #tmnt 2018 #tmnt #fanart #villian mikey au #michel #michelangelo hamato #rise #baron #baron draxum #rottmnt comic #hank's art #hank's comics

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Here we go

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Do you have a recommendation when designing a black character? Or tips, or maybe pages you visit for references?

Suck at explaining stuff but I’ll try

‼️ Ethnic Features ‼️

So, the art world is in a very weird place when it comes to ethnic features. The conversation was about how using POC ethnic features as an insult in media was damaging and needed to stop, and that somehow morphed into people being scared about drawing people with those features.

Black people have big ears, big noses, and big lips. That's not the problem. The problem was that media was using it to make us look like giant ape, monkey, monster creatures. It's okay to give them these defining features.

Also, remember that brown people have lighter pigment under their feet, hands, and bottom lips. 🌸 (didn’t really know where to put this but drawing mix people is basically a spin the wheel we come in all different shapes and sizes and features. There’s really no wrong way to draw a mixed POC.)

‼️ It's Just My Style ‼️

I'm so goddamn tired of hearing this goddamn excuse. A style does not mean you can't properly represent POC. I would even go on to say that if your style is stunting you so grossly that you can't draw a proper black person, you have a bad art style. Sorry—not really.

Media has shown us that style does not stop representation. The only thing stopping that is your ignorance and refusal to improve. Great examples of ranging styles still being able to represent different POC are "Adventure Time," "Disney's Soul," "Proud Family," "Afro Samurai," etc. I'm just saying this because I've seen this excuse be more prevalent in the art world, and it's just better to nip that in the bud.

‼️ Whitewashing + I Don't Know How to Use the Color Brown ‼️

I've seen people make the excuse that the skin color is lighter because they use a pastel style, but they never bring up the fact that the only color in the art that's lighter is the skin tone. 💀

Also, the whole thing about people saying they don't know how to shade and color brown palettes is just completely bullshit. I would even say that trying to shade pale colors is harder than shading darker colors. Additionally, there are multiple artists and tutorials showing you exactly how it's done. You have no excuses other than you just don't want to.

YouTuber Sinix has a great video on painting skin tones!

‼️ Black Hairstyles ‼️

I love dreads. Dreads are a very pretty hairstyle. However, we have more hairstyles other than dreads. If you're going to draw black characters, I would encourage you to branch out and explore beyond dread heads. There are so many unique black hairstyles out there. We need to move on from just focusing on dreads.

YouTuber Ari has two wonderful videos on black hairstyles in video games. I would recommend checking them out.

‼️ References ‼️

I love referencing old black media such as "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "The Proud Family," and "Little Bill" (before all the Bill Cosby stuff came out). I also appreciate how "House of the Dragon" implemented black people into the lore. Other references include "BOTW/TOTK Rottmnt," etc.

Some artists I reference all the time are Mohammed Agbadi, who doesn't do many art tutorials anymore but often discusses black characters in media, and his art is still amazing. Ethan Becker has a very interesting video on the racist triangle that I recommend checking out.

On Instagram, I love the art of Jojo.Dreamie, Chibichanga12 (holy shit, love their art), Bruniosktch, and Caw.Chan. I also just reference my family a lot. 💀

This is a lot of rambling, but what I’m gonna say is don’t stunt yourself by tricking yourself into believing that your art can’t include POC 🌸🌸‼️💌💖💌💌🎀💕💘‼️🧁

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I know taking my adhd medicine this late in the day is a bad idea but istg the thought of doing any work makes me wanna bash my head into a wall, and my impulse control is waning by the second. 😃

#yapping #adhd #worst part is that it might not even help 😔

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Ohohohoho what’s this???

Another comic where two people just yap at each other??? :0

#wip #it’s all I know how to make 🥲 #rottmnt

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bring back tumblr ask culture let me. bother you with questions and statements

#i get nervous so i might not always answer #but i like reading them

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some meme redraws while im trying to survive ✌

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some stuff

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#rottmnt #rottmnt fanart #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #fanart #teenage mutant ninja turtles #tmnt 2018 #rise of the tmnt #tmnt #digital art #leonardo hamato #leo rottmnt #rottmnt future leo #tw blood #i love this song #hank's art

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I wanna post WIPs but I always feel like I’m gonna ruin the surprise 😔

#yapping

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I can't believe I've been drawing turtles for a year

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