#i made the 87 turtles yellow belly sliders because i could

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I honestly had no idea that the TMayNT thing, was actually a thing. And I totally forgot that MerMay existed (even though I do it like every year-)

So I compromised and drew some turtles playing in the water :D

#penpen draws stuff #tmnt crossover au #tmnt 1987 #tmnt 87 but i added some ✨flavor✨ #87 leonardo #87 michelangelo #87 raphael #87 donatello #i made the 87 turtles yellow belly sliders because i could #it’s just a running headcanon for that version for me #they are so precious #they are my sillies

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I love the 87 version of the turtles but I draw them a lot compared to the 03 and 12 series. Granted, I watched the 87 series as a kid and got back into the TMNT fandom again through Rise. But I want to draw the others to gosh darn it. (Give me ideas if you want btw)

Also: wanted to experiment with 80s/90s fashion for these guys so here’s another version of this.

(Extra versions, sketches, and reference photos under cut)

And the clothing reference I found on google:

#penpen draws stuff #tmnt crossover au #tmnt 87 #they are siblings your honor #tmnt 87 but i added some ✨flavor✨ #i made the 87 turtles yellow belly sliders because i could #87 leonardo #87 michelangelo #87 raphael #87 donatello

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Slider solidarity

#penpen draws stuff #tmnt crossover au #rottmnt leo #tmnt 1987 #I made the 87 turtles yellow-belly sliders because I could

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They think they are so cool (they are. They very much are.)

[Versions: 87, 03, 12, 18/Rise (all post-show/movie end)]

Alt version and info-dumping:

If you notice that they look different (Rise!Leo’s arm, 12!Leo’s scars, 87!Leo’s patterns, etc) that’s because those are my post-movie/show designs for them :p

For the 87 turtles, I made them into Yellow-belly sliders bc I could. (03 turtles are Diamond-back Terrapins, 12 turtles are box turtles)

Also from now on I’m going to use different nicknames for them all so you know which version I’m talking about. [87-Lee/El : 03-Leo : 12-Leah/Nora : 18-Leon/Blue]

#penpen draws stuff #tmnt crossover au #tmnt 1987 #tmnt 03 #tmnt 2012 #post movie rottmnt #tmnt leonardo #rise leo