thoughts & alt version below the cut

This design really made me think about how character designs go through changes overtime depending on the needs of the medium, and since these designs need to be drawn consistently over and over for animation, the details need to be cut down drastically unlike in singular illustrations

I kinda found the gear a bit obnoxious to draw honestly.. just being honest- probably the straps combined with the final plastron design was the most annoying thing >.> Though I can’t deny that it looks cool 👀

Anyway, this was fun! I liked getting to experiment around with replicating the art style! Funnily enough, this is the first time I’ve drawn ankles and knuckles on the turtles, so that was interesting to try out too!

Version without the concept art + original concept art used

Omg, baby Raph looks like baby Bowser 😭💖

Stripes design based on the "Barbarian Alien" (cof cof Raph cof) from Andy Suriano's Lost Company