It's Better If I Post This Now Because I Have A Busy Day Today And Am Going To Forget.

I've been doodling a lot of turtles lately. These are the results.

Just some Rise boys, specifically, the Mutant Mashup boys. I started off with Donnie in like a crouching pose for funsies but thought soon after, "huh, what if I just practice drawing his expressions from the show?" Now look at em.

Some musings below the cut if you wanna read.

Their markings aren't set in stone, I can't decide between diamonds for Raph or something closer to those concept ninpo markings on Twitter for him. Leo is already pretty decked out with markings so not much to add there. Aside from maybe two more stripes that grow up to the corners of his mouth as he ages, or maybe extra stripes on his legs, Leo's pretty much set. Mikey's in the same boat, though I like to add extra spots for flavor. I had a little more fun with Donnie's marks. I liked the thought of him having a mark over his nose, it kinda looks like a bandaid which I enjoy. Plus I gave him some marks on his face that kinda match Leo's y'know, disaster twins and all. I intended to give him a mark on his neck for his "unemotional bad boy image," but I kept forgetting to add it and just decided to scrap it.

Since I shared the Rise kiddos, I'll just add the 2012 boys. Consider it an early reference for their face markings.

These boys I didn't use references for so they are off model quite a bit. The doodles were only meant to show their markings anyway so they'll do for now.

Since these boys are technically quadruplets, I decided to give them matching/mirrored marking placements and all their markings relate to their elemental ninpo. DaVinci's got a cloud on his right cheek which is opposite to Sanzio's, who's got a fire mark on his left cheek. Niccolo's got a splotchy marking on his right eye, completely opposite to Simoni's lightning bolt mark on his left eye. I'm not totally sold on Simon's eye mark and am probably gonna tweak it a bit.

Also, I didn't realize it but Zio and Nico have the same smile. Same with Vin and Simon.

Final note: I do still want to make them look like TMNT 2012 to an extent, so more practice and more references to come.

That should be all, I've got a few doodles that I wanna explain in another post but they gotta wait until I'm more rested. This one was just an explanation.

Stay safe y'all!!

Silly turtle lad. He humbly requests that you drink water rn

Short comic? Because it's never boring whenever Sonic decides to be a little turd.

Poor laddies, they need assistance.

The Amazing Digital Circus finally got to me....

With that said, allow me to introduce you to the circus's very own...

Animal Tamer!!

Abel!

Aka, my own personal take on the speculation surrounding C&A.

There's biblical imagery in TADC if you look for it, especially when it comes to our beloved Ringmaster himself, Caine, who's believed to be named after the first murderer in the bible. That paired with the C&A logo that briefly shows up has led people to believe that Caine had a brother named Abel.

This is just what I think Abel would look like if he does show up in the future or at all. I imagine Abel's an AI, like Caine, but is surprisingly emotionally intelligent and ran the program that allowed humans to leave the circus. (Slight reference to @fannele's version of Able) If we follow the pilot, then something happened to him, but since Caine was described to be a silly guy by @gooseworx themselves, I don't think he had anything to do with it. (If he did it might've been an accident.) The programmers might have potentially removed Abel or accidentally deleted him for some reason, we can't know for sure.

Those are just my thoughts on Abel and whether it's right or wrong, I don't really care. I just like how this guy came out! I'll be honest though, I probably should've chosen a better pose that convey's Abel's personality a bit more. That and he just generally looks like Caine but with a different outfit and a different head. He low-key looks like if Caine wanted a to wear a very slight Sonic themed outfit.

Idk, I guess I just subconsciously wanted Caine and Abel to be twins. (Darn it ninja turtles you have invaded my brain even now!!).

Anyways. That's just my take, hope you like!

Some old doodles from last year's sketchbook! I thought it'd be funny if Niccolo was the epitome of a buff nerd in the Au and genuinely didn't realize his own strength until this moment.

Red is excited at the possibility of a new sparring buddy and Zio just lost a 20 dollar bet.

He would've said something much more vile but Big Red was in the room soooooo-

The promised art I mentioned in the last post, both were surprisingly fun to draw.

Plenty of rambles under the cut, if you wanna read go for it:

I know I gave Roll platinum blonde hair but I honestly think I could've gotten away with giving her regular hair color. I still like Roll as the goat because I see her as more aggressive than Rock, even if that isn't true most of the time. I just wanna give her huge weapons, she deserves it. As a treat y'know?

Regardless, this was a nice fit, Roll has always been associated with warmer colors and Rock with cooler ones, her hair was also just more convenient. The main reason I drew Rock as the Lamb in the first place was because the Lamb had the main character status and is generally considered to be more mild compared to the Goat which I thought suited Rock better. This way does give Roll more rep as the main character tho, and Rock can finally get the chance to be a littol sheet, so huzzah.

If Rock and Roll are in the place of the Goat and the Lamb then they should have some followers too right?

I think the robot masters could fill in the role of the followers, with the first gen robot masters following Rock and the Megaman 9 robot masters following Roll. Time and Oil man are finicky though, since they weren't introduced in the original game, so I'm unsure which one they should follow. It'll probably come down to colors at the end of the day so Timeman follows Rock and Oilman follows Roll, but since both cults work so closely it shouldn't really matter. Aside from those two, the rest of the many robot masters can follow either or some may not even join either cult at all. Prime example being Cossack's line of robots.

This brings up the idea of there being two cults. I haven't played the game so I can't say for sure what the Goat's deal is, but for this au in particular, Rock and Roll are in charge of separate cults that work closely with one another. I'm also making a change and not have Rock and Roll be related in any way. They still treat each other as siblings, but in more of a found family kind of way.

I think at some point in their past, Rock and Roll knew each other and were pretty good friends before both were sent off to be killed. They were killed in separate places but met death at the same time. I wonder if they both have some sort of link because of that or if they somehow just knew the other was alive and sought out to look for them.

If the duo are the playable characters then who should be The One Who Waits?

My first thought was Protoman, he's got the second identity thing going on, but Bass or Zero are also on the table. I'll have to think about that later, maybe draw some doodles.

Random Au headcanon time:

In TMNT 2012, Leo got a voice change due to the Shredder messing up his vocal cords after the Foot ambush. It's spawned a few headcanons that Leo can't speak for long periods of time because his voice would give out on him if he spoke too much or yelled too loud.

I can't remember where but I saw this one post that expanded on that idea with Leo having a love for singing and would often sing his brothers to sleep some nights. When Shredder damaged Leo's throat, he was devastated because he couldn't sing as well as he used too. His brothers on the other hand, loved his singing voice because it reminds them that Leo's still here and safe.

I want to add this headcanon to the Mutant Mashup Au. DaVinci would probably sing along with Niccolo when he did his funny voices. Vin might have gotten into singing once Nico showed him where he learned the countries of the world song.

I imagine that sometime after the Kraang Invasion, once everything settles down, the boys notice DaVinci is a lot quieter than he normally is. Once it finally clicks that Vin can't talk at the moment, Orange goes to Draxum for help. By this point Draxum is a reformed lad that casually accepts he's been forcibly adopted and goes to help DaVinci.

Whether through some sort of mystic healing spell (similar to 2012's Healing Hands technique) or actual surgery, DaVinci is able to speak again without much pain. There are times when his throat flares up but those moments only come after prolonged use of his voice. DaVinci is a pretty quiet kid when compared to his family so that thankfully doesn't happen much.

Just a little thing, DaVinci probably felt proud of his voice and must've felt so insecure about singing after his throat got better. To the point where the rest of the boys, even April, May and Casey, got worried he stopped singing altogether. Blue especially worried because he hates when anyone in his family is hurting, that's part of why he's the medic. It takes a while but the family eventually convince DaVinci that they'll love whatever his new voice sounds like no matter what.

Ah yes, posing dramatically whilst staring into the sunset.

Random post, because I've been following her comic progression on Tumblr for a while, but does anyone else think that @zoe-oneesama is doing god's work?

I mean if you haven't read her comic, go check it out, it's really good and has more stable writing than the show itself. You don't even have to take my word for it, several people have written full fledged essays praising this comic and Zoe herself for understanding the characters and utilizing them way better than the show ever did. In fact, @nobodyfamousposts has written not one, but two amazing essays that covers the differences between SL Lila and Canon Lila and what Zoe differently. That's not even mentioning their essay on SL Desparada.

I'm kind of amazed really and am looking forward to what Zoe will post in the future, Miraculous related or not.

I think my Abel would try to talk it out if he can. Though if he figures out that your Able had tortured the main cast, all bets are off. My version of Abel does feel conflicted about your Caine and would understand why your Able is lashing out like this, but he doesn't like that the humans are the ones that ultimately suffer for it.

Just as a side note, my version of Caine adores his little brother Abel so if he figures out what your Caine did then it's Chihuahua fight time.

The Amazing Digital Circus finally got to me....

With that said, allow me to introduce you to the circus's very own...

Animal Tamer!!

Abel!

Aka, my own personal take on the speculation surrounding C&A.

There's biblical imagery in TADC if you look for it, especially when it comes to our beloved Ringmaster himself, Caine, who's believed to be named after the first murderer in the bible. That paired with the C&A logo that briefly shows up has led people to believe that Caine had a brother named Abel.

This is just what I think Abel would look like if he does show up in the future or at all. I imagine Abel's an AI, like Caine, but is surprisingly emotionally intelligent and ran the program that allowed humans to leave the circus. (Slight reference to @fannele's version of Able) If we follow the pilot, then something happened to him, but since Caine was described to be a silly guy by @gooseworx themselves, I don't think he had anything to do with it. (If he did it might've been an accident.) The programmers might have potentially removed Abel or accidentally deleted him for some reason, we can't know for sure.

Those are just my thoughts on Abel and whether it's right or wrong, I don't really care. I just like how this guy came out! I'll be honest though, I probably should've chosen a better pose that convey's Abel's personality a bit more. That and he just generally looks like Caine but with a different outfit and a different head. He low-key looks like if Caine wanted a to wear a very slight Sonic themed outfit.

Idk, I guess I just subconsciously wanted Caine and Abel to be twins. (Darn it ninja turtles you have invaded my brain even now!!).

Anyways. That's just my take, hope you like!