#drawing stuff

[keeskiwi]

Found a jerusalem cricket in my yard a few weeks ago and I have not been able to stop thinking about it. Have some sketchies.

[cheldessin]

Blanket fort study!!

We're too big for this aren't we?

[1ststarmageddon]

DE item studies + 2 unaffiliated dice

[nyolix]

[glistensoftheday]

day 9!

today is a collab w @whmee!! ^^ this was very fun to do and their art style is really cools!!

[comas-are-for-sleeping]

The false angel and the changling

reference images and an extra under the cut ;)

the wing was so fucking hard i made this and it actually helped so much lmao. but i couldnt just let it rot in procreate </3

(and yeah i changed the orientation of the second one a little. i really wanted oliver to be in the center of the shot)

[raspbearryart]

You’re not gonna surpass Rad Weekend with that negativity

[indieyuugure]

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 drop 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

[crash2262]

Lycrois of Imbalance's Sakuya cameo design.

[keeskiwi]

Cuckootober Day 12 - Lesser roadrunner (Geococcyx velox)

What if we chibi-fied the American southwest's Greater roadrunner? And made it so so cute with big ole eyes and it was so cute and I loved it?

[okaydrawboy]

we're so back

[ayverx]

Screenshot Redraw of LMK season 5

Mine:

Original screenshot:

I know I drew the thing by his hand different but its pnly because I couldn't really make out its design from the screenshot.

[nyolix]

[lightmare000]

What type of brush do you use for inking / would you ever post Timelapse of inking process? Idk your line work feeds a certain part of my brain that has been starved for thousands of years apparently

Firstly thank you for your compliment…😭💘 how u describe it is so flattering I could cry… And yes I do enjoy the inking process a lot, not sure if I would have timelapse for it cuz I seldom record…but I'll remember to post here if I ever do one. For the inking brushes…I have a (maybe bad) habit that I often download new ones to try/test out ,so sometimes I just casually change to different ones…However I still list some of the brushes I've used for recently. They're all good brushes and I feel thankful for all of their creators🥰💕Hope u enjoy it as well!!! (**CSP brushees)

[lushi-sushi]

⋆˙⟡HEISEI RETRO MOODBOARD⋆˙⟡

I started to really like this aesthetic, it makes me so happy when I look at it so I made a moodboard of it. I might make a stimboard too! <3