#flutterleo au

[cimmerian1275]

Titled "My Heart Belongs To Flight"

For @devildewdrop and their flutter!leo au <3 as soon as i saw the first post w his design i immediately wanted to draw him >:D ive missed drawing things in a flying scene (unlike dragons, turtles dont usually fly XD)

Whole thing has taken me almost 19 hours, woh 👀

Obligatory closeup :D

Experimented with lighting again! I dont have a set way of doing it and i can never remember my process 💀 i just cycle through all the filters until something looks nice, but i think im getting the hang of a style i like now.

[devildewdrop]

Quick science question for you. Since Leo is part butterfly now, how much nectar/sugar water does he need to consume every day? Butterfly typically drinks several times a day but can go without food for a few days if needed. Fun fact, they also test with the feet.

Love the au, btw!

Leo has to drink sugar water 10-14 times when he realized that he's a lot more thirsty after he got mutated.

He still needs to eat proper food to live though.

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Flutterleo is the only one with the weird looking legs 😔

Double Mutated Leo gang meeting each other be like—

Made by @devildewdrop

DGBIYS! Leo belongs to @devildewdrop

LFST! Leo belongs to @alsfunkyalbum

FTNTH! Leo belongs to meeeee!

[cimmerian1275]

Currently in the process of drawing @devildewdrop's flutterleo <3

I wanna do a background, but i have NO IDEA what to put thatll look nice..... (and that wont kill me in the process)

[cimmerian1275]

I FINALLY GOT THE LINART DONE! Background next, and i know exactly what im gonna do for that >:)

My brain: you should finally finish those overdue art trades and commissions

Me: OMG but wait, what if i draw butterfly Leo!?

My brain: the overdue owed art.... please, its been months........

Me: flutterleoflutterleoflutterleoflutterleoflutterleoflutterleo

Ive spent 12 hours working on this so far?!? What, when? I blame the wings those HAVE to atleast taken 5 hours on their own. Side note: my arm is actually aching for once because of all the drawing im doing 😭 (which rarely happens for me... oh dear).

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Tasty lineart if i do say so myself

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MMMMMMMmmmmmm the shading process 👀

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Flutterleo in a nutshell

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does ANYBODY know about leo's double mutation? how did it happen?

Looks like Señor Hueso heard something

Leo is struggling a bit with his new legs.

Flutterleo's new design, based on a zeltus amasa butterfly

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Flutterleo stuff, I was in a mood for drawing outfits

I made two versions because I couldn't pick a favorite

and yes, Yuichi is there becaue I love Leosagi

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Got bored so I drew this

Open your shell to find your wings by @onejellyfishplease

Don't get butterflies in your stomach by me

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Four arms means four swords to hold.. right?

LORD HE COMMING!

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Yuichi was about to head home from his shift when he went into Hueso's office, and upon seeing Leo, he was instantly worried about what had happened to him.

And Oh? Leo's wings had done something to Yuichi?

My braincelless brain can't write, and it took me minutes to figure out what they are going to say. I'm not a writer, it takes me a while to work things out for the au, and it's hard.

As for Leo's wings, I researched more about butterflies, and the scales or dust from the wings gave me an idea. Leo has a new ability to make anyone sleep by inhaling his "Sleeping/Pixie Dust" (yeah, they're called pixie dust according to google). I thought he would need it to protect himself, and if Donnie is close to finding out.

Flutterleo is going to have a ref sheet with his new gear soon for Chapter/Arc 2. I'm working on it.

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If Donnie claim that he records everything is true, does that mean he already knows about Leo's second mutation?

Donnie's trackers and recorders were destroyed by Leo, even though they were well hidden. He has no idea about his second mutation.

Another one of Leo's new abilities is that he can sense danger, even without letting his antennas out.

Donnie already has suspicions, but he has no idea what is going on with Leo; he and his brothers are worried about him. He's going to figure out and get to the bottom of it.

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How do the fam find out about the secondary mutations? Cause they gotta find out sometime

Also I get that he can pull the secondary arms in his shell and can probably pull his wings back in, but how does he hide his legs and antenna?! Can he de-mutate some of his body at will?!? And what about the fluff?!!

The fam doesn't know about his new mutations yet.

Yes, Leo has the ability to hide/retract all of his new mutations (except the holes in his shell for the wings), unless he gets nervous/jittery or scared about something, they will pop out. He has fluff cuz fluffy butterfly.

Hueso was suggesting that he needs to tell his brothers what had happened but Leo refused, he doesn't want to burden them with his problems. Hueso has to respect his decision.

(Sorry for my bad handwriting.)

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Don't Get Butterflies In Your Stomach

MASTER POST

Double-Mutated Leo AU

An AU about Leo gets double-mutated into a Butterfly.

This focuses on Leo's insecurities, and he always just masks his face and hides his emotions. But with his new mutations, it's going to be a lot harder. Luckily, he can retract his mutated parts, but the problem is that they will just pop out of his body whenever he feels nervous or scared. Leo doesn't want to give his family even more trouble from him, burden them, especially his brothers, feeling like he doesn't deserve them at all. The only thing that made him feel better was his pet butterfly, Sapphie.

Donatello is now in detective mode because Leo was up to something, and he puts trackers on him and recorders. But lo and behold, Leo manages to find all of them, even though they are well hidden. Donnie was shocked at how Leo even found them; he was now even more suspicious of him, and he was even more worried.

Art

Concept

1 / 2

AU Related

How the mutation started

Reference Sheet (Soon)

Arc 1

Prologue/Before Mutation

Señor Hueso: 1 / 2

Trackers

Other

Proboscis

Flutterleo in a Nutshell

Hymn to the Decadent Life (Animation Meme)

Four Swords

Bug Boys

I'm a Freak

Pats

Fashion

Adding other stuff soon