Mikey skeletal anatomy! Click for better quality
Box turtles are the kinds of turtles who can fully fit into and close their shells along a single hinge in their plastron, which once closed is extremely hard to break into for any kind of predator especially if they cannot get a proper grip on the dome of the shell. Box turtles are also usually found in plains rather than ponds, and while they need water to survive and keep hydrated and can swim well, they’re not generally considered aquatic. Box turtles do have an interesting adaptation due to their more northern range of being able to survive freezing temperatures for a short period of time by slowing their metabolism outside of seasonal brumation (similar to hibernation, but more of a dormant state) if absolutely needed.
After watching TMNT ‘03 where the turtles meditate to save oxygen and prevent suffocation in a broken airlock, I thought, why not mix their ninja ability to conceal their body heat and breath and mix it with a turtles natural ability to brumate? Perhaps the brothers could enter into a completely dormant state on command with enough training in order to survive extreme situations or astral project in some form. Just a fun thought to tie their strong mystic powers with their physical abilities!
Although I use the term heterothermy to refer to them being able to vary between generating their own body heat while active and relying on environmental temperature while inactive, the intricacies of understanding thermal regulation in animals eludes me. If there’s a term that fits better, go ahead! I’m not a biologist so you probably know better lol
These are all my personal head cannons! You can use em’ as reference or not, whichever you prefer :)
[General][Raph][Donnie][Leo][Splinter]
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✨🍕Happy first anniversary to Pizza Tower!!!🍕✨
More specifically, the full release of Pizza Tower! This wonderful game has been a large part of my life in this past year, such as being the sole reason why rats are one of my favorite animals now alongside influencing my artstyle to be a smidge toonier!
I just had to draw a little something for it, and it's definitely one of the most detail-intensive Pizza Tower drawings I've made yet! 💙✨
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You heard of white noise.
You heard of brown noise.
But did you consider...
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I had to watch a Ted Ed video explaining radiation in chemistry earlier today, needless to say, I did not expect to get "I have been and always shall be your friend"-ed at 9 a.m. on a Monday.
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the comedy of zenos popping up at the imperial palace happy to throw hands with his genetically-modified, ascian-occupied body, all while simply being in a random elezen’s flesh suit, and then elidibus seeing him and choosing to leave instead of having to fight this crazy bastard? insane, 10/10, incomparable storytelling
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Okay NOW I'm done with those designs
In the end I barely changed C Pep's colors lol, I scrapted the green fade 'cause it wasn't harmonious with the rest of the palette and went with a dark colder blue instead, I also made the fade on his skin less pronounced. I think the bluer colors make the overal palette more balanced and simple than before
Also I made C Noise's purple warmer/more pinkish, the old purple was too cold for my liking.
And yeah that's it for now guys, now if you excuse me I'm gonna go to sleep 'cause figuring out those colors really worn me out believe it or not
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*B I T E S you*
oh sorry nothing personal haha
*B I T ES you again*
oops! gremlin brain, you get it haha
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I apologize that there is a lot of noise in my art.
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