I was a BIG Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fan when I was a kid. Needless to say, I was very excited when this came out.
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Nice! Love the turtles. This is a beautiful piece.
awesome! i loved the tmnt too. so cool :)
Hehehe…very cute! great!
Sigh. I didn’t have cable when I was a kid, but I know I would’ve loved the Ninja Turtles! Fate is a harsh mistress.
Great stylization of the turtles!
Cowabunga, dude! This rocks!
This is awesome (makes you want a pizza).
ha! my favorite was Leonardo!!!
Ninjas, pizzas! totally 80′s
well done :D
awesome drawing! the TMNT were perhaps my first sketching specialty back when I was in third grade!
A few questions, if I may ask:
1- does PS have an “outer glow” feature similar to Illustrator? I want to say I’ve checked a few times with no luck. I’m referencing the golden aura around the turtles. Of course, I’m sure there are various other ways to acheive that effect (drop shadow with zero x/y displacement, perhaps), but am just curious.
2- I notice in many of your pieces you have a characteristic grey-purple shading color that you use (evident on the underside of Leonardo’s left leg, for instance). At first I thought this might be some blending mode, but I’m guessing now it might have to do with the “purple background” layer you color on top of (as seen in the Witch video). Could you shed light on this, perhaps? Thanks!
Excellent redesign! Donatello is my favourite!
so cute! The cartoon had really good looking pizza. Ah, memories.
Waaaaaahh..chop chop. (Those are my only ninja moves) :P
Great show, and I really love your version!
Dani,
I love this and I am so excited for the new film as well. I love these guys their little legs are great. I love your podcast too!
Thanks for all the comments everyone! Skip, to answer your questions, yes there is an outer glow feature in Photoshop. It is in your Layers palette. Click the Layer Styles button (it looks like an “f” in a black circle). As for the purple color, I’m not sure exactly what you’re referring to…I do start with a dark purple background. Then I paint on top of it. The general texture you see over all the turtles comes from that. There is also a lighter purple along some of the edges that were purposely painted in later as reflected light. Hope that helps. ;)
Rock on! Turtle power! I like your interpretation and texture in the pic. Great idea for the topic dude.
I dont think theres a kid out there that didnt like the ninja turtles! I didnt know that they were in the 80s though. I guess theyve been around a while. Great work!!! I love it!
Your turtles totally rock. I’m sorry I didn’t think of it!
I loved those guys. I like your stylization too it makes them look more turtley (is that a word?). Good job!
HI! I thought i’d say thanks for commenting on my image. I really appriciate it. I really like your image also. I like your charictarization of the ninja turtles. It’s great!
Great painting! As others have mentioned, the texture is fantastic. I really like the subtle color shift in the background. This is one of my favorites! Looking forward to seeing more.
(You could make turtle fanboys like myself gurgle in glee if you paint all their headbands red and lose the pizza.)
Nice turtles…the oldnew turtles…good draw