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WOW That's great, wonderful Jade !!! I don't know if this post is considered for you as a small interview or as a behind the scenes presentation of Once Human Au ... but I must say that the way you wrote the "story" of the project and these details about the characters, made your new project even more interesting. I feel like I am waiting for the new season of a series that you gladly watch with PASSION !!!!!! I CAN'T LOOK AT THE TIME YOU ARE FANTASTIC !!!!!!! <3 <3 <3
For your upcoming Once Human au, what was your process for designing each of the turtles, like choosing their species, their weapons, and their ages? Your au looks really interesting and unlike most fan reinterpretations of the tmnt I've seen and I can't wait to know more about it!
Ooooh, this is such a good question! To be honest, the design process was really difficult for me at first!
I had very fleshed out ideas for their personalities, dynamics, development, and especially, backstory! But I had very little in mind for what they looked like, haha!
So in designing the turtles, I tried to pick weapons, species, and looks while keeping their backstories in mind, but still put a focus on who they are now.
For weapons, I thought a lot about fight styles, looked up a bunch of Japanese weapons, and videos demonstrating their uses, trying to picture each of the characters using them, and picking the ones that I thought fit best.
Picking species was a bit harder because I wanted to keep in mind a few things:
The species’ function/abilities - for example picking a loggerhead turtle for Raph since they have the toughest turtle shells, and I thought that made sense for the team tank
The color scheme - for example picking a black pond turtle to give Donnie a space-and-stars look to fit with their sci-fi theme
Endangered species - all of the turtles and Splinter are endangered species. This didn’t really have a lot to do with their personality or anything, but I like including a bit of environmental awareness in my art and stories if/when I can
For their ages, I kind of just went with my gut and picked what I thought would create interesting character dynamics. Leo is often the oldest brother, so I was curious to see what he’d be like as the youngest. I made Raph and Donnie the same age because there are so few instances of the two of them having lots of interactions in the canon. I want to change that for this iteration, and making them the same age seemed like a good way to do that. Mikey is the middle child to further push the idea that he is the balance of the team.
Oh, and one more character design note - I took a page out of Rise of the TMNT’s book and thought about shape language. I wanted their general body type and shapes to reflect their personalities. So Mikey is all round and friendly, Leo’s plastron and armor is sharp and angular, Donnie’s design contains stiff and blocky shapes, and Raph is large and smooth with his plastron and shell looking like a shield.
Thank you so much for the interest and the kind words! I’m excited to share more and to eventually bring this iteration to life!
dianounais I agree with you very much! I always wished Mikey was more than the prankster of the group and not considered the turtle who has all the looks and characteristics of a classic fun teen. Don't break me guys I like you Mikey that way he's always been my favorite antripomorph animal ... after Usagi Yojimbo. But as you wrote, I always thought that he could be so much more (as if in the future he could become a great teacher like Splinter) and become mature, responsible but keep his positivity and support which helps a lot has to keep his more united and cheerful family. Sorry jade and dianounais I was too long and detailed especially he has to write at this time of the evening eh eh eh. But I hope you both appreciate my sincere opinion. Good night and HAPPY DAY for tomorrow !!!
Ok your Once human au is so so cool, I love the designs and the new weapons AND I love that you made mikey the leader!!! My boy doesnt often get the character development he deserves and is often just the "funny guy" but like hes more than that!!! So thanks for giving him an important role!!! Its really cool!! Also splinter looks like the kind of dad every body wants akdbsjfkejfjj anyway have a nice day!
aahahowaoa!!! Thank youuuuuu! I’m really glad you like them!!!
I have a lot planned for Mikey! I wanted to take other versions of Mikey’s personality and use stuff like their positivity and their moral compass as a driving force for plot! I think that there’s a lot of potential in his character to be leader-like, it’s just never used as such.
Similarly with Splinter, I took a lot of the aspects of other iterations’ Splinters and took the parts I like to make my own ultimate dad-Splinter!
Thank you so much and I hope you have a wonderful day, too!
PLEASE I WANT SEE ALL THE EPISODES in ITALIAN on Netflix!!!!!!
SAVE Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!!!!!!
Here’s this weeks #saverottmnt schedule (Dec 9-13) RotTMNT Fam! (Huginn and Muninn themed for this week! )
Each weeks schedule is organized by @holymangos on twitter so please follow her for more info and updates and give her a huge thanks for all her hard work! And make sure to follow @saveriseofthetmnt on Tumblr as well! :D
There’s also a weekly video to support! Share it, like it, and watch as many times on as many devices as possible to get the views up! (Keep in mind you may need to watch at least 30 seconds for YouTube to count it as a view)
I’ll link this weeks video in the comments! :D
WOW SOOO COOL!!!! YOU?RE AMAZING!!!! 😍
Here we have it! The “TMNT: Once Human” lineup!
I’ll be revealing the characters plus character sheets throughout the week (and adding to this as I go). But I haven’t decided on who I should reveal first. So I figured I’d let you all decide! Take this poll and tell me who you want to see first.
SAVE THEM ROTTMNT!!!!! <3 <3 <3 <3
Here’s this weeks #saverottmnt schedule (Nov 11-15) RotTMNT Fam! (Señor Hueso themed for this week! )
Each weeks schedule is organized by @holymangos on twitter so please follow her for more info and updates and give her a huge thanks for all her hard work! And make sure to follow @saveriseofthetmnt on Tumblr as well! :D
There’s also a weekly video to support! Share it, like it, and watch as many times on as many devices as possible to get the views up! (Keep in mind you may need to watch at least 30 seconds for YouTube to count it as a view)
I’ll link this weeks video in the comments! :D