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Here's my homage to the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #11 published by Archie Comics way back in 1990. That issue featured Raphael in his iconic black costume corned by the Rat King and his legions of vermin (but thankfully no Vernon). Jim Lawson did the artwork for that issue, which was okay but wasn't his best work back in those days (the colorist made some noticeable errors too). The cover, on the other hand, is probably one of my favorite pieces of TMNT art ever, so kudos to Ken Mitchroney, Ryan Brown and Steve Lavigne, who are all credited with that job.

For my piece, I decided to put Splinter in Raphael's place and have him cornered by a horde of Mousers. The "horde" didn't quite turn out, as I had trouble figuring out how to fit more than three into the frame without it getting really crowded. Instead of including the Rat King's bandaged, grungy fingers, I went with Shredder's gauntlet. I originally tried to draw it at a different angle more reflective of the original, but I could never get the angle right. So that's why he's reaching in from the top corner of the piece. Finally, I added some gradient shading around the edges to hopefully add to the dark and dreariness of the sewer setting.

Big shout-out to for not only allowing me to use his great, high-resolution TMNT logo, but for generously recoloring it to better match the original Archie comic cover. Fun to go back and see how often the Archie covers changed around the colors on the classic TMNT logo.

You can view the original which inspired this piece on my Flickr page:
flic.kr/p/yNmBze

Description
Here's my homage to the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #11 published by Archie Comics way back in 1990. That issue featured Raphael in his iconic black costume corned by the Rat King and his legions of vermin (but thankfully no Vernon). Jim Lawson did the artwork for that issue, which was okay but wasn't his best work back in those days (the colorist made some noticeable errors too). The cover, on the other hand, is probably one of my favorite pieces of TMNT art ever, so kudos to Ken Mitchroney, Ryan Brown and Steve Lavigne, who are all credited with that job.

For my piece, I decided to put Splinter in Raphael's place and have him cornered by a horde of Mousers. The "horde" didn't quite turn out, as I had trouble figuring out how to fit more than three into the frame without it getting really crowded. Instead of including the Rat King's bandaged, grungy fingers, I went with Shredder's gauntlet. I originally tried to draw it at a different angle more reflective of the original, but I could never get the angle right. So that's why he's reaching in from the top corner of the piece. Finally, I added some gradient shading around the edges to hopefully add to the dark and dreariness of the sewer setting.

Big shout-out to for not only allowing me to use his great, high-resolution TMNT logo, but for generously recoloring it to better match the original Archie comic cover. Fun to go back and see how often the Archie covers changed around the colors on the classic TMNT logo.

You can view the original which inspired this piece on my Flickr page:
flic.kr/p/yNmBze