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Drew this the other night before I went to bed. Been wanting to draw it since I read Issue 11 of IDW's Color Classics - the colorized reprints of the original Mirage series. In that issue, troubled by her and her friends' circumstances, April is out walking. She doesn't realize she's treading on lake ice 'til she hears it crack beneath her feet. What I find interesting about the whole little scene that follows is the fact that it's not Mikey, or Donnie, or even Raphael that comes to April's rescue. Noo, it's good ol' reliable Leonardo! XD

Okay, so lemme just make it clear here that I'm not a fan of AprilXLeo. (I don't approve of O'Neil having an in-love relationship with any of the turtles actually - at least not while human.) But I do like, for whatever reason, the cute little interactions April and Leo have had throughout the course/history of the franchise. -This is probably why I enjoyed the "Eyes of the Chimera" episode.-
Tee hee... X3

Anyway, in the original comic, Leo is shown carrying April back to the farmhouse after pulling her frosty buttinski from the freezing lake water. I thought it was a very cute little moment! Unfortunately it's only a small image and they're seen only from behind.
Here I decided to change Leo's duds to his 'Vision Quest' attire instead of going with what he was actually wearing in the comic - which looked a bit funny to me (esp. the hat).
Of course, Leo's VQ shoulder cloak is a bit too small to shelter our shivering April, so I made its length somewhere between that and his Ghost of the Jungle cloak. XP - I don't think he actually covered her with anything in the original...
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The background is just a bit of experimentation, and is actually drawn with the same brush. I love having such variety in a single brush! It came in this pack, which is worth buying: fav.me/d996a88

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Drew this the other night before I went to bed. Been wanting to draw it since I read Issue 11 of IDW's Color Classics - the colorized reprints of the original Mirage series. In that issue, troubled by her and her friends' circumstances, April is out walking. She doesn't realize she's treading on lake ice 'til she hears it crack beneath her feet. What I find interesting about the whole little scene that follows is the fact that it's not Mikey, or Donnie, or even Raphael that comes to April's rescue. Noo, it's good ol' reliable Leonardo! XD

Okay, so lemme just make it clear here that I'm not a fan of AprilXLeo. (I don't approve of O'Neil having an in-love relationship with any of the turtles actually - at least not while human.) But I do like, for whatever reason, the cute little interactions April and Leo have had throughout the course/history of the franchise. -This is probably why I enjoyed the "Eyes of the Chimera" episode.-
Tee hee... X3

Anyway, in the original comic, Leo is shown carrying April back to the farmhouse after pulling her frosty buttinski from the freezing lake water. I thought it was a very cute little moment! Unfortunately it's only a small image and they're seen only from behind.
Here I decided to change Leo's duds to his 'Vision Quest' attire instead of going with what he was actually wearing in the comic - which looked a bit funny to me (esp. the hat).
Of course, Leo's VQ shoulder cloak is a bit too small to shelter our shivering April, so I made its length somewhere between that and his Ghost of the Jungle cloak. XP - I don't think he actually covered her with anything in the original...
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The background is just a bit of experimentation, and is actually drawn with the same brush. I love having such variety in a single brush! It came in this pack, which is worth buying: fav.me/d996a88