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i was recently commissioned to draw the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and April O’Neil.

i asked the client if he wanted the original comic book versions, the TMNT that most people are familiar with from the 80′s cartoon (i realise there have been subsequent cartoons, but all of them were tripe compared to the original) and live action films, or something else.

His answer was the best i could hope for; “cook up something cool, i trust you.“

It always bothered me that the Turtles were portrayed almost as kind of stealthy samurai characters, using more honourable fighting tactics and fighting their enemies head on – which is NOT what ninjas do, they’re sneaky, devious types. So, with that in mind i kind of re-designed them and added a bit of tech and light body armour, i also decided i was going to give them all red bandannas like in the original comic and then give them items colour coded to their colours from the cartoon series/ films.

Description
i was recently commissioned to draw the four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and April O’Neil.

i asked the client if he wanted the original comic book versions, the TMNT that most people are familiar with from the 80′s cartoon (i realise there have been subsequent cartoons, but all of them were tripe compared to the original) and live action films, or something else.

His answer was the best i could hope for; “cook up something cool, i trust you.“

It always bothered me that the Turtles were portrayed almost as kind of stealthy samurai characters, using more honourable fighting tactics and fighting their enemies head on – which is NOT what ninjas do, they’re sneaky, devious types. So, with that in mind i kind of re-designed them and added a bit of tech and light body armour, i also decided i was going to give them all red bandannas like in the original comic and then give them items colour coded to their colours from the cartoon series/ films.