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#brains and brawn #the colors are so nice

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'Shadows of our Past' A Rise Fan Comic

Illustrated by @concerningamountofcrows Written and Lettered by @gremlinscomics

Chapter 1: Pages 1-4

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Welcome to the start of our comic 'Shadows of our Past' (or S.O.O.P for short)!

This has been a while in the making with the original idea coming up last summer, but, after lots of trial and error, we're finally ready to start sharing our work!

For some context, this comic will be taking place a couple months after the Krang invasion in 2020. We're going to be exploring our ideas for what might have happened in Season 3 if the series hadn't been put on hold, exploring some new plots and new characters mentioned by the original creators.

Feel free to ask if you have any questions, otherwise we hope you enjoy!

For transcripts, click on alt text to read the image descriptions and dialogue

#Shadows of our Past #rottmnt comic

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Bro cant deal with this shit rn

#wonder whos bothering him #wip update #retouching a minute of this storyboard #since working in procreate than dopping into dreams is so much better #in terms of my drawing quality #and i wasnt doing that in the beginning #honestly this animatic has taught me dont draw in dreams #1am drawing

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ok maybe i do like drawing bgs

(using mikey as an excuse to draw a cool forest >:)))

also a just bg version!!

#CUTE #rise mikey #backgrounds #art style

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HTB - Ch.01 - Part 2

CHAPTER 1 COVER - << Previous - Next (May 10th) >>

These pages really show off the fact that this chapter was made over a three month period lol. I bounced around from page to page depending on my mood (background or character).

#idk how you committed to rendering them this way #looks so official omg #raph nuuu #not donnie zoning out #the color pallete is so tasty omg #love this #htb-tmnt #rottmnt comic

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the hat man

#rottmnt funnys #rottmnt animatic

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HTB - CHAPTER ONE

Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 4

(This is the beginning!) - NEXT CHAPTER >>

Here we go :)

Chapter Dates Thumbnailed: Dec 2023 Lineart Started: Feb 2024 Colour Finished: Mar 2024

#this looks so official #rottmnt comic

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Out of the Blue... Part 10

Donnie doesn't know how to handle emotions.

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#rottmnt comic

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Out of the Blue... Part 9

Look at that, the whole gangs here!

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#rottmnt comic

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SO MANY JUICY BEHIND THE SCENES INSIGHTS.

OH HO HO big mama stressing the entire fic is not the one I suspected, but it's one that makes sense. She had to do so much to make everything work. I suppose I never really paid attention to it bc I was too caught up in all the horribleness she did to Donnie and Leo and I only wanted her to see JUSTICE. Like I think the chapter where Donnie is revealed to be barely alive is the only time we see big mama losing it in 4k. Minus the climax and all.

HELP SHE GOT THE BROOCHES FROM DRAXUM?? This is kinda tragic. I kinda don't want them to ever know.

Ya there's no way big mama wanted Donnie to die. Never believed that. Back when I was in denial I was positive that she had staged something. But I was wondering why she put him in the death tournament to begin with and this whole explanation made sense. Panic mode. Donnie completely losing it in front of everyone after killing those two was NOT a good look. Audience was right to be asking questions.

Viper being told not to kill Leo. Wow. Man so many bts for viper. She's so great, I hate her. You've made one heck of a villain.

MIKEY AND RAPHS NAMES. OMG THESE ARE GOOD. I especially love terracotta. Swsa au where it's Mikey and raph that get taken

The rise villains giving the hamatos a gift basket is so. ;-;

POOR APRIL. But also yea. Grades don't matter when your brothers are missing. Love how she's the one that explained the slang to draxum. Again with my fav headcanon.

Asking some writers/artists I follow:

Is there anything in your fic/comic that you as the author know about, but won't end up in the actual story?

There is. a lot.

Spoilers for Spider's Web With Strings Attached (and a really long rant) below the cut

When she took Donnie's mask after Heinous Green bashed his head in, she kept it in her vault in case she needed to perform some sort of magic that required his DNA some day.

Big Mama never intended for Donnie to die.

That being said, she still recorded and sold copies of Donnie's death. It's her most sold recording ever.

Viper requested to fight Leo. Big Mama only agreed if she kept him alive and able to fight.

Like she got the orb that she captured all of New York in from Draxum, Big Mama got the spider brooches from Draxum many years ago. She only had two; she was lying about the other two for Raph and Mikey.

Before he knew where the twins were, Mikey kept having visions of them fighting people and getting hurt. He thought they were just nightmares.

Heinous Green was in the arena because Big Mama often partners with the Hidden City police. Criminals can work of time by serving the community. In this case, they serve the community by providing entertainment Roman Coliseum style.

Big Mama's family introduced arena fights to the humans.

There was going to be a fight where Tyrian fought a scorpion and writhed with agonizing poison for a chapter, but I forgot about it until it was too late to add it -_-

Raph and Mikey's arena names would have been Rouge and Terracotta.

Big Mama was panicking the majority of the fic. Because she kidnapped them very illegally, she had to manage their food, housing, medical care, and fight arrangements herself so none of the people who normally do that (legally) would get suspicious. Honestly, Big Mama didn't expect them to become SO well loved, and then worried about keeping audience interest by putting the twins in harder fights, but not killing off her greatest assets. She, like everyone else, thought that Leo would snap first. When Donnie snapped first and proved to be a very effective killer, some of the audience grew worried about what was happening behind the scenes and raised questions Big Mama couldn't answer. Panicking, she set up the death bracket, hoping that becoming the champion would turn public opinion of Tyrian positive again. She miscalculated, and Donnie died. She also didn't intend for Leo to get mixed up in the bracket. A LOT of people lost a LOT of money, and her stocks dropped. At that point, it became less about business and money making and much more about getting revenge via torture. By the time she offered Astros the 'out' that was one final fight, she was stressed out of her mind with upholding her reputation. Had Leo been in his right mind, he would have seen how much she was unraveling.

Todd turned his non profit lemonade into a fundraiser to find the twins back when they were first missing. There were a LOT of posters and Big Mama had a FIELD DAY trying to take them all down.

Mikey and Raph tried for DAYS to get the trackers back online, but it never worked.

After hearing that Donnie had died, Hypno, Warren, Meat Sweats, and Repo got together and made the Hamatos a gift basket.

April is failing most of her classes right now.

At some point during the recovery arc, Donnie snuck out to secretly turn every blinking red light in the Lair green. You know exactly why.

Raph was wrong when he said crime had been way down since the invasion. Casey Jr had been handling it without anyone knowing. The Purple Dragons hate him a lot now.

Draxum learned slang words from school, but April taught him what they meant

#crying over mikey having visions of the twins #i need to do something with this info #idk what yet but im sure itll come to me during a car ride or something #another thing in the future ideas vault #swsa #rottmnt fanfiction #pixel blurbs #i love this fic

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You've been so quiet the past few days... everything okay?

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Fear not my quietness stems from me finally recovering from travelling and getting lots of work done!

And I've been trying out this new productivity trick by NOT being on my phone first thing in the morning and instead going right into drawing after I eat breakfast.

So unfortunately, that means I only open Tumblr about twice a day now and it's after I finish my tasks for the day. It's... surprisingly effective for my focus

But I have only four data points so, to be continued

#i believe you #after all you wrote a 100k+ fic within a year #i will say ive only been able to do what i do after i gave myself time to rest after college #like…2 years of rest #WTH TUMBLR NOT NOTIFYING ME OF THE ASK YOU GOT??? #youre one of the only 2 i have notifications for so WHY #runs to find it #pixel blurbs

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WE. WERE. ROBBED.

BRAINS AND BRAWNS EPISODE?! PLEASE WE WERE ROBBED

#ARE YOU KIDDING ME #AAAAA #BRAINS AND BRAWN ON TOP OF THIS???? #HELP #I do want to know their source tho #please don't be a rumor #I knew this episode was planned for season 3 but not that it was brains and brawn centric

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You've been so quiet the past few days... everything okay?

<3

Fear not my quietness stems from me finally recovering from travelling and getting lots of work done!

And I've been trying out this new productivity trick by NOT being on my phone first thing in the morning and instead going right into drawing after I eat breakfast.

So unfortunately, that means I only open Tumblr about twice a day now and it's after I finish my tasks for the day. It's... surprisingly effective for my focus

But I have only four data points so, to be continued

#that moment when you realize the older generation was right #regarding phones #we'll see how i feel next week tho #im the type to be SCARILY productive one week #and than dead the next #but ive been taking naps as breaks instead of scrolling #tbd if it prevents me from crashing after a highly productive week #i appreciate you curly <3 #hoping your day has been great! #ill prob continue to be quiet this week since i want to finish a couple projects before summer #when i have ✨real job✨ again #but ill still be around! :] #pixel replies

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MIKEY 🧡

#MIKEY #love this

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🌻 my finished shot for the rottmnt cut intro movie reanimate! I learned a lot from this 😋

#THIS IS SO GOOD!! #really nice style match #movie cut intro #rottmnt animation #WAIT IS THAT RISES VERSION OF BRADFORD??? #im just now realizing this #AND HOLD ON IS THAT ALSO XEVER??? #again how am i JUST NOW REALIZING THIS

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#THIS IS HOW IT BE #creative memes

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This machine kills AI

#a win for artists #already had my hopes raised with ai inbreeding on itself #but this is also validating #ai cant and shouldnt replace artists and im hoping corps will realize this and stop trying