Sorry for disappearing for a bit! I've been experimenting with new techniques and trying to get out of a little art block. How's it looking? ;)
The ROTTMNT Movie was PHENOMENAL! One of the best movies I may have ever seen in my life. It checked all my boxes and even gave me things I didn't know I wanted until I got them. Huge props to the entire team that worked on this film, the writing was top notch and the animation was incredibly smooth and mezmerizingly expressive the whole way through. 100/10. Rise of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles remains the peak iteration.
just watched the rise movie don't fucking hmu 💔 [spoilers under the cut !!]
okay. wow. so that was LITERALLY AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF ANGST FEST WHAT THE FUCK???????
yes i agree leo was getting too big for his boots and was being cocky and putting the group in danger but HE DIDNT DESERVE ALL THAT!!!! the scene where raph got stabbed and put him in the pod and he was pleading and yelling yeah i sobbed 💔
BADASS??? OH GOD??? FLIPPING THE BIRD??? THE BLOOD?????? this really is a netflix movie
at least we saw hypnowarren for a bit !!! then it all went to shit
ben schwartz put his ALL into this movie i cannot stress enough how talented he is
WHEN THE KRANG WAS BEATING LEO TO NEAR-DEATH IN SPACE YEAH I SOBBED 💔💔💔
WHEN THEY ACTUALLY MANAGED TO SAY "TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES" I SCREAMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have been receiving requests for any songs that inspired Replica, so here, have my personal playlist. Sorry it’s not Spotify/Soundcloud but they don’t have some of these songs available so uh… guess you’re stuck with YouTube vids. For fun I'll include my personal titles for them (which might give a few hints of what to expect in the future/end).
Replica Main Theme - “Die for You” by Grabbitz
Like Father Like Son Like Brother (Omega and Shelldon) - "As Above So Below" by Alistair Lindsay
Mikey's Theme / The 1st Vision - "Suzume no Tojimari" by Nanoka Hara
Military (Mad) Dogs / Central Park Colony - "Imperium" by Madeon
Shanghai - "Icarus" by Madeon
Boom Goes the Donnie-mite (Mikey/Donnie vs the Sweeper) - "The Red Zone" by Mitsuoto Suzuki
The Day the Sky Bled Red - "7 Seconds Till the End" by Nobuo Uematsu
Going Out Like a Boss (Raph and Leo) - "Agape" by Nicholas Britell
Remembering the Right Way (Mikey and Leo) - "The Souls of Many" - by Alistair Lindsay
Mystic Hands / The 2nd Vision - "Am I Dreaming" by Metro Boomin x A$AP
Book 2 Trailer - "Sea Dragon" by Covet
7 Years Later - "Iron" by Woodkid
Leo's Theme / Attack on the Labor Camp - "Ego Death" by Polyphia
Omega's Theme - "Touch" by Daft Punk
Flat Lines (Omega Alone) - "Die Toteninsel Emptiness" by 1000 Eyes
Spear - "Monsters" by Tommee Profitt
Final Protocol - "The Kraken" by Katie Dey
Rise / Epilogue - "Close in the Distance" by Masayoshi Soken & Tom Mills
I will admit, it's a little embarrassing since you can easily see the patterns of what I've been listening to for the past year or two. I swear I listen to more than just videogame OSTs, these songs just jive well with the story and I often find lyrics distracting when brainstorming scenes. Regardless, the music I listen to is such an important part of my creative process and some of these songs really defined the scenes I now have locked in my head. So I figured it was only fair to give them the credit they're due.
I will continue to add to this playlist, and will note in comic updates when one of these songs is applicable!
Future Donnie and Casey sketches for my comic
You know the thing that I really adore? It's the fact that even tho Donnie is basically the only character we haven't seen the future version/concepts of, but the fandom has 2 things about his future self that is most common among the fandom:
1. He's BUFF
2. His skin marks would spread the way that it makes it look like he has a beard.