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tockano · 2 months

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did a fullbody illustration of these four in the middle of working on my thesis

also, I missed Leo and Yen:

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tockano · 3 months

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Leonardo of the Hamato clan

I made this so that my sister can make a blanket out of it, but it ended up being too detailed.

#digital art #tmnt #tmnt 2012 #leonardo #teenage mutant ninja turtles 2012 #2012 leo #leonardo hamato

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tockano · 3 months

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“I just think that you should stop putting her on this pedestal” sigh “I know”

drew donnie helping yen with homework, and yen listening to donnie’s thoughts.

with a bit of a teenage drama that yen is grateful they and leo didn’t have to go through.

#tmnt #tmnt 2012 #donatello #leonardo #teenage mutant ninja turtles 2012 #2012 donnie #2012 leo #2012 april o'neil #original character #digital art #apritello #april o'neil

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tockano · 3 months

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Thank you so much, it means a lot to me.

would be nice if I can start funding my own life, my mother has been berating me about her poor money management that she makes a fuss everytime I seek financial support. She keeps demanding my father fulfill those duties, but he also has a whole nother family to feed. She told me that both me and my little sister is not her financial responsibility. She said that we are simply charity work for her, tldr I want to stop financially depending myself on her.

So I’m opening commissions. My art is not much, but I hope you’ll give me a shot.

Thanks if you read this at all ❤️

Here’s my kofi too, in case you want to donate at all:

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tockano · 3 months

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would be nice if I can start funding my own life, my mother has been berating me about her poor money management that she makes a fuss everytime I seek financial support. She keeps demanding my father fulfill those duties, but he also has a whole nother family to feed. She told me that both me and my little sister is not her financial responsibility. She said that we are simply charity work for her, tldr I want to stop financially depending myself on her.

So I’m opening commissions. My art is not much, but I hope you’ll give me a shot.

Thanks if you read this at all ❤️

Here’s my kofi too, in case you want to donate at all:

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tockano · 3 months

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Miananda

OC Portrait

#digital art #procreate art #original character #original characters #oc art #my ocs #oc artwork #commissions open #art comms open

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tockano · 4 months

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Red for the cancer, red for the wealthy

another brush test with an idea that kept haunting me, with this trio dynamic I’m exploring.

ofc I had to slip a lil leo and yen.

if anyone’s up to support me:

#tmnt #tmnt 2012 #teenage mutant ninja turtles 2012 #2012 raph #2012 casey jones #2012 leo #2012 april #2012 donnie #2012 mikey

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tockano · 4 months

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testing out new brushes w yen, april, casey and leo

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tockano · 5 months

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glad ppl liked the yen and leo thing bc I couldn't keep it in me

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tockano · 5 months

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post-mission

read left to right.

idk what to say… just another self indulgent yen and leo comic

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tockano · 7 months

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idk what happened but here’s a yen x leo comic

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tockano · 7 months

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no one ever:

me: anyway here’s a self indulgent leo art??? bc I like 2k12 leo but idk who to ship him with

more of them here tho

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tockano · 7 months

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Couldn’t decide which I liked better so have both~!

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tockano · 7 months

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It's common knowledge that Zuko and Aang, throughout the duration of ATLA, are a mirror of one another; a reflection of each other - not necessarily opposites but parallels.

So whilst I was analyzing the finale of the show, I noticed a really interesting parallel between our two protagonists:

Zuko was close to dying in his final confrontation with Azula and what pulled him back up, what saved him from dying was water. More necessarily Katara's healing abilities - but nonetheless, his opposing element saved his life.

On the other hand, Aang throughout his harrowing fight against Ozai utilizes Earthbending time and time again to save himself, techniques that we've come to associate with Toph (rock armor and seismic sense). And to access the Avatar State, that had since been blocked, Earth had been the ultimate catalyst to unlocking his Seventh Chakra.

And if we take into consideration what Guru Pathik told Aang - to unlock the Seventh Chakra he would have to let go of Katara. In a sense, this could have been a visual representation of how Aang lets go of his love for Katara, and how Toph (Earth) could take up that role.

Earth, his opposing Element, saves his life.

It's also interesting that our protagonists' conclusions and destinies are integrally tied to the aforementioned girls. Destiny and Fate are two major themes in ATLA, alonside the moral lesson shared to us by Uncle Iroh about the unity of the four elements and how each element can learn and grow from the other.

Zuko's destiny to bring honor to Fire Nation whilst also challenging his conflicting natures (Sozin vs. Roku; Ozai/Azula vs. Iroh) would have never come into fruition had it not been for Katara. Katara was the first person (other than his Uncle) to show him genuine compassion and humanity, she was the first person to glimpse into his true, kind and gentle nature. Additionally, had she not fought alongside Zuko to defeat Azula and save his life, he would have never been able to step up to the Throne and fulfill his destiny. Thus Katara is linked and bound to Zuko's destiny.

Aang's destiny was to restore peace to the world and end The One Hundred Year War. The Aang we meet during Book One - is timid and soft, a strong bender and with limitless potential, but he lacked the confidence, the back-bone, the grounding to step-up to his duties as the Avatar and defeat Ozai. Katara coddled him and never challenged him to look beyond himself. It's only after meeting Toph does Aang begin to confront his opponents with a different viewpoint, he gains a certain matureness in himself and suddenly we see him step up into his role and responsibilities. Toph's Earthbending not only saves him from death but it also gave him the strength to face his destiny. Thus, Toph is linked and bound to Aang's destiny.

It would have tied a lot of unexplored themes as well as provide a more satisfying conclusion (Aang entering the Avatar State because he followed through with Guru Pathik's lessons instead of pointy rock triggers it) and it would have been cohesive with the narrative thematic of ATLA.

I'm still astonished at how badly Bryke fumbled the bag with their romantic sub-plots. 🗿

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tockano · 8 months

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