Well, here it is – the variant cover I painted back in April for IDW TMNT issue #88 – in stores November 28th! 🙂 I’m really grateful for this opportunity and hope I can work with them again! It was a tremendous honour! 💙
Funny story: my wacom tablet broke when I was about to start colouring this, so I bought an ipad pro out of necessity while my wacom was sent for repairs because I was on a deadline. I literally had to learn how to use Procreate on this piece. XD
that in the Chinese version of Disney’s Mulan, the fake name she gives is “Ping”, but her family name “Fa” in English is “Hua” in Chinese, therefore her full name is “Hua Ping”, which is literally “Flower Vase”, and that’s why Shang is so bewildered because it’s a silly name.
but OP how could you not tell them the best part
“hua ping”/flower vase is chinese slang for “camp gay”
I love it when you can pick up an animator’s quirks.
I’ve read in old interviews with Milt Khal’s fellow animators that he did the swaggle to purposefully show off. Moving the head in 3-d space is an exceptionally hard thing to do but Khal upped the level of difficulty to a place many animators wouldn’t go. Not only are they all doing the swaggle you’ll notice they are all TALKING while they are doing it. This is back in the days where you had to use a timing sheet to pace your animation and a head swaggle doesn’t work if its too slow or too fast so he had to figure out the right speed so it looked natural while the character finishes what they have to say while not interfering with the distinct mouth shapes. Not only did Khal do it without any shifting weight problems or timing issues he would often do it while moving the rest of the body. This isn’t his signature move just because he was good at it.This is his signature move because he was one of the only people skilled enough to DO IT AT ALL.
Alrighty dudes, so I’ve been thinking about the chronological order of the Rottmnt episodes ((because let’s be honest, they haven’t been really going in order)) so, I have been thinking about it and this is the order I have come up with:
Mystic Mayhem
First encounter with: Baron Draxum and oozesquitos
Boys get mystic weapons
Bug Busters
First encounter with: Big Mama
Boys seem to go after oozesquitos right after events with Baron Draxum
Raph uses Mystic Powers for first time
Origami Tsunami
First encounter with: Flame Heads
Donnie’s Gifts
First encounter with: Meat Sweats
War and Pizza
First encounter with: Albearto
Newsworthy
First encounter with: Hypnopotamus and Warren Stone
First time we see Raph’s hippo suit
Repo Mantis
First encounter with: Repo Mantis
Events happen at the same time as “Hypno! Part Deux!”
When the boys get the Jupiter Jim buggy which will later turn into the Battle Shell
Hypno! Part Deux!
Second encounter with: Hypnopotamus
Events happen at the same time as “Repo Mantis”
Down With the Sickness
Filler episode
Minotaur Maze
First encounter with: mutant pizza place
The Fast and the Furriest
Donnie reveals Battle Shell
Second encounter with: Meat Sweats
Second encounter with: mutant pizza place
Mascot Melee
Filler episode
Shell in a Cell
Filler episode
The Longest Fight
Second encounter with: Flame Heads
The Gumbus
First encounter with: Baxter Stockboy
Mrs. Cuddles
Filler episode
Stuck on You
Third encounter with: Hypnopotamus, Warren Stone, and Flame Heads
I may not be completely accurate but if you think there’s a flaw and certain episodes should be moved around, feel free to. There are probably minor details that I could’ve missed that would have changed the order of something. But really, I based it on when villains got introduced and when the boys got the Battle Shell.
Firebird Scratches 