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Hello I was wondering if you have more stuff on the TMNT Spliced Au and how the comic is going?

Ah thank you for your interest! I’ve got so much but also literally nothing haha. End of last year was particularly rough for me so I had to take a break from working on it. Love TMNT GS but I won’t lie and say it’s not emotionally draining, wish I could beam it into all of your heads! Here’s a huge dump of random assortments I have from developing it.

COMIC UPDATES - peep the sketch for the cover, cool right?

I finished thumbnailing the first 34 pages of #1, but only one page has been fully completed. ⚰️ I’ve never made a comic before, so I’m doing a lot of learning with this. Most of the delay just comes from the fact that I love to design and I’m very crazy about details so that means I’m easily getting caught up in reading books, building little 3D sets, designing props n vehicles, ect.

I get so caught up in the visual worldbuilding cause its my favorite thing to do lol. I feel really bad when I stop working on pages in because my brain is like OK WAIT I NEED TO DESIGN THE GUNS, THE LABS, AND STOCKMANS CAR KEYS. Its really silly. I do wanna keep chipping at the comic, but at this point I've written and planned so much of the lore I kinda just wanna make it all public so I can talk about it. I'm constantly torn about it cause its like oof whats the point of making the comic if I'm just gonna talk about all the spoilers. With how this years going, I'm starting to lean into more of lemme just be free and do whatever I want!

Table of contents from the lore bible I'm still chipping away at. I'd love to just drop updates for it if that's something people would be interested in.

Alternatively, the idea of just releasing scripts for it has crossed my mind. #1 has a general outline, but I'd actually would just love to go back and detail, refine it, and drop that for now until the visuals of the comic are done.

I'm actually going to test the waters now and link a script for a scene from The Farmhouse arc I wrote a couple of months ago. If that's something people would be interested in, I'd love to know!

ART DUMP MOMENT -

Various other little development sketches and a new character or two omg

OK I KNOW THAT WAS A BIT OF A RAMBLE, FORGIVE ME! But yup thats it! TDLR; GS is in development hell and I'm waiting for ya'll to give me the greenlight to just start talking crazy. I've got multiple seasons/arcs to gush about.

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any other gene splice characters that you haven’t had the chance to share much about so far? (mutants/humans/etc)

Opal!! Hi! You already know her, but since it’s you I’m bringing Venus out the vault. :) Her sketch still remains uncolored, but I think she’s still cool enough to share.

She’s fundamentally their biological momma! Wish I could beam the scenes of her I have in my head to all of you. They’re very Alien (1979). And as you can see by the Mikey, she’s ginormous! She’s heavily inspired by Gamera, Lilith (Neon Genesis Evangelion), and the Biolizard. Here’s the segment from her section in the lore Bible -

If Gene Spliced were in a serialized tv show format (like how I desperately dream for it to be), Venus’ episode would’ve been the finale for Season 1.

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Thought I'd kick off Black History Month by drawing these cool dudes! 🫶🏾 🫶🏽 🫶🏿 🫶🏾

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any other gene splice characters that you haven’t had the chance to share much about so far? (mutants/humans/etc)

Opal!! Hi! You already know her, but since it’s you I’m bringing Venus out the vault. :) Her sketch still remains uncolored, but I think she’s still cool enough to share.

She’s fundamentally their biological momma! Wish I could beam the scenes of her I have in my head to all of you. They’re very Alien (1979). And as you can see by the Mikey, she’s ginormous! She’s heavily inspired by Gamera, Lilith (Neon Genesis Evangelion), and the Biolizard. Here’s the segment from her section in the lore Bible -

If Gene Spliced were in a serialized tv show format (like how I desperately dream for it to be), Venus’ episode would’ve been the finale for Season 1.

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Fresh out the egg with my big feet

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Finished Xenoblade 2 and man, love these two so much

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Opening up commissions! I have 3 slots available.

1 fully colored character: $100 1 inked and shaded character: $70 Extra characters: +1/2 the base price (2 max)

Pin-ups and ship art is OK! Read my TOS here before commissioning. Message if interested!

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a boy's best friends

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A certified turtlefied banner!

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Hello! I love your Darth Revan art! I was wondering if you’re interested in making more Anidala fanart too?

oh sure!! anidala is my first love in Star Wars

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I posted this on TikTok but never had the chance to here! Anyways I still love this concept so much even though it’s been a while

Some genderqueer 2003 Mikey! This is also part of a DTIYS I hosted, feel free to participate if you so desire :P #toris2yearDTIYS

From June 30, 2023

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIOLIZARD!!!! I can’t believe you’re one of the few characters in this franchise with a canon birthdate.

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Turtle doodles from my TikTok live from tonight! Rest in peace 🫡