#Leo has a little scar on his neck haha

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I'm curious: what does the matching jaw scar that 100ft Leo & Donnie have look like? A single straight cut, multiple jagged marks, a burn, etc? Or would that be a spoiler for how they get it?

Also, do you have any additional notes on the turtles' appearances that you don't mind sharing? I like being able to make an accurate mental picture of them in my head!

It’s a single straight cut! It was done fast, by someone who was angry but knew how to make it hurt without doing permanent damage (outside the scar, of course, which has its own long term effects). They’re about an inch and a half or so long on each of them and have faded a little as they’ve gotten older (though they’ll never go away).

I’m not really a character design person |’D but for a couple things (cw: mentions of violence):

Donnie has a lot of scars on his arms, legs, and shell, some of them from cuts, many of them from being whipped in a way that flayed his skin, and some from burns (notably electric burns, not from a fire). The big one on his face is the only one on his head, though, because the scientists and guards aren’t supposed to injure his head. Donnie moves in a way that is generally seen as more animalistic and even predatory: he sways a lot, tends to swim rather than walk around his enclosure, slumps down and slinks around when he is walking, smells his surroundings for danger, bares his teeth as a warning, and, of course, bites and scratches whenever anyone gets too close. He also spends a lot of time buried in the mud at the bottom of his enclosure when April isn’t around. It’s quiet and calm down there; good thinking space.

Mikey also has scares, mainly from whips and electric burns, fewer than Donnie but more than Leo because Mikey gets punished for Leo’s mistakes or transgressions. He doesn’t have any of the stickers on his shell he has in canon, sad as that is. He moves more like he does in canon, though he does pretend to be less agile than he is so the scientists underestimate him.

Leo has fewer scars. The one on his face is the most prominent, and there’s also a faint one on his neck from the one time his shock collar got triggered (because you always need a little shock collar drama for Leo haha). He does more animalistic, defensive movements in front of the scientists when Mikey is around (like trying to puff himself up so he looks bigger).

Raph’s claws and spikes are really overgrown because no one trims them and he’s not provided a way to take care of it himself. He hunches way down when he moves, sometimes flat out crawling but usually with his arms just pulled up under him. He has cracks on his plastron like he does in canon, and a few places where they’ve had to patch him up with fiberglass. They don’t let him get shell rot but he’s not exactly healthy either. He can see fine but he relies on his sense of smell more than his sense of sight because he doesn’t usually trust what he’s looking at.

Also this probably goes without saying but none of them are wearing clothes, not even their masks. Eventually, once they get out, they do start wearing clothes both as protection and a way of self expression.

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Uncanny Valley AU Designs!!

ITS FINALLY HERE

You can skip to the designs if you want then come back, I wouldn’t blame you but I would like to apologize.

I don’t know what happened, I started this right after Christmas 2022 then worked on it basically nonstop for a week and a half. I basically finished Mikey’s design with a few changes and started brainstorming for Raph then my brain was like “lol no”.

It might have been part finding reference poses for Raph or stress from school and exams or burnout or idk. Whatever it was made my motivation disappear. For 3 1/2 months.

I was like “yes stuff is coming!!!! I’m making stuff!!!” And then that just didn’t happen.

Again, I’m sorry.

I’m not going to do much in descriptions (unless I add them later) cause it’s late and I’m tired. I’ve been actually busy for the past 2 weeks.

General design notes!!

I need up doing the connected ears to head idea so that’s why they look so flat

These are meant to reflect Black and Japanese features. I AM NEITHER. If I did something offensive to one of these groups in these drawings I can guarantee I did not know and did not do this on purpose.

PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I DID SOMETHING OFFENSIVE AND I WILL CHANGE IT. I would appreciate it if it is done in a calm matter but I understand if it’s not. Just please don’t call me stupid or racist cause I also have feelings. You can yell at me if I take longer than a week to respond. It would also be best if it was in the comments so it’s easier to respond.

They all have naturally really sharp and thick nails, I just couldn’t show for some of them

I tried giving them masks that incorporated how they wear fabric in their hair. It looks okay but a little weird, especially for Leo and Donnie

I’m writing/posting this between 11pm and midnight after a very long day and with a long day tomorrow so I’m not writing the (aaa I forgot the name for it. The text that explains what the picture looks like) I’ll add it when I have time I’m really sorry tho

Now, without further ado…

The designs!!!

(These might be changed, I have a tendency to change things after and be like wait I like that more but these are basically the designs. They’re also all post-movie so if you want to see pre-movie, as kids or apocalypse let me know :)).

LEO

I gave Leo both vitiligo and red birthmark stripes. Everything is blue (of course) and I’m not a huge fan of what I did for his clothes design but oh well he’s allowed to switch styles. I was stuck between giving him short hair and long hair and blond extensions or not but this is what I settled on. He’s also 10% the type of person to have little bracelets on (Mikey made him the braided one obviously). I have this headcanon that he’d look the most similar to Splinter (as a human obv so Lou Jitsu) so I tried to do that, it’s just hard to go from animated to semi-realistic. Anyway he’s got that superstar dazzling smile/mysterious troublemaker grin. You can’t see but his hair tie is blue. Maybe an actual hair tie maybe a strip of fabric, maybe a scrunchie. It changes every few hours. 

DONNIE

I was actually pretty excited to do Donnie’s face specifically (him and his very square face). I had a really fun time with his shell tho and all the little spots and scars and spiny parts. I tried to make him look similar but not the exact same and I think I did okay. I definitely think they’d look pretty similar just cause it’d be like “haha were twins :)) -Leo”. I was going to give him headphone but forgot so just pretend there’s headphone plz lol. I also believe he’d wear very baggy clothes but I made his collar way too high cause I feel like he’d hate the feeling of stuff on his neck (no this is not me projecting 👀). He also has sharp teeth but I didn’t show them.

MIKEY

Oooh boy. I was so excited for Mikey!!! I also gave him vitiligo on his face, arms, hands and legs )not visible). I also feel like he’d change his hair around A LOT so I gave him a few different hairstyles. He also definitely has paint on most of his clothes and paints on them intentionally. He’s a cool sock guy I just KNOW it. I tried keeping his little shell stickers on his “casual” design but had to move it to the other one cause it looked weird. I did put them on his knee pads if you looks close. I had to keep his other cool face knee pads of course, they’re iconic. And I of course kept his off-centre gap tooth.

Last but certainly not least…

RAPH

I had so many ideas for him and I got most of them but they’re so half-assed I’m sorry Raph 😭. Especially the pose ughhhh it’s so bad. And the shoes 🥲. Anyways instead of focusing on what I did badly were going to focus more on the idea. A few thoughts I knew I wanted was the scar on his eye and shoulder and to add markings cause Raph deserves to glow too. I added some markings on his forehead and just below his ears if you look close. I also added some on his shell and the spikes on his shoulders. He definitely has the most obvious shell out of his brothers but it’s still smaller than how it is in the show. AH I JUST REALIZED I FORGOT HIS RAPH CHASM 😭. Sorryyyy. I also wish Raph’s markings were lighter but oh well.

That’s all for now! Now that I can stop stressing about finishing this I can try and post more about this, whether it be art or talking about it idk.

Also I plan on making a proper logo soon I just have a very busy month ahead of me so we’ll see how fast that gets done