#theartofeverything

[some-teeth-in-a-trench-coat]

You good there buddy? I’m here scrollin through my dash and as saw the same two posts from you, like 9 times.

Yeah no I'm good. Some people (including me) occasionally do that for extra emphasis. It also happens by a bug sometimes but I think the bug only causes posting it twice, so I always make sure to reblog at least three times when I repeat for emphasis to show it's intentional. I don't remember what it was but if I reblogged it 9 times I must've really wanted to emphasize it. Sorry if it got annoyingly spammy it will happen again. Some of my mutuals will hit me with the same shitpost 20 times in a row, that's tumblr

[ever-on]

“Not That Afraid of The Dark” - Only kind of afraid of the dark, though it stands so still. Only kind of afraid of the dark, but you know I will dive in, Dive In, DIVE IN, DIVE IN! into what I have no clue. But as Nietzsche once said: “if you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you.” - 11” x 14” Paper, ink, graphic, and acrylic on canvas - #artbrut #surrealcollage #surrealmixedmedia #pdxartist #deathart #theartofeverything #TaoE (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn25I2PvIeB/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[angelpuns]

Kid Leo Au Spinoff Comic Collab 2/2

here's part 2!!! and here's all the wonderful artists that made this part:

@chaos-potat (2 panels) , @idiot-mushroom, @winkwonkblog,@smol-bean-boi13, @purple-the-turtle,@thatghoostguy,@cj-can-art,@koolaidashley,@hey-u-1233,@theartofeverything,@sad-leon,@dianagj-art,@pasteilian,@danksy-ns,@bluesgras,@heckitall,@karonkar,@teainthesnow,@bilerthetired,@allyheart707, @delicatechildwitch & @zeawesomeness collab, @delicatechildwitch

Again thank you everyone for putting up with me being bad at organizing this, I had fun meeting everyone and I hope everyone else had fun as well <333\

Also here's a link to a google slides with all the panels in their 100% glory since tumblr ate the quality on some of the gifs:

Kid Leo Masterpost | First

[tmnt-multiverse-election]

Current Nominees

Updated 8/14/24 (if you recieved more nominations, there will be a + showing how many)

I am tagging the creators so they know if they've been nominated. If they wish to retract the nomination, they can let me know.

Donnie @phykoha (Tiny Mutant Feral Turtles) - 1

Future Leo @nani-nonny (Reunion) - 1

Tenoch Oroku @gelu-the-babosa-multiversal (Forgotten Clan) - 1

Donnie @consume6810 - 1

Omega @kathaynesart (Replica) - 15 +14

Mikey @seaghosstt (TMNT: Bay Area) - 1

Reticent Leo @tmnt-reticent (Reticent) - 1

April @theartofeverything (In This Together) - 1

Donnie @kaysdenofchaos (Teenage Mutant Meddling Turtles) - 2 +1

Venus @ (Jumpstart Separated) - 1

Sensei Donatello @theredponcho (Microwave) - 1

Swanattello @tangledinink (Swanattello) - 1

Mikey @ (Deep Water) - 1

Dai @sweeneydino (Paper Scales/Little Dragons) - 6 +5

Hamato Antonello @ants-turquoisewave (Led Astray) - 2

Kasey Jones @caseyjones-junior (Krang Parasite) - 2 +1

Baby Mikey @pezhead (Age Gap) - 1

Mikey's Cat @anomalysstuff (Anomaly) - 1

Splinter @broken-slime-boi (Grayscale) - 2 +1

Yuichi Usagi @azucar-skull (Feral Casey) - 2 +1

Marcelo @irequirealobotomy (Just Around The Corner) - 2 +1

Leonardo @dancingthesambaa (Star Blind) - 1

Cerise Mylene Hamato @fanartmayhem (Mikey's Unplanned Purpose) - 1

Calamari @cokoweee (Quilt) - 1

Glamrock Raph @thejade-forest (RotTMNT x SB)

Ghost @amevello-blue (Ghost In The Shell) - 3 +2

Casey Jones Jr @delicatechildwitch (Old Soul) - 1

Shelldon @mostlyvoid-partiallyturtles (Lifetime Achievement Award) - 1

Donatello @kaysdenofchaos (Battle Scars) - 2 +1 & Leo

Little Leo @misshowdoyoudo (Reminiscing That Old Time) - 1

Maro @eternalleader - 1

Villain Mikey @onionninjasstuff (Villain PB&J) - 3 +2

Future Leo @cosmoscrow (Odd Man Out) - 2 +1

Donnie @jacky_fruit3529 (Deep Water) - 1

Cassandra Jones @gremlinscomics (Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself) - 1

Donatello @cryptidofthecove - 2

Caiji @gornackeaterofworlds (Butterfly Effect) - 4 +1

Mustachello @revitalizationrat (Mustachello) - 4 +1

Poptart @intotheelliwoods (2 Arms Left) - 4

Toast @intotheelliwoods (2 Arms Left) - 5 +2

Liam @fishsticksloser (Last Echoes) - 6 +1

NEW

Krangified Donnie @abbeyofcyn (Krangified Donnie) - 1

Raphael @thegunnsara (Hamato Warriors) - 1

Feral Leo @cupcakeslushie (feral Leo au) - 2

Kid Leo @angelpuns (Kid Leo au) - 1

August Hamato @star-sparkler (August Hamato) - 2

Leo @villainleoau (Villain Leo au) - 1

Raphael @remedyturtles (Firefight) - 1

Hop @nights-flying-fox (Dimention Hopper Leo) - 2

Future Leo @loryska2 (GooseyLeo) - 1

Leo @andistarbee (Extra) - 1

Brook @

Feral Donnie @kittynomore (Snapper Lou) - 2

Mikey @allyheart707 (Little Subjects) - 2

Prince DubbleBubble @sketchiefoxie (Rottmnt x Adventure Time) - 1

Frigid Leon @sketchiefoxie (Rottmnt x Adventure Time) - 1

Mikey @tizeline (Tiz Sep) - 3

Draxum @tizeline (Tiz Sep) - 1

Donnie @tizeline (Tiz Sep) - 1

Leo @nights-flying-fox & @mostlyvoid-partiallyturtles (Gentle Hands I Don't Recall) - 1

Micheal @gingerchickens (Astray) - 1

Leo @kathaynesart (Replica) - 1

Chompy @probably-not-a-rutabaga (Mutant Chompy) - 1

You have until the end of Friday this week to nominate. Show creators some support, ask them questions, and have fun.

[allyheart707]

1 Year Comic Collab - PART 1

Part two ->

Credits from top to bottom: @friskebits, @shellrazor, @katzstar5, @dluebirb , @donatellokinnersinner, @appleyesssss , @nights-flying-fox , @orangepawn39 , @intotheelliwoods , @theartofeverything , @theredponcho , @drowning-soda , @peoplepersonoaktree , @banana-pancake5 , @jadetheblueartist , @glitter-alienz , @burritello3000 , @exhaustedwriterartist , @troubleshade , and finally @purple-the-turtle

[ID: Panel 1- Carol, Mikey and Donnie relaxing and sitting on Donnies bed, Carol reading an unlabeled book with Mikey and Donnie on either side of her, laying on her. Image watermarked by Friskyeee.

Panel 2- Carol closes the book with her eyes closed and says “...The end.” The image is watermarked by shellrazor.

Panel 3- Carol sets the book down on the bed next to her and says "Alright, boys-" Watermarked by Katzstars.

Panel 4- Mikey interrupts her, clutching the blanket in his hands and looking upset. He says "Wait! No! But- But-" Watermarked by dluebirb.

Panel 5- Carol takes a grey blanket and pulls it up to her hips, smiling. She says "It's time for bed." Image is marked in the bottom corner by Donatellokinnersinner.

Panel 6- Donnie lies in his bed while Carol covers him with a blanket. He looks at her with pleading eyes, not wanting her to leave. The image is marked by appleyesssss.

Panel 7- Carol turns to leave, and the boys sadly watch her from the bed.

Panel 8- GIF. Mikey tugs on Carol's labcoat. He says "Wait, don't go!" in a black dialogue bar above his head.

Panel 9- GIF of Donnie sitting on the edge of his bed kicking his feet back and forth. With a serious look on his face he is saying "Just one more story! Then we will go to bed, promise!" Image is watermarked by intotheelliwoods.

Panel 10- Animated gif. Mikey and Donnie glance to each other with a neutral expression, then smile and nod as they look back towards the viewer. Watermarked with x/1. in the bottom right.

Panel 11- Carol stands with her back to the door of the room, holding a book under her left arm, a nervous expression on her face. Carol is glancing off to the left, saying "I shouldn't..." Watermarked by theredponcho in the bottom right.

Panel 12- Mikey and Donnie sit on the bed, each with round, watery puppy eyes. Mikey has his hands clasped, begging. Donnie has a pillow pulled up to his chin. Watermarked by Soda in the bottom right.

Panel 13- Animated gif. Carol holds her empty hand and the book out in protest, eyebrows raised, saying "...I don't even have another book-" She deflates, slightly lowering her hands and looking to the right as her eyebrows lower. Watermarked by Peoplepersonoaktree in the bottom left.

Panel 14- Mikey and Donnie looking up, begging with large puppy dog eyes. Mikey has tears in his eyes and Donnie is clutching a blanket. Water marked with M3b in the top left.

Panel 15- Carol stands, looking deflated with one hand on her hip as she says, “Alright. Fine… I’ll just have to come up with something.

Panel 16- Mikey sitting on the bed clapping his hands, wagging his tail, and looking overjoyed. Carol sitting next to him looks tired and sighs. Donnie sitting with his legs curled under him, his hands stiming, and his tail wagging. Water marked with GLITTER ALIENZ on the top right.

Panel 17- Carol sits on Donnie's bed, looking contemplative. Mikey leans against her on the left, holding George, his pink stuffed rabbit, while Donnie sits cross-legged on the right. Coral is saying "Hmmm..." Watermarked Burritello3000 with a little paw print.

Panel 18- Carol sitting on the bunk bed, looking excited with one hand waving around and the other placed on her chest says, "Oh! I could tell you about this story my daughter has been obsessed with lately!" Image is marked at the bottom left with ExhaustedWriterArtist's signature EWA/MAC.

Panel 19- Mikey and Donnie sitting on the bed, looking both at Carol excitedly. Mikey exclaims: “Oh mi gosh! Tell us! Tell us!” The image is marked on the bottom right by TroubleShade.

Panel 20- Carol sitting on the bunk beds. Laughing looking happy saying, "Alright, alright." Water marked with Purple-the-turtle on the bottom left.

Panel 21- Carol sitting in the middle of a bunk bed, Mikey cuddled up close arms and legs wrapped around Carol. Donnie sitting to the side getting head pats from Carol. She is saying, "once upon a time...". Both boys' tails are wagging.

Panel 22- Huginn hovering in the air saying, "there was a great warrior." Leo tucked in looking so excited he's sparkling. Muninn floats nearby also looking exited.

Panel 23- Heishi lying in his bed. He is so excited that his eyes are shining stars and his mouth is agape. Hugin off screen says "He could beat anyone or anything with just his hands!!"

Panel 24- A digital drawing of Huginn with his arms and wings spread, though part of his body isn't in the frame. He has a happy expression on his face and his mouth is widely opened. His text bubble says "And every time he won, he would give the crowd a big smile and shout-". The drawing is watermarked by flour-consumer.

Panel 25- Hugin and Munin fly behind Heishi, the three are throwing their fists to the air cheering "Hot Soup!" image watermarked by dianagj-art.

Panel 26- Transitions to Raph bedroom which is decorated with glow in the dark stars and movie posters. On a red bed sits Raph who is excitedly listening to his father tell him the story off screen "But more importantly, he was very good looking."

Panel 27- Raph, sitting on his bed, looks disappointed. Splinter is off screen but a speach bubble with his face in it shows that he is laughing at his sons reaction.

Panel 28- Splinter’s ears drop and his face falls into a frown, sitting on the rug beside Raphael’s bed. Raphael, laying on the bed, looks confused and concerned. The room is colorful, with childish toys and posters, and the blanket and rug are red, his color. It is watermarked with “irequirealobotomy” in purple text.

Panel 29- Splinter looking away with a sad expression saying "Then one day... they dissapearred without a trace". The background is a gradient from orange to purple.

Panel 30- Mikey, Carol and Donnie sit on Donnie’s bed. Mikey holds his stuffed bunny George and Carol’s arm as his tail wags. Donnie throws his arms in the air. “What? But… where did he go?! You can’t just disappear…” He squints in deep thought his hand now at his face. “Can you? Maybe…” He points his finger as his eyes light up with ideas. “Maybe he is being hidden, like us! Or-” Watermarked risebabyx2 in the bottom corner.

Panel 31- Mikey and Donnie, sitting on Donnie’s bed. Donnie with a worried expression, mumbling until interrupted by Mikey who excitedly asks; “Do you think we will ever meet him!?” The image is watermarked by clown-froggi.

Panel 32- Carol looking away from Mikey and Donnie somberly, fiddling with her hands. Image is marked on the top left with RiseLeon.

Panel 33- Mikey sitting hugging his legs on the bed. His pink rabbit, George, hugged close. Carol sitting next to him, putting his head, saying "one day, I hope you can do anything you put your mind to." Donnie sitting on her other side looking slightly sullen. Water marked with purpleviolet at the top middle.

Panel 34- Carol tucking in Donnie while Mikey sits beside her. All are smiling. Image is watermarked by Karonkar.

Panel 35- Carol tucking in Mikey on the top bunk bed. Mikey is smiling as he snuggles his stuffed bunny. Carol smiles and pulls the cover over him. Image is watermarked by brightonstudios.

Panel 36- Carol stands in the doorway, facing the dark hall outside. Her hand rests against the edge of the frame. She is looking back over her shoulder, smiling fondly. She is saying "Goodnight, boys." Image is marked at the bottom right by CupKatWarrior9

Panel 37- Mikey sleeps on his stomach, George next to his hand. His blanket mostly covers his legs and the bottom of his shell, with one foot sticking out. Watermarked Bambiraptorx.

Panel 38- Donnie sleeping peacefully in his bed, mouth slightly open.

Panel 39- Heishi asleep in his bed, blankets tightly wrapped around him with a smile on his face. Signed MD in the bottom right.

Panel 20- Carol sitting on the bunk beds. Laughing looking happy saying, "Alright, alright." Water marked with Purple-the-turtle on the bottom left. End ID.]

[clawsandpaws-creativearchive]

"…and then the creature ATTACKED!" Mikey yells unnecessarily loud for dramatic effect, smiling when everyone jumps back. "But don't worry," He reassured them, "the hero knew what could defeat it. Pulling out Flamey: his trusty flamethrower, he was able to defeat it with the power of fire!!!" 🔥🔥🔥

----- Is IGKD Mikey telling the truth? Or is he just making up some fun spooky stories to entertain his cabinmates? The world may never know~ ~ Cadoo 🐾 @tmnt-fandom-family-reunion Cabin 15 Roll Call: 🔥 GGTH!AU @/clawsandpaws-creativearchive 🔥 IGKD @justalittleobsessed 🔥 Sparky!AU @belleyellsaboutturtles 🔥 Relinquish!AU @spacemimz 🔥 TMNT!Aberration @probably-not-a-rutabaga 🔥 In This Together @theartofeverything 🔥 Counselor Lenox @bigmoneysniffler 🔥 Broken Bonds @yourlocaltiredartist Special Guest Appearance [ Cabin 10 ]: 𖤓 Little Subjects @allyheart707

Process video under the cut ↴

[tmnt-fandom-family-reunion]

First and foremost, our first event is upon us:

"Campfire Stories!"

Simple as it sounds -- AUs from all cabins will gather round, roast marshmallows on an open flame, tempt your arson-leaning tendencies, (you know who you are) infodump about your AU's various tragic backstories to your fellow cabin members... What more could you want?

This event continues until June 16th!

Second - Cabin Representatives! I'm going to explain them!

Each event, one person from each cabin will be chosen to... well... REPRESENT your cabin.

As cabin mates, your job will be to learn about their AU, and make content befitting of their AU(s) and the event theme! (Maybe your AU can spook them with your thrilling story, or maybe offer their AU a comforting s'more after their own sad story!)

Content for the AU made by the creator of that AU will earn your team one point! Content made by their cabin mates, OF THE REPRESENTING AU('s) will earn your cabin two points!

If you make content with or for another cabin, BOTH cabins will get a point. Tag this blog (tmnt-fandom-family-reunion) in all posts, and remember to include your cabin name/number in any posts! It helps us tally points up better!

REPRESENTATIVES:

Cabin 1: @allmightyscroll-swag

Cabin 2: @silver-fire-wolf-pokemon-lover

Cabin 3: @lartiel

Cabin 4: @locnessnestle

Cabin 5: @iobsesswaytoomuch

Cabin 6: @wingstobetorn

Cabin 7: @curlyquest

Cabin 8: @genderfluid-envy

Cabin 9: @icequeenabby

Cabin 10: @allyheart707

Cabin 11: @merakimagic

Cabin 12: @exhaustedwriterartist

Cabin 13: @karonkar & @owliedoesnothing

Cabin 14: @wandering-ghost

Cabin 15: @theartofeverything

Cabin 16: @moth-boi-lycan

GO FORTH!

[clanofjones]

COLORS

WOW

THEY'RE HERE

L to R, top to bottom:

@theosb0rnway, @punkeropercyjackson, @allyheart707, @paytato435, @karonkar, @friskyeee/@friskebits, @spicy-apple-pie, @zeriphi, @zee-rambles, @fanatess, @browless-donnie, @iisthings/@noisygardendragon, @mostlyvoid-partiallyturtles, @just-another-tired-gay-artist, @wingstobetorn, @chaos-potat, @justletmereadmycomics, @3mutantsinatrenchcoat, @winkwonkblog, @nosleep83, @phoebepheebsphibs, @elliwoods/@intotheelliwoods, @tinker-the-dragon, @artsymeeshee, @angelpuns, @theartofeverything, @randyzorra/@caaaaaww (I think(?)), ME ^^, @ghosty-0w0, @mikey-rottmnt, @purple-the-turtle, @zeawesomeness, @delicatechildwitch, @yelenapines

*looks up*

GOLLY GEE OSCAR, THERE ARE A LOT OF YOU!

Colors are all done! If you have no color, then it's either because your color scheme is monochromatic, in black and white, or there aren't any heavily 'distinguishing features' (I.E., something to make you stand out. No shade, I swear! I loved drawing all of you ^^)

NOW! Here's how tagging will work. I asked all of you if you wanted to be tagged and how, so here are the results!

TAGGED IN EVERYTHING:

Oz

Payto

Purple

Chaos

Kar

Three

Frisk

Yelena

Summer

Spicy

Artsy

Ally

Del

Avid

Avi

Ghosty

Corv

Starry

Andy

Fanatess

Tinker

TAGGED IN UPDATES FT. YOUR SONA:

El

Phoebe

I HAVE NO IDEA: (TELL ME HOW YOU WANT TO BE TAGGED (if you do want to be tagged at all!))

Zeri

Zee

Juice

Robbie

Tyrone

Sleep

Angel

Nym

Randy

Ze

NOTE: If you don't give me an answer, I will default to tagging you when your sona is featured, as I feel it is customary. But I would LOVE to get replies from you guys! Pretty please!!

*whisper tone* also pspspsps a good way to know when updates are would be to follow this blog if you haven't already pspspspspspsps

[iobsesswaytoomuch]

Herculean Cerulean: Part 5

@mintleafkitty72 @froggyphycosis @daboyau @theartofeverything @apoeticwasteoofspace if you want me to tag/stop tagging you, let me know!! :)

Boy just experienced death for the first time lol

Ya'll probably believe this is actually his first time lol (he doesn't remember. Yet)

Okay but imagine; you live forever, everyone you know lives forever; then one day you make a new friend, and you find out that they can easily just disappear off the face of the earth forever. :)

Also sidenote I can't draw frogs😀😭

Edit: @theartofeverything made some AWESOME colored panels you should go look at!!

start previous next masterpost

[ever-on]

“Transparent Lives” - For #secretrobin this month, the art hurdle I’m attempting to get over is finishing. Working consistently on all the pieces that have a little bit of potential in them, a shred of save-ability, and seeing them out and through. This is one of them. - 10” x 10” Paper, bee hive, ink, acrylic, found object, & tissue paper on found art - #artbrut #pdxartist #theartofeverything #TaoE #mixedmediacollage #foundobjectcollage #colorfulcollage @robinsealark #rawvisionmagazine (at Portland, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnUnX_JpRqR/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dnpanimationstudioclone]

realized something lately about Xever. Based on what Ive read from wiki, what happened in the show and in some comic, New Animated Adventures issue 5

Read Xever was abandoned by his parents, not sure if it’s canon but it’s implied he pretty much was surviving on the streets, fending for himself.

His oldest friend Vitor and partner in crime that he grew up with ratted him out and left him to rot in prison

Is constantly at threat by Shredder and the Foot of being disposed of.

Mondo Gecko, who’s parents casted him away after he became a mutant and Xever took in as one of his most trusted errand boys, ends up teaming up with his enemies against him

…This fish man’s likely got some abandonment issues. If they wanted to get deeper with him, imagine if they had Xever show genuinely close with Mondo maybe seeing a bit of himself in him, maybe have Mondo stick with him for a little while longer until realizing what they’re doing isn’t right and make the turn more emotional. Ngl he seemed pretty angry when Mondo turned, imagine if it was portrayed as him honestly caring for Mondo and hurt losing him too.

Imagine if Xever got exposed to the fear fungus and it showed his worst fears being left all alone, no one caring when he's gone💔

Xever-FINE! SEE IF I CARE! I don’t need you I NEVER needed you, I don’t need ANYONE….you all just bail eventually💔….So why do I keep trying?

I think it could been cool if they played more sympathetic parts of Xever, show deep down in that ruthless violent criminal ready to crack skulls is actually a very lonely and broken soul who just needed someone to care💔

Xever-HAVENT YOU TARTARUGAS TAKEN ENOUGH FROM ME!? Couldnt you let me have atleast one person that cared about me!?

Mikey-You made Mondo think it was everyone for themselves, that no one else cared!

Xever-Thats what it's always been like for ME!

Xever-Sometimes I wonder if Vitor was right. Maybe people can only put up with me for so long. Maybe I’m just that too much to handle caring about💔

Raph who often feels his anger issues seperate him from his family and that they’ll get tired of him and want him out-…

Me and @theartofeverything have been talking about Xever and Bradford becoming a thing and him helping Xever see he's not going to be abandoned by everyone in his life and Xever helps Bradford see he's still important even if not to Shredder anymore, helping each other show they're deserving of love♥️♥️♥️

What do u think? How'd you want to write Xever? I'd love to know💖

[apoeticwasteoofspace]

It genuinely amazes me how kind people can be. Yes, there are some really, really, really bad people out there. But there are also sweet, and kind, and passionate, and wonderful, and caring, and lovely people out there too. I've had multiple times where random strangers (both on here and in real life) have taken the time out of their day to say something nice, like a compliment, or comforting me when I'm at a low spot in my life. I can't express how much it means to me. It helps me remember that there's still good in the world. There's still good people out there. There's always light, even in the darkest of times. Like the stars. The night sky can seem black, and desolate. Sometimes the moon disappears for a while. But the stars are always there. Tiny pinpricks of light in the darkness, always shining. Lighthouses in the darkest of seas. I'm so grateful to every person who has shown me kindness. (I want to write a poem about this now, but don't know if I will for a while)

@theartofeverything what you said on that one vent post I made was one of those stars in my life. It helped a lot :)

[tmnt-multiverse-election]

Current Nominees

I am tagging the creators so they know if they've been nominated. If they wish to retract the nomination, they can let me know.

Donnie @phykoha (Tiny Mutant Feral Turtles) - 1

Future Leo @nani-nonny (Reunion) - 1

Tenoch Oroku @gelu-the-babosa-multiversal (Forgotten Clan) - 1

Donnie @consume6810 - 1

Omega @kathaynesart (Replica) - 1

Mikey @seaghost (TMNT: Bay Area) - 1

Reticent Leo @tmnt-reticent (Reticent) - 1

April @theartofeverything (In This Together) - 1

Donnie @kaysdenofchaos (Teenage Mutant Meddling Turtles) - 1

Venus @ (Jumpstart Separated) - 1

Sensei Donatello @theredponcho (Microwave) - 1

Swanattello @tangledinink (Swanattello) - 1

Mikey @ (Deep Water) - 1

Dai @sweeneydino (Paper Scales/Little Dragons) - 1

Hamato Antonello @ants-turquoisewave (Led Astray) - 2

Kasey Jones @caseyjones-junior (Krang Parasite) - 1

Baby Mikey @pezhead (Age Gap) - 1

Mikey's Cat @anomalysstuff (Anomaly) - 1

Splinter @broken-slime-boi (Grayscale) - 1

Yuichi Usagi @azucar-skull (Feral Casey) - 1

Marcelo @irequirealobotomy (Just Around The Corner) - 1

Leonardo @dancingthesambaa (Star Blind) - 1

Cerise Mylene Hamato @fanartmayhem (Mikey's Unplanned Purpose) - 1

Calamari @cokoweee (Quilt) - 1

Glamrock Raph @thejade-forest (RotTMNT x SB)

Ghost @AmevilloBlue (Ghost In The Shell) - 1

Casey Jones Jr @delicatechildwitch (Old Soul) - 1

Shelldon @mostlyvoid-partiallyturtles (Lifetime Achievement Award) - 1

Donatello @kaysdenofchaos (Battle Scars) - 1

Little Leo @misshowdoyoudo (Reminiscing That Old Time) - 1

Maro @eternalleader - 1

Villain Mikey @onionninjasstuff (Villain PB&J) - 1

Future Leo @cosmoscrow (Odd Man Out) - 1

Donnie @jacky_fruit3529 (Deep Water) - 1

Cassandra Jones @gremlinscomics (Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself) - 1

Donatello @cryptidofthecove - 2

Caiji @gornackeaterofworlds (Butterfly Effect) - 3

Mustachello @revitalizationrat (Mustachello) - 3

Poptart @intotheelliwoods (2 Arms Left) - 4

Toast @intotheelliwoods (2 Arms Left) - 3

Liam @fishsticksloser (Last Echoes) - 5

You have until the end of Friday this week to nominate. Show creators some support, ask them questions, and have fun.

[prismdrive]

@theartofeverything OHHH BOY ALRIGHT I'LL RANT ABOUT MY SCHOOL

Alright, so in the country i live there's like a net of semi-private schools (Semi as in to enter a school you have to pass an infamous test of 40 questions and to guarantee a vacancy you have to get at least 25 right, which isn't all that easy bcs i studied for two months straight and got 26 LMAO)

But i got in! (Somehow!!) And my school is the second largest in the area so super cool even though i tend to get lost HSHSH

Firstly, they are super inclusive. Only reason i haven't told anyone i'm trans is because my mom threatened that if i did she'd get me out of that school but teachers have pins and stickers about inclusion (mostly LGBTQ+) and they have a mural with a pride flag!!! Which i'm very happy my mom missed when she visited!!!!! An old friend of mine that studied there for a year before me assured that if i told the teachers about my situation they'd be very careful to use the right pronouns when talking to my mom, but i'm still paranoid as hell so

Secondly, it's SO more organized than local public schools, we always have a teacher, they don't allow smoking in school grounds and the enviroment is simply better (they got a pond with geese and turtles AUGHH)

ALSO i'm a highschooler but they treat us like we were in university. We can come and go as we please, can stay until 10pm if we wished to, we can bring our own food and they got a MINI KITCHEN FOR THE STUDENTS with a fridge, and microwave, and sink, it's amazing!!!! Though this also means more responsability for us, but i'm all in for that.

On the first day they also have this weird tradition where they make every first year class watch a video of tap dance where the ocassional motivational word pops up and everybody just YELLS it, it's so funny because we didn't understand a thing of what was happening at first but just accepted it and joined the yelling HRJJAHD

They also have after-class clubs and courses, which in my country are very rare, though sadly i can't join any because of my schedule.

Anywho, i can't wait to make some new friends! I'm a very out-going and talkative person so i get along with pretty much everyone, but i haven't really made friends xD I tried talking to this girl from another class that had cool spiderverse pins but she never answered my messages sssoooooo... not gonna pressure her if she doesn't want to

OH ALSO they got an insta account made by students where if you see someone you're interested in (either platonically or romantically) you can anonymously send a pic and everyone teams up to figure out who it is 😭😭 wing-maning to the next level. My family jokes that one day i'll see a pic of myself there but i highly doubt it HSJSKA

Maybe these are all normal stuff for some people, but man for me it isn't.

I come originally from a third-world country where schools don't really have teachers or resources, and where i currently live conditions are MUCH better but a lot of public schools are very disorganised so i'm super hyped for this school jahfjsk

[nerves-nebula]

I know you're mainly an art dude but your writing is fucking amazing. That new chapter was so fucking uncomfortable I loved it.

awWwWW thaNK YOUUU!!! if you think im good you should see my sister, they have like a 1 in 3 publishing record which is INSANELY high based on the stories I've heard of authors getting a lot of rejections and stuff. and they're working on a novel which i read an excerpt of online and why am i talking about my sister lmao.

uhhh to get back on track THANK YOU I am so flattered. i actually puttered out while editing it cuz I was like "oh my god this is bad i can't stand to look at it another moment" so you can thank @theartofeverything for looking over & editing the rest of it for me :')

it prolly wouldn't have been posted so soon if not for them hah

[theartofeverything]

Finally have a cover done for my tmnt iteration and the first chapter of the fic up on AO3! Check it out there at https://archiveofourown.org/works/48506239/chapters/122354512

Or simply read on below the cut :)

The Origins of the Hamato Clan

Collected by Venus Hamato,

the forgotten turtle.

Leonardo

My name’s Leonardo and I’m a mutant. In this world that means danger. It means having to live in the shadows and be ready to run or fight for your life at any time.

It’s been nearly ten years since the Kraang were overthrown and my brothers and I escaped from TCRI. It’s been quite the adventure ever since, the kind where you never know where the next threat or your next meal might come from. We’ve fought mutants and mutant hunters, survived in places most people don’t even know exist and through things most people couldn’t imagine, but through it all, we’ve stuck together.

My name is Leonardo and I’m the leader of the Hamato Clan and that means I’ve got something worth fighting for.

[Excerpt from The Journals of Leonardo Hamato]

Let’s rewind to where it all started, before the mutants, before the rebellions, before the apocalypse…

Our story begins thousands of years ago in a galaxy known only as Dimension X (except for the myriad of other ominous titles it has collected in interplanetary folklore, such as the Prison Dimension, the Shadow World, and Thkrdltkstspi!, a name too horrifying to be translated into any earthly language). A long since forgotten race of aliens created the first ever artificial intelligence and called it the Kraang. Its purpose was to learn and adapt, evolving to become a higher life form.

It was a smashing success, a true masterwork of bioengineering. It learned cell multiplication from bacteria and information transference from computers. Its progress was exponential, constantly reaching for more the more it learned. It soon surpassed the intelligence of its creators, and having learned that the most efficient path towards higher evolution was the extinction of the weak, it proceeded to wipe them out and steal their resources to use in its pursuit of knowledge.

It spread from planet to planet like a virus, infiltrating silently, growing in the shadows as it gathered data, then conquering and launching off to consume further targets. Sometimes a planet fell quickly, when its inhabitants were simple and it didn’t take the Kraang long to understand everything it wanted to know about them. Sometimes the Kraang lingered upon discovery of a more complex species, studying and experimenting to see what characteristics it may find useful to adopt. One planet held a species so strange it observed them secretly for nearly a hundred years. It was a species full of paradoxes and enigmas that confounded all of its interplanetary logic. These strikingly nonsensical creatures call themselves humans.

B5h-P (Bishop)

The age of the infiltration of earth is, as the humans would say, an exciting time to be alive. The Kraang has learned much from studying this species, including the concepts of ‘individuality’ and ‘language’. It is undecided whether these are necessarily good ideas yet, but we’re trying them out, hence the term we.

I, as part of the newest evolution of Kraang who possesses separated sentience, have been designated B5h-P. This is my first day at TCRI, the Techno Cosmic Research Institute, where I will begin my study on earth biology.

[Progress report 1, two years before Kraang occupation of earth]

After five earth years of research and experimentation, I have finally engineered my first mutants! By combining human and turtle DNA, I have created creatures with both superior physiology and intelligence. I am very excited to see how they will develop and have been researching the human concept of ‘education’ to possibly enhance that development. Inspired by my studies, I have named my creations Leonardo and Donatello.

[Progress report 97, three years into Kraang occupation]

The more I study humans, the more I am fascinated by them. They do so many things for no discernable reason, like laughter and art and dance. Perhaps I will make another mutant to further explore these mysteries.

[Progress report 135, five years into Kraang occupation]

The human uprising has led to increased demand for military focused scientific production. Under severe pressure from the administration, I have begun engineering a fourth turtle with enhanced combat capabilities. Physically, he will be the strongest and most durable of my creations, but I am wary of the effect the administration's demands may have on his mind.

[Progress report 217, seven years into Kraang occupation]

I believe I am experiencing what the humans call ‘frustration.’ The administration has taken control of the guided development of my creations and is now training them for combat. While I know they are certainly physically capable of withstanding the training and testing, according to human standards they are only children and I do not see this as beneficial for their psychological and emotional development, a complaint the administration does not seem to understand.

[Progress report 298, eight years into Kraang occupation]

My creations seem to be adjusting to the new demands by inventing a form of imaginative play they call “Ninja Turtles” which seems to consist of reinterpreting their combat training through the framework of what they learned about medieval japanese warriors from story books I read to them, the construction of a fantasy narrative around the day to day events of their lives, and the development of a new vocabulary of nonsense words including “booyakasha!” and “cowabunga!” The administration is confused by this new behavior and has inquired into whether it may be indicative of neurological dysfunction. I for one am glad to see the persistence of their humor, creativity, and imagination even as the administration attempts to overwrite it.

[Progress report 305, eight years into Kraang occupation]

Donatello

Leon and I have been together for as long as we can remember. My earliest memories are of us sneaking around through TCRI, trying to get out of training and find a place to play away from the Kraang scientists. It’s crazy to think how long we lived knowing nothing but alien cyborgs, other test subjects, and white metal walls. We were nearly six years old when we started hearing bits and pieces about the war going on outside. The rebellion was finally gaining some traction and the Kraang were getting nervous.

Honestly, we had no idea what the real world was like, but we had a dream of a world where we weren’t stabbed with needles every day and forced to train for hours on end, a world where we could be more than test subjects destined to become mindless soldiers. So we made a pact to break out together. That whole year we spent every spare moment between tests scoping out possible exit routes and scheming up ways we could get us and the younger turtles out. All we needed was an opportunity. That came the day the resistance broke into TCRI.

[Transcription of recording made during the programming of D0n13, an artificial intelligence intended to replace Donatello Hamato in the event of his death]

Casey Jones

My Ma was a hero. When the invasion broke out, she and her biker gang, the Purple Dragons, fought back against the aliens. It was pocket knives and crowbars against monsters and lasers, but they bought enough time for people to escape. The City was overrun in a matter of hours, but my Ma and her gang gathered as many survivors as they could and went into hiding.

The next seven years were rough. The Kraang took over the earth and proclaimed themselves our supreme leader. Anybody who tried to disobey them and got caught was killed or went missing, but the Purple Dragons never stopped fighting. They smuggled people out of the city and found other resistance groups, gathering forces till they were finally ready to take the fight to the enemy. Retaking New Jersey sparked a flame that ignited a rebellion all over the world. Three years later, on the ten year anniversary of the invasion, my Ma led the attack on the Kraang headquarters in New York City, TCRI.

[Introduction to speech delivered before the second Battle of New York City against the mutant revolution]

TCRI was burned to the ground after the resistance broke in. Decades worth of research was destroyed. Scientists and science experiments alike were killed in the halls and left for the fire to scourge. Very few life forms made it out alive.

Michelangelo

I think our escape from TCRI might be my earliest memory. I was only four. Raph was two. Don and Leon were seven. I remember the sound of the alarm blaring and shouts from everywhere as Don dragged me by the arm. Leon was carrying Raph. He had to knock the little guy out to keep him from kicking and screaming. It was the first time any of us had seen humans, and they were terrifying.

[from interview aired on Channel 6 with Michaelangelo Hamato, the mutant street artist whose work inspired the Pro-Mutant Movement]

April O’Neil

I met the Hamatos before they were the Hamatos, before there was a Hamato Clan, back when they were just the Ninja Turtles. They had been living on their own for years and had managed to stay out of most of the conflict of the second revolution. That all changed when Raph got captured by the Purple Dragons.

[Excerpt from article on on the history of the Pro-Mutant Movement, written by its founder, April O'Neil]

Raphael

Life on the run is all I’ve ever known. It’s hard and dangerous, but that’s just how the world is for mutants like us. You can’t trust anybody. We’ve had our run-ins with other mutants, they never ended well. We’ve been robbed, lied to, and nearly eaten more times than I can count. I can’t say I really blame them though. We’re all just trying to survive in this world that’s trying to hunt us to extinction.

The humans are the real monsters. They’re not hunting for their next meal. They’re not defending themselves from being eaten. They just kill because they hate. It’s not enough for them to have won the war, they have to scourge the earth of every trace of it till they can pretend it never happened, and they can’t do that till every last one of the monsters the Kraang created are dead at their feet.

So am I a monster? Maybe I am. Maybe it’s what I was made to be. The one thing I know for sure is that I sure as shell ain’t the only one. So if it takes being a monster to stay alive in this world and keep my brothers safe, that’s what I’ll be.

[the words of Raphael Hamato before his first fight in the Battle Nexus, recorded by Karai]

But I’ve seen you be cruel and I've seen you be kind. I’ve watched you switch your whole personality at the flip of a dime. Are you really trying to tell me none of that was an act?

Oh, I’m sure a lot of it is. There have certainly been times when I’ve smiled and played along when I didn’t feel like it, or put on a bit of a show for the audience, but doesn’t everyone do that sometimes? Don’t you ever do something you don’t feel like doing but know you should? Have you never put on a braver or happier face for the sake of those around you?

Well of course I have. That’s part of what it means to be a leader and a big brother. But it definitely gets hard sometimes, and at the end of the day, it’s good to have someone I can just be myself around. Don’t you have anyone you trust enough to share the real you with?

I don’t know if I’ve ever really trusted anybody. If I ever did, it would probably be you. You know my story better than anyone. You've seen more sides of me than most people know exist. I just wish I had a real me to share.

[from The Collected Quotes of Two Wandering Souls, an anthology of memories with Karai, written by Leonardo Hamato]

As I write this, I know it will be my final progress report. Despite the many hollow assurances of the administration, I know that it’s only a matter of time before the rebellion seizes TCRI. As I doubt I will be left alive to see the dawn of the ‘new day’ the rebellion is fighting for, I have chosen to make this record in hopes of its survival in my stead.

I have secretly been working on a project over these last few months, one that I have not discussed in these progress reports or informed the administration of. Knowing my time was limited, I did not want to waste any catering to their demands.

I have created a fifth turtle, my final work of art, the child of all my learning and fascination. In her DNA, I have written the capacity for bravery and passion, fear and loneliness, hatred and love, all of these wonderful and beautiful qualities I will never understand. I have named her Venus, my love letter to the human race.

[Progress report 477, the ninth and final year of the Kraang occupation]

The name Hamato comes from two japanese characters. The first one meaning borderland and the second meaning family. It is the name for those who live on the fringe, who do not fit in anywhere, and have chosen to come together. In a world divided into warring factions across species and ideological lines, the Hamato Clan is the collection of the discarded bits from every part, the people who belong nowhere else.

My name is Venus Hamato and this is what I fight for.