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Hey y'all, I'm alive! :D

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I'm still alive, I just got sick asfghhjjkl

Update will be coming soon, hopefully within the week.

#Thank you for your (extended) patience.#chi's babbling again

Hey y'all, I'm alive! :D

#I have a LOT to update you guys on and will do my best to get to that very soon.#But for now - I just wanted to post a little something to let everybody know that I am in fact still living lol #Stay tuned for some important announces in the following weeks.#...oh and I will try to get through a few asks when I have the chance too.#chi's babbling again

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I did these quick crying Donnie sketches for a Discord thing a couple weeks ago and decided to post them here with no context. Enjoy! :>

Also, if you're wondering what he's holding in the bottom middle one, uhhhh...don't worry about it.

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The widely varying reactions to this are making me cackle.

#I read tags I know what ya'll are saying. And many of you are...not incorrect.#Kudos to you for being able to make out the fact that it's a jacket.#And even more for being able to spot the symbol on the jacket despite how messy my sketch is. Good job. And I'm sorry. 👍💛

I did these quick crying Donnie sketches for a Discord thing a couple weeks ago and decided to post them here with no context. Enjoy! :>

Also, if you're wondering what he's holding in the bottom middle one, uhhhh...don't worry about it.

#I think the bottom left and top right ones are my favorites. I like the expressions on those.#rottmnt #rottmnt donnie #rise donnie #donatello hamato #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #fanart #artrehearsals #chiscribbs

Important Announcement:

Hey, guys! I just wanted to let you all know that, due to some exciting life events that are happening, I'm going to be taking a short hiatus from posting.

Starting this Monday (June 24th), this blog is going to be largely inactive - with the possible exception of comments, asks, and queued posts.

This means that any open or continued collaborations - such as the GA: The Contest Chronicles series - will be put temporarily on pause until I'm able to get back to them. Hopefully that won't take too long, but I can't give a specific return date at this moment. I'll post an update when I know for certain.

***If you are currently taking part in a collaborative project with me and don't think you'll be able to continue after the hiatus, that's totally fine - please just send me a DM to let me know and I'll either write a work-around or we can decide on how best to do so together.***

Thanks for your continued patience. I know it's been a long wait - I'm excited to finally have more time to work on responses and other projects once things have settled. God bless ❤

#chi's babbling again #My intention was to have this round of responses finished before the hiatus but it's been an unpredictable process and that didn't pan out.#Thanks for your continued patience and interest.

As an artist and/or writer, what is one thing you think you do well? What is one thing you would like to improve on?

As an artist, I think I do a pretty good job of picking up on styles and imitating them. Some styles are a lot easier to grasp than others, of course, but generally speaking - I think it's a strong suit of mine. I enjoy learning the ins and outs of what makes a certain style unique and figuring out how to apply that knowledge in practice. I've also been told that expressions are something I do well, which...I don't know if it's an opinion I share, but I do really ENJOY drawing expressions. What I'd like to improve on - there's a whole host of things, but to name just one - scene setting. Not just drawing backgrounds, specifically (though that is a big one), but I'd love to get better at giving my art an atmosphere. Often it tends to be just character sketches in a grey void, because characters are what I'm comfortable with and what I like drawing most, lol. But scene setting is such an important skill, both in storyboarding and comics, so I'd definitely like to get better at that.

As a writer (or a storyteller), I think my strengths lie in conceptualizing and planning. I have...so many Word documents loaded with notes for my AUs, stories outlined beat-for-beat as though I'm writing them for an actual TV series instead of a tiny group of people on the internet, lol. I absolutely LOVE the plotting process, it's so fun to weave a story together bit by bit and figure out how all the parts connect. However, I could definitely stand to improve on the actual writing part of the process, especially where dialogue is concerned. I'm always more interested in what a character is thinking than what they're saying or doing, and it's a struggle to get that across in a way that sounds natural. But it's a topic that I absolutely love to study and hope to improve on over time.

Thanks for the question! :> ...sorry that the answer ended up being a bit longwinded, lol.

#I do not know how to give short straight-forward answers this is something you'll come to learn about me.#asked and answered #friendlyneighborhoodterrapin

This is fine 👍

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Grown Apart AU: [Premise/Concept Art] [General tag] [Intro] (W belongs to @ch3ry-b0mb)

Thread: START / <<Part 7 / Part 9>>

#Leo's plot continues at last! I know it took awhile but things are gonna start rolling here very soon.#GA: the contest chronicles #grown apart au (rottmnt)#GA Leo #fanart #comic #chiscribbs #Pay no attention to the sketchy scribbled bathroom in those two panels.

Okay, so most of ya'll are here for the Disaster Twins angst.

I see you.

#I know what you all are...#(Just kidding - I also love the DT dynamic in this AU. It's a blast to work with. Happy people are so interested in it!#I do find it kinda funny that was the highest vote tho - considering they've barely interacted in the GCC series...yet.)#What this poll DID tell me is I need to start giving Raph's story a lot more attention. Sorry bud. You're tough for me to write.#grown apart au (rottmnt)#Thanks to everyone who voted - this poll was very helpful ❤

Hello, Sorry to bother you but I wanted to ask if you do request?

You're not bothering me at all!

As for taking requests - I don't officially? But you're always free to drop a suggestion in my inbox and I may or may not decide to do it. Sometimes I just need ideas for things to draw and suggestions from third parties can be very helpful.

Although, I will warn you that I'm currently pretty bogged down with IRL stuff and it may be awhile before I have the opportunity.

#asked and answered #anonymous

I'm working on getting responses finished and posts edited, so how about a little poll in the meantime? If you've been following GA: The Contest Chronicles...

Which relationship in this AU are you most interested in knowing more about?

Raph & Draxum

Donnie & Big Mama

Splinter & his boys (or just one of them, please specify)

Leo & Mikey

Donnie & Leo

Mikey & Raph

Raph & Huginn/Muninn

Donnie & Big Mama's Assistant

April & the boys (or just one of them, please specify)

Raph & Cassandra

Other (please specify!)

Voting ended onJun 14, 2024

#grown apart au (rottmnt)#Just trying to get a better idea of what's stirring a majority of interest in this au.#I'm honestly so excited to delve deeper into all of these but I'd like to know which ones third-party observers are most curious about.#A quick vote would really help me out!#rottmnt au #rottmnt #poll #(P.S. Apologies for the disorganized tag - tumblr has changed the chrono function and I'm still trying to figure it out.)

My brain literally would not let me rest until I got this out of my system, so here we are.

Okay, so - Future Donnie's canon design sure is a thing. I actually love the concept, mechanic aesthetic is great for Don, but I'm not crazy about the all-black waders/overalls they're just...they're a choice. Definitely a choice. So I figured it was time to update those old Future Donnie designs I made awhile back (which, surprisingly, weren't too far-off? I got the pants pockets right at least, lol)

Here are some of my own takes on the new look. I challenged myself to try and stay as close to the canon design's over-all (haha) vibe as I could, so they don't differ too drastically. Just a few alternative ways to do basically the same concept. For funsies.

***Zero disrespect intended towards Andy, for the record. He's giving us the content we've all been craving and he's the realest one for that! (Also, the overalls aren't that bad, tbh? I think it's just the all-black inking that makes them look kinda off in the preview image.) Still super excited for the full comic to finally be released AAAAAAAA!!

#And yes I will always draw future Donnie with the chin spot you can pry that headcanon out of my cold dead hands. It suits him.#Also wow - comparing these to the old ones it's very apparent how much more comfortable I am drawing in the Rise style now. Neat!#rottmnt #rottmnt donnie #rise donnie #donatello hamato #future donnie #rottmnt future donnie #rise future donnie #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #fanart #character redesign #concept art #chiscribbs

Donnie's overalls are breaking the internet rn, and honestly, I feel like he would love that.

#Boy's outfit is making headlines LOL #rottmnt donnie #rise donnie #donnie's overalls #chi's babbling again

Next Update: Coming Soon!

#We'll finally be getting Leo out of the backrooms with this one...but where will he end up next I wonder? 👀#artrehearsals #GA: the contest chronicles

Quick announcement:

Regarding the on-going AU crossovers: although the TMNT AU comp that spawned the comics has ended (congrats to Empyrean Weeping and Replica for the totally deserved win, btw ❤), the plot is not yet wrapped up. And as I said before, I'm determined to finish that out before moving on completely.

Therefore, any threads that are currently active or have been planned in advance will still continue (as well as some ask responses that I've had saved in my drafts for sometime). But I'll be using a new tag for the series from here on out, to prevent any future confusion:

All TMNT AU Comp-related interactions on this blog will now be tagged/referred to as "GA: The Contest Chronicles"

(I'll be going in and adding this tag to the already-published posts as well, for convenience. All of the old tags will remain untouched, though, don't worry.)

Thanks again to everyone who's been following along with the GA crew's shenanigans thus far - I hope you enjoy the rest of the series! A new update should be posted sometime this week, so be sure keep an eye out for that!

#Also - hopefully this goes without saying but - no one is obligated to continue a thread with me of course.#If you're involved in an on-going thread and want out - just say so I will write in a work-around for you. Nbd.#grown apart au (rottmnt)#chiscribbs #chi's babbling again

So here's something a little off the beaten path from my normal uploads -

Last week was my best friend @koilada's birthday and I held a private art stream for her, during which I sketched some of her (our) favorite ships! Because fwenship💕 Ships and the works that they're from listed below, in order of appearance:

Elena and Mateo (Elena of Avalor)

Koen and Ludwika (OCs from one of our collaborative works)

Cass and Varian (Tangled the Series)*

*The Cassarian sketch is specifically in reference to a post-series spin-off that she and I have been writing together for some time now, which I might post more about in the future, we'll see.

It's been so long since I've attempted to draw most of these characters... My favorite thing in this entire set ended up being that Mateo, because I have not drawn him very much and I was fully anticipating him to come out looking so much worse than he did, LOL. (Side note: please forgive the missing hands, these were not meant to be finished pieces, just some relatively "quick" sketches)

#The stark contrast of the 3 styles is so amusing to me - you can definitely tell they're not all from the same work haha #I guess that's a good thing if you can easily differentiate the styles tho??? Yeah I imagine it probably is. Cool cool.#chiscribbs #Feesh Frend #...do I have to tag all of the ships? Ehhhhh I guess I probably should. No spoilers for S3 of EoA tho please.#cassarian #eleteo #my: ludwika #fins and feathers (kolulu)#artrehearsals

Just felt like drawing some Leos from my Grown Apart AU. Specifically, I wanted to do some of the moments where his devil-may-care persona goes out the window. 'Cause as hard as he tries to make it seem like nothing ever bothers him, that's pretty far from the truth.

(Had to include Donnie in there, because the two of them are constantly getting under each other's skin when he first shows up, lol)

Interested in learning more about the AU? Here are some helpful links:[Premise/Concept Art] [General tag] [Updated designs: coming soon]

#All I'm gonna say about the left-most image is that he's not yelling at Mikey. So don't worry about that - the portal bros are fine.#(Closer by this point than they've been in a long time honestly)#grown apart au (rottmnt)#GA leo #leonardo hamato #rottmnt leo #GA donnie #rottmnt au #rottmnt #rise of the tmnt #rise of the teenage mutant ninja turtles #fanart #chiscribbs

hi, I have another Shades of Purple ask for you. Do the brothers have any nicknames for each other? I know some aus have each brother give a different nickname.

Besides the canon ones - like "Nardo", "Angelo", "Raphala", or "Dontron" - you mean?

Hmmmm... I don't really have any new nicknames for them to call each other, outside of a specific context. Like I've said, this isn't really an "AU" so much as a concept for an episode (or, I guess, saga of episodes if you want to expand the timeline) within the show's canon. So, I mostly stick to what's already given?

However, if you happen to have any nickname headcanons that you personally like and want to use, go for it!

#I have different names for them in some of my AUs but this is within the same universe and timeline - so I didn't really get that fancy.#Nicknaming the Donnie clones is another story tho lol #Thanks for the ask and for taking an interest in this concept!#asked and answered #nevergiveyournametothefae #shades of purple (rottmnt)#artistnotes

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