Just a diehard ROTTMNT fan, amateur fanfic author, and traditional artist here to have fun and show stuff to the world. 17, any pronouns are cool. Both pfp and banner is metal band Gojira bassist Jean-Michel Labadie bc im also a metalhead
Hi there, you can call me Sterno. I am a traditional artist, animator (not professional, I just do it for fun), and fanfic writer. I often refer to myself using terms related to muscles so do not be alarmed :)
I am 17, and i go by any pronouns online. Most of my mind is occupied by ROTTMNT, but I also love anatomy, Game Grumps, TADC, other cool science things, cute animals, goated movies like The Lego Movie, Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 2 is the best one CHANGE MY MIND) & of course the ROTTMNT movie, other goated shows like Phineas & Ferb and Wild Kratts, and heavy metal music.
some Rise art here
I am also learning to speak Japanese, and I may make references to Japanese culture in my work in the future.
はじめまして、たのしんでいます！
Nice to meet you, I am having fun!
AU list and other things below cut. read if you dare
AUs:
There's A First For Everything: Masterpost
#taffe & #taffe rottmnt
Jeffs In Flight: link to Jeffery's backstory and link to Jeffy's backstory
Jeffery made by me, Jeffy made by @hhstaralltangledup, who I share this AU with.
#Jeffs in flight au
Big sister AU: link to first post about Frankie
massive wip. more updates on Frankie coming i promise
Animations:
Rise of the Grumps: link to Rise of The Grumps post
link to project on YouTube
#rise of the grumps
test animations: my oc Aloe, mc of TAFFE (yes, Aloe like the plant. I call him Al. not ai, AL like Alfred or Albert)
test animation: 5/20/26
14 frames, 10 fps
Links:
Sterno_C_Mastoid77 on AO3
@sternocleidomizzenmast on yt
Sterno_C.Mast77 on Discord
DNI:
Tcest, or any cest for that matter
Hatred, yes trolls I'm talking to you too
any phobes or ists (yes, that includes ppl who are like "i dont support, but ill be nice to you")
Those looking for commission work, sorry but I will not partake in business at the moment
Link to a list of music artists to talk to me about
i am a metalhead
Questions? Comments? Just wanna chat?
Talk to me, I think I'm a decent person. Asks and messages are always open.
his expression is literally the most in character you could get, its perfect for when hes in the middle of his arc: growing more confident and happy while constantly being reminded of the past hes trying so desparately to get away from. hehe lore dump
is there a word for when you like. just eat for the sake of eating. like ur not actually hungry or anything, just the act of eating helps you focus on whatever you're doing. is that a thing
is there a word for when you like. just eat for the sake of eating. like ur not actually hungry or anything, just the act of eating helps you focus on whatever you're doing. is that a thing
is there a word for when you like. just eat for the sake of eating. like ur not actually hungry or anything, just the act of eating helps you focus on whatever you're doing. is that a thing
Did you ever just feel so lucky for knowing someone you met online? Like.. I was one click away from not following you. I was one second away from never even knowing of your existence.I would never have been this happy!!!...
This applies to literally all of my friends on here y'all are so cool vjksnfjwidqjd but speciaaaaal shout out to my ogs @caravalxjurdan240 @itzursafespace @wrensvoices <3333
@laced-in-ruin @maliciouslittlewhiteboy @sootandspine @ghostlynocturnalspirit @b4rty-r0s13r-w1ll-fck-y0ur-m0m @bluecookiesbutterbeer @kissrosier @mlupinn @silvert4bby and many more
@a-chance-of-raine @abs0l3m @sootandspine @printer-reads-505 @werewolfadmirer @timdrakescaffeinesupplier @sidequest-official @dishonorable-poet @foxysbred @laced-in-ruin @cryinconstalations @makeitfast9052 @twixxystick and all my beloved moots whom I cannot remember the exact handles of or am lowkey too scared to tag :)
Definitely a lot of people on here that I've loved getting to interact with. And so many of them i only got to meet by pure chance. Just wanna say I love you all even if we dont get to talk much.
I don’t really interact with a lot of people, but seeing y’alls posts and interactions really made me feel a lot more comfortable on tumblr and with art! Thanks for bein’ kewl people, my fellow internet strangers :3
@crossrole-undertaleau @secretagentatyourservice @elliotsslop @moonlitwaffles @quietneighbour @daffodiltheflower11 @thestupidone123 @that0negreencat @alwaysburningnacho @imnotnightmare-art @little-m00n @fufudraws @ruin--eclipse @impostorcrisis @weirdghostcat AND MANY MORE(also u -that1aceidiot and ur cool friend)
Tho we don't talk much but you bring happiness into my life by just existing AND I LOVE YOU ALL
if i procrastinated doing that dtiys for any longer theres a real chance i never would have became moots with @snazzy-here and everyone else kinda came from snazzy
@rin-donatellofan i remember when we would argue in comment sections all the fuckin time. by all the time, i mean like two or three times. its hilarious, thinking about it. but now im glad we can share the same streak of swearing and hatin the haters. you are awesome and please make more art your style is so cute :D
@imn0tsleepy fastest friend ever! when no one else is awake at midnight, i have you to keep me company as i eat pretzel chips and watch game grumps comps. you are super fun to be around, and im glad you like most of my jokes lol. also awesome :D
@hhstaralltangledup BUG BUDDY YAY (omg an excuse to talk to you)!!! uhh where to start. i hope your endeavors in digital art are going well, i will never stop loving your style on the paper or on the screen. i dont talk to my irl friends much in the summer, or really anytime outside of school, so talking to you is the closest thing I have to that. especially since i think when we started collab-ing with our bugs, i was really new to tumblr and didnt know it was possible to make friends online. i am always inspired by people who step up to suggest a collab, and now i feel utter joy knowing its become a friendship (i hope im not being too cheesy, i just wanna get my feels out). i suppose that makes you my first tumblr friend, and i think that's awesome. i hope that 1, you get your sleep schedule back under control, 2, the heat stops bugging you (haha pun), 3, that your Mikey Why comic is coming along nicely, and 4, that adulthood is not shin-kicking you as i speak. You are amazing and i wanna have another long ass text convo with you that last one was wonderful XDDD
have a jeffery:
@othellovr im not religious but i believe jesus loves trans people too, he was a chill guy. your art is wonderful and you are so kind with all of your friends (almost wrote fried) :D
@silverwingtheowl i am sending you love and hope for adulthood, i cant imagine how stressful it must be. i love your animations, i wish you would make more. you are a fantastic :D
@snazzy-here prayin for your lungs! i hope things are better from the fires and stuff
@carppet i hope you are dinking teh ioter my friend
TAG YOUR MOOTS AND MAKE THEM EXPLAIN THEIR USERNAMES LORE
Starting with me:
Hyyl18 because when i was youngest i had a group in a random app with some friends and i didnt knew qhat username to use so i decided to create one with things i used to read since we were talking abt fanfic in this group so: Hot Yaoi Yuri Lemon +18 stuff (i was in my dirty era dont dare to judge me). Hyyl18 thats it. Now i use it everywhere yay
@patroclus-is-the-bigger-person @b4rty-r0s13r-w1ll-fck-y0ur-m0m @cuntyteardrop @glassesgirlies @leninthestarlight @bardorsomethinglikethat anyone else who wanna join tbh yay
For my current one, I came up with the nickname "Nes" as the one I wanted to use online, since prior to this I didn't really have one. I kept trying to find good, memorable, unique tags, and one day came up with the idea to use a common cryptid name but tweak it to make it my own! Thus, the unique title of loch-nes-dragon was born.
Well mine came along because Stargazer was my Sona at the time of making my user (she isn’t anymore) 56 because it’s my second favorite number, and cipher because I was far too obsessed with Bill Cipher T_T
Wasn't my first username but when I made my current user name I wanted to sound cool and actually liked the idea of being able to control and travel(jump) through shadows while also at a phase where numbers looked cool replacing letters so I got shad0w-jump3r
I think I’ve done something like this before but I got my username from being a bookworm lol. I used to stay up till 1-2 at night reading using my nightlight (which my mom got mad at me for :3)
@cup-of-lavender-tea @timetravelingcowboy @iwriteiguessandiloveit @notthearcher11 @someacedude @alenzet @juniorandpally (<- I know exactly what ur username is referencing lmao) @thechaoticraventrainer + open tags
9/10 times my pfp has the asexual flag so I started included it in my username too. (Like the one part of my identity I don't question) Idk why "someacedude" was the best I could come up with but I'm too attached to it now to ever change.
Well, ancient is because I feel old lmao, it’s also just because I like ancient stuff
Arboreatum is like a big enclosure full of different trees, a tree museum if you will. I added it because I like trees and alliteration.
Anarchist is just because I support anarchy. I believe in self-sustained community without government but I know, realistically that will take a lot of work to develop that. Government is shit basically. Plus it’s a cool word.
When I set up my account, I was a blink, and I loved the song Lovesick Girls, and and I was making an art account, and if you put two and two together…
Funny enough, this was the name that was autofilled for me when I first joined Tumblr! And since my IRL name is actually Jimmy/Jamie, I was like, "That's frickin' perfect!" To the point where it's now kind of my go-to online moniker.
@varianwonder @the-canary-wives @abolisolation @multishipper33 and OPEN!!!
mine was based on an urge to reference both The Crane Wives and the Life Series in one username, so i replaced crane with canary as a nod to the canary curse :DD
hmmm @elementalmasterofships and @zaylinthecat yours feel pretty self-explanatory, buuut i think it’d be fun to tag you anyway !! (and open tags)
Zaylin, was a name I thought I made when making a new stardew valley world, and I just kinda kept for online names because I like how it sounds, and I like cats and feel connected to them at times, so I added cat! Kinda long, sorry lol
@grimmbunny24, @indigodreams109, @edenialtheplant, @caramelised-vampling, I'm curious to hear your stories if you want to share!
ok so like I was into fnaf and I was really obsessed with sams/tsbs at the time (I'm so far behind by now theres no way I could catch up) and I had an oc named void
just void was already taken or not long enough or smth i don't really remember but what I do remember is one of my friends telling me they were gonna send me to the void, so thats how we got gointhevoid
It has... a lot of meanings. My old sona was called Trashy, because that is how I saw myself, but obv that was before realizing I was trans. The OGs remember trashy and have seen her a lot of times. You guys are new so you haven't seen her a lot, to be honest.
Now she's just a regular OC but I honestly love her and she has been with me for a long time and has been kinda adored by the OGs. I even remember her getting fanart a few times.
She's genuinely my favorite OC from all times, no doubt in that. Trashy's might not iconic for everyone, but she is for me and she's one of those things you'll never forget and will always carry in your heart no matter what.
@im-garbage-trust @hawkeyedoodles @catdisguisedasaduck @tacoturtlenerd and open tags
i named myself after the sternocleidomastoid, a long strap-like muscle in your neck. The "mizzenmast" in my yt and tumblr accounts comes from one of rise donnie's battle cries.
(and commentary with April, after the date. Raph took all these photos. This is their second date ever)
April: Al, I just have one question. Why on earth do you look so baffled in this picture?
Al: Well... I've never partook in a "selfie" before. It's a bit confusing, the simple practice of taking a photo of yourself for the sake of it. If it makes Raph happy, which it clearly does, then... I don't mind. 's just a picture, I suppose. And he has a wonderful smile.
Raph: ... he was screamin' somethin' about... the government?? Spies??? We couldn't tell cuz we were too busy runnin'.
Aloe: That... scared me out of my mind. It definitely took us a few minutes to come down from that adrenaline rush. In fact, I put my hair down after this photo, it felt a bit too tight in that moment.
Raph: poor Al... he almost cried, if I remember right. But he's a tough guy, n' he managed to pull himself together. No rodent conspiracy theorist was gonna ruin our date-- I-I mean day!
April: Soooo...?
Raph: Ghhuhh... h-he's so pretty, I couldn't resist!
~~~
Al: Aww... I didn't know he took those. Especially not the one of me... it's a good photo. And the other one, oh goodness. It's adorable...
April: [laughter] you two are unbelievable.
Al: [snicker] What? Look at him! Can you seriously blame me?
