#frida

[shellsweet]

Riise of the TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES!!

[pride-knightess]

My pet blob of Crème Fraîche

[teaweltzer]

Start of the Bell's Hells finale sketches! I have a lot of stuff written down so I'm just going in order!

[kathaynesart]

Took a bit of time to myself to finally sketch out my vision for Frida based off Andy Suriano’s Farewell. More design thoughts under the cut.

I know some were wary of her appearing too feminine, but honestly I enjoyed the challenge of finding a way to feminize the base turtle model and stay true to Andy’s wonderful design. I don’t want her to just look like her brothers in a show that embraces their differences.

The biggest thing I added to her design was an exposed heart. My own little twist inspired by a real life issue some turtles deal with as well as a fitting ode to the artist she is named after, Frida Kahlo, who often drew herself with her heart floating outside of her body. (And yes I made the creative decision to keep her heart at her center as with many turtles.)

This deformity occurred during her mutation where the sudden growth spurt tore open a hole at the seam of her plastron. She has survived as long as she has because of Big Mama who uses mystic wards to keep her heart physically safe and emotionally numb. If you look closely to her plastron in the show it’s not actually a natural body part but rather seems to be an attachment of her trench coat. Likely a false cover to hide her obvious weak spot (or at least that is my head canon!)

I love the idea of her and Donnie having something they can relate to and I’m sure he’ll be happy to design chest armor for her down the line once she’s free of Big Mama. Maybe someday I’ll figure out her full Mad Dogs outfit, but for now this is just her base and bandana.

As each of the boys embodies a shape, I found it all too fitting to have Frida’s be a heart. It’s honestly a cool shape that uses both rounded forms and sharp points, which I think would encapsulate her character well. Prickly on the surface but a softy deep down. I tried to find less typical ways of feminizing her. Sharpening her beak and digits while retaining the style of feminine eyes present in most of the female cast but matching it more closely to the unsettling shape of the eyes on her assistant’s mask.

Her markings are a color flip of Mikey’s, where as his are yellow spots with orange outlines hers are orange with yellow outlines. Coupled with her yellow eyes to match Donnie and Raph, it gives her this fiery vibe that I think still sets her far apart from Mikey.

The mask was honestly the hardest part. I love that it further accentuates her heart motif and made her more expressive, but just giving her the obvious bow and calling it a day did not sit well with me. I decided to try more of a high ponytail look, but I think it still needs some work. I’m pretty sure I like her with yellow though, both as a nod to Jennika and the idea of April giving her something of her own to help form the bond between the two.

Would love to flesh her out further but back to my usual stuff first.

[neksancroissant]

Я докрасила девочку 💅💅💅

[happyheidi]

𝖥𝗋𝗂𝖽𝖺 𝗍𝗎𝗋𝗇𝗌 𝟥 𝗍𝗈𝖽𝖺𝗒 🥰❤️ 𝗅𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖺𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗍𝗅𝖾 𝖽𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗂𝗇𝗀!! 𝖦𝗈𝗇𝗇𝖺 𝖼𝖾𝗅𝖾𝖻𝗋𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝗅𝗈𝗍𝗌 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝗎𝖽𝖽𝗅𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗍𝗌!

[maesonc-artistic-adventures]

[twinklestarss]

“It's a thing to meet someone else that's so desperate to do the right thing that they're willing to die for it. They were willing to live for it, too. We should live for it, too. Yeah, in the end, it's what we had in common. It was the thing that made me keep them around, and I'm sure it was the thing that had them keep me around. They were way too good for this world. Yes, they were. […] A toast. To FCG, who could always see the worst in everybody but chose to only honor the best. Only the best. Cheers.”-Ashton Greymoore/Frida

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