T U R T L E...POWER!

I finally did it! For years, ever since the movie, all I ever wanted to draw were the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I was always afraid however, never really felt good enough or worthy to draw them they way their creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird did. Fear has always limited me in a lot of things and sadly drawing the turtles was one of those struggles.

With this being the 30th anniversary of the TMNT and almost the 25th anniversary of the film, I had to do something to celebrate my favorite film and characters of all time. With mere weeks left until the New York Comic Con, i started to sketch Leonardo, just to get this angst out of me. Wary at how poorly I might draw him, angry at how little confidence I had translating my thoughts onto paper.

Surprisingly, when i had finished Leonardo, I smiled and realized I was able to finally draw him the way I had drawn him in my mind over and over.  Instantly, what started as a one-off turtle, evolved into the final piece you see here. This layout, has been sketched in my head for at least 24 years and i can't believe I was able to finally bring it to life. 

I sincerely hope you all enjoy this as much as I did drawing it, Cowabunga! ....hehe, I made a funny!


I will only make 30 of these available as prints for the New York Comic Con. Any remaining after NYCC will be offered for sale through my site www.MrMauro.com 

Father and Son

I really wanted to add a little turtle next to my Splinter art I did a month ago or so. After a sleepless night I finally was able to bring it to life!

I am going to take this one to the New York Comic Con and see how it does. I really wanted to do all 4 turtles but the more i thought about it, the more I like the idea of a non-specific turtle training with his father. I opted for the classic red traditional color bandana like the comics too.

Hamato Yoshi...The Splinter

This was a really fun drawing I got to do after free flowing sketching on a note pad. With Splinter here, I started to do a traditional lined drawing but I wanted to test myself and relied on colors only to bring this to life. The TMNT are my favorite characters of all time and I wanted to something fun in time of the new movie and the new surge of interested in the turtles.

Here is Hamato Yoshi in his prime. I hope to have this be part of a bigger piece in time for the New York Comic Con in Oct 2014.