Ninja Turtles Poster - Process

As promised, here's a post on the process for the Ninja Turtles poster I put together. Before I drew anything, I settled on which incarnations were my favorites. Seven groups of four turtles (+ Master Splinter, April and Casey) added up to close to 50 characters in one composition.

From there, I started organizing the figures, sketching them digitally:

Then I moved on to drawing more finished lines:

I added the basic colors:

And I added the final rendering:

And just for fun, here's an animated gif, showing the whole process (click for a larger view):

30th Anniversary of the Ninja Turtles!

Did you know the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles turn 30 this year? I guess that makes them the Middle-Aged Mutant Ninja Turtles, but that really doesn't have the same ring.

To celebrate, I created a giant poster featuring some of the best incarnations of the turtles yet, from the original black and white comic, to the the big-budget movie due out later this year. The process was a blast, and I'm really happy with the result. I'll talk about the process in another post, so for now, I hope you enjoy the final illustration (click for a better look):

And for those wondering, here's a key to the characters (click for a better look):