TMNT IRL - How would the Turtles look in real life?

[Renaissance-Artist]

Hello everybody!

I like to start a thread for all the things you find about real life turtles. And hope you help me!
That's the first you found when you google it:
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/8/2010/04/340x_tmnt.jpg

And here are some artworks from David Rapoza (convince me not so - what do you think?)...
Donatello:
http://cghub.com/files/Image/144001-145000/144138/048_max.jpg
Leonardo:
http://cghub.com/files/Image/138001-139000/138397/747_max.jpg
Michelangelo:
http://cghub.com/files/Image/157001-158000/157361/634_max.jpg
Raffael:
http://cghub.com/files/Image/159001-160000/159057/359_max.jpg

And here some pics that I got from the forums:
http://dudelol.com/DO-NOT-HOTLINK-IMAGES/A-more-cultural-Ninja-Turtle.jpg
That looks very far-fetched:
http://compositeeffects.com/blog/wp-content/gallery/turtle-boy-app/turtleboy_01.jpg

All in all they probably would more look like that:
http://www.turtlesite.info/pictures/Turtle,Red-eared_Slider.jpg

So what do you think about that? I hope you have more of this stuff!
Thak you for all your answers!!!

[The Stryker]

Terrifying. Turtles are horribly ugly creatures.

[gobo]

How would the Turtles look in real life?
Turtle-like, probably.


But... not necessarily.

[Jester]

Didn't we just do this?

[Toby Barrett]

They'd look like they did in the first movie, of course. =p

[CyberCubed]

They'd look like they did in the first movie, of course. =p

My thoughts exactly

[Coprophagous Beauty]

Turtles have very different proportions:
http://img560.imageshack.us/img560/9707/raphfinal.jpg
So the question ist: Would they more like turtles or more like humans?

And here is another pic:
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs45/f/2009/124/c/7/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles_by_nebezial.jpg

[Donnie]

I really don't like Rapoza's Turtles besides Raphael. I used to like his Donny, until I got over the fact that it was just because Don's my favorite. They're nasty looking.

In my honest opinion, I would echo the statement "like they did in the first movie" - or if somebody created a life-like sketch or drawing of E & L's early (first few issues) Turtles.

I don't mind that first picture, that's a pretty old shot by now, but I still think it's relevant.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Creepy. I'd like them I like them better with pupils.

[GoongalaGoongala]

They'd look like they did in the first movie, of course. =p

I'm all for this. I've always been a huge fan of how the turtles looked in the first movie. It was nice that they all had their own features that made them unique (which is quite understandable for a movie adaptation).

It'd be interesting to see the first movie done with some sort of color-swap so all the turtles have red bandanas.

[Luzmagica]

I want to rescue the draw in this thread:

http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=30908&highlight=turtles+real

Also a lot of people dont like this ones..., Tho. In my opinion those are great Fan-Art about turtles realistic-look (for a mutant-humanoid-turtle...) :lol: !:

http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/5701/leonardoreal.jpg (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/24/leonardoreal.jpg/)

And Welcome to the Drome!!!

[Fugitoid Jones]

^^ I have to say, that's pretty interesting! I don't mind it as much as some people might.

[GoongalaGoongala]

I like the way Leonardo looks in Luzmajica's post, but Raphael feels off to me. Maybe it's the dark shell? Or that I always picture Raph as being the most muscular of the group and this Raph seems kinda slim.

[plastroncafe]

Farley's cover for the Mirage Collected Book 2 trade's always been my go-to for what I'd imagine they'd look like in real life.

[ToTheNines]

Farley's cover for the Mirage Collected Book 2 trade's always been my go-to for what I'd imagine they'd look like in real life.

When I read the title of this thread, my first though was to just post a picture of one of those covers.

[Bauer536]

I like the way Leonardo looks in Luzmajica's post, but Raphael feels off to me. Maybe it's the dark shell? Or that I always picture Raph as being the most muscular of the group and this Raph seems kinda slim.

Yeah, I agree. Leo looks great in that picuture. Raph looks like, well, a female. Though I have to say, I love his spiked wristband he's wearing.:tsmile: