PizzaPower1985
06-07-2020, 06:25 AM
Thought about putting this in the comic thread and others, but this is just for general discussion (and its entirely subjective).
Who is your favorite turtle artist. There have been an untold number of artists (pros and non-pros) that have drawn the turtles. It can be anybody from the 2 that started it all, the "guests" @ Mirage, the IDW roster or just some random "nobody" on Deviantart.
Go!
I will say I've always preferred Laird to Eastman in storytelling BUT I prefer Eastman to Laird in pinup drawings and one-off sketches. That said, Laird is my favorite turtle artist of all time.
I also love it when Sophie Campbell draws the less cutesy turtles. She has done some stuff that looks Mirage inspired and, my god, that lady can draw. She's wonderful. Also, the entirety of the Northampton arc @ IDW was fantastic, mostly because Sophie's pencils served the introspective nature of that arc so well. That Leo micro too, my god. OTHER IDW standouts: Santolouco kind of became the definitive IDW TMNT artist there for a while and was great as well. And Dan Duncan was what pulled me in. All that said, my fav. IDW artist is KEN GARING. His TMNT issues and pinups are what I want TMNT to be all the time. The guy who did the Fugitoid micro, Paul McCaffrey took my breath away because his drawings reminded me of the 1990 movie for some reason.
Any time the TMNT are drawn to look realistic or dark (like the 1990 movie) I nearly cry because it's so beautiful.
A lot of the guest era at Mirage was lost on me, but Dooney and Lawson are my favorite.
Who is your favorite turtle artist. There have been an untold number of artists (pros and non-pros) that have drawn the turtles. It can be anybody from the 2 that started it all, the "guests" @ Mirage, the IDW roster or just some random "nobody" on Deviantart.
Go!
I will say I've always preferred Laird to Eastman in storytelling BUT I prefer Eastman to Laird in pinup drawings and one-off sketches. That said, Laird is my favorite turtle artist of all time.
I also love it when Sophie Campbell draws the less cutesy turtles. She has done some stuff that looks Mirage inspired and, my god, that lady can draw. She's wonderful. Also, the entirety of the Northampton arc @ IDW was fantastic, mostly because Sophie's pencils served the introspective nature of that arc so well. That Leo micro too, my god. OTHER IDW standouts: Santolouco kind of became the definitive IDW TMNT artist there for a while and was great as well. And Dan Duncan was what pulled me in. All that said, my fav. IDW artist is KEN GARING. His TMNT issues and pinups are what I want TMNT to be all the time. The guy who did the Fugitoid micro, Paul McCaffrey took my breath away because his drawings reminded me of the 1990 movie for some reason.
Any time the TMNT are drawn to look realistic or dark (like the 1990 movie) I nearly cry because it's so beautiful.
A lot of the guest era at Mirage was lost on me, but Dooney and Lawson are my favorite.