Best TMNT artist
 

Who do you think is the best TMNT artist and what do you like about their work?

Easy. Eastman & Laird together.

Eastman and Laird or Todd McFarlane. Sure, he only did one piece, but it's still amazing.

Eastman and Laird hands down.

Yeah I have to go with Eastman & Laird. I also am a huge fan of Lawson's work cerca "Return to New York".

I'm suprised
 

my faves are A.C. Farley & Michael Dooney.
but I do like eastman & laird together.
-Vaughn michael

Which issue did Tod McFarlane do?

He just did one drawing of Michelangelo, not a whole issue.

Where would we be able to see this drawing?

Eastman, Laird, Farley, Dooney, and Chris Allan.

http://www.pixilatedwhitewash.com/Jo.../McTurtle1.jpg
why right here and if anyone wants to use it please save it and put it on your own server. people have been taking things from my site and its killing my band with thanks ^_^
btw it's from the great issue #50 of the old mirage series.
-Vaughn Michael

that is a cool pic! :o

I personally like A.C. Farley's work the best because I think that his work looks very realistic and just very awesome in general. Also is this guy I saw on the internet named Tom Kyzivat. Check out his TMNT stuff here:

http://www.technodrome.com/fanart/tomkyzivat/

I like Lawson's old stuff, and Eastman and Laird together.

Definately.

I'd have to say Eastman and Laird when they were working together...and the Dreamwave guy, LeSean. He can really make good action scenes, even thogh they're SHORT!!! Lawson's old stuff (Return to New York) was great too. It felt kinda psychotic in a good way.

:o :o How could I forget LeSean?! He IS my favorite TMNT artist.

I like Peter Laird!

Definitely Dan Berger did the best TMNT art. Talbot and Farley are also awesome.

Michael Zulli is the best artist who has worked on the book, but that's in reference to his entire catalogue of works, not his TMNT books. The Last Temptation, anyone?

that pic is awsome....hes a real jerk but i love the guys art.

jim lee, ya it wasent a comic, but toy drawings but i stilled liked his the most.

I've only seen his images on the toy packages here:

http://www.ninjaturtles.com/toys/1995/leedon.htm
http://www.ninjaturtles.com/toys/1995/leeraph.htm
http://www.ninjaturtles.com/toys/1995/leemike.htm

Leo seems to be missing.

if you bought the toys there was a mini comic in it that he drew.

i HATED the jim lee tmnt, they were so horribly conceived

lol, no offense. ;)

i just love anything that jim lee draws.

he's an awesome artist (X-Men, Batman) but his TMNT were too... fake.

Agreed.

My favorites are (in any order):

Eastman & Laird
Jim Lawson
Craig Farley

i didnt really like jim lees turtles as far as favs go its hands down PL and KE all the way

heh
 

*wonders how one depiction of a fictional character can be any more 'fake' than the rest*

Eastman & Laird all the way! Michael Dooney was ok but he drew the turtles too bulky (I think that the turtles start to look ridiculous when they are drawn TOO muscular! They are ninja... not goon type muscle men!). Jim Lawson on the other hand would probably be one of the worst. I say this because his style looks too crude and rushed, like as if his heart isn't in it when he draws them.

My favorite is Pat Lee. Sure he didn't do much, but what he did do looked great.
For those of you who don't know he did a variant cover for the 1st issue of the dreamwave series, which later became a lithograph.

Thatr art was sweet....I still need to get me that litho.

Chris Allan. Nice, clean style, and a decent compromise between 'serious' Mirage and the 'fun' toon. Plus, he does my favorite April ever.

Re: heh
 

fake:
Having a false or misleading appearance; fraudulent.


n.

1. One that is not authentic or genuine; a sham.

http://www.nuttynuts.net/shop/tmn_jimleeD.JPG

Kenvin Eastmen and Peter Laird. I really loved the first issue I think its because of it's the first apperance of the TMNT.

Well, my favorite would have to be Michael Zulli. I really really like his TMNT stuff. A very close second is Laird and Eastman.

But those 2 teams are so different, its kinda like apples to oranges.

Definately NOT Jim Lawson. I'd hafta say Chris Allen, and Joe Mad (everybody knows that Joe Mad TMNT pic)

Yes, it's difficult to understand why Peter Laird keeps Jim Lawson around after all these years (maybe it's because he's simply reliable?). It's even more difficult to believe that to this day, Jim Lawson still draws very ameturistic. One would think he would spend all those years with Mirage Studios training to become a better, profesional illustrator. I used to think he was great untill my artistic abilllities exceeded his in my mid teens. I'm positive that there are many other artists in this forum that are more capable than Jim Lawson. Sorry if I simply seem to be bashing him, I just get upset when Mirage Studios releases comics with poor quality art work in it. I guess it's because I'm an artist that my standards are quite high.

I understand what you mean Ryo (cool name) Lawson is just.......not...good. It's the people he draws that make the book look really crappy.

Well then Ryo, when you have a job working on a comic book why don't you tell us.