Santolouco's Nick influenced TMNT designs

[oldmanwinters]

Originally Posted by Ross Campbell

probably not a surprise but I LOVE THEM!!!

Ross Campbell = The Most Influential TMNT Artist of the 21st Century?

[Matches Malone]

I actually think these turtles look great, except Raph is a little bulky and his mask is a little funky. Hope those Duncan plastrons don't stick around though...

I also wasn't really expecting to see the turtles in this Foot mini-series, but I'm glad to see they'll be around. I'm pretty excited, as this will give the Foot clan some much needed development.

[Genesis]

Originally Posted by Donnie

Does Nick not realize that the Turtles should be significantly shorter than an average sized human?

The only point at which I disagree with you, Donnie-boy. Noticeably shorter makes sense. Significantly... maybe not. I like the Turtles being maybe a head shorter than a fully grown adult human. They look squatty and weird and awkward if they're no more than five feet tall. Maybe five-and-a-half, and I'm good.

I mean look at them in Tales of the TMNT #1. They are unbelievably short - barely coming up to April's waist, casually chatting with her and Casey. It just looks wrong to me.

If anything, I blame the first film for twisting my perceptions on how tall a mutant turtle should be.

[Donnie]

Originally Posted by Bobby Curnow

The size issue isn't Nick mandated. It's how Duncan originally drew them (same size as Casey, etc), and I'd like to keep some consistency. There's some wiggle room for style, sure, but I'd like to avoid it being a super crazy size difference. Thus with both Ross and Mateus here we have sort of a compromise... not quite as tall as Duncan's, but not as short as they'd probably ideally like.

Ah ha! Thanks for clearing that up, Bobby.

Originally Posted by Genesis

The only point at which I disagree with you, Donnie-boy. Noticeably shorter makes sense. Significantly... maybe not. I like the Turtles being maybe a head shorter than a fully grown adult human. They look squatty and weird and awkward if they're no more than five feet tall. Maybe five-and-a-half, and I'm good.

I suppose because I like Ross Campbell's style the most for TMNT, I favor shorter Turtles. His style lends itself to the smaller mutant variety. Although, it makes more sense to me in a real world setting that mutant Turtles would naturally be significantly shorter than humans. I don't have a problem with taller Turtles, and as long as they aren't bigger than April I'll keep my complaining to a minimum.

[Venom]

Originally Posted by Archon_Turtle

I kinda love these designs as well. An interesting take on the nick turtles. Then again, I seem to be much more accepting of change (read as artistic license) than your average turtle comic fan.

I'm pretty much in complete accord with Steph.

[Heather Breckel]

Santolouco does some amazing work, so I'm sure he'll do an awesome job on the turtles. I think them being short works pretty well like others have said.

[zkarlette]

I don't think that the designs are that bad , but I would like to see Mike be the same size as the other guys, I don't like it when they make him look a lot younger.
Weird enough on the NM series Mike seems to be taller than the others.

[tmnt transformer]

Those are werd lookin'

[Lampy]

the designs aren't that bad. I'm sure the interior will be even better and the height differences won't be as noticeable since they'll most likely be in action. Still though... I wish they used the other designs he drew in the unofficial picture. Those were more awesome and looked more IDWish.

[Jephael]

I have admit as well, I'd much rather see this style used in the comic book spin-off of the cartoon airing on Nickelodeon next month, not the current IDW continuity.

[Powder]

Exactly...

[CyberCubed]

If you guys can put up with Andy Kuhn's Turtle teeth his isn't too bad.

[TMNT is cooler than MOTU]

I'm really digging these. I've always thought that the Turtles should have varying heights and body types. They're not just clones of each other with different masks and weapons.

[DrSpengler]

If the Turtles were to get differing heights and physical characteristics, IDW would actually be a pretty good fit (if it weren'f ro the fact that, you know, there's already 13+ issues of precedent showing that they don't have such characteristics).

The flashbacks to their lives as humans in Japan showed that they were different ages and body types, so it wouldn't be much of a leap to see that reflected in their Turtle forms.

Though, again, to see that implemented after 13+ issues of them using the classic "pallet swap" models would be a tad jarring.

[TMNT is cooler than MOTU]

Originally Posted by DrSpengler

If the Turtles were to get differing heights and physical characteristics, IDW would actually be a pretty good fit (if it weren'f ro the fact that, you know, there's already 13+ issues of precedent showing that they don't have such characteristics).

The flashbacks to their lives as humans in Japan showed that they were different ages and body types, so it wouldn't be much of a leap to see that reflected in their Turtle forms.

Though, again, to see that implemented after 13+ issues of them using the classic "pallet swap" models would be a tad jarring.

Eh, just look at how different artists have interpreted Spider-Man costume over the years. Todd Macfarlane's version looks completely different from John Romita's but they're still the same costume.

[Ninjinister]

Also Tales was ALL over the spectrum with Turtle designs and body types, even in issues that were pretty much back-to-back chronologically but with different artists.