Bandana consistency

*Ninjinister* · 07-16-2007, 11:02 PM

I've been working on a collection of Mirage-based TMNT sprites (see prototype in my avatar), and I was wondering... is there some set rule to the bandana length? In the earlier books, it looks like the norm are short bandana "tails" (for lack of a better term off the top of my head), but there seem to be a couple random issues where the "tails" are long. The newer issues seem to portray the opposite, even in stories taking place during the "short tail" period.

Is it all just a preference of the artist or the artist's mood? Or is there some set pattern I'm not seeing?

*Scandia* · 07-17-2007, 11:13 AM

I think it depends on the artist's whim. I don't even know at which age they stopped wearing their full masks and started wearing the eye masks.

The only case where their lengths of the eye masks got longer after a certain point would be in the Red Sky episodes of the Old Toon.

Time Mistress · 07-19-2007, 09:55 PM

I think they stopped wearing the full masks at age 13, since the full eye masks have always been used to designate pre-teen and younger turtles. It's kinda like Zorro in a way - does he wear a full mask under that hat (like Duncan Regher) or just an eye mask ( like Guy Williams). As for the length, it really just depends on the artist I think, but as to when the change first happened from short to long I thing it was in issue 11 of Vol. 1 but I'm not totally sure.

07-16-2007, 11:02 PM	#1
Ninjinister 無問題 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Moesko Island, WA Posts: 14,348	Bandana consistency I've been working on a collection of Mirage-based TMNT sprites (see prototype in my avatar), and I was wondering... is there some set rule to the bandana length? In the earlier books, it looks like the norm are short bandana "tails" (for lack of a better term off the top of my head), but there seem to be a couple random issues where the "tails" are long. The newer issues seem to portray the opposite, even in stories taking place during the "short tail" period. Is it all just a preference of the artist or the artist's mood? Or is there some set pattern I'm not seeing? __________________

07-17-2007, 11:13 AM	#2
Scandia Mad Scientist Join Date: May 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 2,265	I think it depends on the artist's whim. I don't even know at which age they stopped wearing their full masks and started wearing the eye masks. The only case where their lengths of the eye masks got longer after a certain point would be in the Red Sky episodes of the Old Toon. __________________ Turtles fight with honor!!!

07-19-2007, 09:55 PM	#3
Time Mistress Stone Warrior Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Pennshellvania, or the 79th level of Null-Time Posts: 710	I think they stopped wearing the full masks at age 13, since the full eye masks have always been used to designate pre-teen and younger turtles. It's kinda like Zorro in a way - does he wear a full mask under that hat (like Duncan Regher) or just an eye mask ( like Guy Williams). As for the length, it really just depends on the artist I think, but as to when the change first happened from short to long I thing it was in issue 11 of Vol. 1 but I'm not totally sure. __________________ AKA the Edwardian Adventuress and Fairlady_Z "You just made your last mistake, Bugeyes -- 'cuz nobody beats up my best buddy and gets away with it -- Nobody! Got that?!" Raphael about Michaelangelo, TMNT Volume 1