As you can see, Dan Berger worked his special brand of inking magic on my three Turtle drawings. I'm going to scan these tonight and hopefully get them off to Steve Lavigne tomorrow so he can start laying colors down on them.
And while I was at the office today, I decided to go ahead and -- inspired by some of the comments on my blog -- do the following drawing, which Dan has also agreed to ink:
This is fun! -- PL
Those are awesome! The inking is so slick. Very cool. And of course that unmistakeable Peter Laird-style.
ReplyDeleteSeeing stuff like this reminds me of being a kid and thinking how awesome the art in the old comics was. Good times. Good times.
Splinter is a bad ass!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNice work on that one especially!!!
Dan ROCKS.
ReplyDeleteWow, beautiful! Raph and Splinter look awesome. Great job!
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I love the Splinters! And the turtles are awsome too! Great work!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteLove the Splinter. Nice work Mr. Laird, and great job with the inking Dan!
ReplyDeleteWow! Splinter looks great Pete, and I look forward to seeing the fearsome foursome all in full color. Maybe once biten by the drawing bug, we may see more of your hand?
ReplyDeleteThat's the best Splinter illustration I've ever had the privealage to see. Masterful work, Peter, we adore you!
ReplyDeleteFINALLY!!!
ReplyDeletePETER I CAN NOT BEG YOU OR ENCOURAGE YOU ENOUGH TO GET BACK INTO DRAWING!! THAT SPLINTER IS AMAZING!
And I second Roses comment Dan is such an awesome guy!
I do miss that old style of Splinter. I think it is a great look for him, and would love to see more.
ReplyDeleteOh my God. Oh my God Splinter. Oh my God. I've seen countless of your drawings of the turtles, but SPLINTER!?
ReplyDeleteAwesome, Mr. Laird. AWESOME.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.... *takes breath*.... OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
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It's funny, I was rather drawn to Splinter in the beginning, but not strongly-- then I sort of was a Raph fan, though Leo soon grew on me-- then came the "drought" until 2k3, when I rediscovered them, and Leo was the ONE-- but as I watched the show (sorry; it drew me back, not comics) I developed a growing love of this poor rat who suddenly found himself an adoptive parent...
:D
Beautiful! And as Joe-eyeball said-- BAD ASS!!!
I so want that Raph when it's done :P
ReplyDeleteSplinter looks great!!!!!!!!
Please, please, pretty please make these prints available for sale on the offical website, I would definitely buy the whole set. Splinter looks amazing!
ReplyDelete-->> Now Cyn is gonna go ahead and print out a bunch of those Splinter pin-yps and hang 'em all over her locker at school !!
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ReplyDelete-->> Now Cyn is gonna go ahead and print out a bunch of those Splinter pin-yps and hang 'em all over her locker at school !!
Blabbermouth!
*hides piccies*
Holy Crap!! You just made my day with all these Pete. Fantastic!!!
ReplyDeleteYou know, Pete, I hope this doesn't come off as insulting...because it's not meant to be :).
ReplyDeleteBut I found the original toon in 1989. The comics which I didn't know about (no internet ;)) in 1993..and I picked up a City at War issue first. It took me a LONG while to get used to the style of how Splinter was drawn. It wasn't much different, but something about it just seemed weird. This is my favorite Splinter drawing to date. A nice mesh of the two ;).
Dunno if anyone else feels the same way, or if they think I'm crazy in thinking they look so drastically different, but ah well ;).
HOT DAMN. Those drawings are simply excellent. And not to take anything away from PL, but I gotta say, Dan is one of the best inkers around (and i'm not even basing that on any TMNT bias). His line economy is incredible, and flow is just...wow. These rank among the best TMNT drawings I've seen in ages. Great job, both of you!
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ReplyDeleteYou know, Pete, I hope this doesn't come off as insulting...because it's not meant to be :).
But I found the original toon in 1989. The comics which I didn't know about (no internet ;)) in 1993..and I picked up a City at War issue first. It took me a LONG while to get used to the style of how Splinter was drawn. It wasn't much different, but something about it just seemed weird. This is my favorite Splinter drawing to date. A nice mesh of the two ;).
Dunno if anyone else feels the same way, or if they think I'm crazy in thinking they look so drastically different, but ah well ;)."
Neil, that's not at all insulting. I think the big difference between the original MIrage version of Splinter and the way he was rendered in the first cartoon series is that we (Kevin and I) didn't REALLY try to make him look too much like a rat. I can't remember if we really tried to, or if we were just "winging it" and trying to draw what we THOUGHT looked like a rat, from memory.
The folks at Playmates and MWS took the rat thing literally, as they probably should have, and drew Splinter so that he really did look more like a rat (a mutated one, of course, but a rat nonetheless).
I've always preferred the way we drew him, because I think he has something both noble and potentially feral in his look. Also, he looks a little bit more like a dog the way we drew him, and -- truth be told -- I prefer dogs to rats. -- PL
Absolutely awesome! I really hope all 5 of these are offered for sale in a portfolio on the site.
ReplyDelete-->> .. Wasn't this DOG / Rat issue touched upon in the comics ?? >v<
ReplyDeleteWow, truly impressive!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see these colored!
It's amazing to see the process: from pencil, to ink, to color.
You truly do have an amazing way of drawing the turtles, that only gets better with time!
Those are really great! Classic style like circa 1984. The Splinter piece is awesome!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure no one reads these posts days afterwards, but I was looking once again at the pic of Splinter, and it's cool to see the erased hand where his arm had been drawn further back.
ReplyDelete*gazes again at piccie*
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ReplyDelete-->> .. Wasn't this DOG / Rat issue touched upon in the comics ?? >v<"
Hah! Yes, I think I touched on it in at least two different issues of the comics -- Volume 1, #12, when the crazed survivalist Skonk meets up with Splinter in the woods, and issue #6 of Volume 4 when Shadow's boyfriend Jake sees Splinter through his rifle's telescopic sight. Both were "in-jokes" that I included after hearing a number of times from readers and fans that Splinter looked more like a dog than a rat. -- PL
Keep drawing Mr Laird, please keep drawing... always takes me back to when I first picked up the comic in 1987. Gotta get myself to the NY Con one day to meet you guys...
ReplyDeleteIt's criminal that you don't lend more of your art to the TMNT comics. Your stories/writing seem controversial with a lot of folks... but I don't know anyone that doesn't totally dig your art.
ReplyDeleteWishing for availability.
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