Thursday, June 5, 2008

Donatello in his element

This is one of my favorite drawings of my favorite Turtle. I drew this, "cyberinked" it, and colored it in Photoshop for inclusion in a portfolio of prints that Mirage Studios published years ago. If I remember correctly, the portfolio included work by Kevin Eastman, Michael Dooney, Steve Lavigne, Dan Berger, Ryan Brown, Jim Lawson, and Eric Talbot.


It's kind of funny to look at today. I like drawing complex Kirby-esque machinery, and I think this is one of my more successful ventures into that area. But if I were to draw this today, I bet all of those computer screens would be flat LCD panels, which have become very common. Back when I drew this piece, all we had were those bulky old CRTs! -- PL
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13 comments:

  1. roseangeloJune 5, 2008 at 9:04 PM

    Kevin wasn't in that portfolio, but A.C. Farley and Mark Martin were. :)

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  2. P. BingJune 5, 2008 at 9:27 PM

    I have that portfolio! If memory serves there's a live action picture of you in one of the screens.

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  3. Daniel SchwarzJune 5, 2008 at 9:46 PM

    I love that piece! Now I wish I had gotten that portfolio

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  4. ~ tOkKaJune 6, 2008 at 4:17 AM

    Princess said...

    I have that portfolio! If memory serves there's a live action picture of you in one of the screens.

    -->> **Ah yeh ..

    ..>v<

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  5. OndiJune 6, 2008 at 5:58 AM

    Sweet Pic Pete!!

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  6. Neil VitaleJune 6, 2008 at 7:39 AM

    Heh, LCD screen's aren't as visual as Tube TV's. Probably why one reason the Technodrome has 50's style levers and buttons and switches over the place instead of just keyboards and mice or joysticks.. ;)..

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  7. BusladyJune 6, 2008 at 8:15 AM

    big tube tvs or not, that is still cool. i love how it's so huge and there's don, sittin in his seat thinking of who knows what. its like he's apart of the contraption, it's all one unit, he's th brain of the unit.

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  8. DinoffJune 6, 2008 at 2:06 PM

    Awesome picture!
    Your artwork is amazing!

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  9. Shell PrestoJune 7, 2008 at 10:53 PM

    It was actually this piece - which I saw before I really started reading the early comics drawn by you and Eastman - that made me start to look up to you as an artist as well as a writer. The insane detail and Donny's concentration just really struck a chord with me.

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  10. Savage Henry LeeJune 9, 2008 at 11:51 AM

    Great pic - could be Page 1 for a TMNT/Matrix crossover!

    Interesting to know what Kirby would've made of all our tech getting smaller and sleeker. Bigger, bulkier, and crazier was definitely the way Kirby's tech was evolving...

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  11. PLJune 12, 2008 at 7:43 AM

    "Shell Presto said...

    It was actually this piece - which I saw before I really started reading the early comics drawn by you and Eastman - that made me start to look up to you as an artist as well as a writer. The insane detail and Donny's concentration just really struck a chord with me."

    Thanks! I feel this is one of my most successful drawings, both for the way the machines fit together, and for the pose and expression on Don. It's sometimes very difficult to get a character to look exactly the way you want him to, but I think I managed to do that with this drawing. -- PL

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  12. PLJune 12, 2008 at 7:45 AM

    "Savage Henry Lee said...

    Great pic - could be Page 1 for a TMNT/Matrix crossover!

    Interesting to know what Kirby would've made of all our tech getting smaller and sleeker. Bigger, bulkier, and crazier was definitely the way Kirby's tech was evolving..."

    From what I know of Jack Kirby, he probably would have loved it! He was always looking forward. -- PL

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  13. Capital ChayMarch 29, 2009 at 10:48 PM

    I see a picture of Pete at his desk drawing. Art does imitate life.

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