Oh my! A nekkid turtle without a belt! :O Porn!

Dang it! Dang it! The belt!

D:!

Thanks. ;)

lol, just that he's missin his belt. but aside frm that, he looks great to me ^^

I never watched the cartoon, really, and my reference didn't have a pose showing the belt. Thanks for catching that. :)

lol, just do me a favor, don't use the belt buckle with the "R" in it XDDD i think it may clash with your style XDDDD

Shading's a little flat/undetailed. There's a thought though, using purple/brown to shade green.

I had a layer of dark blue that I ended up scraping because it was too harsh.

I shall add purple/brown to the shading! Thanks.

I meant that's what you did.

Oh hoh. I thought you meant the purples and browns weren't intense enough.

I don't know if you watch GunnerRomantic on dA, but that's a trick I got from one of her reeeealy old tutorials.

I don't, and I rarely if ever look at tutorials either.. my artwork's done by trial and error.

That's something you may want to reconsider. I don't mimic tutorials, but I keep smaller things in mind during my own disheveled trial and error process. It's one of two reasons why I was farther than the rest of my classmates.

Very nice!! As others have already pointed out though, he's kinda missing the belt. ^_^; I'm no artist so I don't really think I'm qualified to critique, but something is bugging me about his left arm (in the pic the one on the right). It just don't look like it's connected right to his shoulder. I could be wrong so please don't hate me. I just thought I'd point that out.

But, in all seriousness, this looks awesome!! Can't wait to see the finished image. ^_^

His left arm would look better if it the joining part was placed higher on the torso. I see now.

Thanks. You're absolutely right about the arm! :D

A naked turtle... Didn't think that of you at all:p And you even drew the wild one at that;)

Looks good though:) May i ask how you've colored it?

I'll guess you mean the technique instead of the program (Photoshop, just in case)

1) Scanned my pencil lines
2) Set pencil layer to multiply, coloured everything underneath it
3) Added crappy, bold black lines on the top, removed as necessary
4) went back to the colour layer and added drop shadows in appropriate places
5) Set a layer above the rest as Screen and made a delicate light bloom on the right
6) Took that purplish/grey colour and added it to make things more interesting.

I also used grunge brushes for this exclusively. I found they make for more interesting results and give some more edge to the brush strokes. :D

Thanks, i need to figure out alternate ways for me to color my pictures, so this might come in handy for some of my sketch pieces^^, I have a certain style i'd like to try out coloring... Just to see how it gets:p

Great turtle pose...love the wrappings on his hands and the unique position!

Thanks. I think the position is unique because it isn't entirely correct yet. >3

Its like the reaction before action kind of pose. Still love it!