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The Birth of Venus by Botticelli figure/bjd
Part of The Table Museum collection by Freeing
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It’s super breathtaking:
Cala Maria My take on the mermaid boss
It's so interesting to think about this from a different angle! It's true that the number of deaths caused by sharks is lower than those caused by humans on sharks. The great white shark is a great example of a species that can scare us a lot, and it's sadly threatened with extinction. This is a cause for concern for us as individuals, but it doesn't have any wider impact on human numbers.
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Steven Allan Spielberg has catapulted the age-old myth of man-eating tremendously into the new age. The sailor yarn that has been told since man went to sea is still alive.
Guess what? My pop culture object is the home office shark, also known as Jaws!
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Oh wow! Isn't it a little weird with the Venus de Milo? But guess what? His first official victim was not a swimming woman!
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Hello Rise fandom - I present my version of Venus!! For the past few weeks I've been absolutely obsessed with the lost sisters, so I finally decided to make my own versions of them. Decided to start with Big Mama's Assistant and I'll get around to the other lost sister in a few weeks 🐢 👀
I based Venus largely off her NM and IDW looks with a bit of Jennika thrown in for fun. Tried to stick as close to her canon look as Big Mama's Assistant as possible while giving my own spin to her. This is how imagine her to look once reunited with her family! Feel free to click see more if you'd like just a lil more info on her, or check out my fic where I'm writing my own missing sisters arc we were robbed of where Venus and the other sister will appear 🐢💕💕
So here's a lil more info on Venus...
Venus is ofc the sister raised by Big Mama who became her Assistant. The night of the mutation, Venus got caught up in an explosion in Draxum's lab which led to her getting injured. When Big Mama finds her, she gets the little turtle help but Venus nonetheless becomes a double amputee. And Big Mama is still a little sentimental about Lou - she thinks about how much he loved art because of his mother, and sees the turtle as her own little treasure and so names her after the Venus de Milo. There's much more to her backstory than that but - spoilers! You'll have to check out my fic for more (and I've already spoiled more here than I've revealed on AO3 oops lol). But here's a few more facts about her!
I've decided that the Disaster Twins are actually a trio - surprise! Leo, Donnie, and Venus are the Disaster Triplets because I just find it adorable and she just gives me such middle child energy tbh.
Venus' ninpo is very much tied to her amputation and weapons. She can manifest constructs of her arms, similar to Raph being able to copy himself. But she can also teleport those constructs around and use copies of her kaiken as well, kinda like Leo and his swords. As you can see on her character sheet, her ninpo manifests as flower petals! This is because I really wanted her to take after her grandmother aka Splinter's mom, Atsuko - thus the petals, and also where I got the shape of her eyes.
Also her favorite parent is absolutely Draxum and yes it drives Splinter up a wall, in particular because of how much Venus reminds him of his mother.
I've got so many more notes than just this but I really wanted to share my girl - give her some love if you want and feel free to check out my fic as well! I'll be updating more regularly in June when I have time to actively write. Might get to the other sister's character sheet first, but who knows! 💕💕
venus and jennika across the turtleverse
Fuck you *designs the turtles' kooky other-dimension sister*
Thinking about her and trying to come up with her design just made me think of Arcane's Jinx, so that's definitely her main inspo. As well as Briar, another League champion. I made her the Venus, bc I really want Big Mama's assistant to be a Jennika type- Given their respective stories, with Jenny being from the Foot Clan.
Her markings are also inspired by the concept art of the turtles' 'Ninpo Forms'.
Me, shaking any TMNT media ever: WHERE IS MONA LISA AND VENUS DE MILO. WHERE ARE THEY
Random Venus tmnt thought-
If she does appear in Mutant Mayhem I really really want her to be a weird girl. Someone who says the most out there thing, and collects rocks, or dead bugs in her spare time. Talks about stuff that that are obviously not real (unless 👀), and probably prefers the company of animals rather then people (and mutated animals I guess).
I still wouldn’t want her to be tight with the turtles, or at least not assume the family member role from get go… or whatever was going on in Next Mutation. Maybe as a reoccurring character seen in the background from time to time after introduction. Maybe some point becoming a main character
But in the end I want weird girl, Venus. Punk girl is fun, but weird girl I just want so much more.
I had a drawing session yesterday with my crappy markers
DID YOU SEE THE MOVIE??? IT WAS BEAUTIFUL
The best 120 minutes of my life were there
I know I haven't posted anything in a while, but the university has seriously been ruining me. To be honest, I still haven't been able to make much progress on the next chapter, but as a reward, I decided to give you the context of my story. So today I come to explain what the hell is going on here :)))
(without spoilers)
The drawings are not in order. I actually didn't finish all the pictures but suck it. Take it or leave it.
Enjoy
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It's been a while since the end of the second season, they're all a year older, and apparently blue is the leader now. Does everyone like the idea? Nop
The boys managed to save the world after the almost destruction of everything at the hands of the Shedder, but not without leaving consequences. Strange cracks have recently been reported in the hidden city and New York. These cracks usually appear in random places, have magical properties, their exponential growth periodically, and are characterized by being accompanied by earthquakes wreaking havoc on both worlds. If they do not stop them soon the reality of both civilizations could be harmed. However, no one knows precisely the cause of these, their nature, or their true power... except for Draxum(? He has seen that kind of brilliance before, in his years as a warrior, yokai alchemist, and hater of humans.
As a last resort to save the world, he decides to look for someone who he hurt terribly in the past, Usagi.
Usagi is a 16 year old boy, he was born and raised on the outskirts of the hidden city in a very gated traditional community. Where what is professed is the importance of teaching and preserving the traditions of the first yokais who came from Japan to New York settling in the hidden city to build a new life there. Some time ago, his clan was the only one that had New York, they supported each other. They had a great sense of community and union thanks to the great chief who was blessed with the power of the gods to bring harmony and order.
However, with the passage of time and modernization of human society, several members were moving away from it opting for other forms and lifestyles. This greatly displeased the sages and elders within society, causing new severe rules against anything related to change. Thereby creating a smaller, closed, and remote community until total isolation.
Usagi was born into a society almost forgotten and close to change, he as the only son of the boss, had to learn everything necessary to one day succeed his father and continue with the tradition, he is aware of this. He knows the importance of this. He loves his father and loves his people.
But is it really what usagi wants? What if it wasn't?
Sadly before he could know the answer to that question, misfortune knocked on his door.
"Being different takes you bad places son"
It is one of the words he remembers most from his father as he waits his turn in the cell to get in the ring and fight for his life followed by Draxum's face, he cannot forget it, nor does he want to. Yes, there was a time when he believed he would be the chief. He really thought that some days he would make a change. He thought that he had friends. Did he was someone? Did he ever have a life?
Now he only fights to survive one more day... until some turtle boys appeared to look for him.
Things have not been easy for mad dogs, since the change of leadership from Leo to Rapha, the missions have become more complicated not to mention that his success rate in these has been declining thanks to Leo always ending up acting on his own more than in a team causing arguments between him and Rapha, followed by his two other brothers trying to calm them down.
Raphael is the older brother of the boys, he has been the natural leader of his brothers for years, and despite that, the truth is he has no problem with leaving the leadership to Leo. That is, at first the whole thing brought him a lot of mixed feelings. Was there anything wrong with him? If he was no longer the leader of the mad dogs, what is his role in the team? It was all very confusing, but if Dad thinks it's the right decision to make Leo the leader, that's fine, he wants to support him and teach him everything he knows. But sometimes it's so complicated and frustrating to make Leo understand that every decision that he makes has consequences. The most recent thing they must solve now are those rare and complicated cracks. Honestly, they have Rapha very worried and if Leo does not take it seriously, he does not know what else he can do.
Mikey was always the youngest in the family, he was always loved and protected by his older brothers since dad was not always available for them due to personal problems related to PTSD. Therefore it is normal that he has never liked the conflicts between his brothers and since the change of roles, these have become more frequent. He genuinely wants to help everyone, he is no longer a child who must be overprotected by others, sometimes he can also do the same for his siblings, listen to his problems, propose solutions, and talk.
Things like that.
It's just frustrating that they always underestimate his abilities and treat him like a baby by hiding things that they think he can't handle. Since the magical cracks appeared Mikey has the feeling that this could be his chance to show his brothers that he can help them too, he is the most magical of the family he just needs a chance.
Donnie has never been the best when it comes to feelings or change. There are many things that have changed since the battle with the shedder, starting with Leo who is now apparently the leader. Honestly, he is not very sure about this new change in the team, I mean he loves his brother and he must admit that he has some leadership qualities, but Raphael has always been in charge of leading them, it is a big change that he is terrified that It's going to go wrong and to be fair over the last few weeks Leo hasn't helped him change his mind. Recently cracks started appearing everywhere and maybe his brothers don't understand but if they don't work as a team this could go very wrong, not being good at this feeling thing, he doesn't know how to tell others his worries about the cracks.
Draxum insists that he knows someone. Yeah, of course. Let's trust him.
Leonardo, to be fair with him…
He never wanted to be the leader, "the face man" was a much more comfortable title for him. Honestly, what was dad thinking about that decision? Everyone knew that he didn't have the ability to be the leader, you don't have to be very smart to realize that he's not the one for the job. Being the leader of the mad dogs comes with so much responsibility and pressure, you only have to look at Rapha's forehead to know what he meant. Not to mention that everyone is against his way of doing things, he doesn't want to be the leader, but when he tries, nobody listens to him! He gets results, right? What is the problem, then?? Maybe he doesn't take it too seriously, but he just doesn't want to do this. Must be a bad dad joke and by this point, it's not funny anymore.
The cracks appeared recently and Draxum says that he knows someone who might have an answer for her, he honestly just wants to accomplish this one more mission to prove her point, until a cute boy shows up.
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I thought about this comic as a way in which I would like to develop different aspects such as trauma, sexuality, their relationships with each other, and insecurities of the characters within the TMNT universe, etc. Since I didn't want this to get stuck on just in one ship. This led me to make the comic longer than I originally intended... and I mean A LOT longer.
For example, the typical rivalry between Leonardo and Raphael, but taken in a different way where Rapha tried to be like a mentor/guide for Leo developing their friendship (just like in the movie)
Donnie's problems over the idea that Draxum is now one of the good guys and he honestly doesn't believe him and doubts that someone like him can change so quickly.
Show a nice relationship between Mikey and Leo, where Angelo acts as a support for his brother and Leo is really willing to listen to Mikey's concerns.
I had planned that after Leo, Donnie would be the one who gets along best with Usagi although no one knows why, maybe it's because they are both quite quiet. At some point, Usagi turns to Don to tell him about his confused feelings for Leo, but Donnie would not be of much help in this regard because I was thinking of doing him aro/ace hahaha therefore he does not understand 100% what is happening to these two but he is sure They like each other and it's annoying to hear them both being so dramatic.
Another relationship I wanted to show would be Rapha's with Cass. In other adaptations, we saw that they have been very close and I wanted them to get along in some way in my AU. For example that Rapha and Cass started talking to each other since he helped her with anger management issues and getting over her past as part of the Foot Clan.
Leosagi wouldn't be the only ship in the AU either. I love Cass x April and I imagine them in a dynamic of enemies to lovers, for me they are girlfriends and I don't care what the rest say they love each other. Since they helped each other grow up, Splinter was the first to notice that they both have a lot in common even if they don't notice it.
Venus de milloooo, she will definitely have an antagonist role~ a turtle that splinter forgot to take and after surviving on her own in the streets of the hidden city. She ended up in the hands of big mama, being one of her champions in the battle of the nexus, earning her trust, leveling up and working for her as her right hand.
Finally, I think about including other characters for which I already have designs and others I don't see idk I want to pamper myself. Everything is possible.
Comic part 1
note 1: to be honest I doubt very much that I will draw the complete story that I develop for this Au, due to lack of time and nobody is paying me asdhadkjk at most a couple of vignettes of my favorite parts, explain the context, fanarts, and designs. But nothing more, I would let the fandom do what they want with this idea, just write leosagi fanfics please, I emotionally depend on that.
note2: I really want to thank @herm_izz and @nanakase_01 for helping me with the art and the script. THEY ARE SO AMAZING JUST GO AND FOLLOW THEM ON TWITTER
note3: I know my English sucks I'm doing my best :')
Been think about starting a tmnt au based off the 2012 Mutant Apocalypse, and have the story told kinda like the last ronin where there's flashback sequences and whatnot
It would follow venus through the wasteland that was new York city as she and a few companions try to survive. I just think it would be a neat concept (thinking of calling it "My Name is Venus de Milo", may change it who knows)
This is the only thing I've done for it now but figured I'd wanna share anyways incase I ever actually decide I should do it
Can't believe it took this long to get to venus, you'd think with her being the main character I'd get it done first huh?
Venus de Milo Hamato:
Having found Chompy and Metal-Head at the beginning of the apocalypse, Venus has since become the unofficial leader of her group of mis-fits. She's far more.. realistic in her approach on life than her companions, but it doesn't stop her from listening to their opinions and trying their ideas.
Venus has taken it upon herself to find a new retro-mutagen, hoping to prevent her life (and the world) from falling further into chaos.
I dont feel like waiting until I'm done to post this cause im pretty excited for it
This is going to be the main cover for My Name is Venus, and im happy with it so far!
If some of the characters look off its because i havent drawn half of them before starting this and im winging it. An updated version will probably be made later on correcting mistakes!
So when the Rise first started airing the Rise team was working under the assumption that they would be getting three seasons for the series but then season two got cut in half & we are still hoping that Rise will come back to get its season three.
We know what some of the scrapped episodes for season two would have been like because a lot of the episodes had already reached story board phase before they had to be scrapped as the Rise team rushed to wrap up season two but we only know the vague outline for season 3.
Around the time season two of Rise finished up Andy Suriano discussed on discord the plans that the team had for season three saying it would have been revealed that the Turtles had two more siblings
The extra mutation chambers can be seen in Evil League of Mutants & members of the Rise team have implied that Big Mama’s assistant was one of the missing turtle siblings.
The reveal was supposed to happen towards the end of season two with the family then each splitting up to go look for them, two turtles going with Draxum & two turtles going with Splinter to look for their missing siblings.
Given that the plot of season three involved the turtles traveling (most likely out of New York), it’s highly likely that season three would have been the season to give us an Usagi episode.
Rise is the only TMNT series not to have their own version of Usagi & I don’t believe that the Rise team would have overlooked that & probably would have introduced their own version of Usagi eventually if given the chance & the plot for season three seems like the perfect opportunity to do that.
With the Turtles traveling in search of their missing siblings there would easily be a chance for Leo’s half of the team to end up in the Yojimbo world for an episode OR with the existence of Hidden Cities & Yokai, Rise has the unique opportunity to make Usagi & the Turtles exist in the same world and Usagi & Leo could have ended up meeting in a hidden city.
Either way the ‘search for the missing siblings’ plot that season 3 was supposed to have would have been the perfect opportunity for the Rise version of Usagi to be introduced.
My rendition of Venus de Milo. Since Venus have a blue/teal mask like Leo, I wanted a turtle with unique markings, like Leo. So I found the pink-bellied side neck turtle. It has a pinkish plastron and yellow markings around the eyes.
