Re-Run: TMNT Cover Process

For the start of 2016 I need to put my Blog on hiatus. This is due to a combination of reasons: not having material I can currently share to post about, being behind on important projects & unable to dedicate the time to develop new posts, and some personal/life things going on with the health of my Mother.

I will return to regular posting with process, tutorials, insights, advice, behind the scenes, stuff from the vault, and more before summer or hopefully sooner.

In the meantime, over the course of the hiatus, I've decided that each week in place of a new post, I'd link back to one of my favorite posts over the past 9 years of me updating this blog. Think of it as a greatest hits re-run on something you may have missed in that time. (And you can visit past posts anytime using the Blog Index: http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2013/12/blog-index.html)

This week:
12 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Cover Process Posts

One of the first comics I ever read and collected was Eastman & Laird's original run of TMNT. It was seeing the creator's names above the title of the comic that led to my early adolescent understanding that people make stuff up, draw it, publish a comic...and that that is all a job (and one I wanted instantly). I've been fortunate enough to do 12 covers for IDW's TMNT books (* Hero Micro series covers and 4 Turtles in Time covers). Below are the links to all 12 posts with full process.

Raphael:
http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2011/07/dreams-do-come-true.html

Michelangelo:
http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2011/10/tmnt-michelangelo-cover-i-have-been.html

Donatello:
http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2011/12/donatello-cover-im-thrilled-to-be.html

Leonardo:
http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2012/01/tmnt-leo-cover-this-is-last-of-my-4.html

Splinter:
http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2012/04/splinter-cover-process-as-i-hinted-in.html

Casey Jones:
http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2012/05/casey-jones-cover-process-cover-number.html

April O'Neil:
http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2012/08/tmnt-april-process-my-7th-tmnt-micro.html

Fugitoid:
http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2012/09/tmnt-micro-series-cover-fugitoid-this.html

Turtles in Time #1: Dinosaurs:
http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2014/03/turtles-in-time-cover-1-process.html

Turtles in Time #2: Feudal Japan:
http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2014/04/turtles-in-time-cover-2-process.html

Turtles in Time #3: Pirates:
http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2014/06/turtles-in-time-cover-3-process.html

Turtles in Time #4: The Future:

http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2014/06/turtles-in-time-4-cover-process.html

BONUS:

TMNT 30th Anniversary Pinup process:

http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com/2014/05/tmnt-30th-anniversary-tribute.html

2016 Appearances:
C2E2: March 18-20
BD À Bastia (Corsica) March 31-April 3
Emerald City Comic Con: April 7-10
Heroes Con: June 17-19
San Diego Comic Con: July 20-24
Boston Comic Con: Aug 12-14
Baltimore Comic Con: Sept. 2-4
New York Comic Con: Oct 6-9