being in high school in the 90’s was so different, I was into comics, video games, and anime... everyone treaded me like I was the biggest nerd, but now all that stuff is extremely popular!
Trent, that Leonardo piece is intense. Blobby and jagged blacks (gotta love the thickness of India ink) and grey fades. Never used goache, though. Anyway, that’s a great and unique style
Dude! This is so tight! This art is badass all the nostalgia! I love TMNT and the 90s. Making me want to work with that ink brush again. I miss the 90's.
I was a kid in the 90's who read comics and watched animations. No kid knows how it was until they grow and hear the stories. For you Mr. Trent, and all the one's who took the hits and suffering for kids like me, and the generation from that time, I thank you, for holding the line and pushing back more weight, than Hercules.
Awesome sketch. I have been collecting comics for over 17 years now and TMNT#1 is my last grail book then I am done collecting cause a X-Men#1 and Batman#1 isn't gonna happen. Anyways keep up the awesome art work and I would love to see a poster sign sketch of the cover to TMNT#1 .
Your story has inspired me to get back into drawing. “ long story short” I’ve been drawing for over 20 years and then I just stopped and lost the motivation. I haven’t lifted a pencil and paper in over 10 years. “ breaks over “ I’ve been missing it but haven’t done anything. Today is the day. Thank you
Wow, TK. That was a very endearing story. I imagine when you arrived you had to use a payphone and call those guys up using a number you wrote down on a gum wrapper or something. It's amazing how we managed to do things back then haha. I kind of miss being made fun of for being into nerdy stuff and drawing comics. I love that underground exclusive feel. I just have to be one of those guys who complain about how nerd culture is too main stream now. Well, it is! And I no likey.
I'm taking the opportunity to comment early... Thanks so much for sharing your art experience and journey with us. I bought the diablo3 workshop and I'm very excited to see it, because at the moment I really like creating environments and Diablo 3 is one of my favorite games ever! Thanks a lot!
Love your videos, but never understood the Hispanic up beat music in the beginning. I like the new intro :) much better Ps best story ever so far on this entire channel! Made my day
Great story. Yes I remember those days. You were weird if you were into Comic books and anime. And I had more drawings in my notebook than actual homework
Wow the way you drew the shadows and lights is fantastic!! And funny story too! I've been through something similar at the same age, and ended up doing body painting to have money to get back home 😂
Man... when I was a kid I used to draw on anything... I used to draw to pick up chicks!😂yup... it worked... I'd bust out my graffiti skill and do their name...never worked on my wife though...
Hahaha so I wasn't the only one who became an artist to impress the girls 😂 it's either that, being an actor or playing a guitar, and of all three options drawing is the best I could do. (Jk obviously but I hope at least some girls love comic book artists otherwise I'm screwed)
The original TMNT comic was the first time I ever saw real violence in comics. Speaking of violence.... So we're you like hey Liefeld you suck!!! I want to hear more about that.
No. I really liked Liefelds art when I was a teenager. He inspired me to get into comics. I just messed with him about the Levi's commercial by yelling "Yo Rob... Your button fly!?". Then he'd give me the finger. I'm sure he heard that a lot.
This looks awesome by itself but if you added a waterbrush blue outline around him that turns into like a flame above him and then also some Japanese writing or a symbol Akuma style in black gray and blue...WOOOOO that would be 🔥
Dude, such a cool piece, I'd love to have this framed on my wall, but unfortunately i don't live in the US and also can't afford $500 rn 😪.... Still... Another amazing piece Mr Trent. 😄
Maaaannn that last few minutes take me back. Being a kid in 90s that read comics was definitely not considered a cool or trendy thing, especially as a black kid from the projects. I would bring stacks of comics and Wizard mags to school and get clowned every now and then. Crazy to see how things are now.
In 90's México, comics where a big deal and a growing industry, but in that same decade somehow it collapsed. Some artists are to blame about that. Anyway, all that culture used to be cool when I was a teenager back then. And it turned back around in the 2k, and is bouncing back nowadays. That's my perception.
They are up on teepublic, but I haven’t seen the sample yet, so I don’t know if the print quality is there yet. I was going to post about it when it arrives.
Hi trent i want to ask you ... What do you do when you feel lost ? Like should i learn this first or should i learn that and what should i give more attention to ?
31 year old just started trying to learn to draw this week using Skillshare to try and learn fundamentals and have a series go at learning to draw. Would your course on gumroad be beneficial easy art lessons 1-20. Am prepared to put the effort in I know how important it is to get the basics right just need a good starting point so I understand what I am doing fully
Hey comment section: Here is the thing. I'm good at art, and recreating like photos etc. but on the other hand I cant just come up with like a character and create it from my brain. Is this like a learned skill? I think I would be fine environment wise because that's easier for me. Thoughts?
What type of pencil that you used for this video, the way your drawing with it is so smooth and easy going with the flow. Is it alright if you tell all of us (including me :3) just so we can get it for ourselves.
Oh man I love how you tell this story. Just ahh so much passion and pain :D Brings me to early 2000s see in here due to certain umm politics lets just say. we were kinda a decade behind so what you explained sounded like my childhood a bit. Y'know being sub culture n all. But anyway sorry buuuuut - All ninja turtles with redbands?! Nah-uh mate. Leo will have his blue one or I am guting ya. No remorse :D Rest is fine with me but nobody ain't changing their colors anymore. Cut lumbs I dunnae care but colros stay! :D
Trent Kaniuga I totally Understand.. I see why to, Can’t wait for the New Twilight Monk Book to Come out..!! Thanks For the Reply Trent.!! Just want to say that YOUR channel has made a Difference For me..!! Keep doing what you are doing.!! 👊😎
@@TrentKaniuga Damn, and here I was hoping for a reprint of the Omnichronos with the lost crossover issue. Shieeet, just show them your sketch from this video and things could change IMO :p
I’m in love with the new show but I’ve been hearing a lot of people suggesting Netflix should take over. I wonder how that would work? Shouldn’t animators and other employees and cast members be under a contract or something under nick? How will the paperwork and licensing work
being in high school in the 90’s was so different, I was into comics, video games, and anime... everyone treaded me like I was the biggest nerd, but now all that stuff is extremely popular!
Trent, that Leonardo piece is intense. Blobby and jagged blacks (gotta love the thickness of India ink) and grey fades. Never used goache, though. Anyway, that’s a great and unique style
THUMBS UP TO THE 90'S ARTISTS OUT THERE!
Cool tmnt drawing/and nice story thank u for Sharing this story
3:17 I love lemonade too, Trent!
Your a freaking Beast Trent!!..
Wow! What an adventure.🤙🏽 🚂🚃🚃🇺🇸
love your take of TMNT
I love the the story and the art is a MASTERPIECE!!!👊🏾👊🏾👊🏾
Dude! This is so tight! This art is badass all the nostalgia! I love TMNT and the 90s. Making me want to work with that ink brush again. I miss the 90's.
90's was the best i got at my peek in art in the ninty's and than i quit drawing lol but I started again im back on it so all is well!!!
This looks like such a fun thing to do for a living. This is an awesome depiction of Leo too.
Great story👍
Loved the story XD
I was a kid in the 90's who read comics and watched animations. No kid knows how it was until they grow and hear the stories. For you Mr. Trent, and all the one's who took the hits and suffering for kids like me, and the generation from that time, I thank you, for holding the line and pushing back more weight, than Hercules.
That's so cool man. Nice drawing
That artwork was amazing!! And TMNT is awesome I'm not surprised it saved you.😂
I wish i was at that comicon, i woulda bought a helluva lot of your tmnt pages. First comicon i went to was wondercon in 1993.
it looks so good!! i love tmnt and this is so cool!
Man I used to love TMNT! They were also a huge inspiration to my younger self. Who was your favorite??
OMG, that was an insane story!!
And that was a sick Turtles illustration!
Dude I remember your comic, it was pretty big there for a spell!
Awesome sketch. I have been collecting comics for over 17 years now and TMNT#1 is my last grail book then I am done collecting cause a X-Men#1 and Batman#1 isn't gonna happen. Anyways keep up the awesome art work and I would love to see a poster sign sketch of the cover to TMNT#1 .
It was cool that you managed to be able to make an official TMNT crossover with your comic book series.
Awesome job.
He changed the music! It's evolving
I miss the old one XD the new one's not bad though
@@brunomenezes9011 True!
I love Trent so much!!
Your story has inspired me to get back into drawing. “ long story short” I’ve been drawing for over 20 years and then I just stopped and lost the motivation. I haven’t lifted a pencil and paper in over 10 years. “ breaks over “ I’ve been missing it but haven’t done anything. Today is the day. Thank you
Wow, TK. That was a very endearing story. I imagine when you arrived you had to use a payphone and call those guys up using a number you wrote down on a gum wrapper or something. It's amazing how we managed to do things back then haha. I kind of miss being made fun of for being into nerdy stuff and drawing comics. I love that underground exclusive feel. I just have to be one of those guys who complain about how nerd culture is too main stream now. Well, it is! And I no likey.
I'm taking the opportunity to comment early... Thanks so much for sharing your art experience and journey with us. I bought the diablo3 workshop and I'm very excited to see it, because at the moment I really like creating environments and Diablo 3 is one of my favorite games ever! Thanks a lot!
Love your videos, but never understood the Hispanic up beat music in the beginning. I like the new intro :) much better
Ps best story ever so far on this entire channel! Made my day
thanks for sharing, you really inspire me 🙏🙏🙏
Great story. Yes I remember those days. You were weird if you were into Comic books and anime. And I had more drawings in my notebook than actual homework
Hell I really liked this vid
Wow the way you drew the shadows and lights is fantastic!! And funny story too! I've been through something similar at the same age, and ended up doing body painting to have money to get back home 😂
Awe, I love the story, especially that your Ninja turtle art saved your getting stranded on foreign land.
Ninja turtles is my very first cartoon :) And I do remember a ninja turtles poster when I was still 1 yr old.
Sir, I love your work ❤️ You're a true inspiration !
Wow. That was quite an interesting story, mate. Glad everything worked out in the end. I can only imagine.
instant subscribe !
I always loved the cover of Creed 1
What a drawing! God bless!
Gertie! I love Skottie Young's art style. Especially the Marvel Babies universe!
Great story , great piece!
Man... when I was a kid I used to draw on anything... I used to draw to pick up chicks!😂yup... it worked... I'd bust out my graffiti skill and do their name...never worked on my wife though...
I watch After Prison Show, the guy is using the same music as the intro, and there you are talking about having run ins with the law :D
Hahaha so I wasn't the only one who became an artist to impress the girls 😂 it's either that, being an actor or playing a guitar, and of all three options drawing is the best I could do.
(Jk obviously but I hope at least some girls love comic book artists otherwise I'm screwed)
This vid cracks me up 😂😂
The original TMNT comic was the first time I ever saw real violence in comics. Speaking of violence.... So we're you like hey Liefeld you suck!!! I want to hear more about that.
No. I really liked Liefelds art when I was a teenager. He inspired me to get into comics. I just messed with him about the Levi's commercial by yelling "Yo Rob... Your button fly!?". Then he'd give me the finger. I'm sure he heard that a lot.
@@TrentKaniuga 😆😂
This looks awesome by itself but if you added a waterbrush blue outline around him that turns into like a flame above him and then also some Japanese writing or a symbol Akuma style in black gray and blue...WOOOOO that would be 🔥
Whenever I go to my grandparent's in Madison, I feel like that part of Indiana is still in the 70s lol.
Nice! You made creed? Still have some!
What happened to your intro sir! It was kinda of a ritual just listening to your intro and instantly get a feel its going to be a awesome video😅😀
I guess my country is still stuck in the 90s.😂
tell me 'bout it mate. It feels like were entering 2010s in here :D
Yeah, true it is
That's not a bad thing, the 90's were cool too man
90s was awesome cherish it!
Dude, such a cool piece, I'd love to have this framed on my wall, but unfortunately i don't live in the US and also can't afford $500 rn 😪.... Still... Another amazing piece Mr Trent. 😄
I wonder if any if those buyers have found and follow him now.
Cool story
Who T-F disliked this video?
Get a life mofos!
Maaaannn that last few minutes take me back. Being a kid in 90s that read comics was definitely not considered a cool or trendy thing, especially as a black kid from the projects. I would bring stacks of comics and Wizard mags to school and get clowned every now and then. Crazy to see how things are now.
He sound like matured modecai
In 90's México, comics where a big deal and a growing industry, but in that same decade somehow it collapsed. Some artists are to blame about that. Anyway, all that culture used to be cool when I was a teenager back then. And it turned back around in the 2k, and is bouncing back nowadays. That's my perception.
i am waiting for twilight monk t shirts exicted !
They are up on teepublic, but I haven’t seen the sample yet, so I don’t know if the print quality is there yet. I was going to post about it when it arrives.
Did you draw the ninja turtle from your imagination?
Hi trent i want to ask you ... What do you do when you feel lost ? Like should i learn this first or should i learn that and what should i give more attention to ?
Go back to fundamentals, or try to break down someone else’s art techniques. Dissect what is good in other art.
@@TrentKaniuga will do .. thank you
Which is your favorite ninja turtle 🐢
hey and also which piece did u do for forttnite? asking coz i dont play fortnite and i'd start playing i u drew for them :)
My team at Aquatic Moon designed a lot of the current Atlantis architecture and statues and such.
@@TrentKaniuga ok now im going to start playing just to see ur art!
31 year old just started trying to learn to draw this week using Skillshare to try and learn fundamentals and have a series go at learning to draw. Would your course on gumroad be beneficial easy art lessons 1-20. Am prepared to put the effort in I know how important it is to get the basics right just need a good starting point so I understand what I am doing fully
Yes. My easy art lessons are the best! Just look at all of them 5 star reviews!
Trent Kaniuga I will check them out thank you for the reply. Love your work as well it’s incredible
Hey comment section: Here is the thing. I'm good at art, and recreating like photos etc. but on the other hand I cant just come up with like a character and create it from my brain. Is this like a learned skill? I think I would be fine environment wise because that's easier for me. Thoughts?
What art techniques do u need to master for character design ??
All of them.
What type of pencil that you used for this video, the way your drawing with it is so smooth and easy going with the flow. Is it alright if you tell all of us (including me :3) just so we can get it for ourselves.
Do you sell art prints?! Would love that Leo and the other turtles in the same style!
Just art books! Look me up on Amazon and you'll find a few.
Epic
Nah... Bring the old intro back, please. Hahahaha
Hey Trent is that piece for sale?
Yes. It says so right at the end of the video. Www.gumroad.com/trentk
Trent Kaniuga yeah man I got impatient before the end... lol
what was that weird red thing that you used
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Oh man I love how you tell this story. Just ahh so much passion and pain :D
Brings me to early 2000s see in here due to certain umm politics lets just say. we were kinda a decade behind so what you explained sounded like my childhood a bit. Y'know being sub culture n all.
But anyway sorry buuuuut - All ninja turtles with redbands?! Nah-uh mate. Leo will have his blue one or I am guting ya. No remorse :D Rest is fine with me but nobody ain't changing their colors anymore. Cut lumbs I dunnae care but colros stay! :D
Hey I am from Indiana. What part are you from. I hail from South Bend.
I would like to see Some of Your Characters From Twilight Monk drawn like this for Sell Trent..! 👊🤑
Thanks! I did a bunch of those last year. But I never like to sell them. I want to keep them all!
Trent Kaniuga
I totally Understand.. I see why to, Can’t wait for the New Twilight Monk Book to Come out..!! Thanks For the Reply Trent.!! Just want to say that YOUR channel has made a Difference For me..!! Keep doing what you are doing.!! 👊😎
Woo-hoo
Fuck socially “except-able” Who cares what “others” want.. Do what makes you happy. For no one else, but you!
You've got a link to IDW, let's make it happen. #MoreRonin
I do not have many links to IDW these days. lol.
@@TrentKaniuga Damn, and here I was hoping for a reprint of the Omnichronos with the lost crossover issue. Shieeet, just show them your sketch from this video and things could change IMO :p
And now rise of tmnt is getting cancelled Nickelodeon is becoming soo annoying I hope Netflix buys the show and continue s
Nooooooooo.. Really loved that show.. Nick has truly gone down the Spongebob rabbit hole.. Damn!
I’m in love with the new show but I’ve been hearing a lot of people suggesting Netflix should take over. I wonder how that would work? Shouldn’t animators and other employees and cast members be under a contract or something under nick? How will the paperwork and licensing work
@@NasusKim I really don't know but glitch tech was cancelled on Nickelodeon and it got revived by Netflix to continue season 2 to end
I want an R rated TMNT!
When cartoons were cool no everything is mordernized dont break whats fixed markets is overrated and taking over great cartoons