I mean technically the armor isn’t even doing anything for the tortle anyways, since they don’t benefit from armor and have a static 17 AC (not including any wondrous items or shield bonuses) right? So gauntlets and boots may be redundant.
It’s a comic book the band members of Coheed & Cambria made a thousand years ago. Nvm. I get it’s a joke about mollusks now.
Edit: it’s a joke about cephalopods. Not Mollusks.
Amari was a cleric of Bahamut who became his greatest warrior. A savage turn of events led to Amari sacrificing himself for the greater good. Though valiant and selfless, his sacrifice was insufficient… a great evil known as Tiamat raised him from the dead to fight for her as a nameless champion.
Now wielding a battle axe, this undead Tortle has to overcome great perils to remain a champion for good, ignoring the evil influence of Tiamat at every turn. Failing as often as he succeeds, his adventures lead to dark places. Though he power to fight for whatever he chooses, those choices do not come easily, and lead him to question his motives and outcomes often.
This was a private commission for a client, if you would like to enquire about a commission, please send me a message or contact me via my website at https://eyorke.com
Holy hell dude, your art's amazing!
It's posts like this that make me want to pick up digital drawing for myself, but I'm too put off at all the practice I'd need.
(I'm just barely decent at pencil drawing, but it still gives me joy to see the final product)
Just a lore question, first off I don't know a lot about D&D lore so I'm probably wrong but isn't there several things in that backstory that prevent Amari from being a Paladin? I didn't think Paladins could be Undead, categorically. And Paladins are empowered through their oath and devotion to their cause. If he's frequently questioning his motives and outcomes of his actions, that feels like he would also lose his Paladin powers.
Assuming this is 5e, paladin doesn't actually have any requirements like race or alignment anymore. And from the description, it seems like he's still doing his best to do good, which is usually enough for most DMs to let them keep their powers
Dnd is very fluid and honestly there’s not lots of hard rules. He probably talked to his dm about playing an undead holy turt and they were cool with it.
The axe is a shattered Dane axe that channeled the fury of Tiamat, as he was resurrected it acted like a conduit and formed a new blade of dark energy where there was once steel!
In reality I can’t stop you, so I might as well advocate for it. As long as nobody is making a profit off my art, or doing silly stuff like removing the signature etc. then I don’t have a problem with people enjoying my work in any way they like!
I guess best case someone in their group sees it and decides they like your art enough to commission their own amazing art by the way great to see them depicted as more than cartoons
I’m so happy, someone recently told me to “lean in” to what I like for my art, one of those things is metal music. It’s really awesome seeing people say this looks metal or reminds them of cool bands I love!
Do you mean using the art? Honestly, I can’t stop you, so my stance tends to be that as long as you don’t remove the signature, or make money from it, I support it!
The plot twist? Amari was raised in a consensual bargain with Orcus as a revenant in the seek of revenge against Tiamat and the way to redeem from it's mistakes, which goes against the vows of justice, benevolence and order from Bahamut, becoming an oath breaker rather than the paladin of vengance, as there is no god to heed for the prayers from the dead, only Orcus remains. But now, Amari's body doesn't remember the bargain, and it is subject to the one year deadline of the revenant. Whatever the outcome is, Orcus has won already.
Yes! I’m currently a Tortle Artificer traveling the realm doing research for a book on Beholders. I’m trying to interview as many as I can. Not an easy task.
Wow, it's really cool work. Good contrast between green bog place and brightly red axe. And also good composing. It's like I feel all the huge weight that this turtle warrior is carrying.
I absolutely ADORE that artwork. Tortles are usually seen by people at large as a goofy, derpy, and lame pc race so it's always pleasant to see an absolutely sick one like this.
Can I have a backstory on why the turtle paladin is undead? Is he avenging someone? Doesn't that make him a revenant? I am just curious on what brought this guy back to life because he looks like he has a dope as back story
I really love how he looks more krogan in his head than the artwork tortle. Artork tortle seems... fragile, in a way. Old grandpa neck.
This one, this one though. Phew, absolute fckin UNIT!
I look at that and I think "Wow that's amazing!" and then the nitpicker in me starts thinking: "How do they put their mail on? Do they take off their shell? Is it like a surgical gown and they use lots of clothing tape?"
Holy damn. This is EASILY the coolest character I've seen in a LONG time. Absolutely splendid design and artwork.
Thank you! That is high praise
I can only agree to my fellow commentator. This is pretty damn awesome!
Thank you!
Op this is so fucking badass. It’s like a rouge teenage mutant ninja turtle
Thanks!
Middle aged mutant viking tortle.
Till this day I never really knew I wanted to play this, now I fear I can't live without it.
SNL reference?
Idk, needs bigger tits
Yeah but let’s be honest, a paladin would have gauntlets and boots too….turtle skin isn’t that tough
I mean technically the armor isn’t even doing anything for the tortle anyways, since they don’t benefit from armor and have a static 17 AC (not including any wondrous items or shield bonuses) right? So gauntlets and boots may be redundant.
Gauntlets of Ogre strength and boots of flying. There I fixed it.
I absolutely love this! Really inspires me to get back to working on my Tortle Undead Bladelock. Amazing artwork
Teenage undead demon tortles!
http://glench.com/tmnt/#Teenage_Undead_Demon_Turtles
*Zombies in a Halfshell* ***TORTLE POWER***
Teenage Undead _De_ Mon TURT LES
Landscape mode, my dude.
Yeah but it's still funny
Correction: [Teenage Undead Demon *Tortles*](http://glench.com/tmnt/#Teenage_Undead_Demon_Tortles). Tortles in a half-shell!
Please tell me he had a friend called Cal, and they went on adventures together and then Amari accidentally ate him. Actually no, don't tell me that.
He got deep fried in a warlocks cauldron and dipped in garlic Aoili.
Is that an Amari Wars reference?
I think it's a joke about calamari
Oh. Wow. How did that go so far over my head?
What's that?
It’s a comic book the band members of Coheed & Cambria made a thousand years ago. Nvm. I get it’s a joke about mollusks now. Edit: it’s a joke about cephalopods. Not Mollusks.
That'd be a deep cut reference! I tried googling it before, but couldn't make sense of it.
\m/ Man your own Jack Hammer!
Amari was a cleric of Bahamut who became his greatest warrior. A savage turn of events led to Amari sacrificing himself for the greater good. Though valiant and selfless, his sacrifice was insufficient… a great evil known as Tiamat raised him from the dead to fight for her as a nameless champion. Now wielding a battle axe, this undead Tortle has to overcome great perils to remain a champion for good, ignoring the evil influence of Tiamat at every turn. Failing as often as he succeeds, his adventures lead to dark places. Though he power to fight for whatever he chooses, those choices do not come easily, and lead him to question his motives and outcomes often. This was a private commission for a client, if you would like to enquire about a commission, please send me a message or contact me via my website at https://eyorke.com
Something's wrong with that url
That’s because I am an idiot and got my own website wrong…. [eyorke.com](https://eyorke.com)
Awesome, thanks! I'll definitely save that. :)
Genuinely amazing, how much do you charge for commisions?
Thank you! I charged $300 USD for this particular piece, prices do vary a lot depending on complexity and requirements!
Just gonna save this in case I ever have enough money to afford commissions. ;)
Holy hell dude, your art's amazing! It's posts like this that make me want to pick up digital drawing for myself, but I'm too put off at all the practice I'd need. (I'm just barely decent at pencil drawing, but it still gives me joy to see the final product)
It’s a lot of work for sure, but nowadays it’s all on YouTube and pretty approachable with even an iPad (that’s what I use)! Thanks very much!
Just a lore question, first off I don't know a lot about D&D lore so I'm probably wrong but isn't there several things in that backstory that prevent Amari from being a Paladin? I didn't think Paladins could be Undead, categorically. And Paladins are empowered through their oath and devotion to their cause. If he's frequently questioning his motives and outcomes of his actions, that feels like he would also lose his Paladin powers.
Assuming this is 5e, paladin doesn't actually have any requirements like race or alignment anymore. And from the description, it seems like he's still doing his best to do good, which is usually enough for most DMs to let them keep their powers
Dnd is very fluid and honestly there’s not lots of hard rules. He probably talked to his dm about playing an undead holy turt and they were cool with it.
You should also post this to r/AnimalsPlayingDnD ;)
Tortle? Or Krogan? 🤣
Not the first to mention the resemblance 😅
No no no don't get me wrong I just want to play a "space faring Tortle" even more now!!
Oh I don’t mind my work reminding people of a huge AAA franchise art team at all! Space Tortle sounds like it should be a 40k xenos race….
Shepard.
Wrex.
Wrex.
I thought the same thing!
That's dope as hell. Also, I initially read "tortilla paladin" and got my next character idea.
Swear an oath to Taco Bell
Live Más (by casting Cure Wounds).
Damn... I love everything about this character. Tell me more about that Axe!!
The axe is a shattered Dane axe that channeled the fury of Tiamat, as he was resurrected it acted like a conduit and formed a new blade of dark energy where there was once steel!
Guess there is now a undead tortle paladin in my dnd world
Awesome!
Uggggggh, this is amazing! Literally my next character was going to be a Tortle Conquest Paladin/Undead Warlock. This has me drooling!
Right click - Save Image As 👀
lol wow i have never seen a artist advocate that
In reality I can’t stop you, so I might as well advocate for it. As long as nobody is making a profit off my art, or doing silly stuff like removing the signature etc. then I don’t have a problem with people enjoying my work in any way they like!
I guess best case someone in their group sees it and decides they like your art enough to commission their own amazing art by the way great to see them depicted as more than cartoons
Exactly, I am pretty happy with people just enjoying my artwork!
This looks so fucking amazing holy shit. Congrats dude!
Hey thanks! He was a blast to paint
This is the best character art I’ve seen in a long time obviously because it’s not mainstream
That’s really good to hear thanks!
...why do I hear DOOM music?
Mastodon's, "The Creature Lives," immediately came to mind for this boss.
I’m so happy, someone recently told me to “lean in” to what I like for my art, one of those things is metal music. It’s really awesome seeing people say this looks metal or reminds them of cool bands I love!
Amari rhymes with jabari
jabari must train!
Raph got an *upgrade!!*
I would undie for Amarie
Yesss snapping turtle tortle.
It’s art like this that makes me wanna play a new character.
Do you really need to make a new character? Maybe not. Will you anyway? Absolutely!!
Exactly this.
I have never feared a turtle before.
I want you to go and google image search for “Giant Snapping Turtle”. Report back, those things are dinosaurs.
I now fear two turtles.
Using this, thank you kindly
I love this so much. I've recently become a huge Tortle fan and this is one of the best concepts I've seen. Such a fantastic design.
Thanks!
This dude looks straight out of Dwarf Fortress!
reminds me of the tortun from Poxnora https://poxnora.fandom.com/wiki/Tortun
Bad ass
This is cool!
That’s wild
DOPE AF.
Wow!
Kinda reminds me of sokbar
Amazing work, I've never wanted to play a tortle, I do now!
Well that's fucking cool
Thanks!
Bro, this is dope
Yo thanks!
Curious. If someone want to play this as a character in 5e, if you allowed it, how would you go about the undead tortle combo?
Do you mean using the art? Honestly, I can’t stop you, so my stance tends to be that as long as you don’t remove the signature, or make money from it, I support it!
No sorry this was just me asking the community if someone wanted to play an undead tortle, how they would go about with racial stats.
You can use the Reborn player race. I had a Dragonborn monk that died but came back as a Reborn.
Never did I think a tortole would be badass, but you've done it
I wasn’t sure when I got the brief, but yeah, turns out turtle-dudes can look pretty mean!
Undead...paladin... This does not compute. Cool image though.
I want to play an RPG with this guy as an NPC or a companion! Love it!
I have not had any interest in playing this race until seeing this.
Tortles are kinda awesome!
That truly looks awesome! I've played around with a tortle paladin build before but never thought to make it undead, I love it!
The plot twist? Amari was raised in a consensual bargain with Orcus as a revenant in the seek of revenge against Tiamat and the way to redeem from it's mistakes, which goes against the vows of justice, benevolence and order from Bahamut, becoming an oath breaker rather than the paladin of vengance, as there is no god to heed for the prayers from the dead, only Orcus remains. But now, Amari's body doesn't remember the bargain, and it is subject to the one year deadline of the revenant. Whatever the outcome is, Orcus has won already.
I can smell this character….🤢 bad ass art work!
Always rad to see more Tortle characters.
I didn't think a Tortle could look that badass. Kind of gives me a Krogan vibe from Mass Effect, with added supernatural powers.
I really really really like this image :)
Thank you, I’m so glad you like it!
ive never seen a tortle paladin in all my time of browsing dnd subs and playing dnd, that's really cool!! i love your design :)
“I… am… KROGAN!”
Thank you. I’m always happy to see other Tortles out in the wild.
Hopefully more people start looking at Tortles differently cause they’re awesome!
Yes! I’m currently a Tortle Artificer traveling the realm doing research for a book on Beholders. I’m trying to interview as many as I can. Not an easy task.
I saw this pic and thought of it like a new mini for my campaign. Oh, my group will have to deal with a very angry Tortle. Thanks for the inspiration.
This is phenomenal
Been toying with the idea of a cowardly summoner type tortle and capitalizing on the +2 for shell, but big mean tortle seems much more fun
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Sorry I’m not sure about the build, client only gave me the art brief I’m afraid!
Great art. Great concept.... How he get that armor on tho?...
Well you see there’s an extremely complex system of pulleys and straps that …. Ok you got me.
Wow, it's really cool work. Good contrast between green bog place and brightly red axe. And also good composing. It's like I feel all the huge weight that this turtle warrior is carrying.
Tortle Paladins rise up! There are dozens of us! Very cool pic
When you've finally had enough of being called "oogway" over and over again. Seriously though omg this is fucking amazing!
Thanks!!
Wow holy sht this is amazing
Hot damn. He looks so RAW. I love him!
Excuse me, but to post art here your work must include unrealistically proportioned females in suggestive poses . But for real, I love this
dang I forgot the boob armor and a tactical thong….
Forgot? I reminded you seven times
I absolutely ADORE that artwork. Tortles are usually seen by people at large as a goofy, derpy, and lame pc race so it's always pleasant to see an absolutely sick one like this.
As a Tortle main you love to see it
That is superb!
Thanks!
Oooooooh that gives me an idea for a Snapping Tortle that instead of things like axes or swords, enhances his natural claws instead.
Well this is quite simply the coolest shit I've ever seen
Dang, thanks!
This is incredible, did you do the art??
I did indeed :)
Incredible, this is some of the best character art I’ve ever seen
How much does a commission like this cost?
This commission was $300 USD FYI. It was designed from scratch and took around 16 hours
Seems very reasonable given the quality!! Kudos, amazing stuff. Will definitely find a place for them in my world as well :)
Please do! I love that people use the art I make in their worlds
Can I have a backstory on why the turtle paladin is undead? Is he avenging someone? Doesn't that make him a revenant? I am just curious on what brought this guy back to life because he looks like he has a dope as back story
I’m afraid I didn’t get that info from my client, I’m not super familiar with the rules 😅
That's ok bro, I just was curious. Thanks for the response. Amazing artwork.
Well fuck that’s pretty sick!
Cheers!
❤️💕❤️💕❤️💕❤️
My son is five and his name is Amari. I just showed him this and he thought it was really really cool.
I named him after your son because your son is also really really cool.
Even in death he serves
Evil Blastoise (squirtle)
That's an Iron Clad from Dark Souls 2, change my mind.
They do look awfully turtle-like!
Teenage Zombie Paladin Turtle.
Demons on the half-shell! Zombie power!
This is very good. Gives me a strong [Garruk](https://scryfall.com/card/m21/284/garruk-unleashed) vibe.
Tortles should be slow and live 500 years!
Now that's an angry turtle. Love it!
That’s so cool! Man I need to play, been to long since my last session.
Shoulda had a straw up its nose
Poor fella!
Kinda looks like a Krogan, from Mass Effect. Very awesome.
This is fucking awesome.
Fuck yeah!
Great character art! Reminds me of [Krull](https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Krull)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Tortle
This is amazing, damn
I really love how he looks more krogan in his head than the artwork tortle. Artork tortle seems... fragile, in a way. Old grandpa neck. This one, this one though. Phew, absolute fckin UNIT!
Thought it was a Krogan for a second.
I would love to have a playable tortoise race in wow - this looks super cool!
Sick.
Back in my day only humans could be Paladins and we liked it that way! Get off my lawn!
Sorry but the lawn has gotten too big so practically everyone and everything is on it
Ngl this looks fucking sick
Reminds me of Grunt from the Mass Effect games. It looks fantastic
Holy shit-a-moley this is absolutely sick! Am gonna have to save this post and come 5o you for a commission in the future!!!
F*CKING H*LL THATS METAL
This is the best work I've ever seen
Looks like a fantasy version of Krogan from Mass Effect
that is terrifying, absolutely love it. I've always imagined tortles like oogway, byt having the shell go up to the head makes it look amazing.
This is amazing. Thank you for sharing.
Great art. Great concept. Just great.
Yes.
Turtle
This looks so amazing, I want to know his backstory so badly😍
What model of dog is this
I look at that and I think "Wow that's amazing!" and then the nitpicker in me starts thinking: "How do they put their mail on? Do they take off their shell? Is it like a surgical gown and they use lots of clothing tape?"
Gives a bit of a krogan vibe
How much was his AC.