Did you know that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles concept was originally produced by comic book artists Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird as a fun parody of the X-Men and the graphic novel, Ronin? They liked the idea so much that they borrowed some money from relatives and self-published the comic. Six years later they struck a deal to licence TMNT merchandise, which helped to launch the brand into the mainstream and made Eastman and Laird a lot of money.
Not bad for some creative brainstorming and a bit of a laugh.
What creative projects are you working on today? Do any of them have merchandising opportunities? It's always worth thinking a little further than the first medium you use to produce your art. Take it one step further today, just for a laugh. You never know what it will become...
Or you could just have some fun
making ninja turtle shells with your kids...
