>>9977508Laird does have a very nerdy/autistic vibe to him, Eastman is more of the party dude. Makes sense that Laird's favorite turtle is Don(his brother's name was also Don)
Its funny how much of the TMNT iconic imagery comes from his ideas that he isn't overly attached to. Even though he only had 6 mutagen mutants in the comics(the turtles, Splinter, and Leatherhead), he drew a lot of beast men sketches which helped inspire Playmates to do more. Like how he designed Bebop and Rocksteady but doesn't really care much for them.
Another thing is how he's very fond of vehicles, so a lot of the drawings he had were vehicles and that was a huge part of the TMNT play pattern