Troll Jim I made on Wplace :)) The process of trying to make this was a right pain lmaoo. At first I had just written the text somewhere else, but at realising that someone may have needed the space that I had taken, I deleted it and decided to make it again at a later date. So that's what I did, and then realised that I had rushed myself into doing it because I was also working on a much bigger project elsewhere lol ðŸ˜
But anyways!! The boy <33 I pixaleted my own drawing of him to ensure that I knew what I was doing, and then got to work. The lack of correct colours for him was slightly annoying, but it worked out either way haha. He's by Arcadia in LA if anyone wants to see him!!
Also I don't know who wrote that dick part, please ignore it LMAO
But this is just part 1 of my redesigns. I do plan on doing the other characters, but I'm going to need a break. (This is like 2-3 months of work and boy time sure flies by fast)
I'm still a bit unsure about the height chart, but this is the best I can do. Just gonna leave it like this for now until I decide to change it in the future.
Now for a closer look at the redesigns.
Here we got Jim and his mom + him in the Trollhunter armor and Troll Jim.
Claire and Toby.
Strickler and Nomura + their troll forms.
Draal. (This one is my favorite redesign because of the spikes)
Dictatious and Blinky. (What being the Darklands does to a mother ducker)
Angor Rot and Aaarrrgghhh!!! (Angor took awhile but I enjoyed redesigning him)
And finally, Bular and Gunmar. (These two took the longest and the most of my energy)
If you're paying close attention, a few of these redesigns are inspired by the concept art of the characters.
HELLOOOOO everybody! Welcome to my project, Monstober! A series of several posts with large, in depth looks at different aspects of my AU, Monster Kids, that I wrote during October this year. Special thanks to @eurazba for listening to me ramble over all this and helping with the AU over the years <3
This post will be going over the general monster designs for notable teen characters, as well as some thoughts as to why I chose said designs :D
There will be a second post for the main adult cast, and once posted, you can find it linked here :)
Jim / Toby / Claire
Jim Lake Jr (Sphinx): It's him! The poster boy! Wahoo! Honestly, I don't have many notes for his design process, because his design has stayed relatively similar since the early drafts. His was the very first design, and other than being a typical lion/eagle sphinx for like. two drawings, and then a panther/blackbird for two more, once the snow leopard/blue jay combo was struck, he's only really changed in small ways. I chose a blue jay, because they're one of my favorite birds, they're blue, and I'd used them to be an accent to Jim in a previous drawing. Snow leopards are also my favorite big cat! So similar reasoning for that particular aspect. If I were to design him today, blank slate, I miiiight have changed his cat species, but I still am way too attached to the leopard/jay combo.
Toby Domzalski (Gargoyle): Toby's design also hasn't changed much! The main trio haven't, other than minor adjustments. He originally had yellow eyes, but they're back to standard green. He also used to have larger wings, and while I liked the idea of the main three being able to fly together, I decided to go with a different route as I leaned into his design looking more aquatic, and he instead has wing shaped back fins! They fold down and sit under his clothes, as he only really can use them while swimming.
Claire Nuñez (Harpy) Also another design I haven't changed since conception! Harpies were always something cool to me, and I was inspired by an illustration of harpies in a mythology book I had bought at the time. Her design was originally just 'bird' until I tired to find a more specific species that fit. I landed on barn owls, and coincidentally, they are also associated with brujeria/witchcraft in Mexico! Win-win. With her stronger connection to magic overall, she's also the only member of Team Trollhunter that can fly reliably; her magic feeds her energy enough to keep in the air (Jim's wings are too small for anything besides light gliding and cushioning falls).
Steve / Eli / Krel / Aja
Steve Palchuk (Faun): Steve's design was always pretty formed in my head. For the guy that tries so very hard to be an all-American boy, an icon of that is the whitetail deer buck, and it very quickly fell into place! His design is fairly simple, which is why it works so well for him, IMO. Fun fact, he has a set of scars on his cheek from the equivalent of the fight he had with Jim in S1. More to expand on in a later comic, >:3c
Eli Pepperjack (Bat Humanoid): Eli was actually also a sphinx originally, but I wanted Jim to stay fairly unique among the main teens, so my follow up design was something more batlike! I did do plenty of research for monster bats, or hybrid bat monsters, but what research I could do didn't produce much (then again, could always be wrong!), so I went with 'attributes'. He's based on a Little Brown Bat. He little >:) His wings are also not capable of flight, they're basically large hands, all the better to hunt down creepers with, my dear.
Krel & Aja Tarron (Amphibious humanoids): WAHOOOOO!!!! I'm very proud of these, because you have NO IDEA how many months I struggled to find a design I liked for them. They have been (checks notes) spidertaurs, a few other passes of various insectoid tries, I was going to attempt something more seal like, because I knew the main group's designs were already mammal-heavy, and something aquatic or insectoid was what I wanted to balance the group out. Then my beloved @eurazba, listening to me ramble one night, helped me come to the idea of their 'human' transductions looking closer to old monster movies! Creature from Black Lagoon was an easy pick, I did some research about CFBL and Shape of Water (thanks Del Toro), and bada bing, bada boom! My fishy twins!
Also Krel is the only one wearing shoes. Just realized this...
Mary / Darci / Shannon
Mary Wang (Dryad): Mary has also gone through a lot of changes (turns out, I was very indecisive outside of the main trio, AJDJSBSJFHB). She was actually a -taur alongside Darci! Specifically a unitaur (saw a lot of alternate Monster Falls art of Mabel Pines as one, and I really liked the idea. The overall AU was inspired by the Gravity Falls AU, now you know!) She stayed that for a while, then also went through some bug-like redesigns, and then a couple months back, I decided on a dryad! Before that point, I was trying to stay strictly to animalistic monster designs, but it became a little too confining, so she exploded into my sketchbook and became real. Her tree is a california redbud, and her 'antlers' are like the branches of the tree, and leaves/flowers bloom in time with the season on them. The hooves were based on a Zelda design from an artist I liked a lot (truffe.art on IG!)
Darci Scott (Praying Mantis-taur): HERE COMES THE BUG PAYOFF. Some of you may remember my design for Darci hasn't changed for quite some time, and while I liked the look of the cervitaur (a centaur, but deer), it didn't feel... as unique as I wanted? And I was still missing my BUG. So, debating over this, I did a few passes of her mixed with a bee, spider, etc etc... and then once again, @eurazba was like "hey! praying mantis." and I fell in LOVE with the concept. (Very quickly sketched her up as I was doing these sheets, actually NDJSNJKJD)
Shannon Longhannon (Gorgon): Last design of the group, another that has hardly changed since conception. Nagas, gorgons, lamias- whatever they're called, I love the visual of a reptilian character slinking around gracefully, and she helped balance out all the mammalian designs as well. She was originally a typical green/yellow snake, but when I inevitably color her, I picture something more ruddy, reddish brown, to match her hair :) She indeed is able to turn someone to stone, but as she was not born a gorgon, this ability is dulled, and only lasts for a few hours, working only if she focuses completely on doing so to someone. She's taken to wearing shades more often to not scare people who don't know this.
Back to Wizards again with this one. Who the heck is this mystery troll you might be wondering? Well it's the Gumm-Gumm General Gnasha!
During Wizards development alongside AARRGGHH there was going to be Gnasha who would have either died during Killahead or have been sucked into the Darklands with the rest. Due to budget (Having to make a brand new model) and story reasons (A brand new character needs time to be developed) this was scrapped and they went with Bular instead. This does not mean what happened to Bular is exactly what would have happened to Gnasha. With character changes and already limited episodes/time in general writing would have been juggled and things scrapped much like what happened with Zoe.
(One day the vindication will come)
One of Francisco Ruiz Velasco's uploads has included an earlier versions of them. Understandably any design process goes through multiple iterations so it's always nice to see where they come from.
Source. May request an account first.
Gnasha had appeared prior to this via his artstation account with the note: Early design for Troll General. not used.
Source
Funnily enough the above was not the first time we saw them! Gnasha was first spotted in this height comparison from the Art of Wizards panel.
If you're wondering about the Arthur, Green Knight and Merlin on there, uh yeah same actually. Merlin is possibly Headless though Arthur won't be... The Green Knight looks like another Fruiz but no confirmation yet. Is a smidge earlier Bellroc not seen otherwise on there though.
had an idea while watching the series, of how it would be interesting if bolder class dragons were like a potential predator to trolls, since well, the diet is rock and yknow eohfherou so trolls would tend to stay away from those types of dragons back in the day
Been watching Trollhunters and I gotta say, Jim reminds me of Jack Darby from TFP. Mainly because of their (relatable) moms.
Also love Jim and Draal friendship development 🥹🥹 I am so glad I was rooting for Draal in the beginning because ya know, his anger was understandable (but him being a jerk wasn't an excuse tho)
So in relation to a project (a ridiculously long fanfic) my sister and I have been working on for the last couple months, I made floor plans for all the kids houses based off screenshots of the show, presented here with as much accuracy as I could manage while making the inside fit the outside and my best guesses for the rooms not shown.Â
Jim’s was the easiest of the three I’ve done as we saw nearly every room at least once. Though it suffered from the same issue as everything in this show, that the outside dimensions of the buildings are not at all the same as the inside dimensions. I made adjustments as necessary. Overall, I’m pretty happy with it.
