#Trollhunters Family

[theslayerbrother]

that Look Amazing i Love it

Family Hug!

A family hug between the Trolldads and their kids ;A; <3 I have no idea how long I’ve been working on this during the few rare moments I have in between being at work and being tired, and it’s still a little shoddy, but I wanted to get it done before the 3rd season hits so at least I’ve managed that xD I prefer doing and looking at rough animation over clean up so that’s why I’m calling it finished here.

God I’m so glad don’t need to look at this anymore, now I can move onto other things, it started getting more painful the more characters I added. I just had this idea of having all the kids pile on Blinky until he can’t carry them all and then Arrrgh lifts them all up in his arms >XD My favourite thing about this is poor Jim getting constantly thrown around 8’D

Anyway I hope you like this little animationy thing, It’s why my content has been so quiet for so long haha

p.s. For those who I haven’t made the lipsync clear enough for, the words said by Blinky and Toby in this are of course “Master Jim.” and “Wingman!”

[incorrectbatfam]

Tim: *tries to open the door*

Tim: It's locked.

Kon, rolling up his sleeves: It’s okay. Locks are my specialty.

Kon: *punches the door until it breaks*

[cirrusea]

I'm doing Fantober, a prompt list made by flyteestudio! Day 1: Fave protagonist, there are many I could choose from but I got Trollhunters on the brain so Jim wins 🎉

[tmntmaster1516]

I think it's funny how most Fandoms are toxic as hell, but the underrated shows that have less followers are the ones that are far more civilized.

[trollhunters-eldritch-princess]

straight ships that are actually really sweet and meaningful and both characters have solid arcs outside of their ship mean everything to me.

[jessenitrogen]

THAT FUCKING SQUIRT THAT I HATE

[thosetrollkids]

MONSTOBER: DESIGNS

Part 1: Teen Cast!

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.

[whovianimeniac]

A family photo of one of my favorite found family groups. :)

[flaphack]

trollhunters is honestly such a funny show to me bc if i woke up and my number 1 enemy and I had a enemies to reluctant ally to friends to stepfather arc i would be so fucking mad . and that fr happened to my buddy jim lake jr

[francesthetraveller]

something something the tired a(u)nti(e)s (/j) meet with the broyfriend (brother's boyfriend)

[theeio]

ToA Sketchbook PDF interest update:

Yep I'm locking in - lets do this.

Link to the original post / interest poll - There's still some days left to vote for how much you'd be willing to pay for the Sketchbook PDFs, but I settled on some things:

I'll be publishing the Sketchbook PDF on itch.io

I'll be splitting the sketchbook into different parts, in chronological order. This keeps it more accessible price-wise, and I'll still have an option for the full collection!

I do know that some folks wanted the PDFs to be arranged according to subject, so I could summarise the contents and summary of the art/subjects to expect in each PDF, so you know what you'll be getting.

I'm planning on giving each PDF a unique cover! If the scanning/cleanup process doesn't kill me, I'd love to do some exclusive artwork for this project as a thanks for the support and interest if you were to buy one of these!

If my health allows, I may even consider inserting some new sketches into each PDF 👀

As for updates: I have already done a quick mockup of a PDF, testing the quality, scanning, formatting and exporting process and I think I have a rough idea of the workflow! I'm going to be starting the scanning today, which is going to be a huge undertaking, wish me luck T-T ! I'm guessing that and cleanup may take the longest, and the timeline is unknown rn but I'll give as many frequent updates on this as I can.

And now for a very important question:

Would you like something more polished in this sketchbook PDF (stuff I already posted + "nicer" unseen sketches) ? or would you like me to also include the more raw, incomplete, and bad drawings too? When I say it's almost every art of ToA I did, I really do mean it.

Why I'm considering sharing the more raw stuff is because I feel like there is a lot of misconceptions/insecurities around the quality of a sketchbook, and the pressure of an individual to make every drawing-even in their own personal sketchbook-perfect. I thought I could include the good, the bad and especially the ugly to hopefully break that stereotype of every drawing needing to be perfect, and to show the very real process behind my art.

And why I'm also considering against that is because YOU guys are the ones paying for this PDF, and you may want to have something of more quality XD !!

I don't think I've seen many artists go for the TRULY vulnerable/raw/scrappy route in the sketchbook PDFs I've seen and bought, so its important that I throw this out there to see how y'all are feeling about this. So:

please only vote either the first two if you are planning on purchasing these, thank you!!

[t1rkb]

Merlin Ambrosius from Trollhunters is what Ford Haters THINK Ford is...

[conceiteddemon]

Tales of Arcadia theory: the reason humans as a whole seem to have so little magic and that wizards are a dying breed is because children with magic or magical potential were the ones with the ability to establish and maintain a familiar bond, so over the years as more and more magic babies got kidnapped and removed from the gene pool and replaced with changelings, who can’t have kids, the overall magic percentage decreased with each generation. In a way, Morgana removed magic from the world, at least the world of humans, more than her brother ever could.

[thecapuchinonerd]

Animation

" Most Children's animation"

heartwarming

heart-wrenching

teach morals

great story telling

"Most adult animation"

let's make dirty jokes and swear a lot because it funny and that what people like to watch

[mislamicpearl]

ABC Fanarts Challenge!

The conditions I'd set for myself was that I would only draw one character per fandom, and that I wouldn't draw any character I'd already drawn before (hence why there's no characters from Moomins, or Homestuck).

I've thought about doing this again some day, but tbh this one kind of exhausted me to the point that I had trouble drawing anything again for awhile afterwards. >_< Still, I think it'd be fun to do.

Originally posted on DeviantArt June 19, 2021

[who-do-i-know-this-man-s3]

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