#i had to draw the shirt x'D

[mitamicah]

What is this; a second birthday :3?

Happy birthday to @clovermoonspell 🤗🩷

[metalatias5]

Lucifer Week 2024 Day 2 - Apple/Fashion

Had to do something way simpler after the Day 1 pic (it took me two whole days, it had me dead X'D) and felt like doing a gremlin kind of Luci, so.. here we go >:]

I did not draw the logo on the shirt btw, I literally just took a clip art of Jerry's ad from Rick and Morty, I specifically went for that bc I thought the combo'd be funny

I did come up with the white chocolate Apple Duck before though, that one's all me

Lucifer Week comes from snyyland on Twitter

[kedikatzen]

Do you have advice on how to draw characters with different body types and faces like you do? Me and my sister have been amazed with you art style since your first comic and its a big insperation to us

Tons, and I honestly need to just make a video on it x'D But I'll do my best to make something cohesive here, while keeping it quick. I'm also definitely not the expert, I'm just somebody trying to learn as I go and trying to constantly improve.

I bring this up first because this is something of a bad habit I've noticed a lot of people slip into - I've slipped into it myself, and had to make a conscious effort to get out of it. When it comes to bad habits in art, I try to point them out and cut them out, because it'll be harder to steer away from doing it once you've made it a go-to.

You really want to strive to create bodies that are similar "weights" or "builds" while also still looking different. Some people are top heavy and some are bottom heavy. Some people are skinny and other people are lean, they're different. A good way to practice in a way that builds better habits would be to draw a bunch of bodies in a certain weight or form category that still look different.

When it comes to those little things that set your characters apart, you want to strive to keep those unique to them as well, and while this is nice:

it might be relying too heavily on the little details to set characters apart. All your characters wearing different coloured t-shirts doesn't change that, at the end of the day, they're all wearing t-shirts. Try to break things down to the bare bones, and make sure they're still distinguishable and unique to them.

That said, don't become so fixated on making each and every person so perfectly unique that it stunts you. Some characters will have the same bodies, some characters will have similar faces, etc. Aesthetic still plays a role in overall bigger pictures, characters should be cohesive with each other if they're all in the same world, etc.

The single best thing I think you can do as an artist is go out and draw real people. Draw shapes, draw quick sketches, draw structures, draw what you see. There's so much variety and beauty out in the world, it's the best place to find inspiration and practice for your work. I used to sit in cafes or at parks or even bus stops and just draw shapes I saw, very basic shapes and gestures but it got me out of my comfort zone and helped me see more variety.

[latvian-spider]

Monkey Detention

Because that is the fate of the two Mandarin's if they do not STFU before Macaque's temper snaps.

And it's not gonna be the 'Stand in the Corner and Think About What You Did' sort of thing, I can tell you that much.

This had to be done. I already did MK and Chiro meeting, then SWK getting to know his new grandkids, so the dark monkeys also had to be added in.

Though I doubt Macaque is too happy with his partners X'D

Obvs redesign for OG-Mandarin, mostly based on the brilliant fic Questionable by monkeymindscream that (Um, spoilers) Skeleton King removes the gunk that roided him up, but he's still bigger than the other monkeys. (end spoilers)

And I kept him physically bald, which is why he's wearing a shirt.

Skelemandarin and Macaque have no changes.

First time drawing Skelemandarin and Mandarin too!

[exlimix1a]

is ok i ask can you do some tip for coloring? ps i try to coloring for my sun and moon but they look so bad X'D

HI. FUN FACT I DREW UP A RESPONSE TO THIS AND WAS LIKE "okay ill upload the photos and annotate it later" AND THEN I FORGOR. HERE'S WHAT I MADE FOR YOU.

This is generally my process when it comes to creating art as a whole and choosing colors for my art. I didn't use to do this, but recently I've begun using color-balancing tools to bring everything together! They really help in unifying the colors and pushing the contrast to where you want it to be. I used to feel guilty- like it wasn't "my own work" when I used these tools- but I spoke with a group of other artists and I came to realize that in the end, I still chose the colors and it was still Me! These tools are meant to be used in this way, and it's silly of me to not take advantage of wonderful tools because of my own pride.

This is going to be a long post, so all of my steps are under the cut!

1. The Drawing!

Pretty self-explanatory! Draw out the thing you want to draw. I like to keep my art as a sketch most of the time :)

2. Flat Colors!

I'll be honest- usually I approach colors more intuitively and based off of the ones I like the most, but I wanted to show you a more conscious approach! This image has a lot of information so I'll go through it step-by-step!

I made the background darker for higher contrast against the light colors of the design.

First, we'll look at the palette on the top right!

It's a little easier if you first have some colors to work with. This is my sona, and I already know it has red hair and light skin, so I can work with the colors around that! Depending on who you ask and what color wheels you look at, red is complimentary to both green (most commonly in color wheels) and cyan. Knowing this, and wanting the shirt to stand out against the red hair, I made it a pale green! I did similarly with the skin tone. The peach color is only a light tint of orange, so the complement would be blue! I noticed I had a lot of light tones so I chose a darker, desaturated tone of blue. Remember- complementary colors are more than just vaguely "complementing" the other color. Putting two complementary colors next to each other makes both of the colors stand out!

I felt as though I still needed another color, though! Because my red and peach colors are directly next to each other on the color wheel, they are analogous colors. I experimented a little bit and ultimately settled on using another analogous color as an accent- yellow! The brown of her eyebrows is more of a rogue color that might not necessarily fit most of the time- that's because it's more so meant to represent my Real Self, who has eyebrows naturally darker than its hair. Still, because brown is a darker tone of red (and orange), it worked out! The blush is also the skin tone, just slightly darker and with the hue shifted just slightly on the color wheel.

Next, we can look at color placement!

When choosing where to place your colors, it can help to have places where the colors are 100% locked in- for example, the hair and skin tone aren't something subject to change in this design. That means you can choose to place the colors around these two elements! Like I said earlier, I made the shirt a pale green because I wanted it to stand out against the red of the hair. I try to add variety in where the colors sit next to each other so that two different elements of the design aren't the same color. Knowing this, I made the shorts dark blue!

An important part of color choice is knowing when to reuse colors as well! Generally, the fewer colors you use the easier it is to work with them and make them work together. Using 2-3 main colors and finding places to reuse them throughout the design or drawing is a good way to keep your colors simple yet effective! You can also add an accent color that's meant to draw the eye to the most important parts of the design or piece! The two colors I reused within the design was the yellow accent color and the brown color of the eyebrows. The brown color is the one I want to focus on here because of its strategic placement in the shoes! I almost made the shoes yellow as well, but I found that the dark color of brown shoes against the light skin and the pose itself brought leads the eyes downwards. This is important so that the viewer takes in the entire piece! I also reused the pale green color (and some of the blue) as environment elements because I hadn't reused it in the design itself!

As a last note here, it's also very helpful to color your lines! This is totally subjective and up to you, though, depending on how it fits into your style and workflow. Because of the way I work, I set my lines to multiply and recolor them based on the colors around them.

Sometimes I explore with different color choices I wouldn't have normally chosen- like the purple around the edge of the skin! Without even realizing it, in hindsight, I believe I chose complementary colors for the lines as well (purple & yellow/orange).

3. Color Correction

Here's the finished base colors (without all of the writing over it!)

First things first- let's check the values!

What I'm looking for is to see if the values stand out well next to each other, and where my eyes are drawn to. What I see right now is that the shoes are where my eyes are drawn to first because of their dark color, and how my eyes are led back up by the plants and line of action. What I'm most aware of, though, is the lack of contrast between the hair and background. I could try to fix that!

Here are a few snapshots of my color-balancing process. I use a variety of the available tools, but most often I'm using Color Balance and Curves. These color changes are completely up to you and what you think looks better and more unified!

It's easier to see the differences if you open the images in new tabs and switch between them all. Notice the background becomes bluer, the colors change, and the values deepen?

These were the final colors I chose! Let's look at the values again.

Hm.. better! The values stand out better, but the problem with the hair still persists. I'll try to make the hair pop more with the final touches, but if it doesn't, I'll settle! I'm happy with all of the other color choices.

A little better! The white highlights help show the edges of the hair, and I attempted using a halftone to break up the hair and the background. They still blend in together, but I won't fiddle with it more! I've got a post to make, you see.

What do you think? C: Thank you for the ask, I hope this helps!

Here are some other resources that helped me with some similar topics! The colors you choose don't always have to be the actual color of the object you're drawing- the colors around influence how we perceive other colors. Knowing how to use these colors is useful!

[mistrall-art]

Got tagged by @seawillfuckyourshitup thank you! I'm a little late :') Tagging everyone who wants to do this!

Share your wallpaper: it's the standard msi wallpaper :') I keep forgetting to change it

The last song you listened to: I was drawing so an oc playlist was on, but the current last one is Pity Party by Melanie Martinez

Currently reading: book: Gideon the Ninth and if IFs count: The Night Market (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)

Last movie: Pretty Woman, because it was on tv and my mom was watching, but before that one Unicorn Wars...ehh it's gory but good.

Craving: french fries and/or pizza

What are you wearing right now?: black Mass Effect N7 t-shirt, pink hoodie and dark grey leggings with red x-mas socks x'D I'm warm and cozy!

How tall are you: 169 cm sooo 5'6 ish?

Piercings: one left ear helix piercing...one day I'll get more

Tattoos: none, yet >:3c

Glasses? Contacts?: glasses, I have pretty terrible astigmatism so sadly contacts don't work for me :')

Last drink: ye good olde water :'D

Last show: 🤔...none, I don't watch much tv..

Last thing you ate: a brownie for desert!

Favorite colour: blue and gold equally and...black my beloved :'|

Current obsession: ifs...so so many ifs (*/ω＼*)

Unrelated obsession: ocs, though that's not entirely unrelated 😅

Any pets: none of my own sadly :'(

Do you have a crush on anyone?: 😬 soo I've never had a crush on anyone, not sure if I'm aro-spec; still figuring that one out

Favorite fictional character: oh boy there's a lot of those haha, but I'll always have a bit of a soft spot Hao Asakura from Shaman King :'D (sk was my 'first' anime)

The last place you traveled: ugh Ibiza when I was 15 i guess, or maybe south Belgium when I was 18, not sure if I'm mixing those two up ^^;;

[fff777]

Watched the ISTJ Studio Choom performance behind the scenes

I love you sexy terrible Jisung X'D

They all had pretty heavy eye makeup in this performance. They all had totally dark eye outlines.

Is Jisung really that much taller? I know he's the tallest but I have a feeling the others usually wear some lifts so that they're a little more even when standing in a row for other events.

Chenle's been growing increasingly affectionate these days

"7Dream's addictive friendship" and then clips of them randomly hugging each other. Yep.

Height difference is apparent here too

The hard subs in this video were hard to see at times ^^;;

Mark enthusiastically patting Chenle's butt

Jaemin messing with Jeno's armband pocket thing ^^;; And then messing with the velcro on Mark's shirt. A cat pawing at things lol.

At first I wasn't sure what they were doing and then I remembered what the back of Jeno's shirt was like.

Jaemin trying to get piggyback rides out of the guys

Jisung feeling up Jaemin's arms

The guys love showing off each other's bodies huh

Haechan: "Didn't I tell you to draw a dragon on your back?" No but that would be kind of badass

Beat mathyung's ass for making a mistake

Universemates complimenting each other <3

Jisung being shy about being filmed while watching himself on screen ^^;;

Jaemle flirting again

I too love the bridge <3 <3 <3 Like with Poison I feel like Dream's interested in performing this more sensual kind of music.

Omg the Jeno puppy agenda has only intensified with time ToT At the same time I do think that Jeno...responds to some of it well. Like, I think he does like being praised gently lol.

Belly rubs again

Dreamies are literally always touching each other

Except Jisung, he's in his teen rebellion phase. Or just being shy as usual.

And then the others join Jisung :3 Friends don't let friends look dumb alone etc etc

They're mirroring again

What is the reason for this lol. Are they practising for Renjun's part in the bridge?

Jaemren again <3

Markmin in the bridge

Playing with cameras :3

Agreed, ISTJ is a very energetic and tiring song

uwu Nahyuck

uwu

Lmao Haechan KO

When Jeno messed up for the last chorus...it's teasing Jeno day lol. They would not let him live, they were like LET'S WATCH IT AGAIN!!!!! and Jeno was like Noooo TAT

Mark and Chenle not letting Jaemin catch their hand and then Jeno and Jaemin very gently holding hands X'D

I wished Tumblr would let us post more than 30 photos in a post again :< I had to cut some screencaps out :<

[singlecellanniversaries]

It’s actually going to be really hard to come up with things to say about my experience finally seeing the show in New York City because it legitimately did leave me speechless in every sense of the word, but I’ll try my best!

I had probably one of the best seats in the house, 3rd row from the stage on the aisle which alone made the VIP ticket worth it, but those of us who were VIPs got selfies with Patchy and one of the Electric Skates after the show, the latter of whom was also the show’s skateboarding director. And can I just add the fact this musical has a skateboarding director to the list of reasons why it’s one of the best things ever to be put on Broadway?

Sadly, Brian Ray Norris and Jai’len Josie were not in this performance but their understudies, Phil Sloves and Alyssa Shorte as Krabs and Pearl respectively, were absolutely phenomenal. During the final sing-a-long number I stood up and got as close to the stage as possible, where Christina Sajous (Sandy as of Lilli Cooper’s departure) jumped into the aisle and hugged me as we both screamed/sang (scrang?? that sounds awful) “WHO LIVES IN A PINEAPPLE UNDER THE SEA?!”

I can now mention “Hugged by Sandy Cheeks” as one of my greatest accomplishments in life so far

Afterwards I headed straight for the stage door (and actually tripped and fell on my way there. unlike all of the actors I am neither beauty nor grace) where I showed Wesley my Plankton Speed Rap shirt that I designed and made especially for the event and gave him three copies of this drawing - one for him to sign, one for him to keep and one for him to give to Catherine Ricafort. He, Christina and Ethan then all signed my Playbill.

Overall, it was probably the most wonderful, magical and transcendent ~3 hours of my life, which I think is enough to make the song and the shirts true by extension: Best Day Ever ♡❤♡

[leppardbowie]

1-100 of the same asks you sent me! Fancy granting an interview for your public? X'D

I regret asking for this lmaoooooo hehe but here we go x’D

Spotify, SoundCloud, or Pandora? None

is your room messy or clean? I dont have a room but my living area (1 half of the front room of the apartment has groceries all over it rn bc i just came back from the store lol)

what color are your eyes? Brown ( basic I know)

do you like your name? why? Yes its quite unique :p

what is your relationship status? Never been in one lma

describe your personality in 3 words or less : Rainbow child

what color hair do you have? Brown but it looks black though in the summer if I leave it out it turns red

what kind of car do you drive? color? I dont have one :o

where do you shop? lol the store

how would you describe your style? someone where between boho goth and tomboy (if I had any money I could experiment)

favorite social media account . I . Hate.social media but stay on it lmao

what size bed do you have? I dont have a bed I sleep on the floor on a huge blanket lmao ( it hurts bc I have such protruding bones)

any siblings? TOOOO MANY lol

if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why? Lmao somewhere cold like siberia 

favorite snapchat filter? dont have snapchat

favorite makeup brand(s) dont care about make-up enough

how many times a week do you shower? I take a bath everyday 

favorite tv show? I dont watch tv but  the last show I liked was Red Band Society

shoe size? 12

how tall are you? 6″2

sandals or sneakers? I LOVE SNEAKERS

do you go to the gym? Yes I love it

describe your dream date ummm I dont think abt them things

how much money do you have in your wallet at the moment? $1.84

what color socks are you wearing? none but just took off some red socks

how many pillows do you sleep with? none I sleep w/a moose called moosey that ive had since 2008

do you have a job? what do you do? cashier

how many friends do you have? irl none

whats the worst thing you have ever done? eat a bunch of pineapples when I was like 5

whats your favorite candle scent? melon

3 favorite boy names I dont fav names lol

3 favorite girl names none

favorite actor? I dont watch alot of movies but bc hes been my fav dude since I was a bby Hugh jackman but more recent for like 5 years now eddie redmayne 

favorite actress? eee none really

who is your celebrity crush? havent got one atm 

favorite movie? SGT PEPPERS LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND bee gees peter frampton

do you read a lot? whats your favorite book? Yes and adrenalize phil collen

money or brains? eh eh ( am poor) and alot of rich people you’ll realize are super stupid lol but I guess money (because I aint got none)

do you have a nickname? what is it? mommanoma

how many times have you been to the hospital? enough times

top 10 favorite songs TOO MANY TOO NAME omdgsgdlkds

do you take any medications daily? no 

what is your skin type? (oily, dry, etc) soft ?!?!?

what is your biggest fear? the end

how many kids do you want? 2 girls 2 boys

whats your go to hair style? I usually wear a hat

what type of house do you live in? (big, small, etc) I live in a 1 room apartment

who is your role model? myself (sorry @ everyone lol)

what was the last compliment you received? “I like your shirt”

what was the last text you sent? “Hai”

how old were you when you found out santa wasn’t real? He is

what is your dream car? A truck ford F350

opinion on smoking? *chokes* ew

do you go to college? not yet

what is your dream job? Having my own crochet store or being a director/actress/singer

would you rather live in rural areas or the suburbs? rural

do you take shampoo and conditioner bottles from hotels? no

do you have freckles? Idk ?!?

do you smile for pictures? Yes ever since I was in a class and we needed to get I.D’s made and when it came time to take pictures the rude ass lady went “are you sure you want to smile with your teeth” so yah I smile showing all them teeth

how many pictures do you have on your phone? 4

have you ever peed in the woods? never been into the woods

do you still watch cartoons? yah

do you prefer chicken nuggets from Wendy’s or McDonalds? wendys

Favorite dipping sauce? ranch or tartar sauce

what do you wear to bed? nothing

have you ever won a spelling bee? yah

what are your hobbies? crocheting , drawing , making horrid movie reviews , thinking i am a professional nail artists 

can you draw? yah

do you play an instrument? nerp

what was the last concert you saw? never been to one

tea or coffee? both

Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts? only bc here the dunkin is nasty starbucks

do you want to get married? yeh

what is your crush’s first and last initial? dont have one

are you going to change your last name when you get married? I might

what color looks best on you? burgundy / light blue

do you miss anyone right now? dovid baowie

do you sleep with your door open or closed? who doesnt lock the door

do you believe in ghosts? yesh

what is your biggest pet peeve?  people sniffling,coughing,sneezing,snorting just people 

last person you called`mommy

favorite ice cream flavor? dont like ice cream that much but eith caramel or pistachio

regular oreos or golden oreos? pumpkin spice

chocolate or rainbow sprinkles? ewww sprinkles are gross

what shirt are you wearing? none

what is your phone background? bee gees and peter frampton

are you outgoing or shy? am a shy turtle

do you like it when people play with your hair? I will break ur arm if you touch my hair

do you like your neighbors? no

do you wash your face? at night? in the morning? morning

have you ever been high? no

have you ever been drunk? no

last thing you ate? am eating a pizza

favorite lyrics right now “ even when im wrong I tend to think im right”

summer or winter? winter

day or night? day

dark, milk, or white chocolate? milk

favorite month? october/november

what is your zodiac sign scorpio ;)

who was the last person you cried in front of? mi mommy

that concludes our interview 

[robbiethezombie-support-squ-blog]

Awww Ven As a litle Morty :V dude if you had a persona i would definetly draw that...But i Think i'll Draw A Zombie morty with striped shirt X'D

What? X'D Okay then 😅 -Mod Venomous

[mitamicah]

The full Scribbler Out project but with a twist; now the boys are wearing their own faces x'D

The last few months I've had fun drawing these traditional ink drawings of Joker Out in an abstract, scribble style. For my mind's eye they sort of look like a badass shirt design so I had all the boys wear it (was easier to "just" draw it than actually make it happen irl but who knows maybe I'll get it as physical shirts and try my luck some day x'D)

You can find the boys one by one (except Jance) next to the original artwork below

[aealzx]

So I went on a trip to Malaysia at the end of october, and I realized long before then that I was in serious need of some new shirts. So I did what any sensible person would do and made my own. X'D These are actual "official" designs of sorts, so there's ugly watermark stuff on them |D Too bad. It was really fun to do these X'D and I even had some buddies draw one for me too so I could print them out. I won't post those ones though because they aren't my artwork |D

Got them printed from customink.com, and it was about 25usd a shirt

[mitamicah]

I got my trans coloured JO shirt today :3 I had way too much fun fooling around "modelling" for this yet again x'D

More even more silly pictures under the line

Googly eyes :3

"Draw me like one of your french girls"

[mitamicah]

Hell yeah asking time and you are damn right you took some sweet time 😂😸

Get ready for my asks:

📷💌🐸🌿🌸🧸🐶🐰🍫🎵 (👀👀👀👀👀👀👀)

Well I was too busy excitingly drawing Vogue Jere 😂(and sleeping OVO)

I can already see this will be long so here's a line for those not interested in the replies x'D

📷 My phone lockscreen

Well I should probably think about changing it but...

Leaves x'D

💌Do I talk to myself: All the dang time OVO both in first, second and third person x'D

🐸My aesthetic: As mentioned a few times I feel like I'm multitudes but I guess what is true for pretty much all of them is that I'm kind of like the mixture of a peacock and a fairy that is stuck in the body of a oversized gremlin - I have this flamboyant, flowery, feminine-but-in a masc way side I love yet at the same time I am drawn to comfy oversized clothes that may or may not fit me well x'D I hope it makes sense :'D

🌿Describtion of my favourite outfit: This is hard because I have a few :'D So I'll take two you already know :3 (Hopefully you can guess from the description). One is this burgundy shortsleeved shirt that just screams flowerqueer often paired with a dark green shirt with a subtle leaf design on it. To finish up the outfit I have some puffy, green coloured jeans in a loose fit (they are now so big I need a belt for them) paired with my sunflower band that has pronouns patches and aro flag on it ^V^ The other one is this seethrough longsleeved crop top with stylized print of suns, moons and stars (give me shagadellic rock vibes aka Joker Out but in a goth way). Since I still haven't had top surgery I will often pair it with either a black binder or a black tanktop and then for the pants I can either go fullblack shorts, these black pants with thunder design running down the legs or these tube formed pink pants (because Barbie core). To hold up the pants and to amp up the aesthetic I have a twolined stud belt with chains falling down is upsidedown waves. The look wont be complete without some necklaces so I mostly go for a black choker, this fairy-on-a-moon necklace I own (and probably now also my Thor's hammer I inherited from my grandmother). Fishnet hands and black racoon makeup is optional :3

🌸Best compliment I ever received: It is an old and probably worn out story for me to tell but I think the best compliment I received was when I was told that I had been lying to myself when I said I couldn't sing. Hadn't I been told that I am not sure I'd pursued music as an active hobby through attending summer camp and had I not been there I am not sure I would be this open and confident like I am today :'D

🧸Favourite place to nap: I wish I could nap :'3 I am so bad at sleeping in the daytime :'D

🐰What do I think says most about a person?: Hmmm... If I should go with my gut feeling on this one I'd say it is how they view others. It sounds strange but what I mean is that if they scowl at others for being different (having tattoos, fun hair, bipoc, disabled etc.) and/or am being bigotted openly to your face I think it says a lot about them more than it does about the people they are judging. I hope it makes sense :'D That said the option of not saying these things but instead show disgust through actions (internalised bigotry? I am not sure that's a phrase) can be just as revealing

🍫Cheese of chokolade: I am NOT a cheese person like at all :'D Some cheese will do but only on pizza. Other than that give me chokolade every day :'3

Thank you for the questions, Jay ^V^

[mitamicah]

Spoilers from both Trollhunters the book and Trollhunters the series!

While reading the book I was really impressed with how many differences there were between the character so I have worked on giving my take on six characters from both media, book vs series, and how they differ from each other :3 

I should mention that while there was illustrations in the book I tried for the challenge not to copy those but follow along the describtions in the book - when possible - to give my own interpretation of the characters ^v^ 

Steve

First up we have Steve. Starting out as the stereotypical bully in both version their paths seperates quickly resulting in two different ending for the musuclar blond Jorgensen-Warner is the book version of Steve. Here's how he is described from our first encounter with him: "He was handsome but in the oddest way- He eyes were too small and his nose piggish: he had a ridiculous amount of hair and a couple of teeth that looked like fangs. Yet somehow in combination these features were sort of mesmerising. His unnatural muscular bulk and odd way of speaking -crisply, politely, as if he were a foreign student who had learned English in class - completed the strange package." page 21-22 For his outfit I went with the description of him on page 224 "[my clothes] ... didn't cast me in the best light when compared to Steve Jorgensen-Warner, who looked rather rakish in blue jeans and a shirt - definitely not a blouse - opened to the third button. He dribbled the ball casually with his left hand." The bold passages is added by me   This Steve is later revealed to be a changeling aka a troll   Before we go on: can any of you explain to me what a "ridiculous amount of hair" even means :'D? I had a lot of trouble with this prompt because isn't this so darn subjective :'D? and the official art look way less ridiculous than I'd figure it'll be :'D x'D Palchuk is the series version of Steve. His facial appearance being way less specific (I'd say he has normal sized eyes, a big roman nose and some more or less normal teeth) and his way of speaking is definitely not polite. Like book Steve, this Steve starts out with pushing smaller guys into lockerrooms yet after that he becomes way less of a terrifying bully and much more of a silly goose who brings a lot of the comic relief in my opinion Douxie says it best in Wizards when he calls Steve the "village idiot" x'D I do not recall seeing Steve being that sporty in the show, he is much more interested in becoming homecoming king  no basketballs around x'D While book Steve is revealed to be the enemy (a troll) series Steve joins the "good guys" creating the creepslayerz with the character Eli Pepperjack

Blinky

Blinky is just called Blinky in the book  Here's a bit of description of him "The third [troll] had scarlet eyes, eight of them on long stems. (...) The thing from my house glided toward me with a surprising grace for something with an indetermined number of legs, all of which were hidden behind a patched kilt scaled with layers of medals, prizes and trophies and award ribbons. An incalculable tangle of tentacles twined around one another as if dying to squeese something to death. As it passed the oven, the firelight revealed olive-green skin, reptilian texture, and lacquer of slime lubricating its undulating appendages Its moth a horizontal gash.. " The bold passages is added by me   So yeah this Blinky is quite something :'D I stopped caring to draw tentacles after a while but overall this was silly but fun to draw  since his teeth later is described as big as traffic cones I believe he must be very tall :'D Also he's close to blind   Has a bit of a dirty mouth but in a very "read" way if it makes sense :'D cannot seem to stop calling Jim dimwitted and tiny and Tobias big :'D Blinky's full name in the series is Blinkus Galadrigal  he has six eyes instead of eight and they are all working just fine, thank you very much x'D His tons of tentacles and legs has been replaced by four arms and two legs and while he is still olive-green he is now made of tone like texture just like the other trolls  the kilt turned into shorts and he is quite a bit smaller now not even as tall as Jim  He still has this very academic way of speaking yet he is way nicer to Jim calling him "Master Jim" instead of "the short one" x'D

ARRRGH!!!

Book ARRGHHH!!!s full name is Johannah Mmmm ARRRGH!!! and she is a pretty big deal warrior among the trolls in the book - she's so badass in fact Blinky has decided to call her by her last name to honor her for her deeds for trollkind   Here's a qoute from the book describing her appearance   "The goliath emerged from the tunnel as comfortably as a dog from a doghouse, coarse black fur pouring into the chamber before I could make out any actual arms or legs (...) Even beneath the fur I could see loops of muscles flexing. (...) ARRRGH!!! was built like a gorilla but three times larger: Two arms, two legs, and, thankfully, just two eyes. Horns, curled like those of a ram (...) The thing's orange eyes cast about with animal perceptiveness, and it used its snout and sniffed. Its jaws fell open to reveal a purple, slavering mouth armed with haphazard daggers of teeth." Page 75-76 The bold passages is added by me   (Also worth mentioning: the qoute is from before the protagonist knows of ARRRGH!!!'s gender which is why he calls her an 'it') At other times in the story we learn that ARRRGH! has quite scarred arms and really wishes for better tooth hygeine; so much so that Tobias actually end up making her a brace out of chicken wire :'D Idk I find it quite adorable :'D Now unto the serie's ARRRGH!!! - first up he is male, his name is Arghaumont and he is famous for another reason than Johannah: he was a general of Gunmar but retreated from the war making him a traitor to his people yet a hero for the good trolls in the series. Series ARRRGH!!! is likewise built like a gorilla but made of stone and having a mane long and green like it is moss  his horns is way smaller and less curvy and his teeth hygeine is never brought up  also his face is way less dog like x'D 

Tobias 

Book Tobias' full name is Tobias M. Dershowitz yet he is going by 'Tubby' or 'Tub'. Here is a describtion of him from the book: "You could call Tobias Dershowitz chubby, if you were being cute, or husky if you were being diplomatic. The fact is he was fat, and that was only the beginning of his problems. His hair was a thick, orange, out-of-control hedge. His face spilled over with the kind of freckles that make kids like Tub look like overgrown toddlers. Worst of all were his braces, marvels of modern torment: whips of stainless steel crisscrossing each tooth seperately and lashed to a dozen silver fasteners. The braces clicked so much when he spoke, you expected sparks. At least he was tall..." page 27 The bold passages is added by me   The outfit I went with is described on page 259 like this: "He stood in the driveway decked out in his best approximation of a ninja: black tennis shoes, black sweatpants, a black hoodie, a belt made from a red curtain sash, and an oversize fanny pack holding his gear (...) It was unfortunate that the fanny pack was lime green..." To describe Tub is a bit difficult because sadly he is not much in the story as I'd liked - mostly he is being quite serious and let us know he is not happy by being sidelined not speaking troll nor being invited on hunts which I completely understand tbh :'D What I do find interesting is how Tub and series Jim has seem to have switched roles a little bit: In the series Jim is the one giving a speech about how he is insecure about his place in life and how he wants more - in the book this is Tub in more than one occassion: "We have to accept who we are. And before you ask, I'll tell you. We're nobody. We have no life. We have nothing to look forward to. We're not special. I just want it to go away. All of it. The stupid being scared. Doesn't it seem we've been scared forever?" page 37 "Jim, you're wrong. We were meant to do this. This is exactly what we've been waiting for. They've chosen us. Of all people! Us! (...) Jesus, Jim, take a look at my life! You know what I'm worth! To anyone? Zero! Nothing! I'm a fat loser and will always be a fat loser. Until this. This is like a present. Full of, man, I don't know. Hope?..." page 196 (talking about trollhunting here btw) Oh yeah and book Tobias gets this badass scene where he uses his dentist's tool to kill trolls I loved that   Now series Tobias is way different :'D first up his name is Tobias Domzalski and his nicknames are Toby and Tobes. He is way shorter and has more neat hair (what is it with the series neating up the hair :'D? x'D). He also seems way cheerier and pretty happy with his place in life more or less  Unlike Tub, Toby is in it from the start being an important player in the story   He doesn't have the same drive to be something more than he is as Tub has instead Toby is going with the flow starting out quite afraid of everything troll and ended up being as brave as the rest of the team *tbh Jim's scared out of his wits too so they mimic each other x'D* Where Tub has dentist tools Toby gets a badass hammer so I'll say its an upgrade  

Claire

First off we have Claire Fontaine, a foreign student from no other than Scotland with a taste for military clothing and liqourice   Here's how she's described in the book   "She tucked her long dark hair behind her ear and left ir with an adorable smudge of white dust. I thought she was beautiful, though she wasn't in the classic sense. The popular girl would say she wasn't skinny enough. They would also point to the fact that she didn't wear makeup or do anything to tame that hair. And her clothes -well, what could be said about her clothes? Her boots were not sexy and knee-high: in fact, they were ankle-high and rubber-soled and looked picked from military surplus racks, an array of pea-green coats and multi-coloured slacks, all of which looked as if they'd been through actual World War II combat. And that beret she wore before and after school wasn't of the look-at-me-I'm Frensh variety: it was more in the style of I'm-going-to-invade-your-country-and-be-your-new-dictator. Only one thing didn't make sense: that bright pink, exceedingly girlish backpack that inexplicably hadn't one anti-establidh patch sewn onto it (...) Oh, I forgot to mention that Claire Fontain came from the UK. That's right- the girl had an accent. I think you are starting to get the picture." page 30-1 The bold passages is added by me It is hinted at that Claire is quite tall and a great deal taller than Jim (more when I get to him) and she is actually a whole year older than Jim since they both have birthday May 2 but Claire is 16 while Jim is 15  Since Trollhunters in this story is not a "protected title" (aka the chosen hero type) Claire ends up being one herself even though nobody even herself didn't know: AND. SHE. KICKS. BUTT! She's even better than the guy that had 40+ years experience so yeah safe to say she's badass :'D Even before that she has a hilarious scene calling out Steve in the wildest shitstorm of Scottish slang I lived for it x'D She's described quite a few times with lots of bracelets, sometimes made of wire so I gave her a bit of both   She's not really a part of the popular group but has her own thing going on   Now onto Claire Nuñez the series' version of this badass   Here Claire is hispanic and pretty much one of the most popular girls seen around  her style is way more ... I've called it punk rock in purple but Idk exactly what to call it x'D she's shorter than Jim and slimmer looking than her book counterpart   She enters the story not as a trollhunter but as a victim of having her brother stolen by changelings and as time progresses she becomes a fastlearning and quite competent sorcerer dealing in shadow magic   Unlike Fontaine, Nuñes is seen wearing make up, shorter hair with dye in it and hair clips instead of bracelets  

Jim 

First up we have book Jim. His full name is James Sturges Jr. and lives with his single parent, his dad, after his mother went away the day before his birthday in start May and never returned. Sturges Sr. had been traumatized loosing his brother to trolls although none of the characters didn't know this yet - only Senior had seen the creatures making him paranoid and in turn making Jim very embarrased about his father. At the same time Jim seems to honestly worry for his father and his behavior too makes Jim very cautious and fearful a character. Book Jim is pretty much a typical teenager for the most part  He is seen to be a tad clumsy and not exactly brave really. And the author's choice of basically not describing him anywhere made my job way harder trying to be book accurate :'D So I've mostly inspired him of the official illustrations in the book   Here's what I could find about our little trollhunter   First off: he's a short fellow  that is first mentioned on page 14; "Sunshine is important for growing boys." (...) "I am not growing" I took after my dad when it came to size and was still waiting for that growth spurt everyone kept raving about. "In fact I think I'm shrinking." This is brought up most of everything Jim through the movie from him not being able to reach a point of a chalkboard (page 32) to people's dissapointing sighs taking meassurements when he is chosen as Romeo (107) and him wearing super high heels for the same reason (224) but also Blinky directly calling him a "little fellow" (page 127) On page 27 we learn that he is getting a bruise on his chin after being slammed into his locker by Steve  Lockers he has been thrown into enough to have learned to open them on the inside :'D He is a skinny fella which Tobias so politely call "lack of muscletone" due to "glandular" at page 120 He is not very good at anything describing his room full of stuff from hobbies he tried and failed at (page 63) The longest describtion about his appearance is probably page 105: "I lowered my eyes and regarded the chewed, dirty fingernails holding my script, thes scuffed shoes on my feet, and realized that these were the symbols of my pityful life: worn-out, insignificant, ready to be thrown beneath Dad's industrial mower" It pretty much says it all when this is the longest quite I could find :'D For the outfit I mostly went by the small describtion on page 89-90: "I tucked the medallion beneath my shirt. After a full day of wearing it, maybe the rest of the suffocating fear would go away too. My plan was to dart into the kitchen, grab my sweatshirt and be out of the house. " I added jeans since he is said to wear jeans on page 283 - the medallion sneak out beneath the sweatshirt/shirt on page 97 which is why I added it on top here as well   Now since there's a bit more to both versions of Jim due to their role as the protagonist I've added in a little extra features here being the medallion in the book vs the amulet in the series and the weaponry given to the characters   For Sturges we have the medallion who's described like this: "It was a bronze medallion conntected to a rusty chain. It was engraved with a foreboding crest: a hideous, snarling face; indecipherable markings of a sevage language, and a magnificent long-sword across the bottom." page 9 The medallion is treated like it is a common artefact if a bit rare in the book - its purpose is to translate trollspeak for the wearer. Jim is giving two swords in the book; a rusty longsword he calls Clairesword (do I need to explain this one?) and a cutlass he calls Cat #6 after the one cat at Tobias' house that liked Jim  x'D For Sturges' personality my feeling about him is that he is a bit more ... passive than his series counterpart. He is not really standing up for himself that much and would rather blend into the background. This qoute from Claire sums him up pretty nicely I believe   "You're a good person, Mr. Sturges. A bit gloomy, but good" page 246 I do like that Jim in this version is a Taurus  (I am a taurus too x'D) born on May 2nd so that's a plus   It is probably also worth mentioning that in this world trollhunters aren't a chosen hero type like in the series: trollhunters or paladin was once a title held by many warriors yet now there's very few left. Sturges was a proud paladin family making Jim a chosen candidate for the honor of becoming a trollhunter but he is not the only one - or even the best - in the book. In fact out of the three trollhunters we learn about I'll say Jim is the weakest (and he is not even the least trained; ouch :'D) Jim doesn't get a nice armour like his series counterpart either but is seen in the illustrations wearing a blue hoodie (like the one in the little doodle)   The full name of Jim in the series is James Lake Jr. He is the child of a single parent and lives with his mother whom Jim "mothers a lot" (Tobias' words in the first episode) This Jim is pretty "tall for his age" (Jim's own words uttered quite a few times across all three series) yet with quite skinny legs (he is called out for this by multiple characters). He is much more competent in life than his book counterpart being an exceptional cook, good at Spanish, seemingly alright in PE and at school he seems to stand pretty good if only holding himself back. Unlike book Jim, series Jim seems much more active and longing to be something more than he is - he is seen to be quite brave and protective of his friends, very kind and selfless. Also even from the start he seems much more nimble than his book counterpart being able to climb the robe (a feat book Jim didn't do before later) and with his training as trollhunter he becomes even more badass   Trollhunter status in the series is way more important since the title is given to only one chosen warrior of Merlin chosen by the amulet of daylight (the medallion in the book). This also makes the amulet way more special and important in the series which probably explains its shine up from rusty bronze thing to silver and blue. While Lake Jr doesn't have named sword he does have a magical armour and sword made of daylight   We do not know the exact birthday of Lake Jr but the creators have replied to a fanquestion saying it would be around fall especially October so by that estimate Jim is probably a scorpio  pretty far from the before mentioned taurus in the book   While Jim Lake Jr isn't seen with long lasting bruises in the original series he does get two more permanent scars in Wizards