#trollhunter!mary

[avirxy]

blight art for some emotional damage

[lovemoroporo]

some arcadia oaks moles for @rosemaidenvixen's "Between Daylight and Darkness", check it out!

⭐ kofi | comms | inprnt ⭐

[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.

[iseeyouopel]

💜💚💛❤️

[eurazba]

Last minute Mermay piece 😋

My hope is to eventually mermify every TOA character, It's Darci and Mary's turn this time :3

[earth-ambassador-jim]

My brain has assigned "The Draw" by Bastille to @rosemaidenvixen 's fic "A Secret's Worth", so here's a song art thing. Enjoy!

I am so pleased that Jim's four fingered hand being his right one lined up with the "In my right hand, there's the great unknown" line in the song.

Congrats on finishing your fic @rosemaidenvixen !

[jae-in-a-trenchcoat]

My TOA brainrot come to life

All of these were originally just supposed to be sketches and I was gonna leave it, but next thing you know it’s 1am and there’s a bunch of colours.

(None of these are ships)

[sweet-void-princess]

Character Outfits Designs Pt 8: Mary Wang!

I'm so excited to show ya'll Mary! I really like how these turned out!

So, what we have are three more casual outfits, and her gym clothes!

I hope you all like her! Thinking of redesigning Eli next,,

Make sure to check my Ko-fi out!

[aupermittymeowmeow]

POV: Your Merlin

[avirxy]

blight art in the year of 2024? crazy right

[lovemoroporo]

progress pics of @rosemaidenvixen's fic, Between Daylight and Darkness!

⭐ kofi | comms | inprnt ⭐

[thosetrollkids]

RIP Mary Wang, you would have loved Chappell Roan 💔

[iseeyouopel]

Nat was a troubled princess who, while looking for power to take back her kingdom and home, fell into a dark path. Working under bellroc, she was a tool and champion for the fire wizard.

Dutiful in her role as right-hand man, Nat made her name among the magic folk as a zealot and merciless in her dealings with them.

"The Infernal Whip wielder"

"Killer of Ovisys the diplomat"

"Devil princess"

Titles that followed her as she went deeper and deeper on her path of power. Once shown an opportunity for revenge, the temptation was too strong, and she tried seizing it.

Only to be betrayed by her teacher, Angor Rot. Having plunged her petrified wooden sword into her ribs, she stands frozen in stone. Having felt responsible for his students' path after she left his teachings.

Now, having been petrified into stone, she stands forever frozen in time. A remnant of a time long since past, left as a foot note in both magic and history. Until she made her way to the museum of aracdia as a statue of her kingdom's exhibit. Now, waiting for someone to pluck the knife from her ribs.

[eurazba]

A comic for my Akiridion Aide au where a zombie apocalypse breaks out on Earth, and the Akiridions scramble to save as many uninfected humans as they can.

If I was hiking through the mountains for the past year and had no access to working modern amenities like bathrooms I too would be grateful at the offer of a hot shower.

(Aja & Krel are common akiridions and Jim, Toby, Claire, Steve, Darci, and Mary were in college during the outbreak)

[saysomethingabout]

Say something about this ship!