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Wisps in the city
Big contrast to the bright, flighty little wisps you've seen in Small Trolls.These little guys will appear in the city and they're no different to their forest versions. Except they're shriveled, sootier, grubbier and dimmer.Tistow is built on a marshland, meaning there used to be a lot ...
1855 - Character concepts
Something new and something to look forward to.These are for the main story which I'm still keeping in wraps.But I can say the years these lot refer to are between 1853-1855. Just for reference, the current year in Small Trolls story is 1841 (and you can check the date on Fielding's paper in...
Lots and lots of blue water - Process Breakdown Video
For the record, the soundtrack was made by Jarkko Patteri and he very kindly gave us the track to use, and you can check his portfolio from here: http://www.jarkkopatteri.com(He's really a generalist so you can find lots of game development related stuff AND he's a stand-up guy.)Also yay, ou...
Woodcarver Dummy - Part 3
The model is ready! I was quicker with it than I thought to be honest.(Well the fact that I didn't have to do a few major steps before skeletoning him speeded that up, so any professional modeler out there could read me to filth about many great "steps I've missed". But... If there a...
Woodcarver Dummy - Part 2
Giving face and legs. And branches.Finally the worm is turning into something more reptilian like! Lots of branches to make and - who knows what. Lots of fixing, checking and detailing which always takes a long time. : 3 At least it looks more Woodcarver-esk now!- Karo~***Part 3*Part 1
Woodcarver Dummy - Part 1
Now this is what I would call a humble beginning for a model. (Also yay, a different kind of post!)So! Elli has been hoping for a 3D dummy of Woodcarver for quite some time. Sometimes sketching him up can be a pain in the comic pages, so I took it upon myself to make a little side project of a Woodc...
Ink works for sale - dragons & druids
These two buds are still looking for a home!Both pieces are size A5 and inked on watercolour paper. Postage is included. Drop us a note if you're interested in owning either of them. :3
Letters from home
A Tistow concept piece this time! And in relation to what you can expect from the story in the future (prior to the announcement which I'm still not quite ready to make).- Elli
Woodland creatures - Suggestions
That might include Jáhko and Veeti.We've been brainstorming some ideas for new cards and prints, but haven't made any decisions on the designs yet. But here's one potential one!If there's anything you'd like to see, please do let us know!
Odie the Corgi and Cyclops
Sketches I did last year of two canine fellas that were submitted to the Tim'rous beastie anthology with Aaron Sullivan (@Sully_Writes on Twitter).Unfortunately we didn't get in, but I really liked working on these two so I figured I'd share them. ♥- Elli
Monthly News Letter #4 01/02/2017
Oh goodness and so we have passed January of 2017!This time we've got a little bit less to say. So far we've been very driven to keep drawing and focusing on the pages, but a few changes have come along the way so far. For one thing, we both finally met each other in person while Karoliina v...
Panel preview - Woodcarver
Inking this guy is fun. Whenever I feel stuck with anything on a page, at least I can move on to draw him. Or trees.Mostly trees.- Elli
Troll Children - Step by Step
Raw Inks by Elli here! And here are our Trollchildren in colors~ A little practice and rehearsal before they appear in the comic, which is not too far off from now. :3
Troll children
We're getting closer to the day when these lot will show up, so here's an ink drawing by Elli of the main four! There are more little ones, but Larkspur and Nightshade will be the ones Jáhko and Veeti will interact with the most.
Deer buddies (A4 artwork for sale!)
Thanks to my scanner, it doesn't properly scan any paper properly that has some waves to it, resulting in a little bit blurry scan.You've seen our young deerlings Veeti and Jáhko, here is how they're in their adult forms. As it is pretty clear from the artstyle this was drawn by Karolii...
Thinky type of a person
This is an older artwork which I only published on my old blog, which has after since been deleted (I think). So here it is again! I do quite like the concept of it and I've wanted to make artworka of all YIH's characters in this fashion in the future.
Year In Hereafter Monstep Concept #3 (Scrapped)
This is one of the Major Monsters of Year In Herafter whose design I'm not entirely sure about. This is already a third proper try to conceptualize this monster but I still struggle with it. The idea of the design has been the same from the start, but there are details I'm still not terribly...
Spooky scary stare
Some Tytti for once! :3 While she fancies appearing as a dead-fish-eyed woman with a posture more proper than that of a high lady, she has a scarier side to her too.
Deerlings - acrylics
Shapeshifting boys as fawn again. The original is an A5 done on watercolour paper with inks, copic markers and acrylics.The original is for sale! Drop us a line if you're interested in owning it. :3
Traditional inkwork
Some of the traditional work that I drew while Karo was in England (that aren't Small Trolls related). All the originals are A5 and I'm looking at using them as print rewards in the future.All the originals are also available to buy! Send us a tell if you're interested in owning any of t...
Spikes inks
Whether this'll see colour or not, I'm not sure yet! But it's been amazing fun doing traditional inks again.This is going on the prints list along with loads of others. I'll upload a high resolution versions of them on Patreon too.- Elli
Serpent
Traditional ink! Mixed media actually. Inks, copics and some acrylics mixed up together.I'd like to sell the original and offer prints of this piece once it's finished.The attachments were taken off my phone hence the odd names. x3- Elli
Mischief
Mixed bag of older sketches!Top right one as a reminder who this mischievous, happy little rat grows into. A bit bigger, grumpier rat.
You're not a troll
Concept art for Chapter 2. This is the story where Jáhko and Veeti will meet for the first time. But before then, there's some family matters that need sorting out.
Trolls: Nightshade
Our tall and clever troll girl, Nightshade. We've not shown you much of her yet, but here's some concept art of her.She's a fair bit older than the rest of the troll children and acts as a kind of a teaching assistant but she will still join in to play with them as well.And a little extr...
Acorns and pinecones - sketches and inks
Slightly messy tutorial but I managed to scrape together most of the steps!You can download the full sized image for all the details.Quick sketch to work out the composition and to make sure the horns are properly aligned and to avoid any strange symmetry issues.I wanted to make sure the throne behi...
Lanky Jáhko
Sketches from last year I forgot I had done. I drew them with the intention of practicing drawing Jáhko as a teenager. And a couple of the primals.There's also an extra sketch of Veeti an Jáhko when they were a bit younger than in the comic today that didn't make it to the Christmas specia...
Help! - step by step
Veeti falling over. Almost.One of the panels from the newest page batch.Karo's thumbnail on top left as always.I wasn't happy with Veeti's flailing as I couldn't quite get him to look good, so at one point his arms and legs got redlined and checked before I dared to continue. He does...
Page 2 progress - sketches and inks
Largely improvised spread (this page and the previous one) when it comes to the backgrounds. The research on trees and foliage was really good fun though!- Elli
Up in the trees - step by step
I really liked drawing this one so here's the quick step by step of that progress.Jáhko screaming for Veeti from one of the newer pages. Karo's thumbnail on the top left and my two sketch versions of the kid before the final inks.
