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here's some concept art for chapter two, showing a bit of the design evolution for one of the antagonists.


Most of the changes were made to his armour. I thought it looked too elaborate for a warrior king, so I toned down the details for a more gritty look. I also tried to give it a more consistent colour scheme, only using greys and blues instead of all those gold highlights (I kept those for his earrings though)

That, and I made some changes to his skin colour and beard shape. His hair also looks more like a faded purple than a warm grey... perhaps going with the fact that DF 2010 goblins have all those outlandish hair colours.

PAGE #42 IS UP! (and only 2 hours and 2 minutes later than promised...)

in which a chekhov's gun is fired, and the plot actually starts building towards something.

man, sorry about having like.. 1 update over 2 weeks. I really gotta get back in to my groove, and return to weekly updates...

yeah, I'm going through like, a phase of artistic improvement right now, so a lot of my drawing time is spent on like, medium and stylistic experiments with this other group of artists.

It's a bit of a trade-off... my work gets better, but I have less time to update this project.

I haven't forgotten about it though, page #42 is currently at the "pencil sketch" stage.

page #41 is up.

in which William appears to be getting it together

I think I used a different pen on the last page... the lineart was a lot less thick on #40...

Some simple rags, and stolen items from kills would be an interesting addition to the troll.

part of their aesthetic is that they're supposed to appear rather alien compared to the other civilized races. Trolls are actually very cunning, and have a perceived sense of superiority. Using clothes, armour or items would make them less self-sufficient, and lower them to the level of the "inferior" races. The troll is only supposed to rely on himself, he should not need material possessions to help him survive.

on a side note, I'm thinking of changing his colour scheme to something like white and grey, to make him look less natural and more artificial, to really emphasize the difference between trolls and the more mundane creatures.

nnnah, it's got a lot of anatomy issues.

but I was kinda just trying to sort out his colour scheme, anyway.

....now that I think about it he should be more of a cold grey than a warm grey

it's a troll


I don't care that the DF 2010 description is way different than how I envisioned them