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Ray-of-Afterlife — Branch Troll

Published: 2013-10-25 00:58:37 +0000 UTC; Views: 1198; Favourites: 31; Downloads: 7
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Trolls are known to eat funguses and other types of mushrooms as well as fruits, yet they tend to eat any living creature that their able to catch in order to sustain their aggressive hunger. Many farmers have struggled with trolls, for they always target any livestocks in the farms that they might come across. They are commonly nocturnal because of their night vision, making them partially blind during the day.


Trolls are quite large, reaching a total body length of up to 3.3 m (11 ft) and weighing up to 306 kg (675 lb). They have very powerful physical prowess; able to use their large arms to inflict powerful damage to its prey. Trolls are even able to survive extreme wether conditions. Their thin and long nose have exceptionally good senses of smell but their ears however, have an average sense of hearing. One of their most notable features are the branch-like appendages that protrudes from their hunched backs, causing them a large amount of weight making them somewhat clumsy. Therefore, most of them must balance their huge weight on their knuckles. Trolls also seem to display an average intelligence; they are known to dig a large hole on the ground for them to sleep in, leaving only their branched hunchback exposed to serve as a camouflage that's able to fool any unknowing prey or traveler that might be passing by. Once any prey is in close proximity, the troll will emerge from the ground and attack it's prey. Sometimes the Troll will simply drag its victim into its hole. Their also not able to speak but they can communicate with other trolls, their also known to make nests for the mating purposes.


They most commonly stray from human settlements and or societies, therefore tend to settle in caves, mountains, swamps and deep forests. They are known to stay in places with low temperature making trolls very common to find in the north. There have been reports of humans to have heard very loud footsteps deep within the wilderness; it can be speculated to be have been a troll. 


There's also a myth about a man that encountered a troll deep within the forest. The man climbed up a pine-tree in hopes that the troll might have given up on pursuing him but, the Troll knocked down the tree with its tremendous strength. After the man fell, the Troll began to eat him.


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So after stumbling on one of my old books that I drew fantasy creatures in it, I decided to make a redesign of my version of the troll. Here's the link to the old desing sta.sh/0ncay49xd7j  I did 5 years ago. As you can see, it might take a sec to realize what your looking at, do to the details that were overly done. 


Creature design and descriptions © Tim Bernard (Ray-of-Afterlife)

Materials: pen, pencil on paper!

Time: 2 hours with 45 minutes

Inspiration: Tony DiTerlizzi (spiderwick chronicles) 

Music: I was listening to this song lol m.youtube.com/watch?v=HsxlpC1j…  doesn't fit with the drawing but whatever X3

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Comments: 16

HoudaShams [2013-10-27 18:05:16 +0000 UTC]

The details are amazing!! I love the hands and feet  

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Ray-of-Afterlife In reply to HoudaShams [2013-10-27 22:50:50 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!! It really means allot to me glad you love the hands and feet

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HoudaShams In reply to Ray-of-Afterlife [2013-10-28 04:20:00 +0000 UTC]

no problem at all I enjoy your art, you have a unique style  

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Urikedi [2013-10-27 07:38:41 +0000 UTC]

Tony DiTerlizzi? Yay, I love him, too :3

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Ray-of-Afterlife In reply to Urikedi [2013-10-27 22:49:51 +0000 UTC]

Lol thanks yup his an awesome fantasy artist

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Pyramiddhead [2013-10-25 23:05:44 +0000 UTC]

Its always cool to try a different genre every once and awhile especially by looking through old sketches and trying to update them, really awesome drawing though it came out great and I also like the foliage and ground that you added, also once again with those descriptive descriptions there always awesome . Makes me wana go back and look at my old sketchbooks cause they where also filled with all fantasy yet horribly drawn at the time

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Ray-of-Afterlife In reply to Pyramiddhead [2013-10-26 22:12:47 +0000 UTC]

Thanks you so much!! Yea horror isn't the only thing I do lol but I still incorporated an intimidating appearance to the troll since I want to mainly be a creature designer, I gotta be familiar with other genres to and I might as well upgrade my old drawings also glad you like the foliage, I used to draw allot of forests back then, I'm also glad you enjoy the descriptions! That's sounds great, you should definitively revisit your old sketches they can be a great source of inspiration

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risuchan23 [2013-10-25 04:23:47 +0000 UTC]

Tremendo, se ve brutalisomo. tedoy un 100% 

Aun que........Me gustaría ver uno mejor, uno que me deje así (O A O) Boqui abierta XD


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Ray-of-Afterlife In reply to risuchan23 [2013-10-26 21:54:12 +0000 UTC]

Hi hi muchas gracias me alegro q te gustes que uno mejor? Y que te deje con la boca abiierta? Lol Estas pidiendo mucho XD este es una version mejorada de un dibujp que ise 5 años atras, mira el dibujo sta.sh/0ncay49xd7j trate de mejorar lo que pudiera lol

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HUANGXUELI [2013-10-25 03:24:31 +0000 UTC]

Very scary...

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Ray-of-Afterlife In reply to HUANGXUELI [2013-10-25 03:56:13 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! Glad you find it scary lol

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Hecci666 [2013-10-25 02:21:12 +0000 UTC]

Awesome! Cool info, too; I never heard of that myth of the troll knocking down the tree.
I learn all kinds of new stuff from you.

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Ray-of-Afterlife In reply to Hecci666 [2013-10-25 02:37:53 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!!! Lol I actually come up with everything that I write what you read is original thanks again!

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Hecci666 In reply to Ray-of-Afterlife [2013-10-25 07:13:15 +0000 UTC]

That makes it even more awesome!

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Ray-of-Afterlife In reply to Hecci666 [2013-10-26 23:25:46 +0000 UTC]

Hehe thanks

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Hecci666 In reply to Ray-of-Afterlife [2013-10-27 20:05:11 +0000 UTC]

:3

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