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Chapter 1: PDF downloads

This batch contains Acts 1-4. 24 pages in total.

Compilation of the pages from the first chapter before we do any major edits. They have the most up to date graphics and texts too. 

We've...

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Rescue - step by step

This was a bit weird one. But fun regardless!

Karo's initial roughs on top and rest are my spastic sketches and inks. Veeti was finished absolute last because I found myself struggling with his pose...

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Fiend in the storm

A slightly older concept sketch!

Some of you might remember the Moorfiend primal spirit from the main story and Jack's explanation to Omar.

How likely is it that the boys will run into one on ...

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The charge - step by step

Panels from the latest batch of Small Trolls!

Karo did the initial thumbnail roughs and we discussed swapping the panels around for some more impact. Elli's sketches and inks on top.

The hound...

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Sketches and inks - Page 1

Click the Download button for all the stages. ♥

I'm trying to put together some more detailed examples of the page progress, but half of the time I've gone and deleted the sketch layers to save sp...

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Sketch requests and Stream info

There were a couple of pending sketch requests from last month, but here they are!

Boys playing mushroom chess. Mushrooms don't agree with Jáhko's moves.

Larkspur and Jáhko introduce Veeti t...

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Monthly News Letter #3 01/01/2017

Hello again!
Let's get the important thing out first: We broke our first goal.


Oh my goodness you dear, dear biscuits and cupcakes. In all honesty we did not expect ...

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Thank you!

We've reached our very first goal! Quick late night sketch just to thank you all for your support! We'll think of something to thank you all properly once we're both done with holidaying.

But for no...

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Concept art - Stuorra Sarvva

Loosely based on the mythology of the great deer ridden by the mightiest of  stállu, Riibmagállis. In Tistow, Sarvva is the Elk primal, like the Rat you've met. And much like the Rat, he grants...

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Happy Holidays!

♥ I hope you're all having a great one!

Here's our special, small holiday comic just for you Patrons. :3 Little boys exchanging presents.

It's an understatement to say Veeti loves books. Já...

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Panel progress

Well here's something. Just to show an example on how Karo and I work.

The top two are from Karo's initial paneling sketches of which Elli draws over and dramatizes if it's needed.  The very la...

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Snowflakes - step by step

I love drawing these two prancing about as deer. Step by step of one of the holiday sketches!

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Some structure

Some (small) definition added to the boys' facial structure. This was discussed when we started doing the comic but Elli felt like we didn't act up on it enough.

Jáhko's sharp, the sorta character ...

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Years ago

This is part of the promised replacement for our page update this month!

Jáhko and Veeti when they met! They're about, 5 and 7 in these.

Veeti at the time was a quite chubby child and spent m...

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Shapeshifters - Fawns

Sketches by Elli and colours for the bottom three by Karo. ♥

Staying with the shapeshifing theme as it's a very important part of the story, some sketches of the boys as fawns. We'd love to turn t...

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Pine that lives

Something for Small Trolls!

Inspired by those crooked pinetrees that are absolutely covered in snow and look like they have droopy heads on 'em. So we thought, why not make a potential monster mytho...

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Nuorravuohta

Veeti's sketch by Karo and Jáhko's by Elli! ♥

Adolescent lads! You will eventually get to see them grow up. But it'll be quite a while before we get there.

There's a huge deal of difference...

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Panel teasers

Couple of panel teasers from the next Act!

The next 6 pages are not likely to pop up on your notification list until well after Christmas, potentially at the beginning of January as things currently...

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Sketch requests - 3

 -Excited Veeti talking history or sharing a book with an elder troll - Flik

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Sketch requests - 2

 -Lazy snoozing Larkspur - Flik.

And an extra one for fun!

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Sketch requests - 1

For Mikey!  - a fairy playing with/pulling on Jáhkos braid.

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Small Trolls Sketch suggestions time!

These are a bit overdue now, so this is your chance to claim your rewards!

Those who have completed pledges for the Fish Supper and Blacksmith's Buffet tiers since the beginning of ...

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Larkspur - concept art

One of the kiddy trolls you'll get to meet soon! Larkspur is Jáhko's friend and they share a lot of characteristics both in design and in mannerism.

We wanted him to look quite a bit more feral tha...

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Archive #3: 01/12/2016

 

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Monthly News Letter #3 01/12/2016

It's December now everyone! Yeess! And hello to the new supporters~ It's so nice to see you.


So, what went down on November? First of all, it was another month that didn't go easy on us. ...

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Juoksa & Jáhko

Concept art of little Jáhko and his older brother Juoksa.

Jáhko's family are rather split around the country due to work. While his mother has made a rather unusual choice (for a Fjoldi) to work i...

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Winter holidays

Happy holidays everyone!

The website is getting a new skin come the 1st of December. We continue to follow the old layout but the theme and background image will change.

You can also download ...

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Giant's hound - inks

Lineart of one of the mini prints we've been planning to do. ♥ You've seen some of the concept art of this beastie and you'll know him/her a Stállu's hound. Plenty of things in store for this fella...

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Year In Hereafter Monstep Concept #2

Here's another major villain concept from Year In Hereafter who is also way later down the road. :3

Might say this too: She's a lady.


As usual, the full resolution download is in th...

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Oh my goodness and great camera quality!

So! Here are the first official prints we're done for Small Trolls made possible by you guys and they turned out real nice! There's quite a few of them, and these will be so called "limited edition" a...

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