TROLLSLUM: A Fantroll Database

[McKnackus Theoneth]

So uh...
If you don't mind me babbling on a poor subject...
What do you guys think of Nato so far?

it's hard to tell at this point. It'll take some time to develop the character and put his traits into action in relation to what's going on around him. Put simply, we need to see him react to things, and what he does as both a host and a client to establish his personality fully.

I'd wager that the vast majoraty of establishing a character is in the actions of said character. Dialog only goes so far. It has to be backed up by actions to be fully established.

Its up to you how you go about adding some actions to his script. Most of those actions will likely be reactions to the behavior of his host server and what he does in the medium and Derse/Prospit in his dreams.

That reminds me, the orbiting planet UD will be using should be called Derspit...

...or something that implies neutrality or alternation. Neunis?

Eh? Not in that fashion, just how I've drawn in and panned him out as of this point.
What made you think you had to do paragraphs on him like that?

When you ask me "How's this character" and you don't specify what part of the character you're talking about, I'll automatically assume you mean the most important part: How the character acts.

So uhh, I guess you're asking what I think about the character's looks and how well you've set him up thus far with his room and such?

[Flamerider64]

So uhh, I guess you're asking what I think about the character's looks and how well you've set him up thus far with his room and such?

Pretty much.
But if it'll wind on for very long, don't bother.

[McKnackus Theoneth]

So uhh, I guess you're asking what I think about the character's looks and how well you've set him up thus far with his room and such?

Pretty much.
But if it'll wind on for very long, don't bother.

Well I've got nothing better to do. And besides, Asking me for opinions on anything will result in longwinded paragraphs of critique. It's inevitable.

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Design wise it's not that bad. Kinda bland compared to some other troll designs, but it at least has some cleanliness to it, and it fits the characters personality, though I think it could stand to have a little something more to indicate he's in the army instead of just the stripe symbol. It works as is though so it's not that big a deal. Maybe in the future he could alchemize a spiffy military uniform.

Art wise, it's not that bad either. It uses the sprite base to good effect and gets the point across well. Nothing screams terrible so you're good. I do have a few nitpicks though. The eyes could be lowered a bit to be more in the center of the head, as it is with most characters in Homestuck. I'm not sure what's on his head. I'll assume it's a hat of some kind, maybe a baret. I think it could use a more defining shape. Whatever it is, I'd suggest looking at some reference pictures to get a better idea of shape. I think the symbol on the shirt is a bit off center too, unless it's supposed to be on his right side, in which case you're fine.

As for the room, some of the perspective is off and there's not much going on as far as furniture of character defining trinkets, but again, it serves it's purpose and is therefore good in my book. I understand that there are people of many levels of artistic ability here, so unless I really can't tell what I'm looking at, it works.

Overall, not bad. Gets the point across and fits the characters personality. If you really want to improve it you can use my advice, but it really doesn't need any fixing unless you're a perfectionist.

[Flamerider64]

So uhh, I guess you're asking what I think about the character's looks and how well you've set him up thus far with his room and such?

Pretty much.
But if it'll wind on for very long, don't bother.

Well I've got nothing better to do. And besides, Asking me for opinions on anything will result in longwinded paragraphs of critique. It's inevitable.

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Design wise it's not that bad. Kinda bland compared to some other troll designs, but it at least has some cleanliness to it, and it fits the characters personality, though I think it could stand to have a little something more to indicate he's in the army instead of just the stripe symbol. It works as is though so it's not that big a deal. Maybe in the future he could alchemize a spiffy military uniform.

Art wise, it's not that bad either. It uses the sprite base to good effect and gets the point across well. Nothing screams terrible so you're good. I do have a few nitpicks though. The eyes could be lowered a bit to be more in the center of the head, as it is with most characters in Homestuck. I'm not sure what's on his head. I'll assume it's a hat of some kind, maybe a baret. I think it could use a more defining shape. Whatever it is, I'd suggest looking at some reference pictures to get a better idea of shape. I think the symbol on the shirt is a bit off center too, unless it's supposed to be on his right side, in which case you're fine.

As for the room, some of the perspective is off and there's not much going on as far as furniture of character defining trinkets, but again, it serves it's purpose and is therefore good in my book. I understand that there are people of many levels of artistic ability here, so unless I really can't tell what I'm looking at, it works.

Overall, not bad. Gets the point across and fits the characters personality. If you really want to improve it you can use my advice, but it really doesn't need any fixing unless you're a perfectionist.

Well then.

Thank you.

I suppose.

I have no clue what the hat is meant to be either, I'm assuming its a felt dome-like hat with a little cap-bit at the front.

[McKnackus Theoneth]

Pretty much.
But if it'll wind on for very long, don't bother.

Well I've got nothing better to do. And besides, Asking me for opinions on anything will result in longwinded paragraphs of critique. It's inevitable.

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Design wise it's not that bad. Kinda bland compared to some other troll designs, but it at least has some cleanliness to it, and it fits the characters personality, though I think it could stand to have a little something more to indicate he's in the army instead of just the stripe symbol. It works as is though so it's not that big a deal. Maybe in the future he could alchemize a spiffy military uniform.

Art wise, it's not that bad either. It uses the sprite base to good effect and gets the point across well. Nothing screams terrible so you're good. I do have a few nitpicks though. The eyes could be lowered a bit to be more in the center of the head, as it is with most characters in Homestuck. I'm not sure what's on his head. I'll assume it's a hat of some kind, maybe a baret. I think it could use a more defining shape. Whatever it is, I'd suggest looking at some reference pictures to get a better idea of shape. I think the symbol on the shirt is a bit off center too, unless it's supposed to be on his right side, in which case you're fine.

As for the room, some of the perspective is off and there's not much going on as far as furniture of character defining trinkets, but again, it serves it's purpose and is therefore good in my book. I understand that there are people of many levels of artistic ability here, so unless I really can't tell what I'm looking at, it works.

Overall, not bad. Gets the point across and fits the characters personality. If you really want to improve it you can use my advice, but it really doesn't need any fixing unless you're a perfectionist.

Well then.

Thank you.

I suppose.

I have no clue what the hat is meant to be either, I'm assuming its a felt dome-like hat with a little cap-bit at the front.

Oh ok.

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I didn't offend with my critique did I?

[Woozl]

RAAAAAAAAGE.
*deep breath*
I just tried making my troll's house in Google Sketchup with no prior experience.

Ughhh. Will edit with a small update once I cool off.

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[font=courier] Suspended in the sky, a young skirt silently sings.

[Flamerider64]

I didn't offend with my critique did I?

It's just difficult not to take it too hard.
But I'm coping. Don't worry. You're fine.

[McKnackus Theoneth]

I didn't offend with my critique did I?

It's just difficult not to take it too hard.
But I'm coping. Don't worry. You're fine.

I'll say sorry anywho.

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Your name is VALANA REGNIG.

For the sake of uniformity, you suddenly and jarringly switch to Present Tense Second Person Perspective.
As a giant meteor looms above your HUMBLE SHACK, you introspectively reminisce on your INTERESTS while standing in your SWEET ROOM. You have an insatiable appetite for VIDEOGAMES, playing any and every game you can find, provided it is INSANELY DIFFICULT. You have a UNIQUE TALENT for FINDING SECRETS, DISCOVERING EXPLOITS and DECIMATING GAME ENGINE PARAMETERS.

You have friends who live on ALTERNIA as well as gaming partners (who are not actually friends) from EARTH. Only one other KID lives on this stinking fishing colony, the MARSH MOON GÚLÚK. He is your BEST FRIEND, known online as hatchlingDeformity and offline as GORZOD TOXPAZ. He's kind of a loser, but he's cool, you guess.

The COLONISTS of GÚLÚK are otherwise EXCLUSIVELY ADULT and it sucks ass being a kid here. All your PA does is FISH. The fact that you know who your biological father is COPS YOU A LOT OF FLACK from the trolls of ALTERNIA. They call you INBRED. But when push comes to shove, it's GAME TIME, and no one gets their game on quite like you do.

You speak in a manner that demandS attentioN anD dealS witH A movtH fvlL oF tvskS

You are currently installing the SBURB BETA.[/center:17qu10yl]

[McKnackus Theoneth]

Awesome job there Abo!

I'll have my traditionally setup room intro hopefully within the next couple of days. I'm having trouble figuring out where to put furniture and what kind of furniture to put. It could. I've also sorta oversized my room on accident, but it would fit the character anywho, which is loosely based on myself

[ToreaderTornado]

I'm rather new here. I made a fantroll. Ergo, here I am.



Your name is JINTE GERIPPE. You live in a WELL SIZED HIVE with your THREE-HEADED FELINE LUSUS. You are not bad at COOKING, and are CRAZY AWESOME on the drums. Despite your appearance, you are NOT FEMALE, nor GOTH. You have an affinity for SWEATSHIRTS WITH HOODS, especially those that ZIP UP IN THE FRONT. You absolutely adore CALCIUM BASED BODILY STRUCTURES, and are a huge fan of the film IN WHICH A MISGUIDED SKELETAL STRUCTURE FEELS DESPAIR, SAID SKELETON FINDS A HOLIDAY CELEBRATING SEASONAL JOY, SKELETON PLANS MISGUIDED TAKE OVER OF EARLIER MENTIONED HOLIDAY, etc. You are rather LAZY, but, thanks to your ABNORMALLY TALL FRAME, you are able to RUN QUITE FAST FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME.

Your online handle is damnedChef, and You talk perfectly normally, besides the fact that the sentence tends to loop back to the beginning, you talk perfectly normally. You fight using DRUMSTICKKIND, and you are enamored with SPINNING AND SPIRALING MOVEMENTS.

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Is there a place where one can roleplay as their troll characters? Also, I know this is not the place to ask, but can someone please tell me how to import images into pictures in photoshop? I want to make a room pic to go along with this.

[McKnackus Theoneth]

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Actually in this very thread. Have your troll troll another troll in TrollSlum and see if you can join an existing session. This very thread is where the magic happens.

As for photoshop, always save your pictures as PNG, never JPG. You can use GIF too, since it normally doesn't have much of an effect on straight pixels, but PNG is the safest bet for still images. All you do is go to File > Save As > pick PNG filetype > name file > save as. Easy peasy.

[ToreaderTornado]

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Actually in this very thread. Have your troll troll another troll in TrollSlum and see if you can join an existing session. This very thread is where the magic happens.

As for photoshop, always save your pictures as PNG, never JPG. You can use GIF too, since it normally doesn't have much of an effect on straight pixels, but PNG is the safest bet for still images. All you do is go to File > Save As > pick PNG filetype > name file > save as. Easy peasy.

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I'm already on the roleplaying thing, but I'll remember that. An as for the importing thing, I meant things like Eggs' timer and the harlequin statues.

[McKnackus Theoneth]

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Actually in this very thread. Have your troll troll another troll in TrollSlum and see if you can join an existing session. This very thread is where the magic happens.

As for photoshop, always save your pictures as PNG, never JPG. You can use GIF too, since it normally doesn't have much of an effect on straight pixels, but PNG is the safest bet for still images. All you do is go to File > Save As > pick PNG filetype > name file > save as. Easy peasy.

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I'm already on the roleplaying thing, but I'll remember that. An as for the importing thing, I meant things like Eggs' timer and the harlequin statues.

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Well you could always simply printscreen a picture with the object in it from the MSPA comic and paste it in photoshop, then cut it out. I don't think there's any easier way to do it.

[ToreaderTornado]

And here is the room to go along with my character.

[Aborted Slunk]

I think Andrew has a different method, but I get that strange look by using Photoshop and going Image > Posterize.
The value will affect how the object is shaded. Two is when it starts getting a bit gross with the MS-DOS colours (though you can combat that by going Image > Hue/Saturation and turning down the satch a little). I tend to go three or four. If it's a very complex picture I'll posterize it as four then again as three, for some reason it handles that better on more heavily shaded objects. Once that's done I go Save For Web and choose Gif or PNG and select a small number of colours, whatever is the minimum I need to get it looking the way I want.

You can preface all of this by using Image > Hue/Saturation, ticking "colorize" and adjusting the sliders until you have a nice colour going, then doing everything else I just said. That will get you something closer to Andrew's pictures.

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As a sidenote, to get the "Problem Sleuth" black-and-white pixels effect, you just go Image > Threshold and you're laughing.

Hope this helps!

[McKnackus Theoneth]

You know, I've never used posterize. I just draw everything by hand. Of course, I have a tablet so that helps out.

[McKnackus Theoneth]

So since our Five person group is established, will we be making a separate thread to host our session later on?

[AlfalfaJoe]

So since our Five person group is established, will we be making a separate thread to host our session later on?

I don't know. It's up to you guys, I guess, I don't mind either way.

[McKnackus Theoneth]

So since our Five person group is established, will we be making a separate thread to host our session later on?

I don't know. It's up to you guys, I guess, I don't mind either way.

I kinda like the idea of having a seperate thread. It would keep things a little more organized.

And yet, I have a feeling the drawback might be big enough to mess that up a bit. After all, how many people bother going into RP threads they don't participate in?

Then again, it's not like we're doing this for an audience anyway. This is more personal amusement than anything, but I still like the idea of having all the events being easily viewable in a thread that already has an established readership.

[KawaiiMelon]

Chumhandle: godlikeAsshole
Text color: #FFBFBF
Typing quirk: caps ON every OTHER word
Weapon: His weapon is Bombkind.

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I'm using this troll for this thread, if anyone's wondering.

[McKnackus Theoneth]

Say, who's the leader of our session anyway? SE (PhantomGamer) was the first to get setup with UD (Alfalfa Joe) as the server. Would that make him the leader as far as how this plot goes.

Or is it just kinda free for all that I should talk to everyone in the session about. We really need to figure out a better way to communicate than with this board if we want to get some balls rolling on the overarching plot. Of course, that's not an immediate concern as it stands now, but if we each knew a little more about each other's plans we could make some dang good plot elements aside from the established ones in Homestuck.

[Propriety]

Yeah, you guys should keep posting in here, I think. I like seeing other art from other groups. It's what this thread is for.

Also, another five person group! High fives!

[McKnackus Theoneth]

Yeah, you guys should keep posting in here, I think. I like seeing other art from other groups. It's what this thread is for.

Also, another five person group! High fives!

Well gentlman, you can certainly consider your highs fived.

[AlfalfaJoe]

Say, who's the leader of our session anyway? SE (PhantomGamer) was the first to get setup with UD (Alfalfa Joe) as the server. Would that make him the leader as far as how this plot goes.

Or is it just kinda free for all that I should talk to everyone in the session about. We really need to figure out a better way to communicate than with this board if we want to get some balls rolling on the overarching plot. Of course, that's not an immediate concern as it stands now, but if we each knew a little more about each other's plans we could make some dang good plot elements aside from the established ones in Homestuck.

Again, I have no idea, and I guess I personally don't really care. The other members of our group seem to have disappeared... And I guess I haven't done much myself recently, either.
But as for the leader, I think it would be a little smarter to wait a short while and see who we think is more leader material. Choosing someone right off the bat could be a bad idea.
Anyway, is a leader really necessary? The Homestuck kids don't seem to have a definite leader, and the Trolls only do because they're on competing teams.

Yeah, you guys should keep posting in here, I think. I like seeing other art from other groups. It's what this thread is for.

Also, another five person group! High fives!

And I think Propriety might be right. Besides, there was another group who created a separate thread long ago and that died out fast.

HIGH FIVES FOR EVERYBODY

OOPS I FORGOT I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for my exile's little "quirk", like WV being mayor, AR being the law, and PM being mail carrier. I've been having troubles thinking something up, so I figured I'd ask you guys. If you want I guess I could post the picture if you think it'd help.
Maybe I should post it anyway. Oh well.