Minty's Art À la carte

TL;DR: FeralStuck is a Homestuck-inspired AU in where Alternian Trolls are small, sentient creatures  heavy with animal characteristics. 

• Head: Each trollie possess a good set o’ horns. Their horns vary from trollie to trollie, but they all share the same color, a lovely variation of orange. Trollies also have a full mane of hair. Females tend to have thicker, fuller manes. Their ears are long, rounded and very expressive. They’ll wiggle when excited or flattened back when they’re sad. Their ears are thin and usually hairless inside, so its an easy way to see their blood color. 

• Face: Trollies have large, expressive eyes and small, scrunched noses. Their Mouths are wide and filled with sharp teeth, which are meant to help tear down food bigger than them. Trollies are omnivores and scavengers, but they have their favorites.

• Hands/Feet : Their front paws are bigger than hind paws and are  shaped more like hands . They possess oppossable thumbs which they use to grab and hold objects while they walk on their hind legs. They prefer walking on all fours. Sea Dwelling trollies have webbing between their fingers and toes that help them swim better in the water. Some trollies hind paws are replaced with hooves… and some trolles sport retractable claws. 

• Tail : A trollie’s tail is about the length as their torso. Its usually covered in the same amount of fuzz  but sports a tuft or wave of fur at the end. Certain trollies have longer hair that completely covers their tail. A trollie’s tail is it’s third arm. It’s prehensile … with enough strength to carry objects twice it’s weight. 

• Pelt: Their entire body is covered in fur;  their torso, face, shoulders and hips having short fuzz while the rest of their bodies have longer hairs. The fur length, texture and pattern depends on the trollie [ Karkat, for example, has short, short fur [ think of a Rex Cat ] but Gamzee has long, thick fur ] . Sea Dwelling Trollies have little fur and are covered with iridescent scales. 

•  traits that are simular to their canon counterparts: eye color and shape, teeth, horns, hair and personalities. 

• They’re smaller  than humans but are still pretty strong and not to be fucked with. [ I  picture young trollies the size of domestic kittens where adult trollies are about the size and weight of bobcats. ]  

• Trollies  cannot speak human languages fluently. They can, however, pick up a few words [ “mine”, “want” , “hungry”… little kid words].  Their sounds vary [ captors buzz, leijons meow, zahhaks whinny and so on] , but they share squeaks, grunts and “mree” ‘s,   Please do not insult a trollie’s intelligence. Just because they cannot speak your language does not mean they don’t know what you’re saying. They understand concepts and can pick up what you’re trying to communicate pretty well. 

• Although some fight it, trollies are very social creatures. They bond with a select handful of beings, including ones that piss them off. 

Earlier drawings of Trollies: 

Trollie Eridan

Trollie Kurloz

Trollie Mituna [unfinished ]