TGT Artstyle Tips
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Early TGT
Chapter 1 and early Chapter 2 pages feature artwork done using anti aliased brushes from MS Paint (Windows 7) and newer. What this results in is a white "fuzz" appearing when a fill tool is used to color in the lineart. From that point onwards, the artwork is filled in correctly.
As a general rule as well, Lazerbot's artstyle, despite how the early chapters might make things appear, is NOT intentionally trying to be "wacky" or "crazy". While some character's proportions might appear jank at times, they are still grounded and not overly cartoonish.
Modern TGT
Chances are if you're looking at this page you might be more interested in how to emulate Lazerbot's more recent style. Some pointers will be provided below:
Characters from the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise are typically drawn more like humans than their more "cartoony" canon counterparts. See below as an example:
...and compared to official artwork:
The character proportions are more "elongated", giving the characters more of a human feeling to them. Looney Tunes franchise characters are also similar.
Character specific tips
It is a also recommended that you check the character's Appearance and Real Life Origins sections on their wiki pages for more info.
Coyote
- Coyote's cheeks are pointed as opposed to being fluffy in more recent Tails Gets Trolled pages.
- Coyote's snout is much shorter and narrower than it is in his official appearances.
- Coyote has white sclera in TGT, not yellow.
Luigi
- Luigi's mouth is typically covered by his mustache. This differs from Mario, whose mouth is usually covered early on in TGT but is drawn more visible later on.
- Luigi's "Mr. L" outfit is more simple than it was in Super Paper Mario. He lacks the overalls and wears a black jumpsuit with a green collar. Starting in Chapter 24, the black jumpsuit changes to dark green.
- Luigi has black hair on both his head hair and mustache, whereas Mario has brown hair for both.
Silver
- Silver's hair varies in TGT, being drawn like his canon series and being drawn in a fashion more like Knuckles.
Sonic
- Sonic's back quills are much more shorter in TGT.
- Sonic's shoes are designed differently in TGT. He is shown with white shoes that are red at the tips. Notably, Tails, Knuckles, and Shadow also have the same shoes.
Tails
- Tails is only drawn with 3 tails in the first chapter before normalizing to 2. (He is also drawn with 1 in UAR.)
- Tails' fur color is darker than his canon series counterpart, starting from Chapter 15 onward.
Vivian
- Vivian's blush marks serve as her eyes in TGT.
Examples of the Modern TGT style
The following are examples of tryouts from various TGT art team members that may be useful as good examples of what to draw if you are interested in trying out for the team.
Resources
Art references
hobqueer's art analysis / tips (Early TGT)
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Lineart
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Eyes
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Shading
Modern-Era TGT pages drawn by Lazerbot
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- See also: Tails Gets Trolled artists § Lazerbot and Tails Gets Trolled page credits in case this section is out of date.
Chapter 23
- Chapter 23: The conclusion - Part 3, Page 19 (Road Runner, Coyote, Porky)
- Chapter 23: The conclusion - Part 3, Page 20 (Coyote, Porky)
- Chapter 23: The conclusion - Part 3, Page 21 (Coyote, Porky, Tom, Sylvester's body, Silver)
- Chapter 23: The conclusion - Part 3, Page 22 (Coyote, Tom, Syvester's body, Silver)
Chapter 24
- Chapter 24: Coyote's Wrath, Page 1 (Sylvester, Coyote)
- Chapter 24: Coyote's Wrath, Page 3 (Silver, Tom, Coyote, Hulk, Cashier/Wanda Bread)
- Chapter 24: Coyote's Wrath, Page 6 (Troll King, Eddy)
- Chapter 24: Coyote's Wrath, Page 9 (Troll King, General Plastro, Travous, Alex, Sirpigsalot, minor Ronald appearance)
- Chapter 24: Coyote's Wrath, Page 10 (Machick, Luigi, Elmer Fudd)
- Chapter 24: Coyote's Wrath, Page 11 (Machick, Luigi, Elmer Fudd)
- Chapter 24: Coyote's Wrath, Page 25 (Heimerdinger, Magma Garry)
Chapter 25
- Chapter 25: Wicked Influence, Cover (Coyote)
- Chapter 25: Wicked Influence, Page 6 (Vageness, Hailyon, Spongebob, Patrick)
- Chapter 25: Wicked Influence, Page 13 (Troll Face, Arthur characters)
- Chapter 25: Wicked Influence, Page 14 (Arthur, Troll Face)
- Chapter 25: Wicked Influence, Page 29 (Mauller, Leon, Troll King)
- Chapter 25: Wicked Influence, Page 30 panels 3 and 4 (Mauller, Troll King)
Chapter 25.5
- Chapter 25.5: Wicked Influence Part 2, Cover (Coyote)
- Chapter 25.5: Wicked Influence Part 2, Page 6 (Chris Chin, Brogan, Vinny the Piss, general humans)
- Chapter 25.5: Wicked Influence Part 2, Page 17 (Pori, general trolls/human designs)
- Chapter 25.5: Wicked Influence Part 2, Page 18 (Pori, Silver, Rob, Tom)
- Chapter 25.5: Wicked Influence Part 2, Page 25 (Pori, Kryzeal)
- Chapter 25.5: Wicked Influence Part 2, Page 26 (Pori, Kryzeal)
Chapter 26
- Chapter 26: Anguish, Page 9 (Knuckles)
- Chapter 26: Anguish, Page 10 (Knuckles)
- Chapter 26: Anguish, Page 16 (Hulk, Wanda Bread)
- Chapter 26: Anguish, Page 17 (Hulk, Wanda Bread)
- Chapter 26: Anguish, Page 18 (Hulk, Wanda Bread)
- Chapter 26: Anguish, Page 21 (General humans)
Chapter 27
- Chapter 27: Shadow's Nightmare, Cover (Shadow)
- Chapter 27: Shadow's Nightmare, Page 4 (Narrateur)
Chapter 27.5
- Chapter 27.5: Shadow's Nightmare 2, Cover (Shadow)
- Chapter 27.5: Shadow's Nightmare 2, Page 2 (Shadow, most of the Troll Slaiyers)
- Chapter 27.5: Shadow's Nightmare 2, Page 3 (Shadow, Narrateur, Teemo)
- Chapter 27.5: Shadow's Nightmare 2, Page 4 (Shadow, Tails)
- Chapter 27.5: Shadow's Nightmare 2, Page 5 (Shadow)
- Chapter 27.5: Shadow's Nightmare 2, Page 6 (Shadow)
- Chapter 27.5: Shadow's Nightmare 2, Page 7 (Sahdow, Arthur, Leap Frog, Frogger)
Chapter 28
- Chapter 28: Shadow vs Cheeto Man, Cover (Cheeto Man, Shadow)
- Chapter 28: Shadow vs Cheeto Man, Page 31 (Shadow, Cheeto Man, Batman, Vivian, Woodstock, Doug, Skeeter, Kermit, Ronald, Tails, Dexter)
- Chapter 28: Shadow vs Cheeto Man, Page 32 (Narrateur)
- You should also check out Tails Gets Trolled concept art and Lazerbot's section on the page for further references.
Lazerbot's guides and tips
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Shading in GIMP.
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Shading in MS Paint and GIMP.
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Rainbow trippy effect in GIMP.
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Behind the scenes overview of Chapter 18: The eye of the storm, Page 16, using MS Paint
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Behind the scenes overview of Chapter 18: The eye of the storm, Page 16, using GIMP to add effects