#scandinavian tales

Hi there!! I’ve been working on a retelling of the tale “East of the Sun, West of the Moon”. Here are the first characters I’ve designed for it, Ellinor (the protagonist) and the troll princess. 

In the original tale, the troll princess was meant to be an ugly princess with a big nose, as a way to make worse the fate of the prince, but I think that it doesn’t matter how pretty she is, the prince is not going to accept someone by force.

And well, my troll princess is not very smart, she’s kind of clumsy and gets easily distracted, specially if it is about jewels and treasures (I added this after discovering that some trolls love gold and some details of the story). She is kind, but always tries to please her mother.

Ellinor is a bit fragile, kindhearted, clever and gets easily scared, but she is very brave, and faces her fears, usually tries to pretend she’s not scared. She’ll travel to save the prince from the curse. I still have a long way to go with her, but I’ll get there!!

These might not be the final designs, but I’m having a lot of fun in this journey! n.n