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Bortbyting - Changeling

I love nordic folklore and wanted to create a character inspired by the stories I've heard, and thus I started working on a troll changeling, or "Bortbyting" in swedish.

My idea is that she grew up in a human town without anyone knowing that she was a fae creature, not even herself. As she got older she started changing into a more troll like form and was unwillingly, as a consequence, scaring the people of the town. In my concepts and story boards I wanted to explore the idea of her having to balance between trying to fit in with the human world thats starting to shun her, and the world of fae where she is starting to explore in hope of finding her origin.

"Bortbyting" or Changeling

"Bortbyting" or Changeling

Storyboard Thumbnails - Spying on shady Gnomes and talking to a witch

Storyboard Thumbnails - Spying on shady Gnomes and talking to a witch

Encountering a group of Mylings and an Oger

Encountering a group of Mylings and an Oger

Royal gathering in the human world where she is clearly out of place

Royal gathering in the human world where she is clearly out of place

Different environments in the fae world

Different environments in the fae world

Her clothes are adapted to her life in the fae forest

Her clothes are adapted to her life in the fae forest

Troll Anatomy

Troll Anatomy

Alternative Clothes - Different styles from both the human and fae world that she wears depending on where she is

Alternative Clothes - Different styles from both the human and fae world that she wears depending on where she is