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As said here: Trope-tan is a cute concept, but her design has always struck me as busy/outdated/not befitting the Moe Anthropomorphism look. Would the community be open to a potential redesign and/or full update of the page? I've drawn the current design before, but I didn't want to start thinking about making changes before running it by the community and seeing if this is even something plausible first.

The first thing that comes to mind is that, since it's a gijinka design, I'd probably like for it to use more anime-oriented tropes than it already does, and make the design more visually cohesive and less chaotic and disorganized.

If a total revamp isn't plausible right now, maybe at least a new, cleaner image could be provided of the current design?

Edit: Here's the sandbox for the new and improved Trope-tan page, and it's open for edits, new ideas, and designs for "offshoot" Trope-tans such as Sugar Wiki. Feel free to contribute, suggest ideas for uses for the new Trope-tan, and give feedback!

This is a Gilligan Cut-styled "origin story" for her, and this is a blank "advice banner" template.

Edited by Palindromee on May 9th 2022 at 6:30:00 AM

PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
Palindromee Relax, Ice Queen. from the Celestial Wasteland (Y2K) Relationship Status: I sleep in a big bed with my wife.
#302: May 5th 2022 at 8:31:04 PM

Thank you to everyone involved!! Sorry, I've been packing all day tongue The page looks great!

I never thought this little idea would get off the ground. I'm seriously incredibly grateful to everyone involved. [awesome]

Edited by Palindromee on May 5th 2022 at 11:38:07 AM

I redesigned Trope-tan! ➯ my pronouns are ze/hir
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000)
#303: May 5th 2022 at 8:31:35 PM
Excessive-Menace Time to SLEEP from the Velvet Cage (Fifth Year at Tropey's) Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
Time to SLEEP
#304: May 5th 2022 at 8:43:23 PM

I'm glad to be involved in this as the designer of Sugar-tan! [awesome]

Edited by Excessive-Menace on May 5th 2022 at 8:54:27 AM

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Malady (X-Troper)
#305: May 5th 2022 at 8:45:26 PM

I'm glad to know that I probably helped in the creation of this wonderful project!

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Wafer THE HAMLET GLUTTON from the Banjo-Tooie world, meditating (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
THE HAMLET GLUTTON
#306: May 5th 2022 at 8:52:19 PM

[awesome] It was a pleasure to design Darth-tan! Though I'll probably make an actual official art for her eventually. [tup]

"She is a girl" - THE HAMLET GLUTTON
PurpleEyedGuma Since: Apr, 2020
#307: May 5th 2022 at 9:09:47 PM

Glad to help! Though I kinda wish I could have helped more.

Sidenote: Tropers.Trope Tan exists as a stub page created in 2010. I don’t know who made it, so basically only the mods can edit it. What should be done with it?

MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
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#308: May 5th 2022 at 9:15:43 PM

I guess it's just a joke account made years ago.

Edited by MacronNotes on May 5th 2022 at 12:16:39 PM

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Wafer THE HAMLET GLUTTON from the Banjo-Tooie world, meditating (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
THE HAMLET GLUTTON
#309: May 15th 2022 at 8:41:13 AM

Was reorganizing a Ho Yay page last night and "Ho Yay pages are just a list of Live Slug Reactions" came to mind so I made this (context)

      
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ho_yay_pages.png

"She is a girl" - THE HAMLET GLUTTON
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#311: May 15th 2022 at 7:31:53 PM

Trope-tan homophobic?!?!?!?! (real)

Edited by mightymewtron on May 15th 2022 at 10:32:03 AM

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BuzzyBee64 Since: Feb, 2022
#312: May 22nd 2022 at 11:28:07 AM

New design is cute, but I kinda like the baggier clothes of classic better. She looks more adventurous.

Then again, this is a wiki for tropes so I guess the schoolgirl fits better

Edited by BuzzyBee64 on May 22nd 2022 at 1:09:56 AM

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CelestaPlebs
#314: Sep 7th 2022 at 4:29:32 PM

[up]It's finished, so I archived its page history. You can cut it if you want, after which this thread can be locked.

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#315: Sep 7th 2022 at 7:21:07 PM

Is this thread done?

Suddenly I'm... still rotating Fallen London in my mind even though I've stopped actively playing it.
WarJay77 It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000) from My Writing Cave (Troper Knight) Relationship Status: Armed with the Power of Love
It's NaNo, Bay-beeee! (3,795/50,000)
#316: Sep 7th 2022 at 7:33:13 PM

No need to close this, we can keep it open if people want to start making more art or something.

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Captain Catman
#317: Sep 9th 2022 at 6:45:42 PM

I like that the Darth version looks like Samurai Jack though it’s a bit artifact-y on my phone

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Wafer THE HAMLET GLUTTON from the Banjo-Tooie world, meditating (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Non-Canon
THE HAMLET GLUTTON
#318: Dec 30th 2022 at 8:39:17 PM

After a change to my art style and a few other things, I've decided that I'm not too happy with the original design for Darth-tan and decided to give her a redesign. (Is that allowed?)

All images put in folders because they're all pretty big.

    Redesign 

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/darth_tan_1222.png

Don't think too hard about the pose, I saw it somewhere and thought it was cool so I tried to recreate it.

I thought the arm cannon strapped to her arm looked too clunky and honestly a bit impractical for movement, but I still liked the concept so I changed it into a weapon stored into her cybernetic left hand.

    Original concept + "de-powered" Darth-tan I drew for fun 

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/darth_tan_redesign.png

Inspired by the backstory comic for Trope-tan posted in Image Links.


Bonuses:

    Coldsteel the Wiki-tan 

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coldsteel_the_wiki_tan.png

    "Oh wow I made you so mad!!!! Hahahaha, look at how PISSED OFF at me you are!!!" 

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/she_just_like_me_fr_7.png

    Very scary Darth-tan!!!!!!!! Don't click!!!!!!! 

Edited by Wafer on Dec 30th 2022 at 8:42:14 AM

"She is a girl" - THE HAMLET GLUTTON
Palindromee Relax, Ice Queen. from the Celestial Wasteland (Y2K) Relationship Status: I sleep in a big bed with my wife.
#319: Jan 6th 2023 at 9:27:10 AM

You have my approval to update her design on the official page as you see fit! :)

I redesigned Trope-tan! ➯ my pronouns are ze/hir
Lapsem Since: Aug, 2020
#320: Feb 26th 2023 at 2:13:12 PM

I've made Minecraft skins for Trope-tan and company! However, I couldn't figure out any way to make Trope-tan's backpack look good on a skin, so my version of her goes without it.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/triple_trope_tan_minecraft_skins.png

Since there were a couple of inconsistencies with Darth-tan's redesign, I took a few liberties with my version of her Minecraft skin. First, in one image both her kneepads and bootlaces were red, but in another they were both grey; which I remedied by having the bootlaces be red and the kneepads be grey. Second, her Dethroner MkII is said to be on her left hand, but it's instead been drawn on her right. My version has it on her left. Lastly, I gave her a spiked fingerless glove from her previous design because I thought it'd look cool, and there wasn't much else on her right arm anyway.

EDIT: Uploading the skin images through the forums compressed them considerably, and I've reuploaded them through Imgur.

Edited by Lapsem on Aug 29th 2023 at 4:08:12 AM

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CardboardBot from Saudi Arabia (Life not ruined yet) Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#322: Feb 26th 2023 at 6:27:28 PM

Seems good.

Checking in on this account after leaving the site, MAN that is a cringy forum post history. Daaamn. Never again.
MacronNotes (she/her) (Captain) Relationship Status: Less than three
(she/her)
#323: Apr 2nd 2023 at 3:34:16 PM

Moved thread to Yack Fest as the redesign already happened and the topic was Just for Fun anyways.

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moefoxes Since: Apr, 2020 Relationship Status: Chat, is this real?
#324: Apr 2nd 2023 at 3:55:58 PM

TBH, I kinda miss the old Trope-tan, but I like the new one's design better.

Unrelated, but I've had an idea for a web manga starring Trope-tan and Wikipe-tan for a while now and I'd just like to see if anyone would actually be interested. It would be a weird mix of Slice of Life, comedy, and action, mostly about the girls going about their daily lives doing wiki business while poking fun at the wikis' similarities and differences, while also fighting evil.

I might draw a page or two just for fun.

Inconsistently active.
Malady (X-Troper)
#325: Apr 2nd 2023 at 4:44:51 PM

Gijinka is fun, seeing how what they anthromorphize relates to their interactions with others!

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