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Collecting behind the scenes fun, fascination and shinies from the Tales of Arcadia franchise in one place. Content posted at least once per day!
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The Arcadian Archive @toa-archive.bsky.social · Oct 28
We're now live! Follow us for anything from concept art, animation demo reels, posters and other neat things from the Tales of Arcadia universe hosted in one place. We dig through the Internet so you don't have to!

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One more day of Archie methinks. This visual development piece for Wizards is by Francisco Ruiz Velasco!

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Visual development for Tales of Arcadia: Wizards by Francisco Ruiz Velasco. It shows two images of Archie, one sat down and one stood up in a very toony style. His soulmark looks more like a blue V.
November 28, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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The preview is still working! Today contains a 3Below Facebook AR filter that there are still a few traces of on the internet :)

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3Below AR Effect
In a weird workaround for vimeo being non functional for the UK now, I can see previews via discord? A very good thing for today's post. DJ Krel's game wasn't the only thing they did for 3Below. Did.....
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November 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
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Let's have a bit more Archie via the medium of Wizards' episode, Battle Royale storyboards by Leah Artwick! He's just here to have a nice nap.

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Wizards "Battle Royale"
Claire learns to enter the shadow realm, and finds something surprising while there.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Too many characters for bluesky today so we have an actually previewing tumblr link(!) instead! Today's artwork is from Wizards, by Betsy Bauer and is super adorable :)

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Suffering from the weather and still can't eat pain free but nearly a week on I'm in less pain than before so?? Even weird wins can only take them at this point. Speaking of wins would you like a...
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November 24, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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Rounding up a terrible week with this bounty hunter Fury Galluzzi did for 3Below! Can't go wrong with a funky manta guy.

They are no longer on her website but you can find her other work here - furygalluzzi.com/production
Visual development for Tales of Arcadia: 3Below by Fury Galluzzi . This shows a robotic bounty hunter in red with flashes of gold and blue highlights. On the left marked with 20 appears to be the initial design which is a very leggy bot with wide shoulder plates, golden modules under them and long arms with red lines running down them with a welding mask like shape over the face stretching back in grey. They are wearing a cloak. In the middle is the same bounty hunter modified to give them a long golden mask and the funkiest manta ray like cloak of which the "points" end in two rounded triangle nodules with holes in them. This cloak creates a V shape under the neck and the try mark manta horns coming up either side of the mask. On the right is the back of the manta cloak with banded plating for the heck/neck segments and flashes of neon blue colour including a pattern on the central part draped over the back. The long leggies also appear to be covered by either layers or flared trousers in black and have more humanoid feet.
November 21, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Catching up with twitter post Cloudflare hiccup is for some reason making the tower try to explode so please enjoy this sandwich with Babish while I try and stop it!

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Binging with Babish: Meatloaf Sandwich from Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia
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November 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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Fraid got to link to tumblr today which has a working preview (!) but should you click the link you will discover a pair of sequences from So I'm Dating a Sorceress! The thumbnail is from another one in that compilation.

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Trollhunters 2
This week's boards are brought to you by someone who has been feeling increasingly worse all afternoon and this post may be typo riddled. Apologies. As the schedule wasn't done yesterday had a quick.....
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November 19, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Are there any fans of @realgdt.bsky.social #Trollhunters out there who might want this rare Funko Minis shelf box?

Leave a comment on this post if you do
— and I’ll pick a winner randomly.
November 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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There was lots of weird and wonderful officially sponsored posts for Trollhunters and 3Below during airing. One of these was this DIY Galaxy Nightlight posted on the Kids Activities blog! - kidsactivitiesblog.com/117395/diy-g...
DIY Galaxy Nightlight
Light up the darkness with a DIY Galaxy Nightlight featuring the characters of Tales of Arcadia: 3Below.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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This week’s sequence is from 3Below though given it’s a cut one it’s hard to guess what episode it’s from, A Glorious End maybe? The 17A is likely the sequence number if it’s following the usual format.

Anyway this is by Dan Stone!

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125 17A
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November 12, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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It might be near midnight on a Monday night but can we interest you in their headshot of King Arthur in his zombified state by Isaac Orloff?

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Visual development for Tales of Arcadia: Wizards by Isaac Orloff. On the left shows a headshot angled slightly to the right of King Arthur complete with his grey zombie skin and glowing eyes. In the middle facing forward is a beard and hairless version of him. On the right is a skin texture callout, Angor's eyeball and teeth/tongue with the mention to reuse the teeth and tongue from Bellroc's model.
November 11, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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John Bell worked on the film version visual development of Trollhunters. This included this artwork of Claire's room, the third version of it according to the file name.

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Visual development for Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters. It shows Claire standing with her eyes closed with a book and glass as height reference in a cushion filled bay window. It's a lot more green themed than her usual purple with lots of clutter from books to nick knacks and plushes draped on a shelf. She's clearly a music fan in this version as there's a couple of band posters plus a record player with records and all sorts of repurposed boxes for furniture in here.
October 31, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Foiled by too many images and tumblr refuses to preview as usual. Can promise that there is a Trollhunter's writer's room and a burger hat through this link tho!

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October 29, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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House of Cool did storyboard work on the TV part ToA and trough them, multiple artists worked on the franchise though unfortunately they are not individually credited. These are from the Trollhunters episode, So I’m dating a sorceress.

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Storyboard panel from the House of Cool website for the Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters episode So I'm dating a sorceress. It shows Claire looking worriedly at Not!Enrique waving the shrunken Skathe-Hrün around. Storyboard panel from the House of Cool website for the Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters episode So I'm dating a sorceress. It shows Claire looking guiltily towards the laptop while holding her bag while Not!Enrique is not impressed.
October 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Having some glorious Windows related problems today including explorer trying to crash when grabbing this file so that's nice. Have Deya in Daylight as we saw her in Wizards by Alison Donato!

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Vis dev from Tales of Arcadia: Wizards by Alison Donato. It shows Deya in Daylight from the front, side and back though the latter two are white and directly over her model for additional reference purposes. There are call outs for the shoulders, hands and foot using Kanjigar's model sheet showing essentially the same plate just fitting her build differently.
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Sheer lack of sleep bit me hard, sorry!

Today we have a bit of mystery solving of a poster that can be seen at the Lucia cinema in Trollhunters :)

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Sorry about the two day miss. Turns out lack of sleep for a week then only getting 3 hours Sunday night really knocks you sideways. Feel a bit better today but more won't hurt. Eagle eyed viewers may....
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October 22, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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For a bit of fun on a Thursday, some posters you might have spotted during Wizards by Betsy Bauer (@ bauerpower)! If remember correctly these were only on twitter originally. Apologises for the tweet text being a bit blurry, it's the discord cache since the original tweet no longer exists.
Screenshot of the discord cache of the original tweet by Betsy Bauer. It reads: Some more fun graphics, in the form of lost pet posters. Still pretty proud of my puns of these [Clown emoji] Visual development for Tales of Arcadia: Wizards by Betsy Bauer. This one is a lost cat poster of a ginger tabby with a white front holding a fish. Their text reads: LOST CAT ANSWERS TO "HARRY" IF SEEN, CALL 555-555-0125 Visual development for Tales of Arcadia: Wizards by Betsy Bauer. This one is a lost dog poster of a brown chihuahua in a pink handbag. Their text reads: "Princess" Last see on Alameda and Olive. We miss her! If spotted please call: 555-555-0185 Visual development for Tales of Arcadia: Wizards by Betsy Bauer. This one is a lost hamster poster of a brindle and white in a hamster ball. Their text reads: We've lost our Marbles! He rolled away and we can't find him! Please return him by calling: (555)-555-0199
October 16, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Bit more Trollish Translating this week, specifically seeing what the text said when Gunmar attempted to use the Staff of Avalon! As usual it refuses to preview too.

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October 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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This week's storyboards is from the episode Waka Chaka by Andy Erekson! Sometimes you just need to watch Jim getting a biiiit too confident and lots of Draal standees getting various degrees of smished.
October 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Have you ever wanted a better look at that crossbow which had a notable appearance in Angor Management? Well now you can! It was modeled by Anthony Romero :)

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Visual development for Tales of Arcadia: Trollhunters by Anthony Romero. It shows a front and back view of the crossbow complete with loaded arrow with crystal head. Curiously you can see additional arrows attached to the side for quick reload access. On the left is a screenshot of Strickler holding it and Jim from the same episode as reference.
October 13, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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For today, if you've ever wondered who drew this piece of artwork in 3Below can tell you that it was Yingjue Chen!

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A painting I did from the #trollhunters #talesofarcadia #3below reveal. I helped design these characters ✌️#guillermodeltoro...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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We're having a Wednesday with some music this week, specifically this photo showing a bit of the score John Fee posted for Wizards!

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Screenshot of the text part of the instagram post by John Fee. It reads: Excited for Wizards to come out later this summer! We just finished our last recording session today (this is from our first last year). Wizards is such an amazing show and I’m honored to be part of it! Photo John Fee posted of the Tales of Arcadia: Wizards showing a good chunk of the first page of "Douxie pushes the broom" score from the first episode.
October 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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Today we come with... A dropbox link? Saved from vanishing into the abyss when it was deleted from youtube, this SYFY Wire New York Comic Con panel 3below from 2018 can still be watched and/or downloaded! Just please be kind to my poor dropbox account.

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Screenshot of the video thumbnail. It has the SYFY WIRE NYCC Live logo and specifically mentions coming up next is the 3Below panel. Because of the nature of the panel you can just listen to the audio.
October 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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With a video that's too big for everywhere except tumbr, Francisco Ruiz Velasco unexpected uploaded a video showing a concept for the Rise of the Titans credits yesterday! Click the link and enjoy :)

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Sure love tumblr drafts crashing then not saving properly. After a quiet period since July, Francisco unexpected uploaded this yesterday which is too big for discord so tumblr is getting it first! Had...
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October 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Tumblr is still not previewing for some mysterious reason. Today we have some of the earliest character designs and general design research that Headless Studios did for Trollhunters!

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October 2, 2025 at 10:46 PM