An Official Unofficial FAQ: Who is This Sticker Troll?

 Who is the Sticker Troll?

I am the Sticker Troll.  I do graphic design for the fun of it.  I design stickers for people, but there's a catch.  *wink wink*  Some are Official Sticker Troll Stickers, while others are just ones that I have designed for the hell of it, because something inspired me.  

How much do you charge for sticker design?

I don't charge anything.  REALLY.  It is all based on what you feel the sticker is worth; it is completely "Tip-based" because not everybody can afford a sticker design.  I do this for the fun of it.  I am selective in who gets my stickers, because I have to be inspired by something to design one, and I don't like being pressured into getting it done quickly.  

• You'll get it when you get it.
• You have no say in the design. 
• No, I will not do changes, unless it's something stupid like a spelling error.  
• You won't know what your sticker will look like until you get it.
• You can suggest whatever you want, I'm not going to listen to you because this is art, and you just gotta trust the process.
• You will have no say in what it looks like.  
• It's a "blind sticker" concept, intended to be funny.

But if you do like it, I use Venmo, Paypal, and CashApp for Tips.  I have a full-time job, this is not a full-time job.  Not everybody chooses to "Tip" the artist, but if you do, thank you in advance; it's not necessary, it gives me a reason to practice digital art, and it turns out to be a win/win situation for everyone involved, well.. almost everybody.

I am still confused, why are you The Sticker Troll?

My stickers are solely based on funny moments made into funny sticker memories that happens in a channel's livestream or in a video that I have watched.  It could be someone that has said something funny or had done something incredibly stupid -- a situation that happened on the livestream, or in a video that was hilarious and has inspired me to "Stickerize you" - they are intended to be funny "Roast Stickers".  The sticker above is the latest "You Been Trolled Sticker". 

To tell the story in under 100 words:

YoutubePolice29/Beltloop29 was on an early morning livestream when he received a call through Facebook Messenger, it was a voice call, someone claiming to be from Publisher's Clearinghouse, notifying Gary that he won 2.7 million dollars.  The person asked how quickly could he get to his bank.  That's when all hell broke loose on the livestream.  It was entertaining, funny, and in the end, Gary told the man to send it to the police department to Lieutenant Beltloop, but then recanted and said that he would like to send the money to his buddy, Eddie.  The guy on the other end hung up on him.  But, we laughed for hours over that, and still joking about it today.

Do you print these stickers?

Oh God no, that's up to you to print them out when you receive a digital copy via email.   But if you would like to have them printed, Devildogs-Keeper (Jami) is a small business located in Texas, who would love to print them for you.  Otherwise, you can send it to a different printer.  It would be your sticker to do with it as you please, you can even turn it into your logo, put it on your own merch, print it and flush it down the toilet, wipe your butt after a steaming hot dump, whatever.

Well, that's stupid that I have no say in the sticker, why can't you just design me a sticker of my choosing?

Because it's not fun that way.  It becomes a job.  And I've had to design a sticker for someone who basically volunteered me (didn't ask, just said, by the way while you're at it, create me one too), to create their sticker because I was in the middle of designing a sticker for someone else.  I spent days on that sticker only to be told after each edit, "I hate this color, I hate that color, I want the flowers to look this way, I don't like the placement of that, I don't like the placement of that either, nope don't like that placement, can you put it back the way it was 5,000 edits ago?"  -- and after a literal week of working on that one sticker, I wanted to punch a hole in my tablet, never do this again for anyone, and basically will NEVER design another sticker for THAT person ever again.  I HATE that sticker and refuse to put it up anywhere.  I would just as soon never see that sticker ever again.  

I cringe every time that individual tells people in livestreams that I do FREE stickers.  I don't do free stickers, so if you think I do free stickers after reading this, let me get the crayons and hand puppets out for you, maybe Eddie will loan me his half-eaten purple crayon for illustrative purposes.  I do this on my own time, on my own terms.

What if I hate it?

Sometimes the art may seem a bit risque.  All it takes is a creative cropping and suddenly, riding a turkey like a cowboy can look like the person depicted in the drawing is doing something inappropriate to a turkey (Sorry, Buddy, not sorry).  

I let that one go for a couple of months before actually explaining it and let the person that received it think that it was him doing inappropriate things with a turkey.  It was funny, I was laughing, two months later, he was laughing.  We were all laughing.  He's finally come to terms with the fact that this sticker exists.

So, you never know when the Sticker Troll could be lurking, waiting for that delicious moment to forever memorialize a moment in time where it was funny.  These are parody roast stickers.  Even the Queen of Roasts has a sticker dedicated to her for her comment about, "I never know that butter can make noodles taste better, why didn't anyone ever tell me this sooner."  I made a comment in the livestream, "Butter is Lube for Spaghetti."  and I thought she was going to die laughing, breaking character for a moment.  And, a funny memory was born.

Trust the Artist?  Are you crazy?

I may be a little bit crazy.  I can guarantee you though, my mental faculties are intact.  Just to give you an idea.  I have over $12,000.00 worth of tattoos on my body.  I gave my artist a general idea what I wanted and gave her total creative freedom.  Am I satisfied?  Yes, because she's the artist, and I had to have trust in her abilities to not put something that I would hate on my body for the rest of my life.  Art is subjective.  Comedy is also subjective.  Live in the moment and trust the process.  The one for Taco-Simon was one of the cute ones not intended to be a troll sticker.  I just felt like Taco the Chihuahua needed a sticker of his own.  It's so cool though that Simon has been designing his own little floppy-eared Chi on his merch coffee mugs, which I proudly own two:  Christmas and Valentine's Day.

Do you have a favorite?

Yes, I do.  And there is a bit of a back-story behind this one.  This one is a dear friend from Florida, Mason Hiffner.  The story behind his sticker is that I was taking a sabbatical between jobs and was feeling really crappy with a sinus infection and couldn't sleep.  I was up late at night playing with my iPad, and something said that I needed to draw something.  I drew a Viking Seahorse for no reason at all and just left it in my folder.  It sat there for exactly 30 days when I got a notification that Mason just uploaded a video.  He fishes late at night, and I happened to be awake and unable to sleep.  I opened the video and sure enough, he caught a seahorse.  LITERALLY CAUGHT A SEAHORSE.  I laughed because I had forgotten about the seahorse that I drew.  The next day, I told him about it and to prove to him it was exactly 30 days, I took a screen cap that showed the file creation date.  He freaked out.  And we decided that this seahorse was intended for him, and it was witchcraft, that I drew this seahorse out into the universe for him to catch.  I later created a song to go with the graphic and some of his fishing videos.  I ended up finishing this one and created an entire underwater scene to go with it.  What is not pictured in this is the mermaid as this one is the original.  The mermaid was actually my trademark, as it is my right arm tattoo, which I forgot to tell him about until just now so I guess I'll be on the phone with him in the morning.  The trailer video that I created for him is here.

There is a running joke, "Be careful what you say if the Sticker Troll is lurking, she might make a sticker out of it."  This is true.  LOL  It is all in good fun.  Really.  Anyone that fails to see the humor in it has no sense of humor, and they may be dying a little inside.  These are only some of the stickers I have created.  There's a bunch more.

Souper Sunday LIVEStream

Loaded Baked Potato Soup

5 lb Russet Potatoes, Washed and Baked until tender, cut in half and then into cubes.

1 Sweet Onion, diced
3 Ribs Celery, diced
1 Small Carrot, diced
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 lb Bacon of choice, diced and sauteed.  When bacon is rendered, remove from fat and set aside.

In a Soup pot, sauté onion, celery and carrot with bacon fat until onion, celery and carrot are softened.  Add 2 sticks butter until melted and bubbly.  Add the garlic cloves and give that a stirry stir until fragrant.  Add 1 cup flour to the fat and stirry stir until combined, allow your roux to relax.  Deglaze pan with Sherry, and add 75% of the bacon back to the pot.  

Slowly add 1 gallon whole milk. Whisky whisk roux mixture with the milk and allow to get happy over medium heat.  When thickened, add potato cubes.  Add minced chives. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Garnish with shredded cheese, bacon, and sliced green onion.

 

Cook Along Episode 3: Key Lime Pie Sugar-free with Alternates

Cook Along With Sivi Episode 3

March 22nd 12pm PACIFIC/2pm CENTRAL/3pm EASTERN

Join us for Episode 3, Sugar-free Key Lime Pie with Jerry, Eddie and Jean.  

Below, you will find a list of ingredients and equipment that is needed for making this pie. We encourage you to cook along with our simulcast, which will be broadcasted live on Cooking with the Munchie Mafia Official, Butler Family Farm, Devildog and Meritage Shades of Light. Jerry and Susan are collecting the tips and tricks, and recipe to put into the Collective Cookbook. The recipe we will be using is from my Personal Cookbook, a compilation of recipes that I have developed over the decades. Scroll past the lists to get to the Fluff and Stuff. You will also find the alternate recipe, that is not sugar-free, for those that prefer to have the regular recipe.

EQUIPMENT NEEDED:

Pie Pan Wire Whisk 2 Bowls Rolling Pin, Mallet or Food Processor Oven Rubber Spatula Gloves are optional, Eddie Microplane Juicer INGREDIENTS NEEDED: 1 cup Allulose, or other sugar substitute of your preference. SEE NOTE BELOW 4 egg yolks 14 oz of sugar free sweetened condensed milk (some stores may not carry it, be aware you might need to order it) SEE NOTE BELOW 1 Stick Butter, melted Sugar Free Cookies (Shortbread) 20 Fresh Key Limes, you'll need a lot, and 1 bag of Key limes may result in less than 1 cup. OR bottle of key lime juice, you will need 1 cup SEE NOTE BELOW 1 regular lime for garnish Sugar free whipped topping, (I prefer Mexican Sour Cream) sour cream, or heavy whipping cream (your choice). If using heavy whipping cream, you'll need a mixer OR a whisk and another bowl (yes, Eddie, another bowl)

DIRECTIONS: Preheat Oven 350 degrees

1. Crush your cookies, you will need roughly 1 3/4 to 2 cups of crushed cookies. Mix in 1 stick of melted butter, 1/2 cup of sugar substitute. Mix thoroughly and press into your pie pan. Place in oven for about 5 minutes.
2. In a bowl, Take 1 cup of key lime juice, 1/2 cup of sugar substitute, zest from key limes, 4 egg yolks, and 14 oz sweetened condensed milk. Mix ingredients thoroughly and pour into pan.
3. Bake on a sheet tray for approximately 17 minutes. (Ovens have variances, so you are going to want to check it before calling it good, does it jiggle and seem set in the middle? If not, put it back in the oven for 5 more minutes, and check again. If still not ready, continue baking in 5 minute increments until you have a set pie). The pie will continue to set as it cools. Occasionally, you may see some pooling on the top of the pie after it has cooled, this is normal and you can simply blot with a paper towel.

Allow to cool to room temperature, and then chill for at least 3 hours. Decorate before serving.