#indigo the witchling

[katherinehillierillustration]

Belated inktober day 19 using the prompts GOTH MOTH from #mabsdrawlloweenclub, ENCHANTED from #drawingparade2023 and GARDEN from #peachtober23

This is my character Nirvy. Her story begins with a witch who had a magic lizard familiar called Hanyula, who could make shed-skin clones of its witches. When the witch died young, her brother Shood inherited Hanyula as his familiar. He became a highly skilled witch and turned the skin-clone of his sister into a living person with a mind of her own. That’s Nirvy! Who is kinda goth, and likes moths. So here she is in some magical overgrown palace garden ruins.

Pen on purple card, pls dm if you’d like to purchase x

[divinaes-bookofsecrets]

🎃 😊 Happy Halloweenie to toonie shadows 🎃😊

[witchykinny]

FAQ

Hello! Call me Shadow. I am 21 and use he/vamp/bats/cats pronouns. I am neurodivergent.

I am an eclectic witch. I dabble in a bit of everything (as long as it’s not cultural appropriation). I work with the Infernal pantheon. I mostly work with Lucifer and my two pop culture deities.

Witchlings are welcome here! I believe in education, to a certain point.

I have moved my kin stuff over to @evildadstims :3

I am white. I recognize that I inherently have privilege, especially in the United States, where I live. I recognize that I am on stolen land, which once belonged to the Umoho, Kansas, Oto, Pawnee, Lakota, and all other tribes that were here that I can’t find sources for (list is specifically for where I live in Nebraska). I apologize to them and ask that everyone recognize that what I say and do on this blog does not reflect all of my activism and what I do in real life to help BIPOC and other marginalized groups.

I tag all triggers with “//” before the trigger. Other things below! General TWs, nothing explicit, just mentions.

Some things I post are NSFW, especially when I talk about sex magic. 18+ only on those posts. Kink blogs are not allowed to interact, though. I am okay with littles, but nothing DDLG or any other kink relating to that. Littlespace is a coping method, not a kink.

DO NOT INTERACT IF YOU ARE/SUPPORT:

Cultural appropriation/not believing in closed cultures, using white sage and/or using the term “smudge” if you’re not an indigenous american, use the terms black/white magic and/or dark/light magic (has racist roots), practice wicca (cultural appropriation), are against baneful magic/talk about love and light.

Christians/Catholics/if you support christianity in any form.

The Satanic Temple and any of its associates. 'Atheistic' Satanists/Luciferians.

Bigots of any kind. Christans/catholics. Pro-lifers. TERFs/radfems/gender critical/trandmeds/etc. Proshippers/comshippers/variants. Pedophiles/MAPS/NOMAPS/PEARS/etc. Incest (includes adoption). Noncon. DSMP/Harry Potter/Melanie Martinez fans. Starseed/indigo children/other ableists. Anti self-dx.

[keydawolf]

Calming the Flames

Chapter 1

Boscha stares at the group of witches and one human, this was all Willows fault!..... Wasn't it? Boscha had been thinking about all the events that had occured.. First Amity starts acting weird, then Half a witch starts getting confident, Amity takes that human to Grom, then challenges Boscha to a grudgby match with the human and half a witch… and now? Boscha scowls, watching her old group of "friends" chatting away with each other… without her, they seemed content, at ease even, without her presence. The whole school hierarchy that Boscha used to keep in check was turned upside down, bullies and the like were now frowned upon, so she was basically ignored now. Boscha looks back at Amity and Willow, chatting quietly between themselves while the weird Illusion kid talked to the human and… a new face, one that had just seemed to appear, with a weird hairstyle, purple hair and eyes and dual tracking in Bard and Illusions, so weird, yet none of that compared to their behaviour. Boscha decides shes had enough aggravation and gets up, dumping her lunch tray and heading off on her own, eyes burning into the floor as she heads for a place she can at least think in peace. Unbeknownst to Boscha, she had someone following behind her, no malicious intent, more simple curiosity. Boscha arrived at her spot, the gymnasium, most students didn't come here, let alone the small room beyond the stage, the bard class used it only when prepping for plays so it was always empty and no one ever batted an eye at random objects just appearing there sometimes. Boscha checks around the gymnasium before going inside, bullies may bot be liked, but they still existed and the last thing she needed was to become a new target for them. The room was empty, as usual, spare for a small potted plant at the back, the plant growing out of it was tiny and shriveled, it made Boscha growl just looking at the state of it, but even so, she grabs her water bottle and waters it carefully, not too much, not too little. Boscha had recieved it from one of her former friends, Amelia, who, despite everyone else telling her not to, was still kind of her friend, well, she tried to be, Boscha kept pushing her away, she didnt want pity, pity was worse than loneliness… or so she thought, at first she had just left the plant there, then it started to dry out and die and for some reason, Boscha couldn't stand the thought of it dying there alone. "Come on you dumb plant, why won't you just go back to normal!" Boscha growls in annoyance "I gave you water, what more do you need for pete's sake, I'm no plant witch, I can't just…" the sound of the door creaking reaches the witches ears. Boscha hesitates, she turns to see that purple haired weirdo just standing behind her at the doorway of the room, their face looks surprised as their eyes move between her and the plant. Bosch'a mind quickly comes up with a solution to the problem before her. Indigo had a total of 3 seconds to react as a fireball is tossed at them, thankfully they dodge it completely and shut the door behind them, pressing against the wall as another fireball burns through the wood, leaving a small hole in the door. A moment passes and Indigo feels the defensive anger bubble down to a fuming irritation. An idea passes through Indigo's mind for a moment, they consider it, decide its a terrible idea, but decide to do it anyway. "Put it in the sunlight" Indigo calls softly, as expected, the anger is back and accompanied by thundering footsteps. Indigo books it out of the gym before the angry witchling can get to the door. Boscha fumes as she checks outside the door, the weirdo is now gone, but their words echo in her ear…. Sunlight… of course! Boscha looks around for a small window, spotting one covered in drapes and opens it slowly, it wasnt the best place but the sun did reach it, she places the pot there, she could swear one of the leaves on the plant twitched, that had to be a good sign! Indigo walks back to where Luz had been waiting for them, smiling to themselves as the anger calmed just a bit

[marvellouslymadmim]

Alright, Hicsqueakers and Hacklers, gather round and lemme try to put out this dumpster fire.

Be ye warned, this is gonna be a long one. Grab your cup of tea, snuggle under your blanket, and get ready. Spoilers for latest episode, natch.

First: I’m going to list referenced episodes as 1.07 (season one.episode seven), just for ease of reading.

Now. Before we go into the issues of 3.07, we need to stop, take off our twenty-first century nonmagical viewers goggles, and put on the perspective of the times.

Witching society is obviously a very small subset of the population. These people were hunted down, burned at the stake, drowned alive, and tortured in dozens of horrific ways for DECADES, even CENTURIES. They left the nonmagical world for a reason. They established a way to never be seen by these people again for a reason. They established strict rules about never entering that world again for a reason.

They also, as in most extremely small and fragile societies, created a world where the safety and continuation of the whole are always above the desires of the individual. Always.

Let’s add in the fact that punishment is still very Draconian. Agatha attempts to take over her sister’s school in the very first episode—but her actual crime is using magic to manipulate the will of others and attempting to subvert existing birth hierarchy (again, this endangers the whole and creates instability in the system of society). She is therefore stripped of her powers so that she cannot harm the greater whole again. 

Now when she returns and pretends to be Ada (1.5), her crime is again pretty much the same issues, though she’s less of a threat due to her lack of magic (as evidenced in Hecate’s later reaction to Miss Mould, losing your magic is apparently a fate worse than death in their society). She’s imprisoned for an indefinite length of time, though the general reaction to her actions is much milder. It seems that taking away her powers was deemed punishment enough, even for future crimes.

When she returns as “rightful” headmistress, she endangers the future of witching society by putting the students directly in harms way. She also threatens to destabilize all of magical society by turning the Great Wizard into a balloon (this is akin to attempting to assassinate a president, in a way), and once more proves a lack of regard for the whole (trapping witches in paintings, turning people in snails, frogs, etc) that could ultimately endanger the entire society. She has proven that she holds no regard for the continued existence of her fellow magical peoples, and therefore is a threat to the greater whole. Her final punishment not only mirrors one of her crimes, but also ensures she cannot commit any more.

Now, in the scheme of things, Gullet’s punishment, although exactly the same, seems a bit harsh at first—but when you realize that she also shows the same lack of regard (turning Rowan-Webb into a toad for years), and an ever greater level of crime against witching society—she turned witching children into cakes to feed to other children, without hesitation or remorse. She was willing to sacrifice the future and continuation of their society, to follow Agatha’s aim. While Agatha allowed children to be put in harm’s way, she never quite actively attempted to bring about their deaths, at least not to the same extent as Gullet.

When Marigold Mould loses her powers and gives up the future powers of her offspring, Hecate mentions that “Perhaps [the Great Wizard] will be lenient, as you have already paid such a high price.” As seen in the story of Millie’s ancestor, giving up magic to ensure the continuation of magic for others is considered the greatest act of sacrifice a witch can commit—because again, it places the needs of the whole above that of the individual. Once again, Marigold’s greatest crime is placing future generations of witches in danger (I mean, freezing to death and losing magic is a big deal), which she counters by sacrificing her magic in order to ensure a future for those same witches. It isn’t that Marigold has shown remorse that will make the Great Wizard lenient—it’s that she has ensured the safety and continuation of their society.

Keep this in mind as we go back to Joy.

Joy did more than just put a few students in danger. She endangered the entire witching world. By going out into the nonmagical world repeatedly, she first created a danger to herself, a future witch who would have been fully expected to help continue and expand her society. In a society so small, every life is precious and vital to that continuation. And through being seen by Indigo, she proved that the magical community was at-risk for being seen and rediscovered. And re-persecuted, all over again. Remember, witch hunts are a very big part of her people’s history.

Now it makes sense that for the rest of her time as a student as Cackle’s, she would be confined to the school. I mean, if you were nearly expelled for continuously leaving school grounds (which is a major safety issue just for young Joy herself), the only way to avoid expulsion would be to promise you wouldn’t leave campus again for the rest of your tenure at said school. Students being magically bound is a common punishment, as seen by Mildred and Maud being bound to their rooms (1.02).

But Hecate mentions that her decision to make Indigo a witch happened during “one half-term when [I] was more lonely than ever”. Meaning she was there during holidays, too. You can see this several ways: (1)Hecate’s confinement extended to holidays as well (a bit extreme, even with the circumstances), (2)Hecate’s parents were never around to receive her during the holidays (due to travel, job location, or whatever), (3)Hecate is an orphan, or (4)that after finding out she had been going into the nonmagical world, her parents ostracized her and wished to punish her further by refusing to let her come home during holidays. Of all these options, I think 1 seems the least likely in comparison.

And this is where Joy’s crime becomes a capital offense. Beyond a mere child being headstrong and curious about the world outside.

She didn’t just go out into the nonmagic world and put herself at risk. She brought a nonmagic person back with her, and then gave her magic, not only creating a powerful chaotic force and exposing her fellow students to the unbridled power of Indigo’s magic, but also potentially exposing her entire society to the nonmagical world. She opened up a chance of exposure and renewed persecution and destruction for her entire people.

This is akin to a Jewish child hiding out in Germany, befriending a Nazi officer’s child and then bringing said child into the attic to meet the family, teaching the friend all the tricks and hiding places and then expecting everything to be just fine. Sure, this may end well, but the odds are in much higher favor of it ending in disaster.

Given the response to any measure that threatens the whole, it’s a wonder that she got off as leniently as she did. At best, it should have been some form of imprisonment and loss of magic powers (like Agatha). At worst…death, to be honest.

But neither of those things happened. At this point, there were two options on how to handle Joy Hardbroom: make a public example out of her, or help cover it up.

All signs point to a cover up.

If she had been made a public example, she wouldn’t be teaching. She would still be in some form of punishment, and everyone would have known her story (it is important to make crime and punishment extremely public in this small world, lest anyone try to repeat the offense). She would have been ostracized completely--you can’t allow someone with such dangerously subversive ideas go out and mingle with the rest, possibly spreading the disease.

Now we need to highlight Hecate’s initial devotion to the Great Wizard during season one.  She is a disobedient witch, a woman in general, and a witch with a staff. There is not a single thing about her that makes her favorable in his eyes. And yet, she is almost zealous in her regard of him. Why?

Perhaps because when she was a scared and shaking child, he showed her mercy, when he had no reason to. When the law strictly showed that she should have been punished with absolute impunity, he chose to give her another chance. When she should have been stripped of all powers and cast out, he allowed her to keep her magic and to remain in society.

However, as the show progresses and she sees his harshness with the younger generations, she begins to realize that the young Great Wizard who had been her savior had turned into the dark and dour old world view which he had saved her from. How bitter that disappointment must have been for her.

Again I want to highlight the fact that if Joy Hardbroom had truly been sentenced to some kind of punishment and made an example of, then Millie would already know the story of Joy and Indigo Moon. Maud would know it, every little witchling would know it. But they don’t.

Which means that someone chose not to make an example of Joy.

Now, we need to think about the sheer impossibility that all of these powerful witches and wizards, with all these books and spells at their disposal, somehow didn’t know or couldn’t find a way to reverse what had happened to Indigo Moon.

Hecate tells Mildred that it can’t be undone. She simply says there is nothing they can do.

So. What if. Hecate’s true punishment isn’t confinement. It’s being forbidden from ever returning Indigo Moon to life. Living with the guilt of knowing she effectively murdered her best friend, and is forbidden from ever bringing her back. And she’s told never to speak about it, never to tell the truth about what happened.

And in the weirdest version of Ride or Die ever, Hecate chooses to remain close to Indigo, never letting her ever be truly alone. If Hecate leaves Cackle’s, she leaves Indigo alone in the woods forever. She couldn’t do that.

From what little we know of them, Hecate’s parents have every hallmark of being absolute strict authoritarians. The idea of Hecate breaking further rules by bringing Indigo to Cackle’s and putting their entire world in danger would have been shameful. They would have ostracized her completely (or you can take another route and say she was an orphan, no parents to take her in anyways). Either way, let’s assume she is virtually without a familial support system at this point.

Cackle’s is a tuition-free school (1.01). But other school’s offer scholarships, implying that most are fee-based (1.09). So when Hecate’s final term comes to close, she’s left with an awful reality: she has no financial support in the world. She’s stayed at Cackle’s, completely cared for in a monetary sense. But universities cost money. And she’s a teenager with no usable life skills, no way to support herself through something as expensive as being a college student.

And Pippa. Her dear friend, Pippa, who refused to give up on her, after all this time. You can take two routes here: (1) Pippa doesn’t know about Indigo AT ALL, because Hecate kept it an absolute secret until the end, (2) Pippa is aware of Indigo but doesn’t know about what happened to her because Indigo’s time and subsequent death at the academy all happened during summer half-term, because Hecate has been forbidden about ever talking about the matter, or (3) Pippa knows everything and her insistence on rekindling her friendship with Hecate is even more important to her because it would also signify that Hecate has, in some small way, begun to forgive herself, and Pippa desperately wants her friend to be able to do just that. My personal theory is on options 1 and 2, I’ll explain why later.

Young Pippa is talking about colleges and traveling the world (and yes, see the nonmagical world, too!), and Hecate just…can’t. She can’t risk ever going to the outside world again, can’t risk getting pulled into its wonder and its own magic again, can’t afford going to university—and even if she could, she can’t abandon Indigo. She can’t be so cruel, can’t condemn her best friend to an eternity trapped in stone while she jets off and has a happy, fulfilled life.

But she can’t tell Pippa all this. Not because Pippa won’t understand—but because Pippa will stay, too, Pippa will give up her dreams to help Hecate, will find a way to ease the pain and guilt that Hecate feels she justly deserves.

So Hecate ghosts her friend. And years later, when Pippa asks why, Hecate simply says that she didn’t think Pippa would want her “getting in your way”. Pippa assumes it’s about popularity (this is why I think Pippa doesn’t know about Indigo’s fate), and Hecate is still too afraid to tell the truth, so she just rolls with that explanation. But she really means that she feared getting in the way of Pippa’s hopes and dreams with her own sad reality.

How this helps Hicsqueakers: This doesn’t erase Hicsqueak AT ALL. Hecate has a legit reason for ghosting Pippa now. And Pippa has a legit way to overcome that. Hecate can finally tell the truth, saying she’s always feared how Pippa would react, and Pippa can show her love and forgiveness and how to forgive herself in the process. Tough, angsty stuff, but that’s basically part and parcel of the Hiqsqueak world, amirite? I know you guys can make it work into something beautiful.

Now Hecate realizes that she cannot leave Cackle’s—she is not bound by magic anymore, but rather her own sense of duty and penance. She pleads her case before Alma, desperate to stay, to do anything in order to stay.

She has no money, no family to fall back on, no where to go. She is utterly alone in the world, all because of a grievous choice she made as a child. She is forever burdened with the knowledge that her reckless actions cost a young girl her life and her future, and also stunted her own in the process.

Alma Cackle lets her stay. I don’t think it’s entirely out of pity. She sees a usefulness in having an extra hand at the Academy—because Hecate must certainly earn her keep. And it’s hard to keep staff when you’re a free tuition school, who most likely has to offer lower salary rates and more than a few budget cuts.

And Hecate does earn her keep. Perhaps she works in the kitchens (would explain odd animosity between her and Miss Tapioca), or on the grounds, or even as an auxiliary (in the US we call them teacher’s aides?). I would like to think that Alma does still pay her salary, though it’s probably considerably less than her fellow staff.

Hecate finds that she can atone for her sins, a bit, by instilling a respect for the craft in future generations of witches. If she stops just one from sharing her fate, it will be enough.

And she truly falls in love with making potions. It’s a world of exactitudes, a world where her ability to do things perfectly, without making a mistake, results in wondrous things. She can be perfect, in this world. She can ensure she never makes a mistake. She can, in some small way, prove that she isn’t Joy anymore, she is calm and logical and a rule-follower. She is good and worthy. She is redeemed, even if only for a little while.

And then Ada returns to the Academy, after her own years of college and generally trying to avoid her fate as the next headmistress. Ada begins teaching, and eventually she’s assigned Miss Hardbroom as an aide for a particularly large class. She finds the woman endearing, in an odd way. It’s after she learns of Hecate’s skill in potions, she pushes to have her replace the outgoing potions mistress—as a teacher in her own right.

It’s a bit outrageous. After all, Hecate doesn’t have a formal degree. She has no credentials, no accredited training as an instructor. But Ada doesn’t care. Ada pushes Alma to take the risk anyways. She’s relentless, she can’t help but love a lost cause. By now, she’s fully aware of the story of Joy Hardbroom. This is too much like the story of her sister, condemned to be wicked before she’s even out of childhood, set for a life of bitterness and regret. No. She won’t let it happen again. She will make a change, for someone, even if it isn’t Agatha.

And Hecate strives to prove herself worthy of this monumental chance she’s been given. She will bring pride and glory back to Cackle’s, by helping produce the greatest witches their society has ever seen. She hasn’t truly left the Academy in years now, it is the only place that feels safe—and now Ada makes it even feel like home.

How this helps Hacklers: this explains crucial points of Ada and Hecate’s admiration and devotion to each other. Also, Hecate’s choice to stay removes the icky Stockholm Syndrome air. Given what we see of Hecate’s personality now, it’s obvious that she holds herself to an extremely high standard, which implies she felt her own punishment wasn’t strict enough for her crimes--had she been forced into lifelong imprisonment and basically forced labor, I’m pretty sure she wouldn’t feel this way. This still builds on the idea of Ada helping Hecate become more self-forgiving, and their continued arc of helping each other through dark times.

And Gwen Bat has seen it all. The reckless headstrong Joy Hardbroom, the consequences of her actions, the light extinguishing as she becomes sad and solemn Hecate, the way Ada finds friendship with Hecate and brings her back to some sense of belonging.

And Gwen Bat remembers. She gasps, “After all Ada did for you!” when it seems that Hecate betrays Ada in Selection Day. And because Gwen remembers, she doesn’t get too upset over Hecate’s uptight ways. She stills sees little Joy, so desperate to prove herself, so desperate to save another girl from her own mistakes. 

So Hecate Hardbroom remains. Not a prisoner of a magical punishment, but rather a prisoner of her own making. Keeping other little girls from falling under the spell of the nonmagical world. Keeping herself in line, proving to all those who gave her a second chance that it was a chance well taken, that she is loyal to her people, that she is rehabilitated.

And keeping Indigo company, from time to time. Keeping her promise that they stay together, always. Because some parts of Joy cannot ever be erased.

[the-craft-of-alex]

Hello, witchy side of Tumblr!

My name is Alex, and I’m a secret witch who loves their plants and their crystals! Here’s some things you should know about me:

🦊 I’m basically a cat my I love love love LOVE foxes

🦊 Also the colors indigo and teal!

🦊 I love practicing witchcraft but I still consider myself to be a witchling!

🦊 My pronouns are they/them but I don’t label my attraction

🦊 I love working with card game decks because they’re so versatile!

🦊 My overall favorite crystal is green aventurine!!

🦊 I’m still in school and thus, if you’re you’re looking specifically for an extremely active poster, I am not the one to follow.

🦊 I’m a nonprofessional artist and I love to draw fancy sigils!

🦊 I’ll be posting lots of: really simple spells, gem tips, random sigils, and random things that relate to my interest in foxes or my daily life.

🦊 I spell it “magical” and not “magickal,” for future reference.

Blessed be everyone, have a great day!

[glittertrail]

blue: the most recent dream i remember is from two days ago in which i was in a very curious situation in which i was in front of a supernatural creature of some kind and i was trying to figure out their name (kind like rumpelstiltskin except there were no towers, spinning wheels or babies involved, just a sense of ??!?! because i was trying to figure out their name for some reason but not bc i was afraid of what they'd do) i wish i remember what else happened in the dream, i remember thinking it was all very oddly mundane but not much more

burnt umber: here is the next day already because i didn't see this before falling asleep last night lmao but my 'being kind to myself' of the day is going to be getting hopefully some writing and reading done before i meet with some friends in what i like to call being irresponsible overly social because i know the possibility of me not going back home till it's saturday morning-ish is never zero (so far the itinerary includes going shopping with someone, then meeting some more people at a bar for a birthday and then going to a club a friend is DJing at tonight)

indigo: please do print it, i am this close to do the same to almost everything @librarian-witchling has written in the tags of posts about me because they never cease to make me feel like the Grinch having his heart tripling in size but i think the most memorable compliment i've ever gotten was from a friend a couple of years ago, who said i was the person that made her feel most at peace, like looking at me reminded here everything would turn out alright and calmed her down, i still get a little 🥺 thinking about it

blue, burnt umber and indigo please 😊

oh thanks, doll! <3

blue; what’s the most recent dream you remember?

I slept for like twelve hours a few nights ago and had the weirdest dreams...the most involve of which was that my dad and I bought a house near a hiking trail that definitely doesn't exist in real life but I've visited in dreams before. And we were renovating the house with my two aunts (his sister and his brother's wife) and then the aunts started being mean to him about him being deaf--which is not in character for either of them, especially not his sister--and so I got really mad at them and yelled at them. And then we made bread, I think?

burnt umber; what’s something you plan to do before the day is over to take care of yourself?

I AM GOING TO DO A FACE MASK AND LAY OUT MY CLOTHES BECAUSE I HAVE A VERY LONG DAY TOMORROW AND I REFUSE TO DO WHAT I NORMALLY DO AND BE UNPREPARED FOR IT.

indigo; what’s the best/sweetest compliment you have ever received?

Literally this. I read it when I'm sad, lonely, frustrated, or all of the above. I should print it out honestly.

What about you?

[pinebrookcrystals3]

Day 31: Let’s see the whole collection!

Plus the Iris Oracle, but it’s not here yet. I feel like I buy too many decks for someone who mostly just does readings for myself.  List of decks below

Left to right:

picture 1: Shadowscapes Tarot, Sun and Moon tarot, Tarot of the Magical Forest, Idiosyncradeck tarot, Rider Waite Tarot, Universal Waite Tarot, Type Tarot, The Happy Tarot, Hidden Waters Tarot, Wild Unknown, Cheimonette Tarot, Celestial Stick People Tarot, 

picture 2: Angel Tarot cards, Guardian Angel Tarot, Linestrider Tarot, Animal Spirit deck, Earth Magic oracle, Nature Spirit oracle, Past Life oracle, Wisdom of the Hidden Realms, Miracles Now, Only Time Will Tell, Vessel Oracle, Madame Endora’s Fortune Cards

picture 3: Witchlings cards, Oracle of the Mermaids, Whispers of Love, Mystical Wisdom, Nature’s Whispers, Energy Oracle 

Picture 4: Angel Answers, Indigo Angel, Healing with the Angels, Archangel Michael oracle cards, Archangel Oracle Cards, Angel Prayers, Keepers of the light

[breezy-may-wizardry]

Sometimes a girl just needs color therapy and tea

[katherinehillierillustration]

Indigo growing mushrooms, 2x Aphinus looking cute and round, and Indigo with a small potted bush.

[katherinehillierillustration]

Inktober day 2! I used the prompts ROSE from hartober and psychic armour from octoberchrysalis

So here's a sketch of my character Aranura (a rose-person wise-witch) in some magical all-seeing eyeball armour, back in her youth when she was a knight for the mushroom king. The red rose is some kinda magical prehensile whip weapon...thing?

Her skin is spiky like rose stems, and her hair is rose petals, like her eyebrows. I tried to add elements of multilayer petals to her armour, as well as rose spikes. I gave her a vaguely leafy-petally-semi-sheer-sparkly cloak but idk if it's better without?

Anyway, this was just a scribbly messy, but I like some elements of it. And that's a large part of what Inktober is about?? Right??

[katherinehillierillustration]

My chara Indigo Atalanto, the trainee witch (who also got returned from the dead) with her thief bf Olfi Sputt whose house is also a cat sanctuary.

[katherinehillierillustration]

Nirvy and Indigo sketchins, 2 of my witchling characters

Nirvy spends most of her time studying and being a research assistant on viscera magics

+ indigo in her ‘foraging in the woods’ coat , full of pockets for bits n bobs

[katherinehillierillustration]

My character Cibella! From my WIP YA/tween fantasy novel Indigo Atalanto series, the first book of which is called ‘Indigo the Witchling’, set in a magical world that’s kinda all over the place, in a good way.

Cibella Stonch is a Necromantical Witch who teaches necromancy and Communications with the Undead Realm at the Witchery, which is where Witchlings earn their certification to become a professional Witch. 

Her familiar is Amzy the yellow viper, who can transform into a whip made of bones, which can drag ghosts temporarily from the Undead Realm into the Living Realm. 

She is an Othli, which means she is a mothy-humanoid, and like most Othlis she is from a poor family who tend their local graveyard. However, Cibella only went and married the Hallesian Prince Aureus, who is also a Witch, so now she has a fortune to spend on gifts for her ghost buddies and adopt lots of weird pets, including a giant sparkly pink beetle which replaces a horse on her skull-shaped carriage. 

I wanna do more backgrounds! This was an attempt do to a background. What are your thoughts on backgrounds?

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A couple of concept scribbles for my witch novel series innit

On the left is a 16 year old knight from a prestigious family who have sworn to always protect the innocent and quash all evil!! while being pretty self-entitled and blustering.

On the right is Magenta - a witch who was shunned for the death of her 4000 year old moth familiar (who gave its life to protect her when she was only 11) and seeks revenge by eating the hearts of witches to gain the magical powers of their familiars.

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Indigo and her bossy ancient lil familiar - Acanthus ! 

character concept doodles for my WIP kids witchy novel series