#magicka fanart

[nmoroder]

and something else about magicka’s canon characters. i established a headcanonish look for Grimnir last year and since then ive been rolling with it; same for his insufferable robe which i had quite some trouble fleshing out for a reference pic. like how many layers of cloth do you have there man

also Assatur... i think i rambled about them in tags somewhere. sometimes i put on my pink glasses to pretend things could be nicer between these two and i do dance with daemons as well

[themask-maker]

Musicka, Magicka, & Conduits // Demon Tribes AU Supplementary Lore

There are two major ways in which one may channel power in the world of this AU: Musicka and Magicka. One may do this using the help of a conduit, an enchanted item which is explained further below.

In later times and timelines, it's likely that the differences between these two lost meaning and instead both flattened into the shortened, broad term of "magic". In the contemporary times of this AU, however, they are specifically divided into their two channeling methods, which are then divided further into smaller categories of spheres and spells. This post only goes into the broader dichotomy of Musicka and Magicka, whereas posts regarding whole spellbooks will examine the smaller categories.

Musicka

Musicka is the term used for power derived from an internal source - namely, spiritual energy within the soul - via melody and hymns. This is a practice mainly passed down amongst humans, who have stable spiritual energy to draw from.

Demons can utilize Musicka, but it is more difficult for them due to their unstable spiritual energy. It often requires many demons or more powerful conduits to achieve the same Musickal outcome as one human could achieve.

Magicka

Magicka is the term used for power derived from an external source - namely, naturally occurring elements - via incantations. This is a practice passed down amongst demons, whose souls' unstable spiritual energy can mold to the chaos found in the natural world. Channeling this energy in any form gives off a noticeable aura.

Humans can utilize Magicka, but it is more difficult for them since they're less spiritually flexible entities - absorbing Magicka/Magickal auras can have adverse effects on their minds and souls. It often requires many humans or more powerful conduits to achieve the same Magickal outcome as one demon could achieve.

Shifting Soul

As with all laws, there are exceptions. Laws of nature are not necessarily laws as defined by mortals - nature may tend towards certain behaviors, but can just as easily seep out of their boxes and erode new paths. In this sense, there are those whose souls are more malleable to both Magicka and Musicka without prerequisite training. Such people are regarded as naturally-gifted, and historically, societies often placed pressure on them to perform incredible feats with their talents. It is important to reiterate however, that even people possessing average attunement towards magic are capable of similar feats with work invested towards training. The uniqueness of a Shifting Soul is thus moreso a societally-imposed one, than a law of nature.

Conduits

A conduit is any item or thing used to channel power from raw energy into something usable. Different Tribes typically use different items for their Magicka. The Gerra most often use gemstones or weaponry; the Igo most often use wood or ivory; the Twili most often use flesh and blood; the Massu most often use simple stone; and the humans use musical instruments. The item is inscribed with the spells, songs, and/or runes for whatever effect is desired. The conduit then remains inert until those inscriptions are activated with melody or incantation. A person may use Musicka or Magicka without a conduit, but it is extremely difficult and taxing.

If one wants to increase the power of their Conduit exponentially, they can bind a soul to it. This is a reversible, if not extremely painful process, but due to its ethical issues, the practice is considered archaic and taboo in modern society.

[gothampubliclibrary]

Artist's/Authors note: my own sketches of the Magicka Knights after learning the truth about Kyubey. The Core4 were all going to become like Tim.

Ok. The initial sketches of the Core 4 post-betrayal in the Kyubey Cursed AU are created.

Descriptions of the four and their mindsets are beneath the cut:

Tim

Post betrayal, Tim moves his soul gem from where the R is on his Robin uniform to his waist. He feels like he failed at being a real Robin because he thinks he was tricked so easily by Kyubey, and he feels guilty that his friends were hurt by Kyubey as well because of him.

His lance now transforms into a chain whip to allow more long range attacks and the ability to grapple in combat.

Cassie

Her soul gem has moved to the center of her upper chest (star). Since she now knows her soul is in her gem, she wants it near her heart. She frequently touches it there during lulls in battle.

She's also swapped her lasso with a sword and shield. She wants to protect the friends she has left and cut down Witches as quickly as possible to be as merciful as possible. Most witches, after all, were Magika Knights just like them.

Conner

His soul gem is now part of his headband and always partially hidden by his hair. Also, when he learned his wish to become half-human meant he recieved his human DNA from Lex Luthor, it really messed with his head. He feels "torn in half" so his uniform is no longer symmetrical.

His gauntlets are upgraded so he can wrap his TTK around his hands to form claws.

After everything Kyubey did to him, he feels more like a monster than human or clone.

Bart

Finally there's Bart for the Madoka AU post betrayal. His soul gem had turned into the twin lightning bolts on his collar, and his weapons are similar to his lightning wand from before. However, there are two of them now and they are more like long needles he can use to stab/slash enemies in addition to directing lighting.

In my head, he is actually the one whose frame of mind and outlook on life is not in too bad a place once the truth is revealed.

I think he had suspicions about Kyubey's intentions and soul gems from the start, so learning the truth wasn't as earth shattering for him as the others.

Post-betrayal, he's the one who helps hold the team together and helps keep their spirits up when the others initially want to fall into despair.

He's also the one who proposes killing Kyubey on sight and not giving them any of their collected Grief Seeds.

Bart is the heart of the Core4 at this point. The rest regain their hope because of him.

[friskafriskito]

And now for something somewhat different!

I have a new sketchbook (it’s palm sized but you can switch out the paper) and I wanted to break it in by drawing whatever. When I realised it was looking a lot like the witches from the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magicka I figure I’d look up that specific artstyle (as designed by Gekidan Inu Curry)  and go full gear with the mixed media style. With Yuki Kajiura songs in the background for added effect. :’D

Not sure if this counts as fanart since this was more inspiration but I guess I’ll add the tags there as well!

Made with gouache, watercolour, and washi tape.

[lesvegas]

The worst part of Madoka Magicka (none of it is bad I genuinely loved it) was this one single frame near the end because I had never seen it before except for what I now know was a reference to it in the form of this Vulpes Inculta fanart I first saw several years ago

You need to understand I had just watched the whole thing for the first time and was having a fuckin ball then I got flashbanged with a frame I can't not associate with this fucking son of a bitch. It was like the first time I played through Undertale and got to Asgore and heard his theme was Fingers In His Ass Sunday. I just could not take that shit seriously I'm so sorry I'm so slow to experience good media

[nerianasims]

Discussion, fanart, or fanfic of Persona games is now banned on Tumblr. That’s according to Tumblr’s rules. Madoka Magicka? Banned. Howl’s Moving Castle, the book? Remember the age of Sophie’s sister Howl courts for a while? Banned.

I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS IS NOW BANNED ON TUMBLR

[smalllonelyegg]

[Image Description: fanart of Madoka Magicka, depicting Devil Homura, in tears and red in the face, seemingly leaping into the arms of Ultimate Madoka, who in comparison is smiling warmly at her as she has her arms open for her. The colors are washed out, pastel shades, and the art style is rounded and cute. End ID]

by your side always

[shimshon4]

A commission for Shadock. Thelenir Ethelain, an Altmer from Auridon with a knack for magic — and money!

[silentartcave]

Some thumbnails I did for an old (dead now) youtube channel.

[nightsketching]

[Fanart] Videogame Items 01 - TES V Skyrim - Salvaged Helgen Loot   Edit : Resized the glove, it was too big in relation to the other stuff. Are you a ‘loot everything that isn’t nailed down’ or a ‘roleplay looter’ kind of player? Does this resemble your inventory coming out of Helgen or do you notice a severe lack of spider eggs in this? lmao. I’ve been trying to roleplay a lot lately with my spellsword dovahkiin. Not pictured here is the longbow and some iron arrows.

List of items in a somewhat loose order :

Health and Magicka potions.

‘Northerner Gauntlet’ - from ‘Guards Armor Replacer’ mod.

Septims.

Helgen Keep key.

Destruction Spell book for ‘Sparks.’

Iron Dagger, Sword and Axe.

Rusty Lockpicks

Frost Mirriam

Wine

Rabbit meat

Bread

Garlic

Elves Ears

This was pretty fun, I have plans to do some ‘thematic’ inventory style showcases in the future too, one for thieves, one for mages and so on... But I also have more food only stuff planned as well. These are awesome as warmups before working on bigger pieces.

[nmoroder]

more magickaaaa but its AU this time. last pic reads “why are all of my benefactors some weird things?!!”

i had a blast thinking over a humanized version of Assatur’s design. mostly the scarf or shawl whatever is that thing over his neck, at the end this AU is about a wealthy guy who hired himself a scientist - who’d been fired and banned from any research in his field - and gave him any needed resources to come up with a weapon powerful enough to destroy humanity as a whole. that scientist is of course Grimnir; it echoes the canon plot of “finding a victim powerful enough to do one’s bidding”

at the same time there’s something sinister either inside him or under his control (i dunno which one to choose, the version of him being nonhuman from the start or just possessing some power) and Vlad kinda goes the same way; he’s 100% a sinister being and he was one of Grimnir’s older colleagues, sort of overseeing his progress. hence why he’s a benefactor in his eyes

[lumpydigits]

I went to a convention the other week dressed as a Magicka wizard! Unfortunately I did not get a photo of myself in costume. I might have one from the first time I wore it, but who knows where, ha.

These are some bits of my costume, though!

The book slid onto my belt, and fuctions as a bag. I had lost the original inner, so sewed together two old pocket samples, which was convenient.

The shoes are made from four slippers and some fabric. I was not originally going to use the slippers inside for structure, but it did mean I was pretty comfy!

[lothrilzul]

Shurag gra-Burz

I just realized I never really posted anything about my angry little orc and I feel bad about it. (I feel she’ll be controversial, but her actions not exactly correlate with my preference.)

She's my fifth playthough.

She's the second I actually finished the Main Quest with.

She quickly made her way to my heart (though with Casty and Yrgrod she had a tough competition).

She was my first character to get fanart on dA.

Was around lvl 40 when I stopped loading her save.

Her nickname is Shu, but only a select few can call her like that.

She doesn’t have her own story, but she’s going to make an appearance in Zinnia’s story (The Age of Restoration). If I ever get to write it, that is.

Always wields a one-handed melee weapon and a shield.

Always uses heavy armor.

Started as Chaotic Good, ended up Lawful Neutral. I guess it shifted somewhere mid-playthrough.

Has a short-temper, especially if she’s reminded of her shortness that she’s self-conscious about.

She killed Endarie from Radiant Rainments and served her jailtime for it. Your welcome, Solitude.

She didn’t want to marry an Orc just to marry an Orc, she pursued true love and her father (the local chief) expelled her. She never visited them again.

Lost her right eye when she left her stronghold.

Lives in Vlindrel Hall, in Markarth.

Doesn’t care about the Civil War, but if she had to pick a side it would be the Stormcloaks.

She loves to shout and wears a Greybeard mantle to reduce shout-cooldown.

Borgakh and Ghorza are her friends.

She can’t cast spells and never tries to.

Drinks magicka potions for the taste, they do nothing to her puny magicka.

Enchants her trophies to new, powerful items to defeat more foes.

Joined the Blades.

Currently wields Dragonbane and Spell-breaker.

Regularly goes on dragon hunts.

Faint hearted should stop reading this line: she killed Paarthurnax.

Also, she used his scales and bones and his eye that turned into a garnet to gear up when she went to fight Alduin.

When she beat Alduin to death with her Dragonsteel Mace ‘Paarthurnax’, she growled, “Your Brother says Hi!”.

She wiped out the Dark Brotherhood. 

Never joined the Thieves Guild.

Only joined the College of Winterhold because she had to. She used the Spell-breaker as a ward during lecture.

She just doesn’t sneak.

[afewnovelideas]

Ok. The initial sketches of the Core 4 post-betrayal in the Kyubey Cursed AU are created.

Descriptions of the four and their mindsets are beneath the cut:

Tim

Post betrayal, Tim moves his soul gem from where the R is on his Robin uniform to his waist. He feels like he failed at being a real Robin because he thinks he was tricked so easily by Kyubey, and he feels guilty that his friends were hurt by Kyubey as well because of him.

His lance now transforms into a chain whip to allow more long range attacks and the ability to grapple in combat.

Cassie

Her soul gem has moved to the center of her upper chest (star). Since she now knows her soul is in her gem, she wants it near her heart. She frequently touches it there during lulls in battle.

She's also swapped her lasso with a sword and shield. She wants to protect the friends she has left and cut down Witches as quickly as possible to be as merciful as possible. Most witches, after all, were Magika Knights just like them.

Conner

His soul gem is now part of his headband and always partially hidden by his hair. Also, when he learned his wish to become half-human meant he recieved his human DNA from Lex Luthor, it really messed with his head. He feels "torn in half" so his uniform is no longer symmetrical.

His gauntlets are upgraded so he can wrap his TTK around his hands to form claws.

After everything Kyubey did to him, he feels more like a monster than human or clone.

Bart

Finally there's Bart for the Madoka AU post betrayal. His soul gem had turned into the twin lightning bolts on his collar, and his weapons are similar to his lightning wand from before. However, there are two of them now and they are more like long needles he can use to stab/slash enemies in addition to directing lighting.

In my head, he is actually the one whose frame of mind and outlook on life is not in too bad a place once the truth is revealed.

I think he had suspicions about Kyubey's intentions and soul gems from the start, so learning the truth wasn't as earth shattering for him as the others.

Post-betrayal, he's the one who helps hold the team together and helps keep their spirits up when the others initially want to fall into despair.

He's also the one who proposes killing Kyubey on sight and not giving them any of their collected Grief Seeds.

Bart is the heart of the Core4 at this point. The rest regain their hope because of him.

[nmoroder]

do you even know why I am here?

[nmoroder]

[for sunset (decline) has never been more beautiful]