#mandala's for days

[tlmtwelve]

11/30/2024: Darth Maul

[chocomaomao]

Gbf wip posting for the sake of Maid Day :D

I found a sketch I did in 2019 holy shit, I was big brain meow meow maid fan high schooler. Now i can finally see Faa san coloured 🥹 I hope to draw lucifer and lucio properly at some point too

[mamaalice95]

Nature mandala made by me and friends today

[mrdrhenwardhykle]

Here's my mandala final for my Color Fundamental class!

[balluprojects]

Ephemeral Mandala I, 2014

dried flowers on frosted glass; experimental works in development RIP tests* have a good week*

[yes-asil]

Happy day of birth!

Thank you!! It was really nice :3

[ultra-puzzlemaster]

I recently discovered that I love coloring mandalas. Also! It's pride month, guys. You know what that means:

I'll probably make others like these, I really wanted to draw one with the trans colors but I also really wanted to post this during June and didn't have the time ^^'

If there are other flags you'd like to see as mandalas, let me know o/

[mardelina]

@mardelina 🌿

[divinum-pacis]

Tibetan monks create a mandala using colored sand during the annual International Day of Peace, in Times Square, Saturday Sept. 21, 2024 in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

[mysticsparklewings]

Obscutober 2024 Day 24: Cordate 💗

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Cordate (adj.)

heart-shaped

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Just 7 days of Inktober left to go, and fortunately I got a bit of break with one of the more simple words that I’ve really been looking forward to. 💕 

I’m not thrilled to be posting it so late, but I had to get some housework done first. 😅

Click the "Keep Reading" and we'll talk a bit more about my general thoughts/process. ✨

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I do apologize to any Sparklers that enjoy these descriptions that this is now the third one (and second in a row) that I had to to drop the art without a description and run. 😅

I was really hoping it wouldn't come to that today, since today was both a simpler word and one I'd bee looking forward to...But I also knew some housework really needed to be done before anything else today, and whether or not I had to post this one in a rush was really going to come down to what time I had left after the housework, even if the art itself didn't take that much time to make. And as you might guess, the housework ended up running on the long side. 🫠

But, hey, at least I did get it all done with time to spare—the housework and artwork alike.

That said, as I mentioned before, this was one of the simpler words that made the prompt list, so that means I actually don't have a ton to report on for this description anyway. 😅 Still, I'll tell you what I can!

Starting with: This was actually one of the words I picked out a little earlier on when I was putting the prompt list and I'd hoped to find more like it—As in still a word you definitely don't typically hear very often, but the actual concept/definition is very simple and distinct.

I ended up a little disappointed in my search on that front, but I do think that's part of why I ended up looking forward to this one as much as I did; I knew there was at least one word coming up where the basis and color palette for the word would be about as crystal-clear as I could possibly ask for. 😆

You might think: Oh but Mystic, how is "heart-shaped" that different from "crescent-moon-shaped" for Day 13? At least if you're talking about art direction clarity...

Because, dear Sparklers, I could already think of more "logical" ways to incorporate the classic heart shape into mandala motifs and it was considerably easier to find existing motifs on the interwebs when I needed help filling in "gaps" left by the ideas I had on my own.

Have I mentioned before that that's something I really love about mandalas? All the different motifs, ways to combine them, and how regularly it seems people share little tutorials for them? I don't think I have, so there ya go!

In this case, my favorite borrowed motif is the largest heart edge, which was inspired by this motif. I had to work around a considerable amount of the smaller motifs I'd already done, but I tried to preserve what I liked the most about the original design: How the two "bumps" remind me of a semicolon. And if you know one of the metaphorical application of semicolons, you might understand why I feel that's kind of a more subtle, poetic inclusion in an artwork themed around hearts. ❤️‍🩹

Which reminds me, on the other hand: In another timeline, I might have chosen to go less generally on-the-nose and tried to do something more subtly heart-shape-inspired. After all, the definition is heart-shaped, not just hearts. But like I alluded to at the beginning, since I had a lot already on my plate today, I really needed the more simple path-of-least-resistance.

Besides, again as I sort of already said in other words, I was happy to take that simpler path today. I think I would've been even if I'd had all the time in the world. And the mandala came out so wonderfully bright for it, too! Playing with the very stereotypically pinks and reds was fun! 😃

In the end, I can't say this one is my absolute favorite to look at—too many other strong contenders already in the running for that!—but it just might've been my favorite to make, even despite not having a ton of time to do it in.

Let's see, I think that's the artwork for today covered. But I also wanted to mention: My gosh, I can hardly believe we have just 7 days left to go. 😱

I'm normally a little surprised how October can feel like both the longest month ever while simultaneously going by faster than I can blink, but I think this year has really taken the cake in that department.

Ah well; 'Tis the nature of the beast, I suppose. I should probably be more concerned with just making it through this last week. There's so much to do, lots of things not even Obscutober-related I'd like to get done before the month is over. 😅

On that note, I'll leave you Sparklers here for tonight while I go see if I can get some more of those things done...Or maybe not done, but at least make some progress. 🤪 See you all tomorrow! 🤗

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See the Prompt List

Artwork © me, MysticSparklewings

Obscutober Concept Inspired by nikolas_tower

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[jmoonjones]

Prythian in a kaleidoscope. From Spring on the outside working in to Night at the middle. Cross referenced with the wiki to make sure I didn’t miss anything. How do you procrastinate?! My life is 70% procrastination.

(Since there’s a star in the middle, then maybe Dusk is the very center?)

[tlmtwelve]

11/16/2024: Echo

[I did a version with color but wasn't really loving it so I'm only posting the black and white one (for now).]🙃

[anthonyspage]

🕉🌌⭐️⚜️💀🕸🦇🌛🧹🧙‍♀️🧙‍♂️🕷🎃🌿

[red-dyed-sarumane]

im in a rime mood this week i need to show her off to everyone i see so hey. rime songs i like a lot

laboratory - hiiragi magnetite

heavenly - fuyuu

ookami - daibaku hashin

yousui ni oboreru - ive

crow crow - fuyuu

bakemono - noa

fukanzen aijou shinkouchuu - misumi

be real? - 21 clown

[evil-is-relative]

Valentine :)

[thatonemacaronikid]

I have been trying to improve my mandalas by adding more to them