#matoran alphabet

[glyptolite]

[esperanta-dragon]

My original designs of Three Virtues pendants were finally delivered! They were supposed to be there on Friday before Bionicle Day but... happy belated Bionicle Day I guess?

Hexagon stands for 6 elements, prominent motive through whole Bionicle series. On the three sides, Three Virtues are engraved in Matoran alphabet, decorated with combination of tribal geometry and circuits.

You can get them on my Etsy as usual: HERE

[wjbs-aus]

Fuck it, here's three important websites for if you want to get into Bionicle in 2023, inspired by a conversation I had with a mutual.

Biosector01

The main Bionicle wiki, which is very thorough. Has articles about everything from main characters to minor background villagers, and even out-of-universe stuff like the mediocre (but free) downloadable first-person shooter and the franchise's infamous use of the Māori language. It also covers the 2015-2016 reboot, and also has a sister-site dedicated to Hero Factory I guess.

Wall of History

An archive of all written and illustrated canon Bionicle media, including books, comics, animations, and even the official in-character walkthrough for a fan-favourite adventure game. The text can be toggled between the Latin alphabet and Bionicle's own "Matoran script", for some reason. I can personally say that it is really good, and if I wasn't busy with, like, 5 other things, I would probably be pretty far in (at time of writing, I am at the end of 2002/beginning of 2003).

Biomedia Project

Basically Wall of History but for non-text stuff (including some of the animations that are included in Wall). Includes all the games (free and retail), as well as the franchise's excellent music, various fanmade games and animations, ISO files of promotional CDs, all four films (including their bonus-features!), and even concept art and early pitch documents!

Oh also uh go check out @wjbs-bonkle-au I guess

[lesbioniclepod]

Episode 6: I went to Po-Koro and all I got was this lousy rock

Not April Fools, we are actually back. for real. (The episode was recorded April 2023)

Itunes/Spotify

Topics of discussion

Emma’s Pronouns

Political Cave Paintings

Bohrok 9 and Toa Sisko

Spades Flirting

Nausicaä’s Nuva Cube

Bohrok Reparative Justice

The Bohrok-Kal Know The Roman Alphabet

Of Course You Have Nuva Armor and Pronouns

Humanstuck Kopaka/Kopaka Initiative/Kopaka Big Naturals

Bionicle Eggs

Game Udders

*Palpatine voice* I love video games.

Makuta: A Scary Rock

Tahu’s Footprints On The Beach

Nausicaä’s Underground Experiences

Po-Koro Souvenirs

Onu-Matoran iPad

Bionicle Power Bash Chicken Strips

Mata Nui Economics Returns

Crab Polish

The Bottoms of Po-Koro

Bed Hardness Discourse

Po-Koro Deals With COVID

Waiting For Pohatu; AKA, Naus Gets Lost In A Video Game

God’s Skin

Ta-Koro Jazzercise

The Takuafication of Harry Dubois

Early Film of Pohatu

Takua’s Horoscope

Naus Enjoys A Mine

The Hit The Bricks Pohatu

[skylinx2o]

I was dead for about two months now, but I’m back, and I have brought the promised Bionicleified Hatsune Miku!!! :D

It’s just how I imagined her, you’re free to dislike the design lol

But now, let me explain the concept for her. In my opinion, she would be a Toa of sonics. I know that all Toa, Turaga and Matoran of sonics are male, but she’s still a girl. She would be alive like 1000 years after the reformation of Bara Magna. The machine that makes Matoran could have had the restrictions turned off by then.

Her hair isn’t real. It’s magnetic, so you can just snatch them off of her hair. When I think about it, most cosplay wigs for Miku has detachable ponytails lol (Also, they were inspired by Rodaka’s hair. I imagine she looked at some Vortixx and was like: This! I want whatever they have on the back of their heads! LIKE RIGHT NOW!!! ) Her hands have this armor thingy to emulate how her sleeves work. Legs and hands are also black to look similar to her outfit.

Toa of sonics are gray. Like, just different shades of gray. Also, they mostly have yellow eyes. But I still wanted to keep some of her original colors. So she just has some rare pink eyes, and the splashes of blue are just paint. The paint still kinda works in world, since blue is kinda a feminine color, and it probably helps her not to get misgendered haha

Oh, and I almost forgot. I wrote her number 01 in Matoran alphabet on her arm. I imagine she wrote it herself to be like: Yes, I am number one Toa of sonics lol

I choose Kanohi Calix for her, since in many music videos Hatsune Miku often dances, so I thought it would fit her, and help her pull off those perfect dance moves!

As a Toa, I imagine she would travel a lot, and help those in need along the way, and when she stops in some town or city she would sing for everyone...

I think that’s all! Hope you like her design! :)

[nuvamata]

Born in Artakha, defender of Ta-Koro. Tahu, the Toa of Fire, leader of the Toa Mata.

First in a series of six (or seven?) humanized interpretations of the Toa Mata. Click the read more for thought process!

this took a while to make. i took a stab at shading and some sparse highlights which I basically never do. just kinda went wild and did what felt right. hopefully it communicates well enough.

my main goal in this series is to really capture the vibe and personality of each toa. for tahu, the main traits i associate with him are arrogance, pride, and intensity. i decided tahu would favor sparse armor, as an implicit boast of his own abilities. i also tried to capture a kind of no-nonsense attitude with the very short hair, but keeping a full beard to keep him looking fierce. the piercing eyes also serving that purpose.

the bracer on the right hand is meant to sorta evoke the pattern on the piece that holds the sword on the toy, with that kind of slatted thing. and i thought it would be a fun idea to translate the two holes on the off-arm piece as matoran alphabet tattoos. in case he forgets where he's from. i dunno man i just think these legendary heroes gotta have some ceremonial ink.

what else? oh yeah. the symbol on the chest is the ta-matoran principle of courage. considered having it be the nuva symbol for fire, but this is a toa MATA!!! so no nuva symbol.

made the sword really big because, again, that seems like it'd be tahu's deal, and it'll contrast nicely with kopaka, who will have a shorter, more dexterous sword. and kopaka can be like "look at this dumbass, swinging around this clumsy behemoth of a sword. i hate his ass".

i just straight up put a high res image of the sun in his sword. it looked empty without it. i like how it looks.

[bio-prime]

Bionicle x The Owl House crossover "Big Six" elemental glyphs

Translation of each element from Matoran to English below.

Ta=Fire

Ga=Water

Le=Air

Ko=Ice

Po=Stone

Onu=Earth

(Behind the scenes fact: I looked at the Owl House glyphs as inspiration and see how I can apply that as Matoran glyphs. Once that’s done, I looked up the Matoran elemental prefix like “Ta”. Then I combine the letters of that elemental prefix via the Matoran language alphabet and voila! A Matoran elemental glyph is made. Also the program I used is MS Paint 3D for the work.)

(Special thanks to @chr0n-icle for the inspiration to my art.)

[tahtorak-nuva]

Matoran message and alphabet key.

[magicalgirlartist]

[ID: digital art featuring 3 Bionicle humanizations: Hahli, Jaller, and Macku. Hahli, with a short wetsuit, scruffy blue hair, and an orange flower tucked behind one ear, floats in the middle, one leg up, a kolhii stick over her shoulder with a small smile towards the viewer. Jaller, with short blonde hair, a red vest, and a small red pendant, is larger, behind Hahli to the top right, from the chest up, looking down towards her. Macku, with a light blue halter top, dark blue pigtails, and big orange eyes, is also larger, behind Hahli to the bottom left, from the waist up, winking and grinning at the viewer. Behind all three is a map of the island of Mata Nui, and in the bottom right corner is a logo that says "HAHLI!! Road to the Kolhii Championship" with everything except "Hahli" written in the Matoran alphabet. End ID.]

Made a poster for the Bionicle Sports Anime for fun :) I went through SO MANY pose ideas for Hahli you don't even know lmao

[Commissions open!]

[sepublic]

Back in sixth grade, I attempted to write my own version of Bionicle: Rahi Beasts that was updated to include all Rahi introduced since the original 2005 release. I never finished it, given it was an enormous list from Biosector01 to work off of, but a great deal of the charm for me was writing the entire thing in the Matoran alphabet, to really sell the idea that this was an in-universe book.

Of course, the mental and physical labor of memorizing the Matoran alphabet and writing it, as well as my limited Elementary skills, made the entires fairly short and simplistic. I also included drawings for the Rahi, and clearly couldn’t decide if I wanted them organic and/or biomechanical in their depictions. I’ve included translations, with spelling and grammar mistakes retained for accuracy. I’ve still got two more posts on this due to photo limits, so here’s the first section;

Bionicle Rahi Beasts

INTRODUCTION

Welcome to the world of Bionicle. There are many species in the vast world of Bio.

Some include Rahi. Rahi are the wild life of the Bio universe.

Some are small, and some are enormous.

From Acid Flies, to Energy Hounds, the rahi are all unuique!

Domain: Southern Continent

Acid Fly chasing Protodites.

ACID FLY

Acid Flies are dragonfly-like Rahi. Found on the Southern Continent, they can oftenly be found flying on the continent. Their main means of defense is spitting acid at its prey and predators. They tend to go after small insects, such as Protodites.

One strange, ironic thing is that while the inside of their bodies are immune to their acid (obviously), the outsid isn't. As a result, there have been a few rare incidents where an Acid Fly has been injur by itself.

Domain: Karda Nui

An Air Serpent enjoying the view.

AIR SERPENT

An Air Serpent is a reptilian creature that can glide for short distances and, like Acid Flies, shoot acid at prey and/or predators.

Living in Karda Nui, these Rahi often terrorize the Matoran living nearby.

Unlke Acid Flies, their acid does not harm them at all.

When Makuta Antroz, Bitil, Chirox, Gorast, Krika, Mutran, and Vamprah invaded Karda Nui, most of the Air Serpents were captured.

Domain: Metru Nui

The Archives Beast as an empty room.

ARCHIVES BEAST

The Archives Beast is a powerful creature that can take any shape it wished.

Like the Krahka, it has been once proposed that both species are related.

The only known specimen was stored in the same level as the Onu-Metru Great Disk. When Toa Whenua and Nuju were searching for it, they went into the same room as the Archives Beast. Appearing as an empty room, it tried to kill them, but they escaped.

Domain: Onu-Metru

An Archives Mole on a stroll.

ARCHIVES MOLE

These small Rahi originally dwelled in Po-Metru, but had to migrate when the number of villages increased. A majority wound up in the Archives.

Of all Rahi, Archives Moles are probably among the best at working together. Being relatively defenseless against larger predators, they have learned to work togethr. They have been known to form living ladders and bridges.

When aione, an Archives Mole hides in a small area.

[thecrazyneographist]

Rotoran

Rotoran was inspired by the Matoran Alphabet's aesthetics and the mechanics of pigpen. Each consonant is represented through a pentagon, with 1 to 4 "clock arms" pointing out the letter. The actual pointing "clock arm" is the first clockwise, as shown on the example "HI MY".

It had several iterations, with varying styles and listing of letters, but the idea remained the same.

[kb-tauros]

This could have been me, but instead I learned the Matoran alphabet from Bionicle and to this day, 20 years later, I still use it when writing anything down in public that I don't want someone to be able to read at a glance.

anyone else learn to write in tolkien's elvish script when they were like 12, proceed to write 2+ years of diary entries in it and then almost entirely forget how to re-translate them? becos uhhh

[esperanta-dragon]

My parents when I was 8: That's just a phase 30-years old me buying Bionicle, reading books and comics, learning Matoran alphabet, and drawing fanarts: yeah, a phase

[ad-cn]

My childhood could really gone on to two equally different paths called "learning Aurebesh" and "learning the Matoran alphabet"

[skylinx2o]

If I get bored enough, I WILL write the ENTIRE TRANSCRIPT for Bionicle: Mask of light in MATORAN ALPHABET

[cerezathedragon]

using the actual Cyrillic matoran alphabet is a nice touch

2002-2003 BIONICLE be like