#travis MCD

[gumbootillustrations]

UGH I FUCKING FINALLY FINISHED THIS

so yeah, have the divine warriors of the second war of the magi!!

more deets n closeups under the cut :3

aph!! i like to think that although the incarnations of the divine warriors r generally pretty similar, they do have some minor differences. for example, whereas the matron of the first war of the magi (irene) had one of the sets of wings on her head covering her eyes, the matron of the second war (mcd!aphmau) has both of them held back. this is bc whereas irene had lost her humanity (and therefore the ability to connect with mortals), aph hasn't - and, therefore, her eyes are open to the struggles of humanity. additionally, i took a lot of inspiration from honkai impact 3rd for these designs - in aph's case, i was inspired by elysia's herrscher of human: ego battlesuit and how it looks like a wedding dress (which a lot of folks have interpreted as an expression of her love for humanity, which is smth i want to convey w aph).

i think my favourite part of aaron's destroyer form is his seal (the thingy behind his head like a halo). i wanted to rlly play into the whole destroyer/devourer aspect of his abilities and domains, and i thought a black hole would fit perfectly! it also sort of (unintentionally) plays into how i see the dynamic between the matron and the destroyer and how they're both mirrors of each other; whereas the destroyer, well, destroys (and his black hole devours everything in sight), the matron creates and nurtures (seen in how aph's seal is almost like a white hole). i also wanted his armour to look a lot like the armour that shadow knights wear, albeit without all the spikes and spines and whatnot given that he isn't a shadow knight himself (shad's destroyer form from the first war probably looks a lot more similar to traditional shadow knight armour).

i'm lowkey suuper proud of how travis's keeper form turned out (even if i had to go back right at the end n fix it bc i forgot to add his tail 😭). i wanted this form to sort of be a mix between a high mage and a rogue: whereas the keeper embodies knowledge and magick, travis himself is a prankster who relies on cunning and trickery to gain the upper hand on his opponents. as a result, he's the only one who doesn't automatically manifest a weapon when he shifts into this form - instead, i feel like he chooses to rely more on magicks and witchcraft during combat.

katelyn's design was lowkey the hardest to pin down. originally, i wanted to go for something that was suuuper inspired by roman armour and had a copper and teal/turquoise colour scheme, but it wound up feeling too magical girl-ish and i scrapped it. i've retained the roman inspirations, but i headcanon that her flames are so hot they burn blue, so i settled on a blue-and-white colour scheme w some purple elements. i think my favourite part is her gauntlets! i feel like she uses them as an extension of herself/another pair of hands to punch with. the blue elements also lean into menphia's association with the moon - in ashes, ashes, tu'la is based on the roman empire and, as a result, is where werewolves originate from, and with werewolves having such close ties to the moon.... yeah. i'll probably do a post on tu'la later on at some point.

my blorbo

garroth's design is probably the one that's changed the least, but i'll still need to update his ref sheet anyway. i don't know if i conveyed it very well but the sort-of wing-things on his back are slabs of earth that can be shaped into a shield - originally i had him holding a shield but i wanted him to look a bit more divine warrior-ish so i retooled his design.

the boy! i was tossing up between having vylad or dante fill the role of the wanderer, but i settled on dante as i feel like vylad fits better as a sort of weird guide sort of figure within the narrative. plus, i have a real soft spot for dante and wanted him to remain in the limelight a little bit - i love his dynamic with garroth and laurance and i wanted to explore that further. i sort of wanted to play into his whole red-and-blue colour scheme that we see in canon diaries, but bc kul'zak is a nature deity (specifically of the wilderness), i wanted to incorporate some greenery into his design. i hope i've done an okay-ish job here - overall i'm pretty happy tho, but i can't promise that there won't be any tweaks in the future.

this is a redhead laurance propaganda spreading blog and i Refuse to apologise for it. i'd like to think that laurance's original colour scheme is similar to his justiciar form - lots of beautiful reds and golds and oranges to match the flames of his father's forge - but after he comes back from the nether with a Severe fear of fire he switches to the greens and browns that he's known for in canon. eventually he slowly begins to reclaim his fire and returns to the golds and oranges that he's introduced with (haha colour symbolism go brrrrrr).

but yeah. the special interest is special interesting. let me know if u have any questions!

[jinkiesmariz]

Wow ! Travis charm design yayyyy

He’s very cutieful and I even made a quick version w/ his demon colors (that ill probably spend some time tweaking in the future since im tempted to make this a double sided charm

My future stuff will be preorder cuz i think ordering everything in advance with little to no game plan was the stupidest shit i could’ve done but hopefully ill tie up some loose ends and find my wallet and get this all ready!!!

Anyways im kinda iffy about having the demon warlock colors side cuz the issue w/ printing and cmyk is that it fucking HATESS the color purple and washes it out and i was using csp to kinda show how that’d look in cmyk colors and oh boy ! Is it not pleasant to look at ! Idk if this is something simple color changing can save or if i should forgo the double sided idea altogether but ill see depending on what yall think

[bloodycupidd]

keep travis away from people with wavering sexuality crisis (the entirety of Phoenix Drop)

Sorry Travis but Laur is trying to stay loyal to his unofficial boyfriend trapped in another dimension and his unofficial girlfriend who’s unaware they’re dating… (travis and laurence totally kissed once though cmon)

also this is totally the design for my mcd rewrite travis no one can stop me

[star-boi0720]

Here is a quick re-draw of THE mystreet pic in celebration of mystreet returning

This was very half assed tbh

[goat-guy-tm]

I believe in manwhore Travis as much as the next person, but in MCD, that man would not be wearing just like, one little slutty coat. He likes on a fucking island surrounded by ice and covered in snow, that is canonically much colder than Ru'aun that the people of the Enki Warrior Tribe have to give Aph and the gang warmer clothes.

Now, I guess you could excuse it as him being exiled from the village, or even say his demon genes make him immune to the cold, but I want to see y'all putting him in big and thick as hell coats. Hell, if you wanna get real creative with it use Inuit clothing as inspiration!

THESE ARE PEOPLE LIVING IN A COLD AS HELL PLACE SORROUNDED BY WATER, THEY ARE NOT IN TINY LITTLE COATS, please

[someoneshitinmysoup]

random mcd head cannons

travis during s3- WOW this is a rough one. poor guy. i rlly hate how an honestly rlly good character is undermined by his constant objectification of women but I DIGRESS. he mediates and kills the shapeshifting imps night and day. at this point he’s really good at recognizing their magicks- however he always falters for a second when they take the form of katelyn

laurance is a short king. hate that term but only use it ironically. he’s not super short but more like 5’ 8” but every time someone says their height he just chuckles and goes “really? cause i’m 6’1… so”

Garroth enjoys quiet time in the village. he seems like he’d have a silly little secret hobby like gardening or something. somewhere he can just be himself (was more helpful in his fugitive days while still wearing his helm 24/7- his secret gardening area gave him a break from wearing it) he likes to plant purple flowers to see aph smile

dante is always down for a challenge- more rampant in his younger years but a trait he never looses. he’s always the guy to look at a tall object and say “… who thinks i can climb that??” or to always wanna start arm wrestling/ dare or dare with the other boys

katelyn… oh boy do i hate how her very intricate character was made into “argggg anger issues”. she has a very interesting mix between calmness/ introspection and love for justice/tendency to escalate to anger. i think she genuinely does struggle with anger issues however i think her free time is spent almost 100% on calming practices when she’s not training

lucinda. you can’t TELLL me from her voice actor that she doesn’t have a tangible aura around her. non magickal characters can’t really place their finger on it, but when they’re around lucinda they don’t rlly wanna leave and it feels kind of ? warm? and comfy. warm like vanilla and cinnamon. this is a spell she casts to make people accept/ have natural disposition towards her because of how outcasted she feels as a witch

[roxxie-spirt]

Travis Valkrum

Just a doodle post! I just wanted to draw Travis and his mama with just a rough idea of how I wanna redesign him, Travis is black/inuit! His mama has albinism I’ll have to draw his big ol demon dad later.

HERESSS JUST A HEADSHOTT OF HIS DEMON FORM IM NOT 100% sold on this .. just cause of how i am rewriting and redesigning some species 

[extrastranszanepropaganda]

Travis and Luci, or Travis and Katelyn, or Travis and Dante, Travis and Vylad, or just Travis or Travis with anyone

(I love the little dude)

Or Vylad! Always love to see her

Maybe the shadow knights? Idk

ADHD VS AUTISM!!!!

[starryseavines]

Final reveal!! + art improvement

I absolutely hate the previous versions of this but it does show how much i've learned, this took way longer than i'd like to admit

[lodest0ne]

Some MCD doodles

[gumbootillustrations]

mcd redesigns!!

these are from my rewrite! they're from around the middle of s2-ish, after everyone comes back from gal'ruk.

headcanons and closeups under the cut :D

aaron:

has a bad knee, hence the bandages; he injured it as a kid in a hunting accident and it never quite healed right.

eyes are fucked bc of magicks (anything he lays his eyes on gets disintegrated; this is why he wears the bandanna early on, but he learns to control it as time goes on).

loves dogs.

aphmau:

chaotic good; can and will ignore the rules if it means doing something nice for someone else.

learned how to pick locks from zenix. is still shit at it.

favourite flower is lavender.

garroth:

broke his nose in guard academy after he got in a fight (someone insulted his mum). it never healed right.

loves gardening and flower arranging. the phoenix drop guard station has never been prettier.

terrible, TERRIBLE liar. this is why he never changed his name after he ran away to phoenix drop.

laurance:

terrible handwriting. it gets worse when he comes back from the nether due to his poor eyesight and hand tremours.

has an egregious bogan australian/nz accent. it gets worse when he's upset.

great swimmer due to his upbringing in meteli.

travis:

loves pranking people. is also very good at getting away with said pranks.

also loves to tinker with spells and runes. this has unfortunately led to several "lab accidents".

pescatarian. mostly grew up on seafood.

katelyn:

the scar on her face is from her first mission as a juror. all of her facial expressions are lopsided as a result of it.

severely allergic to cats.

has a collection of tea in her home. her favourite is chamomile.

feel free to ask any questions!

[jinkiesmariz]

Hi. Erm this is an old Travis charm I did before the Kc one and now I don’t like the style so have this as a treat ! The outfit and charcayer design will stay the same but the style will be a bit different thags all !

Okieee time to do art work

[joy-fires]

Who doesn't love some good ol relic angst

This piece is for a DTIYS I'm hosting over on Instagram, (@/joyfires) and I'm so happy with how it turned out hhrg

[xyxofspades]

Draw your fav but it’s whatever the hell is happening in this diagram I got in a poll recently

[star-boi0720]

small demon travis sketch

[eepintothewoods]

A collage of gay blocks