#witch media

[d3molition-lov3rs]

something about the blair witch project just sets it apart from anything else in the genre

its one of the original found footage films and for that reason i will always have love for it

[mask131]

I wanted to post this on Halloween day, to conclude my "vampires and witches" theme going on this month... Unfortunately I got very busy. At least I still have a spooky date: in some regions of France, like Bretagne, the "haunted night" was not from October 31st to November 1st, but rather from November 1st to November 2nd. The night of All Saints Day, the eve of the Day of the Dead, a time during which the ghosts and wraiths could walk among the living and return to the house of their next of kin...

I shared earlier some videos about witches, but if you want an extremely informative and complete overview, I suggest the trilogy of videos about witches and witchcraft by the excellent In Praise of Shadows Youtube channel.

One about witchraft in history:

One about witches in literature (and art):

And one about witch movies (horror-centered):

In Praise of Shadows did a LOT of interesting videos about tons of spooky subjects - don't hesitate to go take a look!

[adarkrainbow]

Witches in fairytales: Fairytale-flavored

This post is a companion to my "Melting-pot" one. Here you shall find both A) Witches that are part of a fairytale world, but not based on a specific "type" or pre-existing character and B) Witches that are not from a fairytale work, rather coming from the worlds of fantasy or horror, but who still have a fairytale flavor to them. (And let's be honest, also some I forgot to add earlier Xp)

The Beldam from Coraline:

Yubaba from Spirited Away:

Howl's Moving Castle's The Witch of the Waste

The witch from the animated movie "Brave"

The Grand High Witch from Roald Dahl's "The Witches"

The Sanderson sisters from Hocus Pocus

The Three Mothers in Argento's Suspiria and Inferno (Mother of Tears doesn't count)

Queen Bavmorda from "Willow"

The witch from "The VVitch"

Xayide, from The Neverending Story

The witch from the "Tales from the Darkside" movie (I should have put her next to the witch of Nightbooks)

The Hexenbiest from Grimm

"La Pieuvre" from "La Cité des Enfants Perdus"

And there are so many more... but a Tumblr post must unfortunately be limited!

[theartofjessicalivian]

Wicked🧹

5x7 in

Mixed Media (Copics, Colored pencils, Pen, and Black Gouache)

Limited prints are coming soon!

UPDATE (TUES 12/03): My Glinda portrait has been uploaded as well, so go check it out!

[dollycxre]

real footage of me watching everyone in the AAA fandom use 'older woman' and/or 'older witch' to describe Agatha during her interactions with Rio in canon universe Agathario fics like Rio isn't literal Death and as old as the universe itself while Agatha is a mere 352 years compared to her and hence younger than her (thus not being the 'older woman' between the two of them):

#medialiteracyisDEAD

[ohshitfangirlalert]

This looks orgasmic

They both do.

[kick-a-long]

Absolutely fine.

The pointy hats have antisemitic origins because Jews were forced to wear them to identify themselves as Jews and during lynchings (it was a mark of shame like a dunce hat except with more beatings and murder) but things like the disc world books aren’t antisemitic and it uses witch hats.

It’s about how you make the characters. The Witches by Roald Dahl is antisemitism without the witch hats, while movies like practical magic and the craft (both have lots of gross out potions with blood and vermin, immoral uses of magic and vengeance/curses) aren’t. One has witches as inhuman monsters. The others have witches as humans, flawed characters who have emotions and foibles who can act monstrously without being (secretly) nonhuman monsters.

The hat isn’t the problem. The dehumanizing is.

It’s super cool that you’re making something! I love witch media 💙💙 (I’m nonreligious Jewish from birth)

hi! gentile artist/writer here. I was wondering if having OCs with witch hats (and possibly some things also associated with witchcraft like potions, brooms or familiars) without the typical negative antisemitic tropes or imagery (hooked nose, green skin, blood libel, etc) would be okay?

I ask because I love witch hats aesthetically, and witchcraft-y themes like familiars in worldbuilding, but I’ve heard that witch hats at least possibly have antisemitic origins, not to mention the issues with standard Western depictions of witches.

I was thinking of it just being a thing where magic and familiars and stuff are just normalized in my story world, and “witch hats” aka wide-brimmed hats with points that sag or zigzag or rest in otherr shapes (as opposed to stiff conical hats, if that makes any difference - genuinely wouldn’t know), often with pretty/cute decorations on them are commonplace. No negative associations with the hat or witchcraft in canon - it’d be inherently neutral.

so yeah, would that be okay? Is there anything in particular I’d need to look out for or tread carefully with that? or should I just avoid the whole idea altogether?

thank you in advance for your time and answers, folks :] apologies if this is weirdly worded at all - I’m trying my best :’]

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[schneckenfilk]

I am very normal about this manga

[yume-esmeray]

Hey!!!

Just wanna ask...does Cyn look like the DD's too or does she look like Tessa wearing a Tessa?considering the human drawings (might be a dumb ask idkk)

Nope! She will actually look like this without Tessa's skin in fact.

It's supposed to be based off from my concept design for the Absolute Solver (or AKA Solver Witch)

I wanted her horns or spider limb looking thingy on her head to shape the bow somehow and thought it was a pretty cute idea :D but this is just a brainstorm design atm

But the AS' design is still a wip atm since I'm planning to change the top part of the body a bit more As for Cyn wearing the Tessa skin suit, I still haven't came up with a proper or finalized design for it yet since it's gonna be hard to design especially when I made future Cyn to look like that tbh 😭

But for the people that has Solver powers like Yeva, Nori, Uzi and Doll, they will have little physical changes since their Solver is kinda a bit nerfed and not the full solver itself. But for Uzi on the other hand, yeah she might go through the same thing and will remain using glamour or aka illusions to make herself look like what she usually look like.

[lots-o-doodles]

I was going through some old art and came across this and felt like it had really good bones. So I gave it another go and I really like how it turned out! 2 years and some patience paid off. (I'll put where I started under the cut for those curious.)

[korkiekenobiconfirmed]

[meerawrites]

They are correct and should say it louder.

Source: (x)

[abyssal-enby]

Anyways white haired boys with one eye, memory problems, magic, and a deep hatred for asking for help.

[captain-astors]

Reading through Witch Hat Atelier, extremely slowly because the art is amazing and I have to stop to marvel at every chapter. Everything about this series is a delight thus far, I would definitely recommend it.

(This is a panel redraw from the first chapter. I'm only on the second.)

[fleebites]

will be attempting to do dailies for the month of October, no real prompt list, just vibes.

here are the first five.

1. ‘and whatever walked there, walked alone.’

2. ‘embrace me.’

3. ‘dullahan’

4. ‘odette odile’

5. ‘these things take time.’

[theartofjessicalivian]

Are you a good witch or a bad witch?

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Both are 5x7 in, mixed media on colored paper

My two ladies together at last! I'm not sure how I will feel about them later, but I am actually overall happy with how they turned out surprisingly, even if it wasn't expecting this initial outcome🤷🏻‍♀️

This includes an updated version of my Elphaba portrait. I was not happy with the shadow under her hat for her hair, so I darkened the hair and corrected the shadow so it would match in contrast.

Thank you so much for all the love and shares you have been giving my portraits! I really wasn't expecting it at all but I am glad they have all brought you joy in some form as I continue to grow as an artist as I navigate my own art journey!

As I posted before, there will be limited prints of each of these at least at the beginning. This is the first time I am selling my art like this and I am trying to see how I can handle it, so that's why there will be limited prints available.

If it grows to be popular in demand, I will try to introduce more prints to sell of these two, along with other pieces of my artwork that I will post and share in the future!

I am also thinking of selling both of the original artworks as a set, meaning you would receive BOTH AS A COLLECTED SET EDITION! So keep and eye out for that!

Also, please keep in mind that at the end of the day, I am trying to support myself and have a livable income based on my art for the most part. I want to make money selling art and doing commissions/client projects and independent work, as do most of the other artists trying to grow their outreach across other social media sites, so the prices that you may see, especially for any ORIGINAL artwork, are the prices that I feel comfortable with. I will never try to be intentionally unreasonable when it comes to pricing, but at the end of the day, the pricing will be determined on how I feel which prices will make me feel comfortable, the amount of time and labor put into it, original artwork, size and scale, etc.

So please consider that before you approach me about very, very low price negotiations and/or free art commissions because to be frank, I am 99.999% sure that won't really happen at all. I am not trying to be a jerk, but that's the reality of it all.

So if you could, please continue to like, share, and reblog my art as much as possible so that I can have maximum outreach and opportunities as that would really help a lot I feel like and know that I will always appreciate you all for showing such love and support for my work as I continue my art journey!