#who practices the dark arts

[valkaryah]

shes my favourite crybaby to ever be born

#her big wobbly tearful eyes and runny nose are so endearing to me #my poor sweet girl #who practices the dark arts #marcille #dungeon meshi #manga cap #valkaryah talks

[emmybeearts]

Anyone else miss The Dark Crystal?

Netflix really promised so much and then took it all away :( i really wanted to see SkekSa out of comics and books so bad!

#doodle #my art #Skeksa #skeksis #the dark crystal: age of resistance #the dark crystal #tides of the dark crystal #artists on tumblr #i need more practice doing busts #i also hope everyone who worked of TDC:AOR is on strike rn and will come back and earn the money they deserve from all that work!

[wickedcriminal]

I found my Last Dragon folder and i can't believe I never posted these

Hiccup as the Unicorn (Dragon)/Lady Amalthea

Fishlegs as Schmendrick/Prince Lyr

Camicazi as Molly Gru/Captain Cully

Alvin the Treacherous as King Haggard

The Witch Excellinor as Mommy Fortuna

Valhallarama as a Wilderwest warrior, Stoick as a castle guard, Old Wrinkly as the castle cook. King Haggard had men-at-arms in the book, so that's who they are

New secret roles for Hiccups 1 and 2

Snotlout as Ruhk

I had a vision that Hiccup would be a seadragon that goes on the same journey as the Unicorn, trying to find out where the other dragons disappeared to, befriending eccentric friends with dark secrets, looking for the Famed and Terrifying Dragon Furious, and the terrible King Alvin the Treacherous. He becomes human, but instead of falling in love he just gets adopted by the castle staff and his crazy friends and he suddenly realizes that he loves this mortal life more than his immortality; but will he have to give it all up to save the dragons?

#i still love this au so much actually #httyd books #camicazi #book fishlegs #book hiccup #how to train your dragon #the last dragon au #my art #i'm going to have to make a sheet for the dragons too 👀 #fishlegs is practically the main character in this #hiccup is here to find dragons camicazi is here to have some fun and fishlegs is over here like #“I'm gonna have to go on a quest to confront my dark past and change the entire course of my life to save an entire species” #he's probably the one who's gonna have to become king too rather than hiccup #considering he's alvin's son and therefore the prince ✨️

[fricktic]

dm stands for dark mcdonalds

#need to get back into drawing digitally .. who else better to practice with than the dark worlds specialest boy #deltarune #ralsei deltarune #eths art

[purple-cray0ns]

Here comes the booyyyy I finally finished yipeeee

Edit: I moved the infodump to a reblog so its less cluttered heehee

#hazbin hotel #alastor #my art #artists on tumblr #also it goes without saying but i did this for fun not to shit on others' intepretations of alastor #there is no 'correct' way of drawing but there are smart ways! #its the perfectionist character designer in me #also probably the autism but who cares #it ALSO also goes without saying thanks to hollywood 'voodoo' is associated with dark magic and evil and malevolence #the actual root of the word just derives from African Spirituality and polytheism #and yknow the catholic church losing their marbles at native practices

[seal-berry]

everyone on twitter is redesigning the hazbin characters and i have only seen one design that is even close to capturing original alastors bastardity. you fools trying to make him follow design principles when his original design sends the message that he eats principles for breakfast.

#alastor #hazbin hotel #“he doesnt stand out against the bgs!” cant believe the people are learning that deer camouflage well #look at him do you think he cares that you think hes wearing too much red #also to the people who say he cant be mixed race while looking the way he does you all are weird fucks #i dunno i see so many people trying to say he is objectively bad and then blandifying him into something people “should” like #because DESIGN RULES #im sorry man but design principles are a coughing baby to al's hydrogen bomb. making that man follow design rules is like #fucking with an endangered species. why are you who have only ever mocked tumblr sexymen trying to practice the dark arts #leave things to the professionals who know the key is making them do :3 face and beat the shit out of eachother #i see the redesigned alastors and you know what i see #posers #god damned posers #it is funny to see the people who hate hazbin still try and ride it for clout tho #gotta get those notes

[0rchidm4ntis]

At least the moon will keep him company in the dead of night

#micas art #twst #twisted wonderland #malleus draconia #a little bit of context for this: #this is based on my headcanon that malleus suffers from insomnia #there is something weirdly isolating and lonely about the night #when the world gets quiet and cold and dark and you feel like the only moving breathing thing in it #what could he do but wait for it to pass on his own? #its no ones burden to bear but his own and hes not some child who needs to be coddled to sleep #(but maybe. just maybe on the nights where it gets particularly bad he might crave a soft hand to gently comb through his hair) #(hes seem lilia do it countless times for silver when he was little. the memory always makes his bed feel a little bit colder) #also for anyone curious (and bc im unsure i drew it very well) the flower is a white chrysanthemum! #i definitely need to practice flowers more #but uwauuuuughkg this piece was so draining to work on. it gave me so much trouble and im still not completely sold on it #still hope it will resonate with people and that you can all enjoy it!!

[doodlesdreaming]

Death watches over the Grave.

#darksiders #darksiders death #grim reaper #horsemen of the apocalypse #gungrave #gungrave g.o.r.e #gungrave gore #gungrave overdose #beyond the grave #brandon heat #manga style #monochomatic #art practice #gothic fantasy #fanart #my art #digital art #video games #dark haired badass men who give a damn 😤 #also hello there possible new fixation

[zenubi-scribbles]

I constantly debate with myself if I rather show sketches in this more usual style for me or the clean lines a lot of people do. I personally feel this messier sketchier style adds more character. It also tends to be much faster for me to do. Of course, I know I have a bad habit of hairline sketchiness as well and many artists aim to do clean, smooth lines (my big weakness). Illustations, I understand, I should do clean line art for those. I’ll be happy to get other people’s opinions.

#sketch #practice #debate on sketches #sans #undertale #fan art #wow not a dark sans for once #I have a love-dislike relationship with lining #especially clean line art #so I admire all the people who can do them

[torturedpoetemotions]

I'm trying to comprehend what John must have been feeling when he heart that mine click under Carlos's foot.

Like. The fear and shame and survivor's guilt and trauma. The way Carlos looked at him and his voice shook when he said "John?" Just like Murph, the friend he couldn't save.

#intrigued by how this show depicts violence against those who hurt your loved ones as destructive rather than cathertic #that's certainly an upgrade #like john released all that anger and helplessness and saved carlos's life #but he didn't look satisfied afterward #he looked lost #the ending isn't him practicing the art of killing by himself in some dark training montage #it's him curled up as small as he can make himself fully clothed in the shower...sobbing in his mother's arms #violence as a sickness that digs in deeper the more you indulge it #violence as toxic rather than cathartic #i just want to hug robbie and jensen and danneel so hard rn #the winchesters #spnwin #spnwin spoilers #john winchester

[cashweasel]

🦇👻🎃 HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃👻🦇✨ beau and hildy as gomez and morticia ​​🥰

Me and @quailium planned this 3 months ago and we’ve been thinking about it ever since 😂

#of COURSE I wouldn’t miss a chance to draw ocs for Halloween #i never miss a chance to draw ocs in anything hejsjdhsj #the vibes were there and I thought Hildy can easily dress as morticia but it’s beau who’s looking a little too in character hdjskdjskdb #love that for him <3 #sorry btw if this is too dark I was drawing with the lights off and practically zero brightness #I had a migraine for 3 days that only seems to come back with light idk 💀 #oc halloween costume #oc halloween challenge #< oh there’s tags for this 👀 #ocs #my ocs #well only one of them is sfsgsgs #my art #hilbee

[dnangelic]

anytime i think about panelset i cry btw

#*･ﾟ⊰ 𝐎𝐔𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐒. ⊱ ✦ › OUT. #UUUU TOWA UUUU ARGENTINE #THEY'RE SO RESPECTFUL THEY'RE SO GRATEFUL TO HIM. #TO DARK. TO THE FIGUREHEAD. TO THEIR LUCIFER. THE EXALTED. NOBLE HALF OF THE KOKUYOKU #GUY WHO'S BEEN ALONE AND IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN FOR 2000 YEARS STILL DESPERATELY TRYING TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT FOR THE OTHER ARTWORKS #NO MATTER WHAT IT TOOK!!! TRYING TO MAKE UP FOR HIS OWN CREATION AND EXISTENCE!! #clinging to love and meaning no matter his own inherent lack of feeling!!!! doing what he wants n what feels RIGHT #even as krad tells him over and over he could just ignore it all and get away without blame or responsibility!!! #'just let [everyone] die' how could he possibly do that???? how could he possibly?? when manisumea helped him then was destroyed for it?? #the instant he fell into betrayal against the hikari- fury and sorrow and his own tearful sense of betrayal too!!! #it's just the way i knoOOOW dark wished he could refuse it. esp since they've broken at this point #or the way he's just absolutely not used to it. the slightest kindness. anyone's /gratefulness/ #rather than ignorant admiration or criminal cursing like the rest of azumano's populace #all these arts never even once being told they were important by anybody. except the niwa family #dark who always has so many troubles -saying- it and practically never does. but works the hardest #flings himself immediately and consistently into the most danger for anyone and anything he wants to protect #KINDNESS SOWN AMONG THE MEEK IS HARVESTED IN CRISIS!!! #power of love and friendship wins and explodes the enemy. GOD BLESS #the completed kokuyoku too always makes me think of the phrase 'love laying sorrow/hatred to rest' #it's heartbreaking for daisuke but for dark it's his penultimate moment. it really is #there's SO MUCH GOING ONNNNN UAAAAAA -goes to bed- #if i think about how in the published volumes dark actually starts cracking and breaking I'LL CRY.......... NOT MY HOT TOPIC EMO #HES MY BEST FRIEND </3 #reference.

[thatfunkylittlejesterdude]

It's wimblin' time.

Why the fuck did I decide Hank would be the best character to test paint markers on I've never used them for full pieces like this I've only ever used gold paint markers for backgrounds and accents hhhhhh-

You should totally reblog this that would be so cool guys

#madness combat #madcom #hank j. wimbleton #hank madness combat #hank madcom #paint markers #traditional art #corrupted strawberry's art #He wimble on my ton till he fucking kills me #I also did not have any grey paint marker so I used colored pencils for the lighter parts and a permanent marker for the darker greys. #Anyways hi hello yes it's been a while since I've posted art I'm just not always motivated to post stuff anymore #Haven't been since. uh. the 'dark ages' of my time on the internet. ough. #Unrelated but I think the funniest thing to come out of me being a madcom fan is me being a heavy Hankmos shipper #Not because it's one of many rarepairs in this fandom #But because I named myself after Deimos and practically stole that fuckers entire style and a bit of his personality #And guess what #I'm one of the biggest Hank simps you'll ever fuckin meet I am down BAD for them like goddamn #Shoutout to my boyfriend who is the same way about Ghost from Call of Duty I'm calling him the fuck out lol #But I'm also calling myself out in the process so it's even

[lunaria--annua]

The Mentor.

#illustration #fantasy #character design #original character #drawing #fantasy character #wizard #my art #ranaer #I am hesitant to tag it as ``Warlock`` #I am somewhat going off the DnD definition of one #A spellcaster who made a pact with a being of a higher plane; which serves as his patron; granting him power in return for servitude. #but that's not entirely thr case here #but ``his`` dark magic isn't... his. it's just the being that has possessed him lending its power to him #but he's not really serving it anything #the 2 of them are ... friends. living life together #perhaps he is serving... company to it #Everyone is born a wizard; everyone is born eith magic #the very skillful ones through practice; are the mages #or even archmages #but those are about ones own magic.. #and when Ranaer invokes The Dark; none of the dark powers; are his #and it quite literally is A Deity; a higher being #So... I don't think it's much of a stretch #he's extremely knowledgeable too; showcased in previous posts. So the more traditional meaning of warlock (male witch; it seems) #shouldn't be a stretch itself #I guess he somewhat underwent a pact too with The Dark. powers in return of STOPPING FUCKING KILLING YOU BASTARD!! #Not even the eldritch being; embodiment of darkness; is cool with you trying to use it's powers for malicious acts.

[becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys]

The thing with the Mari Lwyd, though, is that it's being... I don't know, 'appropriated' is the wrong word, but certainly turned into something it isn't.

Thing is, this is a folk tradition in the Welsh language, and that's the most important aspect of it. I feel partly responsible for this, because I accidentally became a bit of an expert on the topic of the Mari Lwyd in a post that escaped Tumblr containment, and I clearly didn't stress it strongly enough there (in my defence, I wrote that post for ten likes and some attention); but this is a Welsh language tradition, conducted in Welsh, using Welsh language poetic forms that are older than the entire English language, and also a very specific sung melody (with a very specific first verse; that's Cân y Fari). It is not actually a 'rap battle'. It's not a recited poem. It is not any old rhyme scheme however you want.

It is not in English.

Given the extensive and frankly ongoing attempts by England to wipe out Welsh, and its attendant cultural traditions, the Mari is being revived across Wales as an act of linguistic-cultural defiance. She's a symbol of Welsh language culture, specifically; an icon to remind that we are a distinct people, with our own culture and traditions, and in spite of everyone and everything, we're still here. Separating her from that by removing the Welsh is, to put it mildly, wildly disrespectful.

...but it IS what I'm increasingly seeing, both online and in real world Mari Lwyd festivals. She's gained enormous pop-culture popularity in recent years, which is fantastic; but she's also been reduced from the tradition to just an aesthetic now.

So many people are talking/drawing about her as though she's a cryptid or a mythological figure, rather than the folk practice of shoving a skull on a stick and pretending to be a naughty horse for cheese and drunken larks. And I get it! It's an intriguing visual! Some of the artwork is great! But this is not what she is. She's not a Krampus equivalent for your Dark Christmas aesthetic.

I see people writing their own version of the pwnco (though never called the pwnco; almost always called some variant on 'Mari Lwyd rap battle'), and as fun as these are, they are never even written in the meter and poetic rules of Cân y Fari, much less in Welsh, and they never conclude with the promise to behave before letting the Mari into the house. The pwnco is the central part to the tradition; this is the Welsh language part, the bit that's important and matters.

Mari Lwyd festivals are increasingly just English wassail festivals with a Mari or two present. The Swansea one last weekend didn't even include a Mari trying to break into a building (insert Shrek meme); there was no pwnco at all. Even in the Chepstow ones, they didn't do actual Cân y Fari; just a couple of recited verses. Instead, the Maris are just an aesthetic, a way to make it look a bit more Welsh, without having to commit to the unfashionable inconvenience of actually including Welsh.

And I don't really know what the answers are to these. I can tell you what I'd like - I'd like art to include the Welsh somewhere, maybe incorporating the first line of Cân y Fari like this one did, to keep it connected to the actual Welsh tradition (or other Welsh, if other phrases are preferred). I'd like people who want to write their version of the pwnco to respect the actual tradition of it by using Cân y Fari's meter and rhyme scheme, finishing with the promise to behave, and actually calling it the pwnco rather than a rap battle (and preferably in Welsh, though I do understand that's not always possible lol). I'd like to see the festivals actually observe the tradition, and include a link on the booking website to an audio clip of Cân y Fari and the words to the first verse, so attendees who want to can learn it ahead of time. I don't know how feasible any of that is, of course! But that's what I'd like to see.

I don't know. This is rambly. But it's something I've been thinking about - and increasingly nettled by - for a while. There's was something so affirming and wonderful at first about seeing the Mari's climb into international recognition, but it's very much turned to dismay by now, because she's important to my endangered culture and yet that's the part that everyone apparently wants to drop for being too awkward and ruining the aesthetic. It's very frustrating.

#wales! #closed for cleaning on mondays #mari lwyd #tedious personal details

[mixxdpunch]

Tumblr really is like fight club like I cannot mention that I have a tumblr to my IRLS cause god forbid the realize I'm even WEIRDER than they thought I was

#i regret mentioning the dark arts to someone who does not practice them