"And The World Keeps Turning"

Welcome to my blog! I'm Mara, 19, living in California. I draw a bunch of different stuff and throw it into the void that is tumblr, I hope you enjoy it

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Worked really hard on this, super happy with how it turned out!

Based on a moment in a DnD campaign I’m DMing for a friend. 

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I’m Dming in a 1 on 1 game of DnD with a friend of mine and our characters had to fight this guy named Niamorand. He’s a homebrew race called an Iilsum, which is essentially a demon. Each Iilsum rules over a different thing, knowledge, power, etc. Niamorand is the Iilsumaric Lord of pestilence, hence why he has the plague doctor look going on. I was gonna do a more finished piece of him but I honestly really like the look of this. 

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February 1st and Valentine’s Day are like, the same thing right? 

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SUPER quick sketch of my MC for The Arcana, more to get an idea of their final design than anything else. So yeah, meet Tolya! Definitely gonna do a more polished pic of them soon, for now I’ll write a couple fun facts about ‘em: They’re very good friends with Volta They LOVE dogs  Tolya is actually a nickname, only Asra and Valerius know their full name

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Map of Tethiira I worked my actual ass off making

This map is circa ~3:425 (3,425 years after the Great Passage) so after the Winterfell War

I’m gonna make a Pre/During Winterfell War one soon too because each one corresponds to a different story.

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Another picture of my dnd boi, this time with a buddy--the sweetest girl alive Rinna Darndet. She’s a cartographer but a lil’ baby cartographer, just setting off to map out the world.

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I really like the look of this even though it’s a super simple background, I just think it has a cool vibe 

Idk I might do multiple versions with different backgrounds but I wanna keep this here 

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I just started playing Dungeons and Dragons for the first time ever (!!!) with some friends of mine from work and I drew my character Heian Galanodel, who’s a Half-Elf warlock I’m excited to keep playing, I really like it so far :)

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I was just doodling and idk why but I really love the way this looks even though it’s a silly scrap I did in like 2 minutes 

might delete it later i dunno

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My pieces for the Haunted MAP! Way simpler style than normal because I can’t take a literal year getting it done. Still like the finished product though :)

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*Yeets this at y’all*  I finally finished this and it took me waaay too long lmao. I wanted to get it done quickly so I could focus on my stuff for the MAP but that was a big nope.  Anyhow yeah this is what happens when you involuntarily create a giant explosion of emotion-based magic. Not a good thing to be happening but what can ya do? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I also realized there’s at least 2 inconsistencies in the 2nd panel but I’m too tired to deal w/ it right now

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A sneak peek? Of a comic I’m working on? It’s more likely than you think.

Anyway yeh, I wanted to do a comic of a certain scene in Ashes to Ashes (which is actually one of my favorite scenes I have planned out so far- it’s super just cool)

Also- news! I’m gonna be part of a MAP about a minecraft/roleplay/comic series called the Haunted. I’m really excited since I’ve always really enjoyed the series. 

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Me? Procrastinating on my like 5 unfinished drawings? It’s more likely than you think. For real though I’ve been super busy- which I should probably just stop saying since at this point I pretty much always am.  Note: This looked way less saturated than I wanted it too once I shifted from looking at in SAI to tumblr. I did a better version but it might just be a problem w/ my monitor. Anyway if this is super bright let me know. Other note: Does this need a CW/TW? What would that even be, the death penalty I guess?

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Sneak peek of a landscape I’m working on! I wanted to get better at drawing clouds, and I really like what I have done :)

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Aaand finally another installment in my ATA gods/goddesses drawing extravaganza! I’m probably only gonna do one more in the next week or so and then have a part 2 sort of thing later since I’m ready to draw something besides people now.  Anyhow, Khoza is a mortal man born with the blessing of Ryuza, which allowed him to use magic in a world where at the time, it should have been impossible. He defeated Sarna’s killer Varendil, and shattered her crystal heart bringing magic back to the world for good. In the process of doing this he used all his magic to shatter the heart, which led to him being the first person to develop what is known in modern times as Khoza’s Disease. A person develops Khoza’s Disease when they use all their magic, which causes the body to substitute life energy in order for them to keep using magic when they really shouldn’t be able to. The effects of this cannot be reversed, so not only is life energy depleted much faster then normal, the more a person with the disease uses magic, the faster it will kill them. If not using magic at all, a person with Khoza’s disease will have their life expectancy cut roughly in half. 

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Aaand it’s Sarna! Sarna is the mortal daughter of Ryuza who gave magic to humanity. After being killed by man named Varendil, Ryuza took her spirit back from Earth into the heavens and she now exists as the sun, watching over and protecting humanity along with Ryuza (who exists as the moon). The source of her magic/power is her crystalline heart, which Varendil took after killing her in an effort to rid the world of magic.  (I just realized I’ve drawn a bunch of girls in a row the next one is a guy I promise haha) 

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Pictures from North Carolina, as promised! I stayed in a town called Lake Lure in a house that basically had a lake for a backyard- it was awesome. I also went to a place called the Biltmore house, which was really interesting and beautiful. The whole trip was a lot of fun!