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[ID: a digital drawing of the toy soldier, from the mechanisms. it's a wooden soldier, with braided, ginger hair, and is smiling with its eyes closed. it's wearing a hat, a dark purple uniform with red lapels, over a white shirt and striped cravat. the background is the nonbinary flag. end ID.]
decided 2 draw a me :]
[I.D. eleven black and white drawings of jonathan sims. in the first image hes facing the viewer with a hand to his chest and a concerned expression saying, “believe me! i’m someone who’s scared of literally everything!” the second image is of jon crouching in a small circle of light surrounded by black and clutching a flashlight. in the black space “the dark” has been written in white. the third image shows jon laying on a pillow, eyes closed with a smaller figure of himself above his head and turned away from the viewer with a small halo around his head drawn in yellow. on either side of the small figure reads “the light.” in the fourth image jon is standing on the word “heights” which is written vertically as clouds float around him. the fifth image has jon falling into a darkening sea of water as several blue bubbles escape him and above him is written “depths”.the sixth image shows jon squished in a coffin, arm contorted over his head and face twisted in an expression of discomfort. on the sides next to the coffin, “confined spaces” has been written vertically. the seventh image is a very small jon standing alone on a foggy beach. in very small and spaced out letters the words “wide open spaces” have been written. in the eighth image jon is gagged and tied to a chair as nikola orsinov hunches over him and is holding his chin with her hand, all as her body is disproportionately contorted. her hat spells the word “strangers”. the ninth image is of jon’s hand on the left side of the frame and martin blackwood’s hand on the right side, close but neither touching. the word “intimacy” has been vertically written in between the two hands, separating them. the tenth image shows jon making a terrified expression as he stands in the outline of a book. eight spider legs peek out from the black surrounding the book and invade the frame slightly. above the book is the word “spiders” with a web around it. the eleventh and final image is jon frantically looking around as annabelle stands behind him making a cheeky facial expression with the words “and a sudden and mysterious lack of spiders” has been written next to them. end I.D]
bunch of drawings i made for a tiktok that ill put here because i like them
an artificial family 💉 💀
i had doodled this idea in a corner of a notebook months ago and was very happy to finally work on it for real, i adore working on more minimalistic styles! plus i really wanted to make a loving homage to the mechs, i came late to the party but they’ve offered so much solace in the last year. and the character designs they built for themselves are irresistible, so of course i’d want to try my hand at some sort of lineup or group picture, and i’m very happy with the result 💙 i went through a lot of ideas for a more colorful background but in the end nearly white really was what looked best… i guess the figures work well by themselves.
i’d say raph was the one i was most excited to draw, i saved her for last and to me, her and carmilla are like the stars of the composition! i’m also REALLY happy with how nastya, marius and ts came out and i want to kiss them a lot. hope you like it as much as i enjoyed making it! :33 i like these enough to post them individually too and am possibly going to print them as stickers for myself at some point -that got me thinking that if anyone wanted to do the same or use these as icons or blog stuff, i’d be happy to share the hi-res files, so let me know what you think n.n
[ID: a digital illustration of doctor carmilla and the mechanisms, donde in a flat-colored, sharp, minimalistic style. the background is a light cream color a few lines of light coming from behind the group. on the bottom of the image, below the figures, is written ‘’dr. carmilla & the mechanisms’’. the group is arranged in a triangle, with carmilla sitting at the front and center. brian and jonny come from behind her seat to her right, while tim and ashes do the same to her left. behind her nastya and ivy stand nearly back to back. the cusp of the triangle is made up from marius and the toy soldier to the left and right, and raphaella in the center a ways above. carmilla looks to us, everyone else save for marius and the toy soldier, who have their eyes closed, look at her. everyone’s faces save for raph’s are in a sharp profile, and the only features drawn are eyes and noses.
carmilla is sitting on a small throne with her legs to the right, not quite crossed, her left hand on her lap and her right on top of her ukelele, which she holds upright against the floor. brian is to her right coming from behind the chair, standing very hunched over, holding a drumstick in each hand. behind him, jonny stands leaning towards his front, with his gun pointing up. on the other side, tim comes from behind carmilla, also hunched over, holding his guitar pointing diagonally downwards. behind him, ashes stands upright with a hand on their pocket and the other holding a lit lighter up. their expression is less wary than that of brian, tim or jonny. behind carmilla and between jonny and ashes are nastya to our left, and ivy to our right. nastya stands with her back to us, looking over her shoulder with narrowed eyes at carmilla. ivy is also with her back to us, holding a book over her hip with her left hand, and with her right in a shushing motion near her face. next are marius and the toy soldier behind them, marius to our left and ts to our right, both posing similarly: they stand on one leg, like in a happy jump, and have their outer arm lifted high and their inner arm near their faces. their eyes are happily closed, marius’s left arm is adjustingthe monocle on the non-visible side of his face, and the toy soldier’s right hand goes to their forehead in a salute. lastly is raphaella behind and slightly above them, her wings splayed wide. her hair is floating wildly to the sides, she’s standing upright with her hands behind her back, looking straight down at carmilla. she’s the only figure shown fully frontal. end ID]
@i-am-made-of-memoriies and I created an homage to The Mechanisms based on the lyrics to Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her!
Melody by Arachne (Frankie) Violin and Harmonies by Vanya (Ashi) Lyrics by The Spectacles
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[ID: A tweet by The Mechanisms (@TheMechanisms) that says, “Stowaways, we’re happy to announce that Death to the Mechanisms, Frankenstein, and Tales to be Told vol. 1 will all be making their way to Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes etc over the next few days!” The tweet is dated July 09, 2020. End ID.]
Jon: When I was in college I was the lead singer for a band of immortal steampunk space pirates.
Tim: Why are you telling me this?
Jon: Because no one will ever believe you.
im sorry but the assistants absolutely found out jon was an orphan in the worst way possible. it’s a winter day, it’s five past nine, jon’s late. martin’s worried and tim’s convinced he’s died. suddenly he bursts in the door, sopping wet, hair limp and plastered against his face, suit absolutely sodden. sasha looks at him and starts laughing, tim goes oh gee you look like some poor little victorian orphan and jon just turns to him and goes actually i was born in the 90s so i’m only an orphan. tim not only has to handle the fact that jon is actually an orphan and he made fun of him for it (that’s a dick move right?) but jons also younger than him
request by @ghrianmaidin for the s1 assistants gang stealing some marto hugs
[ID: a short comic featuring Magnus Archive characters. in the first picture, Tim is hugging Martin. Tim: “how are you, Martin?” Martin: wh- good?? you?” Tim: “fantastic.”
in the second, Sasha is hugging Martin. Sasha: “morning, Martin!” Martin: oh! morning, Sasha.”
in the last picture, Tim and Sasha are talking together. Sasha: “Wow I needed that.” Tim: I told you they’re good.” end ID.]
Look the Mechanisms fandom was always going to be Weird because Queer Space Pirate Folk Cabaret was always going to attract a certain kind of person.
But when the actual band members themselves do stuff like Space Jam song mashups and steamy fanfiction and canonical shitposting, it just raises the bar, y’know?
TMA Character Designs
interpreted by someone who's never listened to the actual podcast
Jon: dark hair with grey streaks. always looks tired, please get this man some rest. bun. Eyes(tm).
Martin: soft boy. friend shaped. fluffy hair. gay for jon but there's almost certainly some fanfic pining there.
Basira: cool lady in a headscarf who looks like she takes no shit
Daisy: every drawing ive seen of her screams "This Woman Is A Lesbian"
Elias: smug bastard man. if he doesn't have the most punchable face you've ever seen you're doing it wrong. something about an earring?
Gerry: cryptid
Michael: long curly hair. long curly hands. absolutely abysmal fashion sense.
that's it that's all the characters i know
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TMA expectations: groups of complex individuals with uncanny and/or magic powers doing their best to protect humanity from supernatural evils
TMA reality: a bunch of deranged cultists having a slap-fight over whose monstrous god gets to inherit the earth
tma is hilarious bc it reads out the title of each episode at the beginning in a creepy horror way except its just jon sims saying "takeaway" in a deep voice
Martin: I’m telling you, something weird is going on here. Just the other day my mosquito bites spelled out “BEWARE.”
Jon: That says “BEWARB.”
Jon: every time im around martin my pulse increases, my breath shortens and my temperature skyrockets.
Jon: i think im allergic to him
*tortures self by remembering the s1 archives crew* *tortures self by remembering the s1 archives crew* *tortures self by remembering the s1 archives crew** tortures self by remembering the s1 archives crew* *tortures s-
I know it’s probably to do with Rituals using all the specific fear power at once like a short circuit but it’s funny to think that Rituals only happen every few centuries because whenever the followers fail the Entities cringe so hard they can’t bear showing their faces again for the next few hundred years
tma au where all of the avatars have magical girl-style outfits and general mechanics like. they still do what they usually do, but now with glitter wands, transforming to power up, and giving everything they do cheesy cute names.
