garden of asters

ShionAster's Art Gallery Madoka, Frieren, BSD, OMORI, Yona, Genshin

[shionaster]

Madoka in a J-fashion magazine 💗

Should I make this a series? Pls send outfit ideas for the other girls!!

[shionaster]

Gott ist tot.

「She was as sacred as a god and I couldn't help but pull her from heaven」

Tribute illustration to Madoka Magica: Rebellion, my favorite series of all time 🎀

[shionaster]

Blue screen of death

[wancchaco]

[shionaster]

「We're not fairy tales. We really existed.」 - Himmel

I wanted to draw a piece juxtaposing the new party and the old party, to show the stagnancy in time Frieren must experience as an elf that lives for thousands of years. And despite the stagnancy, Frieren comes to realize that the Hero's Journey has undeniably changed her and the rest of her life despite it being a mere 10-year adventure. 🩵

[siviii7]

a sweet moment of despair

[leari]

one more thing?

[esmeblaze]

all girls deserve tails

[dotzines]

Calling all Madoka Magica creators!!!

Earth Love 2025 is a collaborative zine that celebrate Earth Day with our favourite goddess: Ultimate Madoka.

Check our past volumes:

🌏 Earth Love 2024 🌍 Earth Love 2023 🌏 Earth Love 2022 🌏 Earth Love 2021 🌏 Earth Love 2020 🌏 Earth Love 2019

Like the past years it’s going to be PDF only, and completely free. Artists/Writers of all skill-levels are welcome, all entries that follow submission guidelines will be accepted and included in the zine!

If you want to be part of our discord server follow this link: (https://discord.gg/nGMhkUq) Be sure to write you’re part of the Madoka zine in your intro or you won’t be able to see the zine channels.

We want to accept the hard work of EVERYONE who submits to us, so please make sure to follow the guidelines below:

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Please refer to “what to draw/write about”.

Only one submission per person!

ALL SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DUE BY 11:00pm CET ON APRIL 8! Every piece we receive after that time will not be included.

The Earth (It’s going to be something for Earth Day after all).

Ultimate Madoka.

A background of your choice. Simple, complex… is up to you. Please NO BLANK/TRANSPARENT backgrounds.

(OPTIONAL) You can include other Madoka Magica characters (OCs are not allowed) but please mantain the focus on Ultimate Madoka and the Earth.

WHAT TO WRITE ABOUT

The Earth (It’s going to be something for Earth Day after all).

Ultimate Madoka.

(OPTIONAL) You can include other Madoka Magica characters (OCs are not allowed) but please mantain the focus on Ultimate Madoka and the Earth.

You can write about the reason why Madoka love the Earth so much, if she does something particular on Earth Day, her job as Earth protector, or if she looks for puppies or cute things on Earth when she doesn’t save magical girl… the possibilities are endless. Remember you can draw/write about other characters, but the focus of your piece must be on the Earth and Ultimate Madoka.

ARTISTS GUIDELINES

Refer to “what to draw” and “general guidelines”.

A4 (2480 × 3508 pixels @ 300dpi), RBG, PNG, portrait orientation. Make sure your canvas is this size.

Traditional art will be accepted, but please scan it cleanly!

Only complete drawings. Sketches will not be included.

WRITERS GUIDELINES

Refer to “what to write about” and “general guidelines”.

All writings must not exceed 1k/1.2k words!

Before submit triple check your piece for grammar/spelling errors. Keep in mind that mods aren’t english native speakers so we might let some errors slip our eyes when we read it. So please get someone that can proofread your work before send it to us.

Please use a google doc link to submit your work.

HOW TO SUBMIT

When your piece is ready send it to [email protected] with:

Nickname: (The name we’ll use to credit you. Be sure to check everything for letter case to be as you want -all uppercase, all lower, mixed up-)

Social media: (Up to 2. Please complete url)

Message: A little message for Earth Day ♥ (Please limit yourself to 1 or 2 short sentences)

We’ll send you a confirmation email (so you know we received your piece) as soon as we can. If we don’t after 48 hours please contact us and re-send your email.

You can post cropped wips of your piece (@ our socials so we can reblog/retweet them ♥), but please keep the final thing secret until zine release.

The goal is to have this PDF released on April 22: Earth Day.

Feel free to contact us if you have any questions or check the FAQ page! Please share this post to spread the word so even more people can join in! (.❛ ᴗ ❛.)

[staff]

Tumblr Tuesday: Year of the Snake 🐍

Last week, Lunar New Year rolled around, and with it, so much breathtaking art here on our dashboards. Happy Year of the Snake to you all. May this one bring some good things your way, and may this little collection of Lunar New Year sneks be one of those things.

@poorly-drawn-mdzs:

@jdebbiel:

@mochiwei:

@kayandp:

@birdpaladin:

@meredithmcclaren:

@passionpeachy:

@shionaster:

@snowlattes:

@sonshine-arts:

@elbarkla:

@sarakipin:

@dominiqueramseyart:

@sylvrndoodles:

@poqu:

@zeldacw:

@moodboardmix:

@ennuisaur:

@avakkins-alter:

@gingerhaole:

@yuumei-art:

@vickychendraws:

@silentmight:

@kkartist:

@buboplague:

@glitchphotography:

[shionaster]

Happy Chinese New Year!! I drew Madoka and Homura celebrating because they deserve to be happy ✨

[anaktgardenzine]

🌸Contributor Spotlight🌸

Introducing one of our Page Artists, @shionaster !

[shionoji]

come with me

[shionaster]

"My emotions have all come back to haunt me."

CW: Rebellion movie spoilers below

The amount of grief in Homura's voice when she says "when did I... become a witch?" actually broke my heart. I tried to incorporate all the elements of this scene: the fire, burning bridges, red spider lilies, 14 clara dolls. There's just so much raw grief and lament in this series. I wish I could watch rebellion for the first time again. 🥹

[shionaster]

Gott ist tot.

「She was as sacred as a god and I couldn't help but pull her from heaven」

Tribute illustration to Madoka Magica: Rebellion, my favorite series of all time 🎀

[shionaster]

I want to explain a little more about this piece. Warning Madoka Magica: Rebellion movie spoilers!!

The pink ribbon in the background represents the pink spool of thread shown many times, seemingly representing Homura’s feeling of abandonment from Madoka becoming the Law of Cycles and leaving her alone. It is a reference to Freud's "Beyond the Pleasure Principle."

The clock represents Homura's tragic history of resetting the timeline over and over again to try and save Madoka.

The four soul gems hanging represent the 4 soul gems of Sayaka, Mami, Kyoko, and Madoka, as Homura's soul gem turns into a black King's piece when she becomes the Devil.

I wanted to represent the universe as a chessboard, as she is the black King. By the end of Rebellion, we are living in her new version of the universe. I wanted her wings to envelop the board to show her possession of it, and her possessiveness of Madoka.

The Law of Cycles, god, lays dead at the front of the board, as Homura places Madoka onto the board, tipping it slightly. This is because Homura rips apart the Law of Cycles and brings Madoka back into this new universe. Yet, the balance is precarious as Madoka is meant to be one with the Law of Cycles.

Only Madoka matters. I tried to emphasize this by putting more focus on her, using saturation and value contrast.

The other girls are oblivious, as they had their memories altered. Only Madoka is running, because she feels that something is wrong.

Homura smiles with Madoka in the palm of her hand, playing the Devil.

[shionaster]

Gott ist tot.

「She was as sacred as a god and I couldn't help but pull her from heaven」

Tribute illustration to Madoka Magica: Rebellion, my favorite series of all time 🎀

[shionaster]

Godspeed 🩵