I had the opportunity to draw May's banner for the @malecdiscordserver! I tried an all new style - alla prima! It was hard to get my head out of my usual, super duper neatly done realism mode, but once I got into it, I had a blast working in this style. And it worked up fast!
I was inspired to try it by @miurgen's beautiful artwork of my recent obsession here:
💬 12 🔁 3336 ❤️ 10272 · I offer only vampire angst today I'm afraid 😗
#Art #Astarion #bg3
I hope y'all enjoy it! Let me know what you think! 🖤
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Welcome to the Shadowhunters Mini Bang 2025: Presented by the Malec Discord Server
The Shadowhunters Mini Bang 2025 is a collaborative fandom event that combines fandom talents! Writers create never-before-seen fic that artists will find inspiration in and together, they create magic.
You must be a part of the Malec Discord Server to participate. You must be over 16 to participate and over 18 to create explicit works.
The schedule and rules can be found under the cut. All information can be found on our Tumblr and on the Server.
Sign ups are open RIGHT NOW!
Writer Sign-Ups | Artist Sign-Ups | Beta Sign-Ups
Join the Server!
The schedule as it currently stands is below.
This schedule is subject to change depending on the situation. You will be notified of any changes.
March 3: Writer, beta and artist sign-ups begin
March 24: Writer and beta sign-ups closed
March 28: Brief summaries from writers for beta claims
March 29-30: Beta claims
March 31: Assignments
May 7: Writer and beta check-in 1
May 7: Summaries due from writers for artist claims
May 7: Artist sign-ups close
May 9-11: Art claims
May 12: Assignments
June 18: Artist check-in 1
July 30: All check-in 2
August 30: Final drafts and art due
September 6-7: Posting
Rules:
You must be part of the Malec Discord Server to participate in this event.
You must be over 16 to participate and over 18 to create explicit works.
All content must be brand new and never before posted to any forum. All content must be polished and finished. No unfinished works or WIPs that you plan on continuing later will be accepted. Works that are added chapters/continuations of previously published works are not permitted unless they can be viewed/read as a standalone.
Plagiarism and AI content will not be tolerated. All content must be the creator’s own original work.
Writers are asked not to talk about their projects until after claims with anyone participating in this event to keep beta/artist claims fair.
All content must focus on Shadowhunters universe characters (show and/or book verse.)
All Shadowhunters characters/ships are accepted. OCs/borrowed characters will be accepted as minor characters.
AUs and crossovers are accepted as long as the Shadowhunters characters are the main focus.
Content of any rating and subject matter is accepted, but participants must make sure to include any relevant warnings throughout the entire event (I.e. warnings for betas/artists during matching) and properly tag their work.
No blatantly hateful content of any kind.
All participants are required to check-in with moderators at least twice throughout the event. All check-ins are integral to continuing to participate in the event.
All participants must communicate readily with their assigned partners and vice versa. This is a collaborative effort. All participants must be open to the ideas of their partners.
When you sign up for this event you are making a commitment to yourself, the mods, and your future partners to meet all posted deadlines and to communicate with the mods and your partners regularly. Please don’t sign up for the event unless you are confident that you can fully participate and be honest with yourself about what you can commit to.
Please respect the mods and anyone working with you throughout this event. Certain complaints may disqualify you from this event.
The password to make sure you’ve read/understand all rules is SHMB25. Remember this when you sign up.
Writer Specific Rules:
Writers must write a minimum of 5,000 words to participate in this event. There is no maximum limit but please keep in mind the time constraints.
Submitted summaries (provided at check-ins) should provide a solid framework of what your fic is about and the final fic should not deviate too much from those summaries. In the event that it does, please contact a moderator and your partners. This is to ensure all partners are comfortable with their role throughout the event.
Writers are expected to be respectful of their partners’ ideas. Writers will make all final decisions on their fics, but this event is a collaborative effort.
Artist Specific Rules:
Accepted forms of submitted art include:
- Digital/physical art: 1 piece, 500px minimum
- Photomanipulation: 1 piece with significant editing
- Gifsets: 4 gifs (without watermarks)
- Moodboards: 6 graphics
- Video: 1 minute
- Playlists: 10 songs and a graphic
If you are inspired by your writer to create a piece of art not on this list, please feel free to reach out to a mod.
Artists are expected to be respectful of writer’s ideas. Writers will make all final decisions on their fics, but this event is a collaborative effort.
Artists will need somewhere to host their work so that it can be embedded on AO3. Examples will be provided closer to posting date, if needed.
Artists signing up for the event may not get their first pick when assigned their fic. Please be mindful of this! Ending your commitment because of this is not permitted and if you feel this will be an issue you should not sign up.
I challenged myself this time, and decided to make gifs and a very short video for this fantastic story by Sky. Please, go read it and shower Sky with love, she truly deserves it 💗
You can read it here!
This was a collaboration for the Shadowhunter Mini Bang 2025 by @malecdiscordserver
Chapters: 5/5
Fandom: Shadowhunters (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Magnus Bane/Alec Lightwood
Characters: Magnus Bane, Alec Lightwood, Jace Wayland, Isabelle Lightwood, Simon Lewis, Clary Fray, Ragnor Fell, Catarina Loss, Maryse Lightwood, Luke Garroway, Andrew Underhill, Original Shadowhunter Character(s)
Additional Tags: Discord: Malec Server, Canon-Typical Violence, Canon-Typical Injury, Post Battle Recovery, Angst, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Angst with a Happy Ending, Reaction to Season 3A fights, yes another one, Author rewrites lore, This one will hurt but you'll like it, written for the Shadowhunters Mini Bang 2025, gorgeous art inside!!
Summary:
Directly following the Season 3A arguments, Magnus and Alec find themselves in a battle for the Institute and their relationship. Are they meant to be? Or are they temporary?
This was created for the Shadowhunter Mini Bang 2025 with the Malec Discord Server. I had the pleasure of working with @darknutmeg who made the gorgeous banners on the first and last chapters. This was beta read by the amazing crownedpagesoflove on Ao3. Enjoy! Fic is complete and ready for binging!
After catching his girlfriend cheating on him, Magnus has reached rock bottom. When his boss gives him an ultimatum and tells him that if he doesn't find a story that gets his mojo back, he could lose his job, Magnus hits the road looking for anything that could reignite his spark. He finds himself in a small town where a picture above the bar captures his attention. It's there he learns the story of Alexander Lightwood - an up and coming country music star who disappeared without a trace. Though Magnus has never cared for that type of music before, he finds himself needing answers - what happened to the rising star?
This fic was created for the Shadowhunters Mini Bang 2025: Presented by @malecdiscordserver
Thank you to my amazing artist @red-hair-and-a-hand-me-down-blog and my wonderful beta @uh-oh-trials-and-tribulations.
This fic has a playlist!
Title taken from the following Willie Nelson quote:
A lot of country music is sad. I think most art comes out of poverty and hard times. It applies to music. Three chords and the truth - that's what a country song is. There is a lot of heartache in the world.
Had the privilege of creating the @malecdiscordserver banner for the month of August. Magnus is having a brat summer while Alec is just happy to be there with him 💚
