#queer magic

[thesorceresstemple]

[thesorceresstemple]

[margravelucian]

Pencil, ink crayon, ink, and I think some gouache and paint marker?? on paper.

The Deified Elagabalus holds their severed mortal head. Obviously I looked at a lot of Beardsley to draw this. I am never not looking at a lot of Beardsley though. You can buy a print of this one here. Oh no wait, I've not listed it! I've just been taking them to cons. Well, I guess you'll be able to buy a print of this from the aforementioned "when I get around to listing it". lol

[margravelucian]

after Nikolai Kalmakov

Dionysus and Elagabalus; gouache and paint marker on scrap paper. I'd like to do a big un of this. Kalmakov's original is a scrap painting as well, so I like the lineage. His depicts Dionysus and a very transy lookin Maenad so obviously, you know,

[margravelucian]

YEAHHHH get a load of the Art Work!!

I had a lot of fun revamping the old artwork. With the first edition of this deck, I just wanted to bang it out as fast as possible so I didn't get caught in the Detail Refining Trap, so all the artwork was literally exactly as it was, ink-to-paper, at size of printing. This gives a lovely texture, but I had to compromise on details and clarity of form a bit. This time round, I have my gorgeous luxury big fuckin new Wacom to work with, cleaning up and refining my forms using my husband, Clip Studio Paint, whose real media emulation would make Adobe execs shit their pants.

The little booklet that comes with the deck will tell you how to form your own bonds with, the thus interpret, this deck - and most importantly, tell you who all these hot people are.

Get thou to Kick Start

[margravelucian]

I've been exploring this theme that I've explained on Patreon in more detail. I miss when the internet wasn't so massively uncontrollably public the entire time. I miss friendslocked LJ posts. I miss filters. Now I have to, uh, fuckin??? paywall???? my mad pagan ramblings?!?

Anyway here's four colourways of this because I can't stop piddling about with gradient maps on CSP.

[margravelucian]

I've also been doing things other than tarot, which is to say, getting really into Elagabalus.

[queerazonbooks]

Fever (Saints & Sinners — Book 2)

Fever turns up the heat—and the havoc—in the second book of Devon McCormack’s wildly sexy Saints & Sinners series. Blending paranormal intrigue with explosive M/M chemistry, this installment follows two “straight” college guys whose attempt at a simple spell unleashes passion, danger, and a cross-realm war they never saw coming.

Alexei doesn’t believe in magic. Or rather—he didn’t. Not until desperation pushed him into seeking out a spell he has no business casting, even if it means lying to the friends he cares about. His goal is simple: get the spell, fix the problem, move on.

Then Matteo Baros walks into his life—easygoing, charming, suspicious, and exactly the kind of guy who should turn Alexei in. Instead, Matteo does something far more dangerous: he offers to help.

But this isn’t just any spell. It’s a sex spell. And two “straight” guys performing a sex spell together? Yeah. Nothing could possibly go wrong.

What should have been an awkward disaster turns into a fever-hot night neither of them can forget. And with that spark comes consequences—major ones. Their magic ignites something deeper and far more sinister, setting off a chain of events that puts them at the center of a war between rival covens and dark forces clawing their way into the mortal world.

Bound by desire, hunted by magic, and pulled into a conflict far beyond campus life, Alexei and Matteo must decide whether this fever burning between them is a curse…or the only thing powerful enough to save them.

A steamy, paranormal M/M romance with real stakes, real heat, and a guaranteed HEA for each couple in the series—so long as you read in order.