#magnus archives asks

[liumilai]

rebinging tma again here’s a redraw of that one photo but it’s s1 jon

#expecting protocol gang as willem dafoe??? WRONG here’s me procrastinating #of course i know how reflections work why do you ask #the magnus archives #tma

[tildexart]

The Magnus Archives (Season One) Production Design Project

Hello everyone! Let me introduce myself- I'm Tilda (or Tilde), and I'm want to be a production designer.

Production designers create the overall look of a piece of media. From costumes, lighting, environments, props, etc., these designers make sure that everything looks cohesive and sets the mood.

So, I thought it would be fun to put my skills to the test by designing season one of The Magnus Archives. My winter break started as soon as I became interested in the show. Needless to say, a new obsession and an abundance of free time go well together.

You may have seen these illustrations posted separately, this is a master post of the whole project. My thoughts, processes, and critiques are all included under the cut. If you read them, I hope you enjoy! If, not, thank you for supporting my work regardless.

The Characters

When designing these characters, I tried to avoid being influenced by fan interpretations. Though, that was a challenge (especially with Jon and Sasha). I found that I looked to my friends for inspiration. Certain elements (Jon's glasses) were based off of what they wore.

Pinterest was also useful for finding clothing and pose references. Some looks were based off of different actors- in particular, Tim was inspired by Nicholas Galitzine and Elias inspired by Matthew Lillard.

Jane was the most fun to design! I believe in making terrifying characters actually terrifying.

Elias's design needs the most work. Having now finished the show, I see that it doesn't fit him. The purple is overly saturated, especially compared to the set. He looks out of place! I'd reverse the color palette to mostly green/yellow with purple accents instead. Although, I will forever defend the purple tint in his gray hair.

The Set

Jonathan's office was a treat to design! Balancing the color and clutter was especially important. This room is meant to be claustrophobic and uncomfortable, but not overbearingly so.

The wood looks to be full of splinters, but not so worn that it can be thrown out. The chairs offer no back support, and the shelves make the room smaller. The goal was to represented Jon's mind. Intricate, messy, and suffocating (Note: that is more of a season two description).

One goal was to capture the look of an actual archive. Valuable times was spent researching the different kinds of storage, files, paper, etc. The texture and color had to be accurate.

A split-complementary color palette of blue-green, yellow-green, and red was used. Of course, I had to get green in there, and the varying hues and desaturated reds worked well for the wood and filing supplies.

Jane's ashes and the Web lighter on the desk place this set at the end of season one. I find details like this to be important, it's one of my favorite parts of design. There is much needed abundance of eye imagery as well. Most obviously in the carpet, but eyes are carved into the table and watch from the shelves.

My main critique is the lighting- the filters used could be adjusted as to not distort the colors of the boxes. They look inconsistent. The Web lighter could also be more obvious, yet it is small and pixelated.

The Props

I designed these as I re-listened to season one, and it is the most recent piece I finished. Combining the details described in the show with what the objects would have realistically looked like was interesting. That was most useful for the clown, the Ming vase, and Ex Altiora.

Each of these objects came from a specific time with a specific look. Ex Altiora was bound in calf leather from the 1800s, so those books were referenced. Same with the frills on the clown's outfit.

The Ming vase was especially interesting, as it is from the Jiajing period. When looking at photographs of Jiajing vases, I found that many of them lacked handles and had an hourglass shape. That was fascinating to me, as many artists depict a standard oval-shaped vase. Also, the vase's design is described as straight lines that create distorted patterns when looking at it. That effect was achieved using chromatic aberration and the liquify tool (chromatic aberration was used to create a vertigo effect on Ex Altiora).

My critiques are... nitpicky. minimal. The shading on top of the garbage bag is unnatural. The thickness of the gold engraving on Ex Altiora is uneven. The "I" in "Immediate Consideration" is not capitalized. Other than that, I'm happy with how the props look.

Conclusion

First off, if you read everything, thank you!! It is a lot, I know.

My greatest takeaways are that 1) ask for critique, always 2) research skills are necessary for design 3) references are your friend! Seriously guys, use your references.

I hope you enjoyed this project and I'm excited to share more of my work in the future!

#and before anyone asks #i am not doing this for any other season #feel free to ask any questions about this project! #tma #the magnus archives #tma season one #production design #tildexart #tilda rambles

[my-heart-of-heart]

Literally no one asked but just for the record no I am still not over how Jon’s fatal flaw was that he never knew when to concede and stop asking questions and then his last words in tma were “no [im not sure] but I love you” letting love take precedent over knowledge and logic and giving in bc he loves Martin

Still not over Martin’s entire arc being about his self hatred and isolation and then his last words in tma being “I love you too” not just a statement of love but a statement of reciprocated love

They both fundamentally changed for the better and that mattered—it may not have been perfect and it may not have been enough to save them from the narrative but it still mattered. I am utterly feral. I am so normal.

#I think abt this at least twice a week #no I’m not ok thanks for asking #tma #tma 200 #tma spoilers #the magnus archives #jon sims #martin blackwood

[vickozone]

Audio. Opperior. Vigilo.

A list of The 14 Fears + Extinction [this was a school project]

(It got a little messed up. Oh well)

#tma #the magnus archives #the magnus institute #jonathan sims #magpod #magnus pod #magnus archives #14 fears #the 14 fears #the magnus pod #tma fanart #tma spoilers #Don’t ask. Just… don’t ask why this was allowed or why I made it or what the assignment was. #the stranger #the flesh #the desolation #the slaughter #the hunt #the extinction #the spiral #the corruption #the eye #the vast #the lonely #the web #the buried #the end tma #the dark

[hypnogogyc]

To be fair it'd be fun to attend your own funeral

#from acolorbooms quote generator ask hehe #tma #my art #the magnus archives #oliver banks #tma art #mike crew #tma fanart #the magnus archives art #tma shitpost #agnes montague #1k #2k #3k

[hellsitegenetics]

genome THIS (pleag. it would make me happy):

STUPID IDIOT MOTHERFUCKING JURGEN LEITNER GOD DAMN FOOL BOOK COLLECTING DUST EATING RAT OLD BASTARD SHITHEAD IDIOT AVATAR OF THE WHORE BIGGEST CLOWN IN THE CIRCUS LAUGHED OUT OF TOWN COWBOY MOTHERFUCKING JURGEN LEITNER

STOP PINNING ME WHEN I TALK ABOUT JURGEN LEITENER I HATE HIM SO MUCH WHY DOES HE HAVE SO MANY FUCKED UP BOOKS WHY DID HE DECIDE TO FUCK AROUND AND FIND OUT JUST SET THEM LOOSE IS HE DEAD IS HE A BASTARD MAN HAS SUCH A VISCERAL AFFECT ON ME NOT EVEN IN THE ROOM NEVER SEEN THIS MANS FACE AND I KNOW HE HAS THE WORLDS SHITTIEST BEARD GET AWAY FROM ME

if i wanted to get into heaven and god said jurgen leitners waiting inside i would piss on gods feet for the sole purpose of getting sent back down

if i have to deal with jurgen leitner speaking one word in person on voice in podcast not only will i close the tab i will delete my bookmark out of spite and have to rewatch the entire series again for the experience of being able to skip all the times when he is mentioned or alive

i dont even know why i hate him so much. he collects books but i am just mad because i am angy

he better have some fucked up backstory to explain this if hes just some rich shithead whos a fan of creepypasta and wanted the irl version ill go ham

BETTER have had a book make him kill a man cuz if he didnt Im going to make him

paypal.com/IFuckingHateJurgenLeitner

episodes not even about him. vaguely mentioned what is supposed to maybe be his library and I lost it

where the fuck is jurgen leitner if hes still alive im going to so deeply wish he wasnt

crusty old man

ill punch leitner and his sad frail old man twig bones will simply flake apart under my epic huge meat fist and he will disintegrate until all thats left is one final book he kept on him at all times simply titled Now You Fucked Up in ancient yiddish

im not breathing im hyperventilating at this point

i hope theres a date given for when jurgen died or will die so i can make it a reminder on my phone

everyday once a year i will see it and do anything but pay respects to the man who had so many fucked up if true books

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#tumblr genetics #genetics #marigold #flowers #the magnus archives #jurgen leitner #sent to me #requests #completely-real-and-normal-human #asks

[aru-art]

long time no tma, here's the archival gang in my friends' & i's outfits :]

#i think about that tag often #the magnus archives #tma #martin blackwood #jonathan sims #jon sims #gerry keay #gerry delano #gerard keay #<- always feels evil to tag the last one #and yeah ill always include him in everything i draw thank u for asking #tim stoker #timothy stoker #sasha james #my art #2023 #i finished s4 and just started s5 the other day so u can imagine the horrors im going through atm #in my heart and soul ps sasha is also demi and theyre all very poly but tim especially #i wanted to do more but drawing sm fullbodies killed me

[a-mag-a-day]

It's loving georgie barker hours

An interest in the supernatural caused by direct contact with the Entities! Where’s the roleswap au with Archivist Georgie and podcaster Jon?

#a mag a day #tma #the magnus archives #episode asks #wtg specials #gilgamushroom #mod elian

[thelilnan]

i got a comment from one of my patreon supporters about a Magnus Archives/Saw crossover, which got me thinking which characters would be aligned with which Fears?

so here's Amanda as Slaughter, Adam as the Web, and Lawrence as the Beholding

(more to come!)

#saw #saw movie #the magnus archives #saw au #lawrence gordon #adam stanheight #adam faulkner stanheight #amanda young #jigsaw #the magnus archives au #tma pod #the slaughter #the web #the beholding #ceaseless watcher #nan art #scopophobia / #ask to tag

[mcworm]

Martin "Not Lonely Anymore" 'cause he's got all these birds.

Significance pending

#behold: the reason for bird asks #martin blackwood #tma #the magnus archives #the magnus pod #this was an excuse to draw birds and my boy...nothing more #i also love putting characters in spotlights. favorite hobby

[samwise1548]

[ID: A screenshot of an ask by user adamofingolstadt that reads “The ‘K’ in ‘Martin K Blackwood’ stands for Kettle” with a heart at the end of the message. \End ID]

AAAAAAAAOH NOOOOO!!! @adamofingolstadt WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO HIM?!?!?!?!?? NOW HE'S KETTLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ID: An animated gif of Martin Blackwood from the Magnus Archives from the waste up. He’s drawn in a chibi style and only colored in blue. The animation is of his head transforming into a kettle. His expression through the process is of agony. \End ID]

#i didnt expect this ask today so now you get an unexpected response in return #jk i dont actually know why... i did... whatever this is #it just popped into my head when i saw your ask #tma #the magnus archives #martin blackwood #ask box #my animations #my doodle #my art

[mikonez]

goodbyes & reunions

#honestly don't ask #cryptid made me do this (they didn't) #tma #gerrymichael #doorkeay #michael shelley #gerry keay #gerard keay #gerry x michael #fanart #the magnus archives #my art

[reegis]

have you ever drawn michael distortion? i think he would look really cool in your style,,

of course i have hes my silly… have some michaels (mostly from my tiktok)

#just a big ol pile of em #tma #the magnus archives #the spiral #tma micheal shelly #tma micheal distortion #eye strain #my art #asks #ALSO DID U KNO ONE OF MY TIKTOKS COMES UP IF U IMAGE SEARCH TMA MICHAEL #HELL YEAH???

[potato-lord-but-not]

tma sonas for my gf and I because ummmm uhhh

#she hasn’t even listened to da podcast………. #PLEASE ASK ME ABOUT THEM I WANNA RAMBLE #also I knowwwww the stranger and the eye do not go together at ALL but that’s the fun of it yk? #to be an unknowable creature loved by something all knowing? trusting they won’t use their knowledge to hurt you? ugh whatever #the magnus archives #tma #tma sona #tma oc #tma fanart #tma the stranger #tma the eye #starry eyed #uncanny valley

[statementends]

That's right I murdered two people and if you kill me everyone tied to the institute will die. Now Jon be a dear and fill out this Return to Work form. Don't worry about the doctor's note. Elias Bouchard really is that kind of bureaucrat huh.

#the magnus archives #tma #elias bouchard #i didnt catchi it my first time #but after all that happens in nothing besides remains he asks join to fill out paper work #for his rtw

[friccafracc]

thank u everyone who enjoys martin blackwood content as much as i enjoy drawing it!!!!!! i will not be stoping

#art #ask #sketch #friccart #tma #martin blackwood #the magnus archives