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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

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undead-knick-knack · 9 months

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It's only a matter of time

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midi-wizard · 9 months

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not that I feel the need to add context to my art but this was the mood board I used for that last thing I posted

The fried Helper is from a Jay Leno bit, the smoking helper is from a MadTv sketch and the face in the smoke is the 1996 rendition of Betty Crocker, digitally composited from 75 women

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fandomflotilla · 7 months

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Jacques: Hello, Mr Arc.

Jaune: …Do I know you?

Jacques: I’m Jacques Schnee.

Jaune: …

Jacques: One of the richest men alive?

Jaune: …

Jacques: Head of the the largest dust company in Remnant?

Jaune: …

Jacques: …I’m Weiss’s father.

Jaune: Oh wait you’re THAT GUY?

Jacques: I see that Weiss has spoken much of me.

Jaune: Oh yeah.

Jaune: *holds out his hand*

Jacques: *shakes it firmly*

Jaune: Nice to meet you, Weiss’s father, I’m Weiss’s Daddy.

Jacques: …

Jaune: …

Jacques: …we aren’t going to get along, are we?

Jaune: Weiss has spoken a lot about you.

Jaune: So, no.

#jaune arc #jacques schnee #rwby #jaune x weiss #weiss schnee #white knight #white knight rwby #alabastards #and before anyone asks #she was DELIGHTED when she heard this was how their first meeting went

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darealsaltysam · 4 months

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this is gonna have to hit a VERY specific target audience but cole from ninjago sort of reminds me of chip from just roll with it. like not in a big way but i feel like theyd get along

#and before anyone asks #gillion has zane vibes #and jay is lloyd coded #thank u for coming to my ted talk #ninjago #cole brookstone #just roll with it #jrwi #jrwi chip

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boredsoup · 19 days

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Me when falsettos:

#guys I found out how to put gifs in posts :D #and before anyone asks #the reason I didn’t know is because #I’m a tech illiterate grandpa #my posts :3 #sillyposting #falsettos #in trousers #gif from:#@brainrotdotorg

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thecelestialsyzygy · 4 months

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Ever since Ross posted that picture of the Pink Floyd “The Wall” poster, I decided to do some digging

And while I was listening to "The Wall" album, the song titled "Young Lust" caught my eye andddd...

GIF barbiekens

GIF will80sbyers

Talk about a song that's Mike Wheeler/Byler coded...

#is this a mega reach?#probably #but i love playlistgate #so when music is the topic... IM IN #and before anyone asks #YES this is the byler show to me #byler #miwi #byler s5 #byler tumblr #will and mike #mike and will #playlistgate

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oifaaa · 5 months

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there should be fics that feature all the batfamily members including the less popular ones and then tim just isn't there ans its never acknowledged.

Tbf now if that's the fanfic you want to see then be the change you want to see write your own fanfics and include everyone bar Tim that's what I've been doing and honestly can't recommend it enough

#ask #anon #and before anyone asks #you can not read my timless fanfics #unfortunately they are for my eyes only #also bc most of them are unfinished #bc fun fact about me #i dont like endings #least favourite part of any story to me is the ending #anyway yeah #if you want more timless stories #write them yourself #trust me you wont regret it

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theliterarywolf · 2 months

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Plagiarism is bad enough, but when your plagiarism gets addressed in a gentle, civil manner and your response is 'Well, we had to plagiarize certain elements because we're a small team', does your brain not have that itty-bitty part in it that says 'hey, maybe, just MAYBE I shouldn't fucking do this incredibly shitty thing?'

#and before anyone asks #this is about the game Deviator #blatantly stealing assets from Hollow Knight

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fabuloustrash05 · 2 months

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This has been on my mind lately, so I wanted to hear other people's thoughts. Has the Casey x April ship in TMNT ever actually worked as a ship??

If you wish to share more of your thoughts, feel free! All I ask is to please be respectful in the comments/reblogs to others fans opinions.

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moons-now-seperate-art-blog · 24 days

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I made aged-up references of all my fs guys (gender neutral) and I promise it will make more sense when I finish they thingy I'm working on ft. them.

+I love a good lore dump of my ideas :3

#my art #four swords manga #four swords #four swords adventures #shadow link #vio link #green link #blue link #red link #someone pls get vio some sun.#maybe a doctor.#hes not gonna make it to 30 at this rate #anyways looking at my old refs to color these sure was a good evaluation on my style.#and before anyone asks #Vio was my favorite to draw. and Shadow took the longest

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the-nation-of-today · 10 months

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bvb albums + color palettes

#black veil brides #bvb #black veil army #we stitch these wounds #set the world on fire #wretched and divine #bvb 2014 #vale #re stitch these wounds #the phantom tomorrow #maeve.png #welcome to my attempt at being aesthetic on tumblr dot com #inspired by a fob post that came up on my dash today #and before anyone asks #i didn't do the eps bc that was a lot of photos #but if people like these maybe ill do a seperate post with the eps

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silkysousaphone · 1 year

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CHOOSE THE BEST DEDEDE, GO!!

I grouped them based on general design and the vague era they were in, so pick whichever one you think is the BEST Dedede design/character!

Please rb if you vote!

#ill say right now there are 2 correct answers #choose wisely #and before anyone asks #i first accidently and then purposely excluded the 3ds kirby games dedede #kirby #king dedede #polls #kirby polls #it speaks #kirby dedede

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xxno-thoughts-just-chaosxx · 5 months

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Sneak peek!

FINALLY getting some headway on this side story! Script - finalized! Sketch- DOWN.

This series should be 6- maybe 7 pages long.

#and before anyone asks #That's just Peaches dad- NOT the old man from the painting!#The Painting is of her GRANDFATHER. :3c #And.... we'll get a glimpse of him in this little story

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rainbow-needs-help · 2 months

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shout out to the pornbot i just blocked whose one (1) reblogged post was of art of the cabbage man from atla rolling a massive cabbage uphill a la sisyphus

#and before anyone asks #yes it was definitely a pornbot #there were plenty of original posts #but the Only thing this bot reblogged #was cabbage man #iconic #atla #avatar the last airbender

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wabbyhazzy · 2 months

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Do you accept customs (like where a person asks an artist to create a character for them)?

I did custom commissions, but they are so draining, I hate them. If I ever did take more custom requests, have to pay me a good chunk of dough for that

#and before anyone asks #my comms are not open

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