Magic Circle Visual Resources?

[lupenthewolf]

Hello everyone! So in my (admittedly limited) off time I've been working on a graphic novel of sorts. Several of the characters in the story will use magical circles and I'm looking for inspiration on the visual design for them. Given that it is a visual media I want the circles to stand out but also have that "could be real" quality to them.

If anyone's got an ideas or even better links, that'd be great. Thanks. [grin]

[BlueMoon]

I like to make "circles of fire" as in after I gather my equipment and mark the circle with salt, I light candles all around it. That always looks cool, and since candle flames react to energy, that could be a way to "show, don't tell" as far as storytelling goes. A way to make it look more real could be to draw somewhat mismatched candles with different heights, thicknesses and colours, and maybe not perfectly evenly spaced.

[lupenthewolf]

I've done something similar irl myself and it does look kinda cool. I'm mostly looking for things like shapes, patterns, symbols and the like, but I have to admit that something as simple as candles used for effect never occurred to me. Now that I'm thinking about it I'm facepalming at the obviousness.

[Desecrated]

alchemy circles

[lupenthewolf]

Ooh, very nice. Thank you Desecrated.

Just out of curiosity, how many of these are real? As in, not from a work of fiction. Regardless they'll make great inspiration. [thumbup]

[Desecrated]

Ooh, very nice. Thank you Desecrated.

Just out of curiosity, how many of these are real? As in, not from a work of fiction. Regardless they'll make great inspiration. [thumbup]

I think they are all from anime hahahahaha.

[Ramscha]

Ooh, very nice. Thank you Desecrated.

Just out of curiosity, how many of these are real? As in, not from a work of fiction. Regardless they'll make great inspiration. [thumbup]

Well, drawing or creating a circle is basically the creation of a piece of art. Art is a piece of fiction, the word "fiction" says already that much, comming from the latin root verb "fingere" meaning "to creat, to shape, to imagine and to touch". So I would go so far as to say that in their origin all circles are fictional.

Ramscha

[lupenthewolf]

Went a little farther down the rabbit hole than I intended there. [lol]

Anyways, thanks for the help and keep it coming, this is great stuff.