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Yurra, god of All Things Precious.

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The fate of A Modest Renaissance

My latest art post was hinting at it but by this point I should just say it outright: A Modest Renaissance will no longer be an MCYT AU. More info under the cut.

Wait, it's ending?

No. If I stopped making content for AMR I think my brain would boil over.

What does this mean?

Characters and the story have changed. Some, like the one I posted today, underwent minor design changes. Other unposted characters got a major rehaul, and with them storyline alterations. In short, this story will now be populated by original characters.

Why?

I talked a little about it before on my twitter, but I got burnt out on MCYT content. I love the community and the people I've met in the fandom but I'd lost interest in most of the CCs and their stories by Doomsday, and by then had only been watching Techno's streams anyway. He was the reason I got back into MCYT with his Skywars videos. When he left, it made sense that I would too.

But I had a whole story plotted out for this blog. Since I hadn't been watching other CCs/drawing heavily on their plots in the first place, as I continued to work on AMR the characters started to resemble their origins less and less. So eventually I was faced with the choice to:

keep AMR a MCYT AU and rarely post art, squirreling away the "real" AMR in drafts, or

convert all of AMR into original content and (psychologically) give myself total creative freedom, but risk losing my audience.

The choice was clear, so I decided I should do what I want.

What about content already posted on this blog? Is it still canon?

A lot of characterization and plot stayed the same through the transition, especially regarding posted content. Think of it like a beta version of the story.

Now what?

I guess introductions are in order for my new(ish) characters. You've already seen Loume by this point, but I'll post new characters as I finish up their designs.

Whether you choose to stick around is up to you. Thank you for everything, and I hope you enjoy the story.

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imagined flight

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What is your anatomy process?

don't have one. pure vibes in this zone

not dead btw! here's a couple of drawings about new fun characters

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what brushes do you use 👀

real g-pen :eyes:

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now that i'm looking at this blog again i gotta say thank you all for the kind messages! if i haven't responded know that i read and keep every ask.

when i have the time i might start posting responses to old asks (as in... from 2021 or earlier). so watch out, i guess.

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what is the inspo for your au? like clothes, armor, and maybe even systems(exemple: church system, kingdom, quest, etc)!

ofc, only say what you can say! i dont want to force you to say anything you dont want to share.

for a while i got really into drawing knights and dragons. unfortunately i haven't drawn any dragons in this au. until now.

i started drawing phil, techno, tapl, and will in various medieval fantasy-themed clothes/scenarios. for a long time i designed/worldbuilt around scenes that i thought would look super cool in my head, because i wanted this to be a fun, not-so-serious project. these are some of the earliest drawings i have of this au! you can see that phil hasn’t changed much, while the others changed a lot.

i was inspired by a lot of other incredible mcyt artists' work, especially their design work. i wanted to see where i could push my designs in ways towards and against aspects i saw in others' designs. i take a lot of inspiration for clothing and weaponry from medieval clothing from around the 14th century, but also the renaissance, because. well.

there's a lot of other sources i drew inspiration from, like minecraft mechanics, music i was listening to, story archetypes from wherever else, probably beowulf at some point.

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You haven’t posted here in awhile, but if you do or are up to it I really enjoyed your au Niki design and would love to see more!

thanks! here she is.

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[two pencil drawings of Technoblade, facing away]

donate to sarcoma research: https://tiltify.com/+team-technoblade/tests35352

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@aenor-llelo‘s Orphan’s Path has such vivid characters and descriptions I had to draw out my interpretations of some of my favorites!

[Image 1: A greying Technoblade as The Blood of the Covenant, snarling and holding a sword dripping with stardust. Philza, veiled, as the Angel of Death. One wing is outstretched, pitch black except where it is filled with stars, a flock of crows melting out of it.

Image 2: Technoblade as the reborn priest. His golden brand encircles his skull. In one hand he thumbs his prayer bells and in the other he holds the Axe of Peace. Philza Minecraft as the long-lived hardcore elytron, wings partially extended. He smiles gaily as he holds a water bucket.

Image 3: Chrysopoeia, the clever piglin, smiling mischievously with a hand on her hip. Elijah Beast, the wealthy elytron, leaning on his lion-head cane. The Dancer/the Dove, dressed in flowing silk and looking over their shoulder.]

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do you mind if people use your art as pfps or banners? with credit ofc

Go ahead!

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a friendly match

[Technoblade shifts carefully on his feet. He’d never admit it, but the “disguise” Skeppy gifted to him threw off his sense of balance, to the point that he had to reteach himself how to fight with an unfamiliar weapon. He’s not the most maneuverable in the orchard his opponent forced him into, either, the stony ground and low, apple-burdened branches a bad fit for his build. In any case, he can’t afford to lose focus now.

Banter’s not off the table, though. Technoblade pitches his voice into the trees, where his opponent hides (coward), voicing a few of his thoughts. “I feel like we know each other from somewhere, yeah. Though I feel like I’d recognize a slippery guy like you at Hypixel.” He turns slowly, keeping his back to one of the old orchard’s trees, trying to pinpoint the sound of a bow drawing.

TapL’s reply jingles downward. “I’m a bit of an UHC guy myself!” he says, and Technoblade hears his bow relax from the complete opposite direction. No fair. “I’ve won my fair share of tournaments too!” TapL adds, cheekily.

The voice came from behind Technoblade this time. Gee, he thinks. I wonder how.

Wait. Would this mean... “So one of the Hypixel gods picked you out for a quest?” Technoblade asks.

“Well...” TapL says. The rustling branches stop, as if he’s embarrassed. “Not that many have actually contacted me.”

“What?! Why?” With the number of Hypixel gods there are, winning a tournament is practically a guarantee that someone will take notice of you. If that’s not the case...

TapL’s voice pitches back up, crystal clear, from somewhere behind him. “Oh, don’t worry!” he assures, and Technoblade leaps back to avoid TapL’s trajectory as he suddenly leaps down from the canopy. “It’s not as bad as it seems!” Technoblade gets a brief glimpse of a roiling mass of colors and forms that makes his head spin, then barely manages to block a sword strike, diamond against enchanted diamond, because the figure who leapt down from the trees isn’t TapL. It’s himself.

His double — who Technoblade now realizes, glancing at his glittering golden earrings, must be TapL — disengages with a graceful leap back, balancing with Technoblade’s long limbs as if he’s had them his whole life. TapL rests his copied sword, plain diamond, on his palm, and raises his eyebrows. “Cool, right?”

Technoblade tunes out TapL’s commentary (“Oh wow your eyesight is terrible”) and shifts his grip on his sword. This kind of power... “Anyone?”

“Anyone!” TapL confirms cheerfully, earrings glittering as he twirls his copied sword by the handle. It seems lighter than it should be. “Well, except gods,” he stipulates, the mess of colors and shapes engulfing his body as he returns to his typical form.

Technoblade recovers from his shock with a huff. “Lame,” he says, moving into a ready stance.

“And that fancy sword of yours, incidentally,” TapL adds, hurrying to dodge Technoblade’s sword strike — “Congrats, by the way!” — and catch the hilt in the crook of his knife. In a single movement, he disarms Technoblade and throws a weakness potion at his head.

Technoblade covers his mouth too late, and the potion’s effects set in almost immediately. “Ugh,” he says, over the wave of artificial fatigue. “What for?”

“Why,” TapL says sweetly, diamond knife at Technoblade’s throat. “the Quest, of course!”

(hot tears and a shadowy figure, brilliant flames consuming everything of his except the clothes on his back)

Technoblade shivers. The potion must be getting to him, he thinks, staring down the dully shining blade.

He slumps in defeat. “Aw, what the heck,” he says. TapL radiates smugness.

“Heh. 10 to 8!” he crows, allowing Technoblade back into a sitting position as he twirls his blade.

“GG, GG.” Technoblade’s head spins, so he takes off his glasses to rub at his eyes. “Urgh. Got any milk?”

“Sure.” TapL hands him a flask. Tusks become inconvenient when drinking from a typical mouthpiece, and Technoblade awkwardly tries not to spill anything. A few drops run down his chin anyway. Oops.

TapL’s voice drifts, weirdly flat, from somewhere to his left. “‘s a real nice sword.”

“Yeah?” Technoblade coughs. He drank too fast. “Thanks.”

Back turned to Techno, TapL’s grip on the hilt of the sword trembles.

(After their match, TapL gets an idea. “Y’know, I could probably teach you...”

Hmm. Needs salt, Philza thinks to himself. It’s Will’s turn to cook dinner, and he tends to under-season. Philza turns toward the fire. “Hey Will, can y-”

Philza chokes and nearly spills his food down his shirt as three Wilburs, all tending to the pot, look up in unison. “Yes?” they chime, and Philza’s soul leaves his body.) fin. ]

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hey Im tryna find your au posts and I clicked on a link you had in one of your psot s and It just sai d not found but not gogy just not found where do I find ur posts without having to scrool thereough your entire blgol

It was a problem with tumblr's new URL decoding setting. Should be fixed now.

Here's the link again: https://steppedladder.tumblr.com/tagged/a-modest-renaissance/chrono

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[Technoblade zooming around in a wheelchair and sling, with his right arm and left leg in a cast. He has a pair of headphones on with the mic pointed towards his mouth, and is working on a laptop with the Technoblade logo on it. Text above him reads “ROAD TO 10 MIL!”]

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oh shoot i had infinite scroll on. fixed now!

I just found this au and I'm hooked.Small problem is I don't feel like scrolling to find all the post so that'll be fun.Keep it up though!

thanks a lot! if you’re having trouble finding the posts, you can go to https://steppedladder.tumblr.com/tagged/a-modest-renaissance/chrono to see all the au content in order :)

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paladin techno and dirty old homeless man thief phil. and a very quick no erase modest renaissance au niki (by @steppedladder) because like. look at her. tell me she isn’t the only thing everyone ever should draw all the time.