Puella Magi Madoka Magica Art Book

The Puella Magi Madoka Magica art book is an official 64-page Madoka Magica production art book released on June 28, 2011. It covers various early production designs for the anime, including sketches and renderings for characters, battle moves, equipment and selected locations. Also included are notes, guidelines and other background material on the anime.

Homura

Early Timeline Homura "Moemura"

みつあみメガネほむら - braided bespectacled Homura
通常はリボン - regular time there is ribbon
マホー少女時 - in mahou shoujo time
毛先カタク - the tip of hair looks hard
ハイライト - highlight
メガネ - eyeglasses
つり目 - slanted eyes
ひかえめに - moderately

Homura

ホホタッチ、スカートのラインは色トレスです。 - "color trace" for the extra touches on the cheeks and the lines of the skirt
魔法少女なので、- Since she is a mahou shoujo
左手に指輪、模様有り。 - she wears a ring on her left hand with pattern on it
変身後は無くなります。 - it disappears after transformation
（詳細は指輪設定参照） - (details - refer to the ring design)
模様色トレス - pattern - color trace
暁美ほむら_全身_表情　(清書決定稿） - Homura Akemi - full body - facial expression (the finalized draft after clean-up)

Kyubey

指示がないがきり - Without specific instructions
表情はかわらない - no change in expression
クチも開かない - mouth also stay closed
色トレス - color trace
せなかのモヨウ - back of body pattern (i.e. the red ring on his back)
ニワトリのタマゴのイメージ - look like a chicken's egg
ニクキューはない - Not NikQ (you can google to see what NikQ is)
キュウべえ　(ラフ決定稿） - Kyubei (rough finalized draft)

Sayaka

宝石ハラに直でついてる - The jewel stone attached to abdomen directly
フツーにパンツ - ordinary pants
身長少し高くなってる - height a little bit increased
まほうしょうじょさやか - mahou shoujo Sayaka
美樹さやか_変身　(ラフ決定稿）- Sayaka Miki – transformed (rough finalized draft)

Kazuko Saotome

かずこせんせい - Kazuko-sensei
ホホタッチ - cheek touches
表情によって - depending on the expression
有ったり - sometimes are there
なかったり - sometimes not there
メガネフレーム - eyeglasses frame
下イロトレス - bottom "color trace"
早乙女和子　（ラフ決定稿） - Kazuko Saotome (rough finalized draft)

Madoka Guidelines on Expressions

こちらの表現は、どーしても必要な局面以外は避けて下さい - the following expressions, please try to avoid as much as possible except in necessary circumstances
ダメージの表現でよくあるタッチ - touches that are common in expressions of damage
なぞの白い玉 - mysterious white bubbles
巨大なアセ - huge sweat drop
空に浮くしたじき - mat flowing in sky
ダメージは出来るはんいで具体的に表現する - express damages in concrete way within reasonable scope

Mami's Musket

マミの銃　マジカルマスケット銃 - Mami's gun Magical Musket
プレートＵＰ - Plate Up
通常な省略 - Standard omissions
コックと皿の結晶は色トレス - "color trace" for cock and flash pen crystal
対比 - comparison
水晶　色トレス　(フリントと火蓋)- crystal "color trace" (flint and touch-hole cover)
1 マミの掃討用の銃 - Mami's gun for mop-up actions
サーペンタイルタイプ - serpentine type
銃口 - muzzle

Sayaka's Sword

さかやの剣 - Sayaka's sword
鞘　（未使用） Scabbard (saya) (not used) [1]
反りあります - there is curvature
鍔 - guard (tsuba)[2]
刃、断面 - blade edge, cross-section
Ｕｐ時 - At close-up
刃紋有 - there is pattern on blade edge
安全装置 - Safety lock
止メ金　（はばき） - fastener (habaki)[3]
さやか武器　(清書決定稿） - Sayaka's weapon (finalized draft after clean-up)

Homura's Shield

ほむらの盾 - Homura's shield
時間静止逆行モードこちらで - Time freeze/backward mode is here
通常時　カバー有　- Usually it has cover
カバーＵＰ - uncovered
真横 - side look
ムーブメント(中央部分） - movement (central part)
砂時計(上下の球体）ＵＰ時別紙 - sand-timer (sphere at top and bottom) zoom-up on separate sheet
裏 - the other side
ほむらとの対比 - comparison with Homura
横 - side

Soulgem

横から - from the side
ひらべったい - flat
マミ用飾り - For Mami, decoration
ほむら - Homura
さやか - Sayaka
杏子 - Kyoko
まどか - Madoka
銀色 - Silver color
メダル - Medal
各キャラでメダル部分違う - The medal part differs from character to character

まどか - Madoka
マミ - Mami
ほむら - Homura
さやか - Sayaka
杏子 - Kyoko

Gertrud's Grief Seed

バラ園の魔女　グリーフシード　前 - Witch of the Rose Garden - Grief Seed - Front
ケルトルート- Gertrud
影無し - no shadow
大きさソウルジェムこのくらい - size of Soul Gem is like this
うしろ - back
ソウルジェム - Soul Gem
フレーム残しつつ - while the frame remains as it is
メキメキと割れながら縮む - contracts as it rapidly breaks apart
一気にズボッと - In one go it pops and
棒部分生えてくる - the rod-shaped parts grow
（貫通するみたいに）- (like they go through it)

Sayaka's Room

奥行き７．５Ｍなら - ７．５＾２　ｍ＾２＝３３．９６畳？
If the depth is 7.5m,(7.5 x 7.5) = 56.5 m^2 = 33.96 Jou (mats) ? [this is really big for a room!]
さやか部屋　(清書決定稿） - Sayaka's room (finalized draft after clean-up)
(Translator note -[the details in the background are too blurred to translate])

Gallery

Production Guidance/Direction

Official height chart
Guidance on eye design
Guidance on drawing Madoka

Madoka

Homura

Sayaka

Mami

Kyoko

色トレス means "color trace". In animation it's used for color pencil (pencil tool in CG) to trace the black outline so as to soften the shape and make it blur into the surrounding better.