The Art of Moth Monarch (M. Capaldi) • Posts Tagged ‘traditional art’

Scan of a traditional sketchbook page in black ink and yellow-orange marker. A cartoon moth reaches out to a hovering four-pointed star; other stars fill the surrounding space. Text reads: "KEEP SEEKING LIGHT. Reach for hope - lean on love - we need not face the dark alone, nor bear pain in silence. we light each others' way."

I didn’t really get into it much here on tumblr, but I was very ill (digestion related) for a lot of 2025. It took about 5 months to get proper treatment & the medication was rough and required its own recovery. Very grateful I was able to enjoy the holidays & looking forward to a better 2026!! Let’s go!

1 week ago
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Photo of part of a sketchbook page in Copic art marker of cartoon insects and various accents themed around autumn and harvest time. Large to the center-right, an ant in a beige brimmed hat and green neckerchief looks at the viewer with a smile with many fruits and vegetables doodled around it. A note in tiny handwriting reads "Something about autumn & ants... maybe it's the harvest". Other bits partly cropped include more ant characters and a teeny scribbly scene of a bug walking through a forest with colorful leaves, with a note underneath reading "autumnal piece in sepia ink w/metallic leaves & foliage details??" Art by Moth Monarch.

The September review is out for patrons!
https://www.patreon.com/posts/140629205
A rough month for me, but I still did what I could. 💚

2 months ago
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Photo of open sketchbook with assorted pencils, pens etc. to the right. A cartoon moth in a whimsical magic outfit waves a wand with arms out, eyes closed. Blue and golden metallic swirls come from the wand and wrap around the character. The moth's outfit is dress-like, with a large pleated skirt and longer front piece, round buttons over a layered top, puffy upper sleeves, gloves, and long boots with little crescent moons on the feet. They also have a witch-like hat with a crescent moon decoration on the brim. Most of the rest of the page is blank except for a tiny bug in a simple outfit carrying a glowing staff doodled in the space to the upper left. Art by Moth Monarch.

Still weaving magic. 🪄

3 months ago
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Grayscale pencil drawing in progress of a cartoon moth person. They have comet or madagascan moon moth patterns on their wings: large round eyespots and darkened wingtips with tails on their hind wings. They're posed with lower arms held out, one leg bent, and looking to their side with large, alert eyes. One of the wings is still sketchy and unrefined with the rest of the drawing largely finished. Two pencils rest on the page to the right of the art.

The August review is out for patrons! 🍂

Sketchbook explorations in various media, digital commission work, and a status update.

4 months ago
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Sketchbook page with a drawing of Hornet from the Hollow Knight games in ink and Copic marker. She's standing with her nail at her back, turning to look left. A pen and a marker rest on top of the page. Art by Moth Monarch.

Adeeno!

4 months ago
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Angled photo of a sketchbook page of cartoon insects in various poses and outfits. Central in blue is a moth in a long-sleeved coat with tiny golden buttons. Above them and to the left are smaller bugs, some in sweaters or jackets, with little blue and yellow accents among the mostly black ink. To the right a black pen and dark blue Copic marker rest on top of the page.

Blue with just a little gold. 🖋🐛

4 months ago
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Pencil drawing of a cartoon moth sitting with one leg crossed on top of the other, holding a book in one hand and a coffee in the other while looking into the distance in front of them. A pencil is resting on the page to the left of the drawing.

☕🐛📖

5 months ago
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Photo of several sketchbook pages laid open with cartoon bugs drawn in them, with the primary focus being a square book open to a single moth bust with a fluffy ruff and antennae. They are smiling and glancing back, almost as if they're looking at the viewer. The eye and small spots of the moth have sparkling blue-purple metallic accents. A black brush pen is resting on the corner of the book.

I put my heart into it. 💖

7 months ago
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Photo of a sketchbook page full of cartoon insects with some metallic blue and purple gel pen accents. To the left, a moth holds a levitating sigil framed by a sun with thin rays. Middle: a moth bust with glasses gazing up framed by a similar partial sun but in the gel pen. A smiling bug below waves behind them while running, saying "Hey!" Right: An ant poses looking to their side with some flowers drawn in very thin pen in the space around them. Below these and partly cut off are more bugs and foliage with gel pen accents.

Shine a little. ☀

8 months ago
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Scan of a pencil drawing. An anthro squirrel stands looking over her shoulder to the right with a stern expression, wearing simple robes with a belt and bag strapped across her chest. She has short hair and pointy ears. One hand rests on her bag while the other casts a bit of magic off to her side at the left with spread fingers; the magic appears as a few swooshes of blue-purple pencil that form an eye-like symbol in the center. Signed Moth Monarch '25.

Pencil drawing for @draylencoyote.bsky.social of their squirrel mage, Malori!

10 months ago
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