Morgan Madeline's Very Bad Sketchbook

[Mormadillus]

Hello!
I'm going to try and dump weekly sketches here over the summer to keep up my skills and develop a better work ethic lmao....

I'm a self taught artist from the west coast of the US! I'm currently in university as an undergrad and I hope to become a concept artist of sorts for the game industry!

GOALS
- Post something once a week
- Study something at least once every other week
- Stream drawing at least once a month(?)
- Draw at least 1 (one) good thing this summer lol

SOCIAL MEDIA
- Twitch
- Artstation
- Instagram
- Twitter

[Mormadillus]

I thought I would start off this dumb thread with a goofy fantasy pseudo self portrait! I'll post this on instagram + twitter and whatnot tomorrow B)

No references used! I kinda know what my face looks like... enough 2 know what I like and don't like at least lmao so I changed a few things. I doodled on this for a couple hours? I lost track of time - I was always watching something while working on it lol

[Mellowochi]

This certainly isn't bad! I like it! The composition is cool and iconic and the little dragon lizard is a nice touch to it. I would watch out for the length of your arms though, at least their left forearm. I think it is actually right but something about it felt off to me, it may just be me though!

[Mormadillus]

Thank you so much! Also now that you mention it, you're totally right lmao there IS something off with the length of the arms.... I'm not entirely sure how to fix it at the moment, but hopefully it's somethin' i'll learn along the way!

Trust your intuition! I may have never noticed that if you hadn't brought it up

[Mormadillus]

Another quick something!! Just trynna get at least one thing done a day! I didn't use any references for this either.... I'm gonna regret this later lmao

Anyways, here's a dragon lady with some tattoos! While drawing this, it occurred to me that i have.... no idea how to draw feet? Anyways! Here's today's doodle

[readock]

I like it. Your faces look really awesome. The feet are doodly, but don't look strange to me.
The horn is a bit strange... it looks a bit 2d I think (shouldn't there be another one on the other side)
Also the trousers sits a bit high I think (look here)
using reference is always a good idea

[Mormadillus]

Thank you! And I totally agree - I need to work on adding depth to bodies (I almost exclusively draw portraits/busts ) I tried to add a bit of shadow/a horn silhouette on the other side of her head, but I think it got lost in her hair lol

And thank you for the reference!! I was trying to do a high-waist style pair of pants, buuuut i may have over done it

Thank you so much for your advice!! I really appreciate it

[Mormadillus]

Howdy again!! It's been a few days

Here's another sketch! I tried to go further with it, but i've kind of lost interest in it unfortunately. Better than nothing tho! I sort of made up a little context for the shot too! I wanted to make a goofy expression, so i imagined this character to be a young pilot of sorts, practicing with their friend with new flight gear! Out of the frame, their friend just crashed, so they made a goofy face. Karma is about to get 'em tho n they're a few seconds away from eating shit as well lmao

[Mormadillus]

Another quick smthin! An elf-orc hybrid maybe :0

[Mormadillus]

A lil itty bitty castle following the Isometric Crystal Tower tutorial by Sephiroth Art! It's definitely not perfect - the colors aren't the same and the angle is off (ntm i also got a lil bored and didn't actually finish it lmao) BUT I plan on doing this again soon! I've been sitting on this tutorial for ages and haven't properly utilized it yet

onwards and upwards

[Mormadillus]

I hosted the worlds smallest giveaway over on instagram where I offered to do some art requests! One of the people who won requested Taranee from the series W.I.T.C.H. soooo here she is!

And another person requested their OC !! Working with color and fire is.... really hard lmao

[Acolet]

Wow, really solid pieces here, good work!
I love your selfportrait and character art. With the tower, next time I would suggest being more deliberate with the edges - especially when the asset is going to be much smaller when used (like in a mobile game I assume), clear edges are a way to victory

[Mormadillus]

@acolet thank you so much! And I totally forgot about edge work in that little castle! That's super helpful feedback, thank you!!

And thanks again for stopping by!

[cedricgo]

Talk about disappointment. This is definitely not a bad sketchbook! The title of this thread is such a false advertisment

Seriously though, I'm really liking what you've posted so far. I especially love the tattoed horned lady and that latest piece of the fire OC. Keep up the good work!

[Mormadillus]

@cedricgo HA I got ya didn't I thank u so much for ur kind words!! I really appreciate it! I also took a look at ur sketch thread lmao -- Its AMAZING omg ur work is so creative and dynamic!! Really beautiful stuff :0

Thank u for stopping by! And thank u again for all ur feedback

[Mormadillus]

I decided to take a step back from my more cartoon-y shenanigans and actually took some of all ya'lls feedback into account!! I moved back into grey scale to focus on some of my (many many MANY) facial anatomy issues AND..... I actually used a couple references for this pic.... crazy i kno

Yet another giveaway prize from my itty bitty instagram raffle

[Mormadillus]

MORE giveaway shenanigans! This time the person who won requested a super cute anniversary sketch of them n their partner :0 I had a reference for each person so i tried to capture their likeness.... we'll see how well that turned out when they see it lmfaooooo

[Mormadillus]

howdy howdy kids! It's been a while! Here's a warmup sketch of WaveDash studio's character Zhurong from Icons: Combat Arena!!

[Mormadillus]

it SURE HAS BEEN A WHILE kiddos..... here's a sketch of my friends' SWTOR character for their bday! No references again cuz i'm WEAK but i think i'll study next!

[Mormadillus]

AGAIN, its been a while! I've had a busy few weeks again, but i'm going to try and keep up with posting, even if all the things i post are unfinished and weak lmao BUT ANYWAYS... here we go! Here's a quick sketch i tried to do today! I tried to do more with color, but i'm havin' a struggle