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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet

@mothmonarch.bsky.social

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🐛 mothmonar.ch ✨ Bug King • Independent Artist & Designer • aka M. Capaldi 🌟 they/them, queer variety pack, real human artist

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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · Oct 17

Hi, I'm Moth Monarch, a non-binary artist fascinated with the intersection of the eternal & ephemeral in the world and within us. I make lots of stuff!
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Digital art of a cartoon moth dressed as a red mage in a leaping pose, rapier held forward in their right hand and floating focus held behind in their left. The moth is beige with green eyes and brown and beige wings with reddish vein patterns. Their clothing consists of a small red hat, long fancy coat with gold details, elbow-length black gloves, and knee-height black boots. Magic circles, vines, and petals behind them evoke the "Resolution" spell from FFXIV.

Eight images of Celestial Insects enamel pins: comet moth, dragonfly, peacock spider, stag beetle, shield bug, wasp, periodical cicada, honeybee. All of them have starry and celestial imagery incorporated into their natural shapes with colors leaning heavy toward yellows and deep blues with some red.

Photo in a hotel lobby. A printed standee for Eve the kangaroo is on the left. She is various shades of brown with blue eyes, a patch of orange hair, and freckles on her face and limbs. Eve is wearing a matching sports bra and pair of shorts and holding a pink and orange water bottle. The artist, Moth Monarch, is standing on the right, holding their arms wide to showcase the character. Moth Monarch is shorter than the standee; they have dark hair shaved on the sides, glasses, a black tee, yellow lanyard with convention badges, and palm leaf print leggings.

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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 21h

Some recent pencil drawings compared to their original sketches from 2013. Seeking precision and commitment through sketching in ink taught me things I took back to pencil!

Page of pencil artwork of several cartoon moths with crops of much older drawings inserted beside each one using the same or similar species and poses.

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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 4d

It's the big day!! I've been excited about this for ages. I know at least a couple of you are deep dungeoneers, good luck out there!

Ethrya Swiftstep is IN DEEP DUNGEON @ethryaswiftstep.bsky.social · 8d

✨ PILGRIM'S TRAVERSE ✨
Deep dungeon explorers, our time comes again! #ffxiv

FFXIV shot of two lalafell in Il Mheg with the castle in the background. Both are looking at the viewer and holding fae-themed weapons. The left one is standing in a vest with a white shirt, slightly puffy dark pants, and teal shoes with an axe over their shoulder. The right one is in a teal and pinky-purple gown with large butterfly wings at the back, a teal circlet, decorative arm bands, and is holding a glowing rapier toward the viewer in a more active pose. Text framing the shot is placed like a movie advertisement and reads: "Whimsy Belies Danger and Mystery in the Ruins of Il Mheg" "Pilgrim's Traverse" "Vinalo Mabunalo as Warrior" "Ethrya Swiftstep as Red Mage" "The Duo Delve In October 7th, 2025"

MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you! 🐛

MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 5d

A little of both! They're a pleasure to draw with. I almost exclusively use the brush tip.

MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 5d

do you have a wishlist of weird art supplies or stationery you absolutely do not need but still want

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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 6d

I've had some of my Copics 12+ years and they still haven't dried out.

Photo at an angle of a sketchbook page of various cartoon insects drawn in colorful Copic markers. Some Copics visible on the desk to the right of the page.

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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 9d

That'd be hilarious. METAL MOTH

MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 9d

Getting there, haha.

MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 9d

Had second iron infusion today. Been kind of up and down recently. We're still sorting out a few things & I have more tests but I promise I'm hanging in there and doing what I can. 🐛💖

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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 15d

It was a turnip. I'm hanging in there! Thank you!!

MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 16d

This isn't so bad honestly. My hand pinches now and then from the IV but I'm otherwise just vibing.

Point of view shot in a hospital bed of a Nintendo Switch and a cute Ditto plushie in the lap of the bed's occupant. The Switch has Picross on the screen. The Ditto appears to be looking at the viewer smiling.

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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 16d

First of three iron infusions this morning. I'm gonna power back up!! 💪🐛

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Draculanna 🧛🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 20d

Gonna go even further: don't refer to it as "consuming media" when doing this. You aren't a consumer - it's not a product. You read books. You look at art. You watch movies and/or videos. Be careful about word choice.

Reject "consume" and REJECT "CONTENT."
IT IS ART.
YOU ARE ENGAGING WITH ART.

kieu @ we must not stop living @leslekieuart.bsky.social · 20d

I'm being so real right now, learn how to engage in media as art and not a reflection of your own real life morals. consume things that make you uncomfortable and understand why it makes you uncomfortable. Don't just base yours and others morals standings on the media you consume.

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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 20d

Good luck. I know it's fucking hard as hell but we're proud of you for keeping at it.

MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 20d

Still weaving magic. 🪄

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.

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angrboda @angrboda.bsky.social · 23d

It’s hard to know what to even do with everything going on but when stuff is shitty one of the things that keeps me going is looking forward to seeing the art other people make (comics, music, movies, books, whatever). So I’m trying to keep trucking, and sending love to those trying to do the same.

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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 25d

asking the real questions as always

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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 25d

That's very kind of you, thank you!

MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 25d

All of your pieces this month have been spectacular.

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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 25d

I've had a lot of really varied experiences where I'm at. Pretty sure my family doctor has no idea what's going on with me and stays out of it, haha. Hopefully my next GYN is cool because that's... real tough otherwise. No one should have to worry they won't get proper care because of who they are.

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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · 25d

I'm at a hospital for a GI test & this is the very first time I've had a wristband that says "Moth" and had my proper pronouns on it. The world is scary in many ways, but at the beginning of my identity journey imagining being addressed correctly in a general medical setting seemed impossible. Wow!

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Rachel Quinlan @rachelquinlan.bsky.social · 26d

I’m starting up a new series for small critters, still with my patterning and design elements, but with full background.
This is the current WIP - a Blue Karner butterfly with sundial lupine flowers.

#SciArt #invertebrate #butterflues

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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · Sep 11

I am ever working on trying to love myself and give the kind of grace to myself that I do my best to afford others. But your energy is necessary and helpful, too, very much.

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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · Sep 10

I don't know if I really have a worst enemy; most of the people I've had beef with I wish a very "please find your way to self-reflection and personal growth because you're the cause of your own misery and refuse to see it"

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MOTH👑MONARCH ain't dead yet @mothmonarch.bsky.social · Sep 10

I'm trying my best. I got a lot I still want to do. Really hoping the infusions get me back together.