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And finally, some fluffier pictures based on some ideas Emi had about Morgan's hobbies post-war: flowers and photography.
I believe next, Emi took a big hiatus from writing Morgan's story so I didn't draw her until March of 2021. I made this drawing of her. I drew the other, very similar sketch just last month - I often re-visit angles/motifs just to see how I've improved. Thank god I did this time
I ended up drawing this for myself because I needed it! I also ended up referring to Hibana as "Tachibana" because I was watching Emi play Yakuza 0 at the time. I made Morgan's hair very light and silky because of "Hatsukoi"
July 2020. I was very depressed and listening to a lot of Utada Hikaru. This drawing, titled "Hatsukoi" after a song of the same name, came to me when Emi told me about Morgan's life post war.
I'm a huge sucker for characters who go through a lot and have a good life after.
Speaking of other characters, I drew Morgan having a chance encounter with some of my own Halo characters. The panel from the middle of the comic ended up being refined to the illustration on the right, which was used for "Infinite Choices" on FFnet
The other sketch of her in the patterned shirt became important as well, as one thing Morgan is associated with is flowers. I try to work flowers or plants into significant drawings of her.
This particular sketch of her hair up led to another trait she had: wearing tassels in her hair bun. They look like ribbons because sometimes I am very, very lazy.
I also really nailed her build by now. She was previously rather thin, but I added some much needed bulk
I didn't like how Morgan was previously very, very inconsistent looking (even with a model!) so I sketched her A LOT in my usual, more cartoony style before approaching realism again, to simplify her features with Hibana's help: high cheekbones, narrow eyes, thin jaw, ect.