#by drawing only murdoc

[slavhew]

shit head

[opanchu]

and when the mc rhyme and the dj spin I want y'all to just get downnnn

[angryplebianart]

It's been a while since I made a new sticky note Murdoc 💚

[puckiety]

this was supposed to be a much bigger canvas but i Gave Up on rendering the background so. idk man self-indulgent murdoc x oc redraw of a silence of the lambs screenshot 👍 i just think murdoc in a hannibal-esque "helping solve the case" situation would be fun!!!

[olebeingole]

Sorry for the bad quality xoxo

[snobgoblin]

why does Murdoc have a longer chin here than Ace ever did

this is this the same guy who's chin was so big it regularly clipped through things

that's probably the one gripe I have about Gorillaz Ace is that it just. isn't that accurate lol? all the length went to the nose

[sarahasarrived]

saw much more art of 2d on his birthday than of murdoc on his birthday.... I see how it is 😡😡

[just-sum-stupid-account]

Fascinating energy coming from Murdoc in the Pac-Man MV. Giving off the same vibes as that cat at your cousin's place who's extremely skittish when strangers are in the house & will stay in a vacant room for hours until said strangers are gone so it can continue to eat its food and shit in the litterbox in peace.

[leravat-lat]

2-D and Murdoc

I tried to draw as if it were 3D, but it turned out only bad 2D

[dynamic-swap-au-archive]

this is something that I've been waiting to be able to share for some time! I wanted to post it when I was close to having the guides for dynaswap finished (which I should, very soon <3)

it, quite frankly, changes everything for me.

dynaswap has made jokes about stu and murdoc having sex before [Link], and it's been implied that stu and murdoc were going to start Getting Along phase 4-5 [Link 1, Link 2, Link 3, Link 4], but this is Direct Confirmation that had dynaswap continued stu and murdoc would have been in a romantic relationship phase 5.

I say phase 5 Specifically because of Something Else

this is the full page of a teaser that was released august 7th, 2018 [Link]

this was a few weeks before the official blog came out, so these are Very likely early drafts for what would have been phase 5 (stu's appearance Especially seems to be based more on his appearance in phase 1 than the design they seem to have gone with for phase 4-5.

but this is Also where we finally FINALLY got the uncensored chart for stu's glass eyes [Link]

the red "souk eye" was a gift from murdoc, given to stu in phase 5. both for the obvious reason of It's Name, And because the only images for phase 4 that we have Very Specifically draw stu without any glass eyes at all, going back to having an empty socket [Link 1, Link 2]

it's Also notable because all of those teasers to stu and murdoc's relationship getting Better that the creators posted Show Stu Wearing The Souk Eye. this is clearly Very Significant to them and their relationship, and you notice it Everywhere once you know where to look.

I'll mourn that we'll never know how this happened, how they were supposed to work things out. but I'm so grateful that we Get to know.

these sketches (and several others that I'll be sharing shortly <3) were sourced from a friend who used to be in the dynaswap discord before it was deleted. I trust that they're telling me the truth (I know them personally, and of course we Know the second image is real).

But it's worth noting that we Do have overt proof that the first image was drawn by paleimitatorz.

october 2nd, 2018, they were asked to draw "lovesick murdoc," and in response they posted a colored and slightly edited version of the image in the lower right corner !: [Link]

and something to note here is What makes it edited. All of the images that we have for murdoc phase 4-5 show him with one permanently white eye. which paleimitatorz specifically drew Back In when they colored this sketch.

I don't know if this was done to hide that it was dynaswap or to avoid spoilers, but it Is worth noting that they've posted edited dynaswap images before [Link]

I bring this up for reasons. Firstly that I think this is a slight hint towards what would have happened to murdoc !

his eyes have always gone all white when he's possessed, so there's a lot of Demonic Implications if one of his eyes is now Permanently white. something that I've speculated about Here in regards to a different teaser [Link]

the other reason why I bring it up is because I've taken the liberty of editing it Back to being dynaswap, just for fun.

[slavhew]

totally real interview

[stinky-toons]

Would it be crazy for me to admit (only here cos I'm scared to say it anywhere else) I really only draw 2DOC in a happy or recovering way because I like the idea of Murdoc genuinely changing as a individual and after all this time of me saying

"I like 2Doc in..."my own way"

It was secretly me saying hey, yeah, so that arc where he starts changing and 2D misses him? Yeah that. That's the good stuff.

Im so sorry to those who like. Think I like the mean toxic stuff cos yeah sure that's great or smth but I am a sap for a healing relationship, a sap for happiness, a sap for a character who is broken and breaks others healing and changing and showing ounces of love im so sorry I'm talking about MURDOC ITS MURDPC OF COURSE RAAAAA

I Cant say my full two cents on it cos I'm lowkey very very scared of this community but every single god damn drawing I do it's always lighthearted fluff and sappy romance and THAT'S how you know no, I do not like the abuse and shipping that cos I've been a secondhand witness to it and have been hurt badly by it, but I do think people can change, and heal, and I'll always love the broken people no matter what because of that, I'll always love you because I know you can be good

Love my moots tho, and I love seeing wot yall create like no heat, no flame, just my own stance and take and feel free to do what u want! Please just don't hurt others oh mi gosh

[angryplebianart]

HELLO smn on twt asked for anyone in general to draw 2doc puppets smooching, and I just barely watched the puppet videos and I love everything about them so I had to draw this. Gotta be one of my favorite genres of 2doc

It was just adorable how much Murdoc was touching 2D's arm!!!! And how he would lean over all the time to look at 2D's face awwww I can't get enough I wish we had more of them!!! (Also!!! M: "I LOVE New York" 2D: "Whys that??" M: "Why? I dunno it's very tall, isn't it? I like TALL things")

They are just my favorite I cannot stop thinking about them

No thoughts in head only 2doc

[nudocument]

I'm curious. Any Murdoc only drawings that you're proud of?

not before this ask so might i whip this one out

[beebundt]

would you mind sharing a bit about Angel's character design and the process of developing it? are there qualities of her personality/story that inform her appearance that you haven't shared so far? have you talked about her tattoos yet??

yeah absolutely!!! i have a Lot i could say here actually because its my favorite thing to think about when designing a character! this is going to get a little long. thanks for the question! 💕💕

to begin with, since she's paired with 2D ill be comparing the two a bit here. i intentionally wanted to use a lot of curves in her initial design from the git go (body shape, her curly hair, etc.) and generally contrast other features against his, so how i draw him with circle eyes, i draw her with much sharper ones, or him being like 6 ft and shes short af. which is not to say there's any real importance behind that besides my satisfaction seeing this scrawny coward of a man tower over this 4'9 chill af beef queen and knowing she could easily snap him in half if she wanted & he'd worship her for it. but anyway it is something i consider in contrast to 2D even in outfits. not that it's purely the only way they dress or anything, but angel tends to wear a lot more leather + punk elements in comparison to him so there's also contrast in style there reflective of their general attitudes.

her development + concept is sort of an odd one for me because i already had a mostly clear idea of what kind of character i wanted to make from the start, im sure it has something to do with just how long i've already been into gorillaz so ive.... def had the time to think about it lol. here are some REALLY rough sketches from the very first time i drew her, they're very ugly bc i never expected anyone to see but just want to show how little she's actually changed from initial conception? disregarding style ofc. i can't really explain my motives anymore than i wanted someone who was not afraid to challenge 2D, equally as wild + independent, but also supports his vulnerabilities, is protective of him. someone who would be similar to murdoc in attitude in a lot of ways but uses it to protect, not destroy.

spitballing some little stuff because ive been so in my head im not exactly sure what i've shared and what i havent lmao. some things angel used to do were habitual out of insecurity like when she used to straighten her hair from teenage-young adult years, but then started wearing it natural from p3 and on, or plucking her eyebrows so much she doesn't have really left anymore & has to draw them in. also her brothers used to make fun of her tooth gap and shit when she was a kid so she stopped open smiling but since being 2D she's felt confident about it again. has a lot of tats + piercings bc she was big into the rock/punk scene way back and that's something i try to show at least a little throughout her wardrobe no matter the phase. like an aging rock fan trying to get with the times. her style does get more "modern"? as the phases go on though, so her rock influences become a bit harder to spot by p7, but are most prevalent p2 & p4.

for tattoos, i have talked a little about it on her toyhouse page but ill go more into it here!! all current tattoos include:

large wings on her upper back - angel symbolism of course. she really leaned into liking her name the she older she got because it almost became a sense of pride to her as she's sort of a local legend to the general community. so with this one she got to represent that, her community and friends is what gives her her wings.

long roses + stems from her right forearm to her shoulder/collarbone - honestly she just fucks with it. was done by a friend who wanted to test her skills on her & angel really does not give af so ofc she was on board with that.

a small star under her left collarbone - represents an old friend she used to know and is put there so she can always keep them close to her heart.

a chubby cupid with a bow and arrow on the top of her right upper thigh - dare by a friend because they thought it was funny. plus you know. angel symbolism with her name. anyway the arrow points directly at her you know.

a heart with an arrow through it on her left shoulder - used to have her ex best friend/crush’s name on it but she had it completely removed later when they had a big falling out, so it's just the heart now. was one of the first things she had tattooed on her when she was a teenager)

a large black scorpion just below the left shoulder and all down her upper arm - represents her old band, the scorpion was a symbol they used for a one-off album.

a dagger with a snake wrapped around the blade on her left forearm - honestly she just fucks with it. another done by a friend to test on her.

and a small cross on her left middle finger - she grew up in a christian household, although she's atheist, it still holds some comfort to her. but mostly it's just funny to flip murdoc off with (and why she initially got the tattoo lmao bc she cant stand his ass)

when thinking about angel's design/lore i have to be mindful that not even gorillaz cares this much about their own lore or go deep into it at all lmao. so i always struggle with how far should i cross that line in the name of developing an interesting character i can imagine for the world and how much i should step back and be like.... "its just gorillaz bro" lmfao. so i TRY (keyword try) to only briefly go over some things in her lore and not dig too deep into it. but its hard being a gorillaz fan and wanting to be invested 💔

[crabbypalsart]

Dynaswap Phase 5?

This is all I got at the moment, FORGIVE ME DLKSLKJSJ!!!!!! Really wanted to draw Noodle during this phase, and had fun doing so! I really wish we got to know more about what would happen during this phase for the AU! I like to imagine Murdoc would be the one roller skating, but I still wanted to draw Stu with the outfit nonetheless! X•D I recall you once discussing your own theories about how Phase 5 would've gone with the creator of the archive, and bring up something about Murdoc getting locked up after being framed, and I really liked it. X•D I imagined a scenario of him rollerskating all happy for once in his life, only to be tackled onto the ground by the cops in place of Russel tripping 2-D in canon near the end of the MV for Humility (if that makes sense, idk if I said it right) and it made me laugh. X•DD And Stu being controlled by HIM, DLKJSLKJDLJ aghhh I really wanna draw that now!!!!