Same character (Castorice) 1 year later. Really didn’t like my realism, spent the year trying to get more comfortable drawing in an anime art style cause I sucked at it. I’m not exactly where I wanna be yet but I’m proud of where I’ve gotten. There’s a much bigger improvement between my first anime character and this one however lol.
felt a bit demotivated so i decided to look at my old works, i guess it helped
She obviously went through some design changes, but leaning more into rendering and painterly-style. :)
Almost a year between first and second image.
Still have some thing to mess around and edit with this current 2026 wip piece. But I definitely have felt some progress over the course of four years!
Edit: I am not sure why the 2026 quality isn't quite working. My b.
I wanted to see how much my style and coloring have improved over the last couple of years. Really happy with how the water and dynamic pose turned out this time! Old version is in the replies 👇
Since it’ll be awhile before I get to drawing actual people, I just wanted to show how much improvement I made over one day after I figured out how digital brushes are used. I’m still in the middle of practicing my values and placing them on the shapes to make them look more 3d. I didn’t realize I wasn’t supposed to fully shade it, and I accidentally made it look like the reference which I didn’t know I could do after a day lol. Third pic shows how I’m actually practicing on a 5 value scale right now which I think makes it easier for me to understand the concept as it gets more complex.
My progress in drawing is… slow compared to others but at least I’m enjoying it. The 2020 one was drawn on a phone (ibisPaint) and the one I did today was done on Clip Studio Paint.
'yay this looks so good' when I make it to then 1 month later I realise how shit it actually looks good god 🥲 ts is too hard ffs
Improved a lot (if u ignore the fact that i go into Artblock every other month)
Two different characters but I think my style has progressed.
I stopped drawing for a few months after the first (had a baby and got super busy!) But in the last forty days, I've drawn daily in an attempt to improve. I still have a long way to go and have a tonne of tutorials and courses I'm currently following in the hopes of continuing to improve. Some days i squeeze ten mins in of studies and other days an hour or two, it's tough drawing with a baby haha
But, when I compare stuff like this side by side, I am happy with my progress, especially considering I've only been taking it seriously the last 40 odd days.
I know I got better, but the lemons… man :(
I lost something in the way, and I cannot put my finger on it!
First one was with a bit of a cheat, I color-selected from the reference very religiously and used many different brushes. New one was more of a personal interpretation!
First 2 2020 last 2 are from this year