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Congratulate yourself on improvement

Postby xkrazydog » May 6th, 2010, 1:18 pm

Ever feeling lowly about your art? Never good enough? or maybe someone you know improves way leaps ahead of you while you think you're toiling behind? Never fret for so long as you practice you improve, sometimes you need to see it to believe it.

Negativity seems to emanate from artists who dont think they're as good, boy do i get that almost every day. So this really cheered me up:

I found an old image stashed somewhere in my pile of papers from 2 years ago and boy was it an epic face-palm. So next to it i did a quick sketch of that same character. You should try it too.


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Sometimes that slap in the face is necessary to keep your spirits up, even if it is a quick sketch =D. KEEP ON DRAWING GUYS. OPTIMISMMM.
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Re: Congratulate yourself on improvement

Postby eishiya » May 6th, 2010, 1:20 pm

This is an awesome idea. *goes to look for old art to redo*

Edit: I've got nothing to congratulate myself on, lolz. Looked at my art from 2007 and onwards. It's not any worse than my art now. Just took me longer.
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Re: Congratulate yourself on improvement

Postby ninjies » May 6th, 2010, 2:37 pm

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good work, self.
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Re: Congratulate yourself on improvement

Postby Momentosis » May 6th, 2010, 3:12 pm

I don't have anything old.

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Check it out. :3

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Check this one out too. :3
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Re: Congratulate yourself on improvement

Postby xkrazydog » May 6th, 2010, 4:42 pm

Momentosis wrote:I don't have anything old.

:/


You must find some >]

And congratz Ninj +w+ you improved a heck loaddd.
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Re: Congratulate yourself on improvement

Postby Geeky-gal » May 6th, 2010, 5:04 pm

A year ago...

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and now <3

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Re: Congratulate yourself on improvement

Postby xwx101 » May 6th, 2010, 11:24 pm

Geeky-gal wrote:A year ago...

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and now <3

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Re: Congratulate yourself on improvement

Postby trenton_dawn » May 7th, 2010, 7:28 pm

August 2006:
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October 2009:
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Re: Congratulate yourself on improvement

Postby stripedwine » May 7th, 2010, 10:16 pm

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Re: Congratulate yourself on improvement

Postby ParadoxComic » May 7th, 2010, 10:39 pm

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2010


I definitely feel I improved :D
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Re: Congratulate yourself on improvement

Postby Shiki Kanayo » May 7th, 2010, 10:48 pm

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Yay~ Drew this about 3 or 4 years ago. I made the improved drawing 1 year ago.

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compared to this: http://katanahogosha.smackjeeves.com/comics/867840/4/

Woot! I hope to keep improving >W<
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Re: Congratulate yourself on improvement

Postby cooldude27af » May 7th, 2010, 11:54 pm

Spoiler! :
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:oops: oh wait.. i cant draw... no really...i cant really draw but here it is...
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Re: Congratulate yourself on improvement

Postby Porcelain Rose » May 8th, 2010, 11:21 am

@Geeky-gal: HOLY SHIT, GIRL!! That's an impressive leap forward in one year! Congratulations!

I don't often go back and redraw pictures...but I do have one example of a big improvement:
Coloring 2008
Coloring 2010

And I have another example from a SEVERAL years difference...but I have to find the old picture and scan it so I'll edit this post and put it up, lol ^^;;.
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Re: Congratulate yourself on improvement

Postby KirbyHead » May 8th, 2010, 8:27 pm

Hmmm... not really a redraw (although I do have many of those just 'cause it's occasionally fun to go back and redraw your old terrible stuff), but these are similar, composition-wise, with the same character:

Circa 2005 (a.k.a. back when I thought lensflare was awesome):
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Late last year/Early this year:
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Also IMPROVEMENT MEME from deviantArt:
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Re: Congratulate yourself on improvement

Postby eishiya » May 8th, 2010, 8:39 pm

I haven't improved in recent years and I don't have time to repaint anything, so have a 2001-2009 meme instead. I'll add 2010 stuff at the end of the year.
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