Congratulate yourself on improvement

[xkrazydog]

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.




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.

[eishiya]

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.

[ninjies]

good work, self.

[Momentosis]

I don't have anything old.

:/

[xkrazydog]

I don't have anything old.

:/

You must find some >]

And congratz Ninj +w+ you improved a heck loaddd.

[Geeky-gal]

A year ago...






and now <3

[xwx101]

A year ago...






and now <3

coooooooooooooooooooooooool

[trenton_dawn]

August 2006:


October 2009:

[stripedwine]

[ParadoxComic]

2006


2010


I definitely feel I improved

[Shiki Kanayo]

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

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

Woot! I hope to keep improving >W<

[cooldude27af]

Spoiler! :

oh wait.. i cant draw... no really...i cant really draw but here it is...

Spoiler! :

[Porcelain Rose]

@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 ^^;;.

[KirbyHead]

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):


Late last year/Early this year:


Also IMPROVEMENT MEME from deviantArt:

Spoiler! :

[eishiya]

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.

Spoiler! :