#10 year art challenge

[not-xpr-art]

The 10 year art tag!!

Thought it'd be fun to start a little art challenge here! This isn't a super original concept (actually saw a couple people on other places do something similar recently) but it sounded fun anyway lol

If you're an artist and see this, reblog this (or create another post, whichever you'd prefer) with an artwork from 10 years ago next to a recent one to show your progress!

I think we as artists can often feel we're not getting anyway until we see our older art and realise that we have actually improved a lot!

Also then feel free to tag some other artists so we can spread the love <3 (no set number of people you have to tag btw, you can do as many or as few as you'd like!)

(side note, if you don't have any art specifically from 10 years ago then just go with the oldest works you have lol!)

These two pieces were made almost exactly 10 years apart, and I honestly do still really like the 2014 one, though definitely prefer that my art has become a lot more expressive and emotive over time!

Tagging (no pressure to do it of course!!!): @yeollbae @aerialworms @iroismart @all-or-nothing-baby @mayarab @reddoll123 & any other artist who sees this and wants to do it lol!!!!

[thebrideofcthulhu]

10 Years Later... Part 2!!

Alright so I created a poll on my Instagram and majority vote wanted a colorized version of my little TYL Franken-Bride. Considering the original medium was colored pencil and ink, in the spirit of fairness I stuck to the same for the new version and I am obsessssed!

[an-established-butt-dent]

Soooooo after the new details that have been revealed about Veilguard, how do we all imagine a Solavellan reunion is going down? Trapped in the fade together? Lighthouse makeout sessions? A very sad mural dedicated to his Vhenan? My brain is infested with new headcanons.

[sincerely-sofie]

A particular type of torment one is very lucky to suffer.

[watercolor-rainclouds]

zedaph !!

[dailydoofypokemon]

Day 375, Roselia!

JUBL

[pngheavy]

[learningfromlosing]

Double creature feature? Early in the morning when I've risen up for the first time but crawling back to my den to rest one again 🦇

2014/2024 battle ready ⚔️

Tagged by @zombearzilla I tag anyone who wants to play? Maybe @gingerbeer-queer ?

[maxmorkson]

So in 2021 I decided to redraw an OC I drew in 2011. It was almost entirely done, only the crystals and the presents left to paint aaaaand… I forgot about it. So I just finished it because I wanted to be done. Behold, over ten years of progress! Her name is Fawn. She helps Santa deliver presents and she has a scepter that calls the snow forth.

[shakballoonshack]

So this is one of the first real challenges I've ran into in my challenge thingy - half of these guys popped while I was making it. I *want* to be able to get up to at least 20 heads, but realistically I doubt that I'll be going over 14

[lagrin9a]

Yurei Ryuto 2024 vs Yukai Ryujin 2008

Back in 2008, I made a Naruto inspired OC. Yukai Ryujin eventually became my persona, but man did I suck at drawing at 13. Now after all these years of practice, getting in the habit of researching, and being less cringe, I redesigned her. I renamed her to Yurei Ryuto because after all these years, I realized I was spelling “Yokai” wrong, and the word Yurei does connect better to ghosts. And Ryuto instead of Ryujin, because it’s more of a legitimate last name. Anyway, she’s still a Sound ninja, formerly a mist ninja because she wanted to improve her abilities. She specializes in illusions, and water based techniques. Her scythe shrunk because those are more compatible as weapons than western harvesting scythes (unless you repurpose it into a battle scythe). She still has a katana. And for some reason, she looks like Inoske from Demon Slayer 😅

[nancywheeeler]

anytime i see a post calling art donaldson a mediocre tennis player, i cry in "but he has two french open titles in the era of rafael nadal"

[thebrideofcthulhu]

10 Years Later

So today I decided to browse through old sketchbooks and do a redraw. So! Behold a 10 year leap for my steam-powered Dr. Frankenstein's bride! Original piece was made in 2014 when I was 17 years old. I kept the overall design as even years later I love concept, but I did adjust a few things like the dress corset, the "F" (for Frankenstein) choker locket, and the placement of her tubing.

[windydrawallday]

ART THROUGH THE YEARS

From 2010 to 2023, cheeses. I wanted to do a "Decade of Art" a while ago but time passed and... I ended up with a lot more to choose from and compile x'D

Many of these come from my forum fakemon design era, when I moved to DA and did prompt art with OCs for roleplay groups, then mixed with sporadic fanwork and early project ideas. In the recent past 3 years, I started to delve into fancharacters/fanchilds and lots of self-indulgent art plus participating in collaborations and fanzines!

I wanted to do this too to make reminders for myself in the future:

I don't change art styles because I'm insecure or Idk what I'm doing: for each story, character, or setting I try to capture the MOOD and FEELING they have! And so my art will forever be as diverse and changing as all the infinite experiences of life those things NEED from me to portray!

And so, I CAN'T COMPARE MY WORK with others because! NO. This is how I work best and it's alright and I NEED TO DEAL WITH IT. Period.

Every time I enter a fandom and do fanwork, I love putting tenderness in the dark and symbolism between the lines of the canon... and painting a psychedelic madness.

Expressions from head to toe are what I enjoy the most when drawing characters. Even if motionless (like in reference sheets) the character needs to say ALL in just a glimpse.

I doubt I'll ever have a comic of my own, but I will always try to tell stories and character interaction through sequential art: illustrations or doodly comics because I LOVE IT.

Talking about comics: It's my curse and blessing, but trying to make each panel have a different angle and don't recycle them (valid only when mirroring) is my self-imposed challenge haha

I used to do mixed-media (textures, collages, etc) a lot in my old art? So going back to it recently it's a natural cycle and nothing new: what's new is now I have better programs, resources, and skills to go up to eleven and double with them!

... I like drawing characters hugging/being clingy alright, I WON'T STOP DRAWING IT and it's the only pose I will repeat without getting tired of it all bahaha

The range of characters I love is an extension of myself too: from a sweet fluffy bundle of joy to the absolute chaos of a dark entity. Being human is so limiting: WHY DO I NEED TO PUT THAT LIMIT HERE too?

My art is most of the time niche af and that's alright too. I will find my people, I will curate my place. And if I'm the sole enjoyer of my stuff, fair: more for me!

And to everyone who knew me from the start or just joined my art journey recently: I will always be thankful for your presence! Because I can imagine how confused or flabbergasted you can end by following my every step x'D But, sorry not sorry, I'm not gonna change, at all.

To be true to myself is the best thing I can do. And that's a promise I can keep!

[bigbrainbiology]

Love letter to my past self <3

I want to tell her that everything is great in 2023 and I love being me

[funguslesbian]

Alas,poor Yorick! I knew xyr KAZIMIR!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!