#digital art improvement

[ariparri]

Digital Art Progress

Went through my digital art to see how much I’ve improved through the years. You all don’t know how badly I cringed at the older ones. I mostly wanted to see just how much my coloring and line work improved.

I don’t really want to talk about 2014 since it was only one or two pieces, 2015 was when I really started doing digital art and yeah my coloring was AWFUL. My shading especially. And don’t get me started on my lazy ass refusing to draw backgrounds. 2016-2017 wasn’t any better with the backgrounds. 2017 was when I started making use of the effects for the shading. I also had art as an elective during those years so my teacher was a real help in improving it. Oh and I did have more artist friends to learn from too.

2018-2019, my coloring was getting better. At least the coloring for hair and eyes mostly, I noticed I went really soft with the shading. I also noticed a bit of a drawing regression through 2019-2020 but I was forcing myself to draw between those years. 2020 was the year I started coloring my linearts xD It was also when I started adding more effects and layers to make the shading better. And then 2021 is when I started doing a base layer for all the coloring so I didn’t have to worry about erasing any colors that went past the lines.

2022-2023 had a lot of my favorite art. My coloring and shading has improved greatly. I was experimenting more with different brushes for better lineart and coloring. I’m still in love with that drawing of Coby, it’s my favorite art for HPHM xD but yea, more effects more layers. I used to stick with about 15 layers but it moved up to 25 layers. 47 on a good day. As for colors, I kind of improved on that especially for shading xD At least characters with blond hair don’t look weird anymore when I shade and highlight them. I’m still working on coloring leather though.

And then there’s 2024/2025. I learned another way to color lineart without having to directly color on it. Just set it to purple and set the layer to hardlight and it’s done. Though it really depends on the kind of drawing, I still had to color in some areas so it blends better. But that’s how I colored Thoma's mystic skin in the image here. And my fire effect is getting better (￣▽￣) I used to cheat and just use IbisPaint's fire materials. Also I no longer need to do three layers of shading to get the desired effect. I’ve also switched to a more simpler method to color hair, which is honestly fine. I think I prefer it this way now over the previous method. And once again I’m learning more on color theory because I still struggle. I’ve also been desaturating my art more now, especially with the latest ones. It honestly make them look so much more nicer to just stare at.

[crystalized-obsidian]

Redid one of my very old drawings

Old drawing↓

New drawing ↓

I changed a few things for this one like taking away the wolf ears and adding a black rim to her dress

Any tips?

[lalalychee]

i'm so, so excited to share this painting with you. i have officially been making art for 20 years, and i thought it would be fun to repaint the first digital work i ever made.

i have wanted to give up art so many times over the years. i'm tremendously proud of myself for sticking with it and improving as much as i have. i hope you're proud of me too! please be sure to zoom in to see all those details i worked so hard on (especially the rhinestones!!). thank you for being with me during my art journey. 20 years, 20 more 🖤

[kinerxy]

wip

[antlerx-art]

has this been done yet?

[vulcan-moon]

based on that one meme

[orcaking]

My body is a collection of all the parts that came before! 🌱🌱🌱

[Image ID: A drawing of a trans masculine person, nude except for underwear. The figure has top surgery scars, and no head, the bottom of a jaw bone with plants growing from it floating above the neck. There are flowers, mushrooms, and stars surrounding the figure, and a bird flying to the left of the canvas. /. End ID]

[gomosmorodina]

better saul call

first drawing of 2025!!!

[meo-eiru]

Ok I've never done animation other than drawing a ball bounce but I just randomly got the need to try it out so bear with me here

[wormzandgutz]

redraw of my Spideypool from May

[aliciarose-art]

redrew one of my first ever digital artworks, of course it’s the Kagamine twins 💛✨

[abisalli]

🎄core four christmas icons REVAMPED (from 2018) 🎄

please give credit or reblog if you use one :)

[snoozyfruit]

🌙🪽✨✨

[oavailius]

Merry Christmas! feat. Leona 🎄

I know it’s late butttt I wanted to finish. I hope everyone had a good day!

[ Bonuses below the cut! ]

Artist note: i hope I can improve on faces in the 2025. I’m just…. Not too proud of the slow progress. I’m starting to think it’s how I render the face, so I’ll look into that.

[zeldalizzy]

Happy Holidays from the Old Man and the Smithy! 🎄✨Just a simple little thing I threw together lol but I had to do something fun for Christmas!! The thought process behind this was basically that the rest of the boys decided that their oldest member would be a fitting Father Christmas, and the shortest hero would be a fitting Yuletide Elf. After a bit of begrudging, Time and Four finally caved and let Wild take a picture 😂

Anyways, I hope that everyone has a blessed Christmas and a wonderful New Year!! Thank you all for your encouragement and support; I couldn't do this without you! All of you have been such a gift to me, and I am incredibly grateful for that!!

The Merriest of Christmases to you and yours!! 🩵

[tamberella]

Endpage art from The Bakery Dragon