#the original prompt was 'redraw an old piece of art' so i was redoing the domi drawing from a while ago

[tsukasageorge]

day 30: dive back in time

unglitched ver under the cut!

[creative-hanyou-girl]

InuKag Week: Day #1 (Battle Couple)

2021 Redraw:

2017 Original:

For @inukag-week Day #1

This took WAY LONGER than it should have. I started this LAST NIGHT, and I've only just now been able to get it done tonight at about 11:00 PM. Ugh, I think I've just taken 10 years off my life, and back is killing me. Do I regret it?

Nope.

But anyway, I've wanted for a while now to do a redraw of some of my earliest InuKag fanarts to show how far I've come from how I started out. InuYasha's artstyle actually really helped me improve in drawing human anatomy and this 2017 piece was when I was just started to get better at it.

The OG art was from my DA account, and I felt like it really fit with Day #1's theme: Battle Couple. It was originally part of this little series I started (and never finished) where I basically drew out illustrations of the many different stages of Inukag's relationship, from 2 people who hated each other, to the lovers who crossed time to be together.

This stage (as you can tell) was titled "COMRADES", and was my Stage #2 in the series.

(And yes, I'm aware I spelt "comrades" wrong; it was too late to fix it since I was using markers at the time)

Despite the back pains and acts I got from redoing this piece, I still had a lot of fun redrawing something I did years ago and seeing how much progress I've made since then)

I tried to keep in mind the smaller details from the original, like the Shikon Jewel, but simply tried to make them more stylized and not in as awkward positions in the redo. I didn't do the monster eyes this time because I felt they's be distracting, so those are the only things I left out.

And if your wondering, yes, that is meant to be the Red String of Fate. It was a recurring theme from my little series that I really felt like should still have been in the redraw, but be a more prominent focus, so I had it surround Inu and Kagome to bring attention to them visually, but also to drive home the fact that they are soulmates and connected by the string.

So that's it! Again, I'm really happy with this, and it both made me smile and cringe to see this old fanart I did when I was so new to fandom, but I think it's important that we revisit and appreciate our old art and stories because we had to start somewhere, and seeing our old work really shows us how much we've grown and improved, so don't ever be ashamed or embarrassed if you see your old art or stories, because that was your Beginning, and that's something to be appreciated.

I don't know if I'll do tomorrow's prompt. My back really does hurt, so I think Imma give myself a reprieve tomorrow.

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