Art evolution, show your growth!

[kyupol]

2003...

2012...

2022

2024

Not much improvement in 20 years lol

[ArtGremlin]

2022

2024

[thecrystalrook]

how it started:

how it's going:

[theyrebothakilogram]

This is my most recent square cover:

vs. my first square cover:

[Nossumy]

First episode - 2021

Latest panel 2024

[Nossumy]

you improved a lot

[2DLenzy]

You stuck with a story for over 20 years? I'm really impressed. I usually ADD out of mine after 3 or 5 years XD

[UnTalAugustus]

Thank you @Nossumy !

I can't believe how much I don't like how the first chapters of my comic look, haha (except for the coloring). They seemed fine when I drew them the first time!

[kyupol]

Not really... Same character in 3 different stories

[llobucervallince]

2022 (because that's when I started drawing it, not posting it) vs 2024

Made panels bigger, more expressive, more color, and shading is now on the menu.

[KevinReijnders]

2023 (when I started publishing for reals)

Oooh you really grew a lot in a short amount of time!
Your characters really start to have more... well... character in your more recent work!

2024

(Chapter 14)

You really got a lot more dynamic and daring in your art! Also a nice growth in consistent volumes in your characters.

I like 2019 Kyara. she looks nice

As long as you like her 2024 version best

9 days so far of practice lol

While 9 days isn't a lot, there is a visible improvement. The placement of your facial features is very noticable

Not much improvement in 20 years lol

maybe not as much, but you can definitely see you're getting better. Characters have more volume to them and you work with more interesting dynamic camera angles in your recent work.

2024

That's a big leap you've made! I can tell you've been practising anatomy in that time.

how it's going:

Made the bold jumo to color I see. As with many, you've definely grown more confidant in your dynamic poses and have become more consistent in your volumes.

This is my most recent square cover:

Wow nice! Love the jump from the safe, flat posing to the fun dynamic one. Also having your characters physically interact with each other is a big plus.

Latest panel 2024

Nice evolution of color usage!

Made panels bigger, more expressive, more color, and shading is now on the menu.

I can tell! The addition of shading really makes your work pop more. The posing also feels a lot more organic an natural in your recent work.

[Nossumy]

That's completely normal, I feel the same. One day you would look at the art you're doing now and think the same xD

[faisalhussein394]

2022:

2024:

It may not be much, But I'm really satisfied drawing their current hairstyle, giving Mukhtar (MC) brown eyelashes and it seems I draw more outlines on their clothes, unlike before when it was clean.

[insaneukulele]

Since I did a redo of the 1st chapter for print I might as well!

2022:

Same page spread, but from 2024:

I started taking art classes around the 5th chapter and with their help I also redid the 1st issue for local print in Poland. While I'm certain I improved in terms of art quality, I may have gone into the trap of too many closeups lately.

[beebutterbee]

Oh it’s fun to see everyone’s different progress! I actually hadn’t done a side by side comparison in a while, but since college I think my anatomy has def gotten better and my sense of color theory too. But I still like my old drawings, I appreciate what they were.

My faces have gotten more specific, so characters look less similar (this is the same character though but now she looks less like other characters I have)

Same character again, with a sort of similar character in the current art- she’s her alter ego type deal- but def my way of drawing bodies is more fluid now, they were really stiff before.

[simonitropunk]

2004

2024

20 years in the making and still going.

[kyupol]

Now these are my ancient art... done before some of you were even born

1998

2001

2003

[igneriss]

Okay, so here's the first version of one of the pages in 6.75 first chapter:

This is how the same scene looked in the final version (pages drawn around 2013, I think?)

...and here's how those characters look in newer chapters:

I think I improved quite a lot with anatomy and poses, especially with my male characters here's the difference between chapter 1 and chapter 15, and we're currently at chapter 25 so I hope my drawings go better

[AmysGames]

Here's an actual direct redraw of a Niji Chikara scene:

From 2015:

And from last year:

[ThunderChicken]

Wild Nights, Hot and Crazy Days 1994 version. That's Dale (blond buzz cut), me (blue hat) and Rodney (black hair):

WNHCD October 2022 version: I had only recently started drawing again and was still learning how to do digital art with modern software. That's me (on the bike), Jeff (brown hair), Dale (blond buzz cut), and Rodney (black hair):

WNHCD December 2022 version (I was getting more comfortable with the software - also the characters have aged 10 years or so here). Troy (green shirt), me (light blue shirt), Rodney (orange shirt), Derrick (pink shirt), Don (purple shirt), and Mel (yellow shirt):

The final image from WNHCD, and I've gotten better at shading and backgrounds. Troy and I getting married.

Although WNHCD ended, the art evolution continued. My learning continued with Finding Daecon's Way:

My first time drawing Daecon:

And one of the most recent. I have adopted a rougher lineart style and have refined the colouring/shading:

I've also tried my hand at "Chibis", but I also chose a new way of colouring Daecon's white hair and feathers. Instead of using shades of grey I will now use shades of tan: