Do you think I'm improving a bit?

[keac]

Thanks, @mg78! .....

[izzyxmelon]

Also your line-work is much cleaner, and the subjects are much clearer.
Keep practicing, remember: it takes time.
Good luck~

[AngieVX]

I think you're improving. As was said earlier, your lines have become cleaner and what is the most important, more confident. BUT on the 3rd grade picture the poses look more relaxed and natural, there's more dynamics, and more emotions. It looks like you had more fun drawing it and cared less about opinion of other people. Don't think of improvement so much, think of what you want to show through your work, learn from nature and your favorite artists, practice, and, most important, have FUN drawing!

[keac]

Thanks, @izzyxmelon and @AngieVX!

[joannekwan]

Absolutely, it looks much better! Just keep at it and you'll rock

[jessiepolfliet]

It has indeed improved. And you will get better every day.

[bsienk90]

Yea there is improvement. Keep it up!

[elixiadragmire]

Oh yes! Very much so! Keep up the good work! Theres a lot more gestures in your work

[nobody]

Definitely improving! The anatomy has gotten much better, just keep practicing

[yvettegustafsson]

Definitely much better! You seem to have a lot more control over your lines now, working with supporting circles that you build up the bodies around. Great!

[sleepingmarlons2]

your improving bro, believe me

[twjalkh]

Your proportions improved, keep at it.

[TAMAnnoying]

Yep! your on the right track my friend! keep it up

[Luie]

Is your friend blind? Of course you're improving. Just by comparing those two pieces I can see you're gaining skill in proportion, anatomy, and gesture. Your work looks more controlled and confident, and it looks like you put more effort into meticulously working out what looks "right".

Keep working on this skill. It's a good one to have. This is a good rate of improvement, but you definitely need more study sessions to get a better understanding of perspective and proportion. Study sessions really pay off. Art skills (and skills in general) take about a decade of work to get really really good at. I'm nearing 12 years (from age 8) of serious work and I'm just now starting to feel satisfied even though I have so many things to beef up still.

The best advice I can give you is to do those study sessions to better understand figures. I say this because your second drawing is very "stiff" in comparison to the first. You look like you had a lot of fun in the first one and cared more about the act of drawing rather than the actual picture. This helps them look more natural and makes the drawing look better overall. If you do study sessions and have a better understanding, you don't have to concentrate as much and can have more fun. This makes a major difference in your art. Yes, this is "practice", but as long as you continue to love drawing, your experience will make your art improve regardless of how hard you concentrate on getting everything right. You don't have to perfect every mistake, you just have to make it look intended. This is also known as style.

[DruidPeter]

You have long way to go, @keac, but you shouldn't get discouraged. You have improved very much since third grade, and not just "a bit", as you put it in your title post.

Hang in there, keac. Keep pursuing your dreams.

[keac]

I never realized that a lot of people would say such positive replies and advice, thank you .

[Luie]

We all started out under-confident. Getting good at something takes years and I'm sure everyone's been discouraged.
But if you want to improve, you'll improve. You've improved, and you'll keep improving.

Totes not gloats, but here's a vid of the progress I've made so far.
I seriously just kept drawing over and over and over again, just because I liked doing it. I didn't take it as seriously as I should have in hindsight, and I didn't draw things I didn't want to draw because I hated practicing.

It's way more gradual (I've drawn on a gajillion papers) than it looks. but it's like... evolution. Bit by bit, but after many bits, it's a huge improvement. My mistakes turned into my style, and from that point on I'm refining it. And it never ends. You'll keep improving forever. I'm still improving. You improved today. It's and endless cycle. Over and over and over again. But if you like doing it, it doesn't even feel like practice.

Yes, it's magic. Don't rush the magic

[keac]

Thanks, @Luie! .....

[mappypaint]

Yup! I see improvement... You can see it yourself too, right? Now keep the latest one and compare it to the ones you will draw in the future. Back then when I made a comic I said this is the best thing i've ever done... years later when I saw it again I said it looks terrible.XD

Just keep drawing and drawing and you will improve for sure.

[Dorian_Grey]

There is a vast improvement on the bodies and expressions! Keep it up you are on the right track!