Has your art improved since you started your comic? Show your progress

lwflouisa 2020-03-14 04:25:00 UTC #7

A friend of mine gave me an amazing tip on how to do background art, so I might see where my drawing is at that point, and then update.

A lot of my issues is a matter of scale.

In this mean time, this one of my latest character arts:

carloswebcomic 2020-03-14 04:29:22 UTC #8

I don't see much improvement, which is scary because I've been doing the comic for over 5 years now.

2015

2020

Random_Guy 2020-03-14 04:33:25 UTC #9

Ah, well, it was already perfect!

carloswebcomic 2020-03-14 04:43:25 UTC #10

Oh, don't make me blush!

rmdooley 2020-03-14 06:12:51 UTC #11

First page when I started the comic:

New first page now that I'm updating old art:

@Zyephen: Your art started beautiful and has only gotten better! Excellent lighting

@spadedigsbutts: Your progress is incredible! There's so much life and dynamicism in your matured art, you can feel the characters coming off the page!

@carloswebcomic: I think your art has improved! They style was always aesthetically charming and eye catching but the newer pages show improved use of space and has a bit more fullness to the characters

spadedigsbutts 2020-03-14 06:43:31 UTC #12

By golly YOU'RE GONNA KILL ME WITH KINDNESS HUSH U

Hexigate 2020-03-14 07:02:07 UTC #13

I think my comic's style development and progression is one of the few things I'm genuinely proud of.

2015:

2019/2020:

sartinjacqueline05 2020-03-14 07:06:57 UTC #14

For me it was mostly his hair and head shape.

MaggieW 2020-03-14 07:55:27 UTC #15

Amazing progress, guys! My style hasn't really changed much in 3 years, but I think I improved on some anatomy and backgrounds in general and I made a switch at some point from a more traditional comic layout to webtoon. Here's the first page from 2017:

And few of the latest panels:

akemikae 2020-03-14 09:09:03 UTC #16

(You'll probably need to click to see the full images)

But OH GOD YES. I had literally no idea what I was doing when I started my comic in late 2016, so it's been a long time coming for my art. I've very proud of how far I've come!

carloswebcomic 2020-03-14 09:43:58 UTC #17

Hey, thanks!
I'm glad you can see it, because I can't!

Kelheor 2020-03-14 10:01:39 UTC #18

It definitely looks better!
Still not as good as I would want, but I guess as good as I deserve
2017 vs 2020

AbelDraws 2020-03-14 11:17:10 UTC #19

FIVE's onIy been around for Iess than a year, so I'd rather compare it to a comic I tried to do back in 2017
I'm stiII very very happy with how these turned out, but it took me ages. SeriousIy sjakfsaf I'm gIad I tried making comics before FIVE because... I reaIIy needed to Iearn quite a few things x'D (I onIy got to do around 5 pages or so in totaI of this comic, + some other short strips).

EarIy 2017:

Iate 2017:

2020 <3 I'm way faster now >: D (around 8~12 hours per page) and more confident in drawing any pose

(AIso yes, I used dealdraws in tumbIr before AbeI hsakjfsaf for anyone curious about the watermark, I'm too Iazy to save the page without it x'D)

Chita 2020-03-14 11:35:03 UTC #20

Everyone's progress looks awesome!! Here's mine!
2017:

2020:

Kann 2020-03-14 12:29:25 UTC #21

First chapter.

Vs eleventh chapter. xD

jmhenry 2020-03-14 15:12:24 UTC #22

The Lostland, circa 2011 v.s. LOSTLAND today. Happy to say I learned a huge amount on the journey

Rubyleaf 2020-03-14 16:34:29 UTC #23

A page from the first chapter, drawn in 2016 (beware, cringe alert):

A page from the latest chapter, drawn this year:

Anatomy is still hard, but hey, I can actually draw hair now!

AirisKiahin 2020-03-14 16:51:20 UTC #24

I'm happy how I improved my shading style during the last year. I guess anatomy grew up a bit, but still needs more of my attention. And I'm also trying to focus on backgrounds, but that's yet the hardest part for me

The very first cover (December, 2018) vs the latest one (March, 2020)

Chapter 2 page (May, 2019) vs Chapter 5 page (March, 2020). The place is absolutely the same

Strontium 2020-03-14 17:23:47 UTC #25

I've been making Heroes of Thantopolis since since 2014... I certainly think I've improved a lot. I don't think my old pages are awful but my skills have leveled up considerably as the years have gone on.

Here are two relevant page contrasts

Inspector_Spinda 2020-03-14 17:26:16 UTC #26

First one is from the original page I recently traced from a sketch that I drew 2 years ago. The lineart still shows my capabilities now, but the anatomy, proportions and show my level 2 years ago. The second is one I did just yesterday because I realized the original looked bad.