Old vs New, Start vs Current!

jmhenry 2015-11-12 17:45:26 UTC #21

I love topics like these, mostly because I don't take much time to look back at the old stuff.
Here's a from Chapter 1 of The Lostland from back in 2011:

And here's what they look like almost 4 years later:

hades 2015-11-12 22:37:14 UTC #22

I think my favorite evident of improvement/change per se is how I've done backgrounds over the past years.

The first is from...2013?? Maybe? I'm not entirely sure. Either 2013 or 2012. The second is from my series Ark. Down to the most recent from my Tyree series revamp.

wbparham247 2015-11-12 23:21:45 UTC #23

The improvement is amazing!

60Six 2015-11-13 00:28:36 UTC #24

A chance to show everyone embarrassing old art? Sure! I'm loving seeing everyone else's as well.

The original version of City of Blank was actually started in 2010. So... My approach to the first pages were uh...certainly different 5 years later.

However, for a better example of how much the art's really changed, here's a remake of a page from 2010 as well.

I hope there's at least a little bit of improvement apparent beyond just adding color!

wbparham247 2015-11-13 01:08:43 UTC #25

I love City of Blank! I'm a sucker for original stories and good art. It's cool to see the beginnings of it.

60Six 2015-11-13 01:41:25 UTC #26

Aw, thanks! That makes me super happy to hear!
Once the comic is caught up to the old version (Which will be a while, I had about 200 pages of the old version), I plan on posting a link for everyone to read the old version.

wbparham247 2015-11-13 02:47:22 UTC #27

Awesome! Looking forward to it

Mharz 2015-11-13 04:10:53 UTC #28

I started drawing The Angel with Black Wings back in 2012. Here's a sample page:

This was the time before I was able to get an opportunity to train and work on a studio. It's pretty embarassing but I'm really bad at drawing back then much to the point that I don't have much confidence on it.

Then I started to remake this entire comic (I only drew 27 pages of the old ones).

This is Chapter 1 page 5:

chapter 1 page 12:

I got to say that I drew these pages on 2014. I did a year's worth of buffer before publishing this online on March 2015. I know I still have lots to improve but compared to the me back then, I have enough confidence to show my stuffs to others.

This is my latest page posted (although not the latest that I drew:)

monotone_ink 2015-11-13 12:58:56 UTC #29

Love the sense of composition; it gets better throughout the entire thing

meatmaiden 2016-01-04 10:07:47 UTC #30

I've drawn my current webcomic three times, here's comparison shots of the panels;

2013

2014

2015

I'm pretty happy with my improvement! My story writing skills have also gotten a bit better, I think. The main problem with 2013 and 2014 was my writing--- for 2013 I was just making it up as I went along, and for 2014 I was writing chapter by chapter. This time I wrote the entire script before I drew anything, and now that I have everything neatly laid out drawing it has been a lot easier. So I know I'll finish it this time! ^^

zetina 2016-01-04 11:37:33 UTC #31

I don't have comparisons to show of my current comic since it just started but the biggest improvement can be seen for my pokémon sketch comic i drew on occasion from 2008 to 2012

WasHNooB 2016-01-05 04:09:59 UTC #33

This is just a page from our comic The Dumpling King that was done 7 times XD over the past 1 year...

meatmaiden 2016-01-05 04:20:58 UTC #34

Seven times?! Dang you have stamina... x'DDD
My record is four times over the course of that many years... ^^;;

konori 2016-01-05 05:07:18 UTC #35

I haven't rebooted any of my comics, but I have a fantasy comic I made in 2008, which I can compare to a fantasy comic I started making in 2015. 8D

Here's the 2008 comic page of an old oneshot:

And here's the 2015 comic page of The Ogre Cook:

Both are introductory pages to a second character that appears in the comic. I think the biggest difference is the way I use screen tones and shadings. XD

zwebb90 2016-01-05 06:24:54 UTC #36

WasHNooB 2016-01-05 23:43:09 UTC #37

hahaha we are thinking of an 8th XD
- WasH

daisam 2016-06-29 20:38:14 UTC #38

Hmm here are mine!

2011 and 2016!

This is my very first series vs the current one I am working on! Pandora vs. Discord in other words which now that I think about it this is pretty funny!

WakaXO 2016-06-30 01:34:05 UTC #39

My current comic, Neon Rabbit, is very new so there isn't much in the way of improvement as I have done all the pages in the past 4ish months.
Here is page4

compared to page30ish

but if you compare it to the comic I worked on a while back its easier to see improvement

demthorshie 2016-06-30 02:10:03 UTC #40

Cosmos Song is a new project so it doesn't reflect my old style much. My really old stuff is just embarrassing... x.x

Here is an early page from a previous comic of mine:

A recent page from Cosmos Song:

jessicasurline 2016-06-30 16:01:13 UTC #41

It can be pretty crazy how much technique can improve over time without noticing. When I compare the last 2 pages of Visceral, the gap is pretty big. Though the mediums changed from ebony pencil and warm grey Copic Markers to Ink and colored Copic markers, I still feel I improved in line control and structure of my drawing.

It took me almost 8 months to finish the last page. I had to hand measure out every line since I wanted a seamless time change. Plus life stuff like making my wedding dress and moving sorta delayed time to work on it. Now it's been almost a year since those images were finished. I can't wait to return to the project and see how much I've improved! Working on Whetstone has definitely given me more practice so who knows how my art will look next year.