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improvement meme 2009-2012

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its almost the end of the year, so i figured right about now would be a nice time to make an improvement meme!
below are the links to the fullsized pictures and a little bit on each year.

2009: [link] [link] [link] [link]
other honorable mentions: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]
this is the year that i started getting into drawing; i didn't have a tablet yet so all of my drawings were traditional and scanned (badly). i didn't really know how to draw faces yet, nor had any sort of grip on bodial structure at all.

2010: [link] [link] [link] [link]
other honorable mentions: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]
i still didn't have a tablet until later on that year, but this is when i started to combine my scanned drawings and editing/coloring them in art programs such as SAI/GIMP. even when i got my tablet, i didn't make use of the pressure, was still getting used to layers and how to take advantage of them (and therefore looked a little wonky), and my drawings all had the overall structure (if not slightly better) than the ones in the year before them.

2010: [link] [link] [link] [link]
other honorable mentions: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]
i started to get better with using my tablet and got more used to making digital art, but i still hadnt developed any sort of consistent style and/or techniques that are persistent in all of the pictures. i did discover textures this year, though, and used a lot of them to cover up the imperfections in my work.

2012 (this year!): [link] [link] [link] [link]
other honorable mentions: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]
all in all, this year was the one that i found the most change in. i started to develop more of my own style (which i still haven't perfected, but i'm working on it!) and became more comfortable in not only digital art but also in drawing different kinds of bodies and people/characters. i also experimented in different kinds of coloring/shading, and got more experienced as far as using textures go.
i still need to improve on making backgrounds, experimenting more with colors, body positioning/anatomy and even stopping to take my time! ive noticed that although 2012 was one of my better years, its also the year with the least amount of submitted artwork. ive started becoming more lazy and spending less time on what i do, which i need to start to shape up on!

overall, im very impressed in my improvement from the time that ive started (even though it's not a huge amount or anything) and am very excited to see what time will bring for my art in the future.
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