Sorry I've been a bit MIA lately, but life. you know. I have something kind of exciting for you today tho.
The time has come.
I'm hosting my first art challenge/contest.
OMG I know, right?! haha
I'm also giving away 5 SBD to the entry I like best, plus 1 SBD for the 3 runner-ups, so bear with me. Or skip straight down to the "here's what I'm thinking" and then the "rules" part if you don't want to read my rambling. lol.
Bit of back story first:
So, I like to do this thing occasionally, where I go though my old art because
A) it's hilarious since I'm always amazed at how terrible I think my old stuff looks
B) it stirs up memories like crazy, I usually get this strange sensation of being "transported back in time" when I look at older stuff, because more than books or even music, my drawings take me back to the time it was created and I get this sense of who I was at the time and how far I've come, and sometimes even where I drew the thing or who was with me and what I was thinking. It's creepy and awesome.
C) it makes me feel good about myself because I can usually quite confidenty say "I can do so much better now."
Which is why, sometimes, I then redraw the same character and see how far I've come.
It helps that I pretty much keep everything and I even have a few drawings all the way back from when I was like 10. Serioulsy peeps, I recommend you never ever throw your old stuff away, no matter how shit you think it is, because there's nothing more confidence boosting than picking an old drawing and re-draw it a few years later. You really get to see your progress!
Which brings me to the theme of this challenge:
Initially, I was just going to post my drawing but then I thought "hey! This could be a cool drawing challenge!", so there you have it.
Dig out an old drawing of yours, preferally from at least 2 years back or more, and re-draw it with your new skill set! Whoop, whoop~~!
You can use any medium you like, traditional or digital; fan-art is also ok as long as it's labeled; it can be characters, landscapes, things, patterns, designs, whatever really. The only must-do in the drawing, is that it very clearly has to be recognisable as a "new version of the old drawing."
Which means you most definitely should also include a photo or a scan of your original version in the post. It doesn't have to be on the same canvas, like I did in mine, but it has to be in the post somewhere, so I can compare them.
I would also love it if you labeled your drawings with the date. It can be approximate if you never date your drawings (bad habit! get out of it!) but I want to know the approximate time gap. ;)
As you can see, I like to do this occasionally, which is why I already got an "in-between" version from 2004. I was 14 in 2002 and 16 in 2004.
Geezuz that was a long time ago. holy moly.
Also, I have now officially outed myself as "one of those who grew up with Manga and Anime and drew nothing else for an embarrasingly long time."
yeaaah…. that happened. And my drawings definitely still bear the influence of that. It's not "bad" exactly, it's just that, as a growing artist, one really shouldn't strive to copy a specific style rather than drawing lots of different things because it limits you like crazy and you never actually learn how to draw "properly" because the proportions are already massively caricaturised.
ANYWHOOOOO~~~ I hope you enjoy this anyway. I always get a kick out of seeing what I can come up with when I re-draw an old sketch. Sometimes it sucks, but sometimes it's pretty cool.
I think it turned out ok. I still can't draw feet and shoes. ugh.
I had to hange her hairstyle because… omg… late 90s, early 2000s much? with the fringe and the weird spikeyness going on in the back? What WAS I thinking? shivers ~
Oh wait, that's right, I was 14. Nevermind.
MOVING ON
I am now passing the torch to you wonderful peeps!! Go forth and dig out those crappy old sketches and drawings that haven't seen the light of day in the last decade! (or less, of course, whatever you got lying around)
Go forth and have fun!
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