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Improvement meme 2000-2016

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GOSH this is so embarrassing :iconpapmingplz:
I wanted to do this long ago and took me quite a while to finish it because I can't remember well all the dates and I think I've put some drawings in the wrong years. Welp, whatever.

Seeing this retrospective looks like my style has evolved slowly over the years. One of the things I regret is not having drawn more in the past and not joined art sites early, because I'm sure I missed many things, and people feedbacks would have helped me a lot. And friendship with other artists is something priceless _(://3 」 ∠)_
Well, better late than never I guess.


To summarize.
In the summer of 2000 I've started drawing manga because watching & reading anime
inspired me to draw my own stories.
The following years I focused on developing characters and stories, more for fun than taking it seriously.
In late 2006
I
switched colored pencils for acrylics and in 2008 for watercolors. And it's the medium I've used until 2014.
I barely have drawings from 2008, until the last months of the year, because I was more interested in playing Final Fantasy XI than drawing.
I
especially enjoyed the year 2009. I was very inspired and drawn many things but I barely finished any of them.
In 2010, due of studies stress and my
deteriorate health, I began to dislike my style and doubting my skills. It was also the year I started to focus on BJDs.
2011. Still focusing on dolls and hardly drew something. Mostly gifts for friends.
2012. A friend told me to post my drawings online. I signed up on deviantArt and started drawing regularly again. I started practicing digital art too.
2013.
I started to get used to draw every day. Though I get occasional ups and downs but felt happier and enjoyed drawing.
2014.
In the middle of this year I focused practically only on digital art and experimented with digital watercolor brushes.
2015. A year of a lot of frustration in which I felt my art have been very repetitive and made little progress, tho I'm quite satisfied with my style again since 2010.
2016. Not sure what to say about this year, it wasn't  a good one but I think I've
improved my coloring a bit more.

I wish I had more time and courage to experience with more things, but I don't give up and hope I can achieve it eventually <3

Meme by Kamaniki
Blank template here: fav.me/d2gh9ev
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phoebe-nyan's avatar
Wooooah. Awesome progress!