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2002 vs. 2022

Last year I came across a set of season fairies that I drew when I was still in school. They were the first art I ever posted online and were the best I could do at the time. Since it had been exactly 20 years, I decided to redraw them and see the difference. I tried to retain some elements from the original set; each fairy is facing the same way and has a similar outfit and colour scheme. In 2002 I used coloured pencils because that was my standard medium for colour, so I did the redraw in watercolour because that's become my standard medium over time. (Maybe I'll redraw one in coloured pencil too.) Autumn is first because I drew her first back then! It was my favourite season. Autumnal fairies are still the kind I draw most, so the Autumn fairy was probably the easiest.

Winter is the one I changed most because she had a definite Christmas vibe in the original, which I remember being unintentional. (At the time I just couldn't think of any Winter plants other than evergreens.) I tried to make the new one match what I was aiming for in the past, rather than what I managed to draw.

Spring flowers are all very low-growing, so I moved the Spring fairy down to the ground. I'm really pleased with the mist effect in the background and how closely I was able to match the old colour scheme.

Finally, Summer! This one was interesting, I absolutely hated the season as a child (I had fair skin, light-sensitive eyes and debilitating hayfever) and I have strong memories of just bashing this one out to complete the set, so I had to figure out if there even was a flower that matched those generic 'flower' shapes I drew in the original. I hadn't tried very hard at the time, but in hindsight I thought her pose was more interesting than the others, so I tried to retain things like the bent legs by hooking them round the flower stem. She's also the one whose character design changed the least. I'm still not a huge fan of the season but I think the updated illustration might even be my favourite in the set.

Maybe I'll make some prints of these or some Redbubble products?

Happy Hobi Day! He's not my bias but I could watch j-hope dance all day.

His trousers in this dance practice remind me of a watermelon and I love it.

Picnic with friends, version 2.

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Here's a sort of bonus Inktober. I had half a page left and I was still disappointed about using the wrong midtone in this Inktober picture, so I redrew a Winter version with the right pen. Which one looks better?

It's a good day for friends to visit.

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Inktober 2022 Day 31: dip pen and ink wash

Last one! As usual, finished with about 2 hours to midnight. I was screamingly busy at London MCM Comic Con for the last 5 days (including travel and packing/unpacking etc.) so I'm really pleased that I managed to keep going to the end.

This makes 5 of the Mirror Twins for Hallowe'en, so I'll probably get them printed as postcards like the 5 Tabitha drawings. Who should I pick for the next series?

Carnivorous plant 3

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Inktober 2022 Day 30: G-pen

Long day.

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Inktober 2022 Day 29: gel pens

Boo!

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Inktober 2022 Day 28: plastic nib fineliner

Dead weight.

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Inktober 2022 Day 26: Fountain Pentel

Carnivorous plant 2

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Inktober 2022 Day 25: G-pen

I swear I was still doing these! I fell behind on scanning and posting them but they were all drawn on the right day.

your wonderful crow boy character reminds me of morpheus from the sandman :)

Aw thanks! I've never read the Sandman comics properly, but I looked it up and I do see the resemblance! I think the crow boy would be flattered by the comparison (and by being called wonderful). <3

Not good with stress.

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Inktober 2022 Day 25: ink and water

Time to leave.

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Inktober 2022 Day 24: uni-ball eye fine tip

I spent about 6 hours on trains on this day, so this was done on a moving train. I also used a pen I found on the platform because I thought I should obey the obvious promptings of fate.

Never gets old.

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Inktober 2022 Day 23: brush inking and ink wash

This is the only one so far that's A5 instead of A6. I've drawn a version of this picture every Inktober since 2014 and it's fun to look back at the set and see the differences, so I try to keep them the same size. I also try to use a different type of ink every year, but I only have 2 or 3 left that I haven't used so I might abandon that eventually.

Nothing but hair and bones.

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Inktober 2022 Day 22: gel pens and Pentel Pocket Brush

Maybe pushing her over was a bad idea.

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Inktober 2022 Day 21: fineliners and grey pens

Would you believe this was supposed to be an easy one because I was tired? I didn't think about the difficult lighting!

Awake, but at what cost?

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Inktober 2022 Day 20: gel pens

Does she know? Can she see it?

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Inktober 2022 Day 19: ink and water

He blesses the weak ones to help them grow.

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Inktober 2022 Day 18: G-pen

Sit down, they want to talk to you.

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Inktober 2022 Day 17: fineliners and grey pens

It was like nobody else saw it.

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Inktober 2022 Day 16: ink and water (with white gel pen)

Long night.

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Inktober 2022 Day 15: G-pen and Pentel Pocket Brush

Not as musical without the glamour either.

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Inktober 2022 Day 14: dip pen

She won't move until the vision is complete.

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Inktober 2022 Day 13: Fountain Pentel

Shhhh. Don't wake them up.

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Inktober 2022 Day 12: Pentel Pocket Brush and ink wash