Old Vs New - Tumblr Posts
I think i got better
Omg i found my first sketch book and found Dakota. The first time i made dakota but who looks better First Dakota or Modern Dakota?
New profile picture I forgot to post it but it’s better than last one I think I’ll put up old one for comparison under this
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?
Old vs new
I'm somewhat proud of it, there are some parts that I could of put more work into but over all I like it. I showed my mom and she said that it looks like the 3 of swords tarot card and I can kind of see it. What do you guys think?
(08/19/24) old vs new
Also I drew both pieces I just edited the top one which is my own art to see what his new design would look like on it to compare
redrew this adorable little sketch i found in my folders, from 2015.. (looking at them properly side by side here i immediately regret not making steven a lot stumpier like in the original sketch. alas…)
Old (2010) vs. New (2019)
Went through my old pictures a while ago and found an old picture of Vaati by chance. Couldn’t resist the challenge!
First drawing of Shake vs latest drawing. I'm so proud of my improvement
Old vs New
Here's a redraw of an old drawing I did back in 2020!
Then:
Vs now:
