Practice, practice, practice. This is 10 years of hard work and constant painting, studying and practicing. Art isn't something you just pick up and learn quickly. Art isn't fun and easy. It takes a hard work, a serious desire to improve and as much skill and learning as anything else.
You might think the pictures at the beginning are still good, but they are lacking a lot of things.
1998 - I think the first one may be the first or 2nd watercolor I did. I was still doing a lot of digital for fanart. I still did in later years but I didn't include any of the rest.
2000 - I lost the middle paint and have never found it. I must have had a thing for red hair.
2001- These are all characters from my comics. The first green one I would consider my first really good fantasy art that was good enough to keep showing for years.
2002 - First two are illustration from college. All of the sudden I was forced to paint lots of pictures with backgrounds and full figures for my project.
2003 - Started sticking with inked drawings and hot press watercolor paper here.
2004 - More detail....
2005 - I made an effort this year to draw entire figures that fit in the picture without feet being cut off etc. Started using more photo reference.
2006 - Can't think of anything notable. Maybe less fairy wings...nah
2007 - At this point I am usually spending 80% of my time on backgrounds than the people in the picture.
Devious Comments
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Read Mercury Brightman THE FIRST SIGN
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Realm of Nerdiness Come Visit Me!
Red Dragon Headquarters My Story that is Illustrated in Anime style. You want to read it.... You know you want to read it...
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"this is a mell of a hess!"
it's really awesome to see improvements over the years, I hope to be able to do the same in several years.
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I'm Meru in DA's Mermaid Melody Crew! [link]
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I can see you!
practice, practice, practice... I know I know...
but still...
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"What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger... So you better shoot me right at the first move, 'cause you ain't got no second chance!"
Lucy, Battle Explorator (my story ^^)
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