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2013 Art Summary

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Since it is New Years today, I decided to make a quick little summary of last year's art and comment a little on it. Some of these were easy to pick, some of them weren't. 

January: I was actually surprised to see over half of my art was made in 2012. Then again, they were really cruddy. This piece was for a contest, which I of course lost, had the best shading and coloring I did that month, and the proportions weren't that bad. I didn't have good inking pens yet, so I just used a sharpie for the lines.

February: Another chibi drawing, this was hard to pick for this month. I had at least two or three that I really enjoyed the shading or the proportions. I decided to go with this one since it was the most proportional and still felt cute, even though I drew it so long ago.

Silas by Zephyras-Lied: Again, I had two other possible choices, but I decided to pick this one since it was colored pretty well considering how old it was. He was also one of the few guys I first made that actually looked proportional. 

Lily by Zephyras-Lied: My birthday month, which is when I got my first set of inking pens. Including this one, only two of my pieces were inked. While I did the like some of the coloring in the other piece, I decided that the linework looked a lot better for the one shown above. I also used this in a how to draw speech at school, so this had some sentimental value to me. 

May: Part of my first attempt at a manga cover. While it does look terrible, I love how I drew my character. The shading felt smooth, and he had some of the best proportions I did at the time.  

Ichiro: Revised Appearance by Zephyras-Lied: This was a redesign of an old OC of mine, and I think both the line and color looked good. At least compared to the rest of the month.

July: I felt the pose actually looked normal, and while simple, the shading didn't look weird. Of course, the background is really nothing special. If I didn't mess up the hair and face of "Demon Princess Hana", she would probably take this slot.

Lia-Alternate-Outfit by Zephyras-Lied: I was going to put the picture of a dragon, but I decided to stick to more human-like characters so it might be easier to see improvement. I was in a small art block, mostly due to how my shading felt worse. The shading feel more natural than in my previous works(especially the skin and eyes), and the lines are thin and more precise.

September: With school already in session, this month onward starts having less and less art per month. I literally had five choices to pick from. The one shown above was my first attempt at a screentone-like texture, which I really liked the results of. I also liked the design of my OC overall. The pose seemed relaxed yet tense, and looked somewhat natural.

October: Part of a sketch dump of OC redesigns. I simply felt I was improving at my proportions. 

November: One of my very few attempts at profile view that I actually like. Part of a headshot test, I had decent enough shading, and the lineart was pretty good to me. 

December: As you can see, this looks different than some of the previous months. I tried a completely different way of shading, and even before that, the lineart I did for this already felt better than my other ones. I honestly feel proud of making this.

So, that's pretty much an overview of last year. How was you 2013, art wise? Any comments about any of my art from last year? Tell me down below! :D I hope you have a fantastic 2014~ 
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mbainbridge's avatar
Hey, DZ! are you free for requests? I have one for my birthday on the 15th of this month.