Apologies to Nami and Sanji

I’m starting an art journey and drawing consistently for the first time at 32 years old. I also started a YouTube channel to document my journey!

NOBODY CAME FOR ME!!!!!

I'm not drawing the traditional way, tried for years of learning every step, following tutorials. I basically just learn by drawing things, they turn out bad, I try to compare to things that are not bad and improve step by step. Refining my style but just drawing how I like to draw!

Far from perfect but at least now I learned a lot and grew up instead of stopping drawing entirely because I found it boring!

I credit the very first painting in this series my first real lesson on impasto.

Some brilliant young artist passed me in a park with her uncle and cousin. She couldn't speak english and her cousin says to me "she's also an artist back home!"

I handed them a brush and walked around for a few minutes while she painted. And when I came back it was like she knew exactly what I was trying to do and gave me the most expert demonstration on how to confidently pick up a nice glob of paint and put it down impasto.

If you look carefully you can tell a part of the painting that was done with a loaded brush and which ones were my timid attempts at thinpasto painting.

2021 is SO bad, he isn’t even recognizable 💀

The old piece (2nd image) has been hanging on my wall for ages since I was really proud of it when I made it, but I thought it was time for a change lol. I’m really happy with how the new one turned out!

First post here, wanted to share my art progress when it comes to portraits, especially the split portraits. I haven’t done one since late 2022 (first pic) up until now and the difference is night and day. Unfortunately Reddit butchered the quality so the linework looks weird on the second one

His name’s Auddy! The first drawing is from I’m not sure when- probably around 2019-2020. The second is from early 2022, and the third is from about a month ago! This guy’s become so much more than he once was meant to be! From being a bug-blood thirsty monster to a zombie plant who can’t eat meat, he’s the protagonist of one of the shows I’m developing to turn into an indie-animated pilot eventually!

Ignore how the recent one is unfinished haha

I wonder how much I improved if at all.

a dragon drawing I'm making, I use mechanical pencils .3 HB and .5 4B and am about 40% done, estimating about 120-150 hours to complete, thanks for looking!

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