I'm having a giggle over art I found of my two main OCs from way back when. Join me in enjoying improvement, no matter how small!

Behold: Zofia and Marzela

Oh no. It seems your image link is broken...

I'll add my art too. Link

I'm mostly an illustrator, but I also love OCs.

This is from around when I first started drawing digitally, back in... 2006-ish?

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let's just say that i've... improved since. This one's a couple of years old, I wanted to find something that has a similar vibe.

And this one's more recent, although it's quite static with the poses.

I really quite like these lines, although I doubt I'll have the time to finish them

, I admire the way you paint so much, especially how you seem to have found a more personal style over the years!

- I love how with every year it's clear what you were working on, and how each step is reflected in your art moving forward. Your art is so beautiful! You've come to balance everything you've learned with your personal style perfectly!

- your linework is INSANE, and your colors are somehow both super soft and super readable, which I feel is a very difficult balance to master! It just feels so warm and natural.

I made this 2 years ago but still up-to-date I believe 2013 vs 2022

I would love to see your art, but looks like discord got to you and the image is broken :(

oh my gosh, you guys are SO talented, my jaw literally dropped

whoops fixed it lol

That said your coloring game has improved SO MUCH, your golds are insane! Is that an OC? The design is so cool, I'm obsessed!

thank you very much! it's a character I made for a friend, one my very first times designing stuff too

your art seems to have evolved a lot but you manage to keep your style consistent, that's very impressive ^^

thank you!! ❤️

your sense of anatomy and style have improved so much, while still remaining recognisably as yours, that's always impressive to see! I love seeing characters growing while retaining traces of their old selves.

Oh, the design is so unique :0 It's so cool to see the little changes in design while still keeping the main bits intact. Like Moro said, the golds look really good!!

some more improvement, this time the same character over the years

Kielo back when the character was created, so uhhh 9ish years ago perhaps?

This one's 2019 I think, a piece I still quite like

Most recent piece I have of him, from this year although this is only from a doodle collection, hence the messiness. I should do a proper full profile for him

Here is an OC I started drawing ages and ages ago. I do these comparisons once in a while. Since's he's my oldest, I use him as ref.

The full versions under the cut, Newest (2024) to oldest (2012):

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without fishing out & getting lost in my hard drive full of ancient dA stuffz -- here's a self portrait doodle from 2012 & one from 2023 ;u;

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