It's Redraw time!!! Hi, everyone! I've said it a lot of times before but I'll say it again, I love redrawing! I love looking back at my old works and challenging myself with my current skill to remake the old piece! Seeing the difference on what I can do now really puts things into perspective. Improving your skills is a slow uphill progress and it's easy to get lost in and feel like you're not improving. So, every now and then, I like to stand back and see how far I've come! Without any further adooobeedobeedo, here's Touka from Tokyo Ghoul 2022~
If I'm being completely honest, I'm not exactly the happiest with how this turned out ;w; While I was painting the thing I had a lot of doubts on my perspective, anatomy, and even the colors (which I'm usually so excited about). I just thought that by this time, I would've... uh... improved more? ;w; The thing about redrawing is... sometimes it just digs into my insecurities as an artist. I would open my Photoshop thinking I can do things I couldn't do before. And when I still can't do it the way I want to do it, I get a little bummed. But then again, it's not the end of the world! I can still improve! >u<
Also! Looking back at it as I write this post, it looks pretty dope! Artists can be too hard on themselves sometimes and I may or may not be guilty of that >u<
2016 Version! ♥
Wahh! I didn't realize this was sooo long ago! I had just gotten my pen tab by this point and I'm still learning the basics of... well... art >u< Before I got my first pen tab, I used to just doodle at the back of my notebooks, nothing too serious. I knew nothing about anatomy and colors. I was and still am a messy kid so art supplies weren't really my thing so I never really learned how to color >u< So when I got my first pen tab, I had so much freedom to do stuff! I think that's when I started learning how to actually draw >u<
So, to anyone who wants to learn how to draw digitally but has 0 experience in drawing traditionally, I think just pick up a nice cheap start-up pen tab and see where it goes! It worked for me, maybe it will too for you HEHE
If you're looking for cheap pen tabs I recommend XP-Pen! It's the one I'm currently using (Deco Fun) and I think it was also my first pen tab! I think it goes as low as 1000 pesos or 20 USD and it's already pretty decent :D (not sponsored >u<)
ANYWAY, I think I got sidetracked way too many times for this post. That's my 2016|2022 redraw of Touka from Tokyo Ghoul!
That's about it!
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