#'what did you do in 2022?' the international baccalaureate diploma programme

[n0brainjustvibes]

Found my old art hehe, thought it might be fun to do a little retrospective.

2018-2023 pencil drawings :P

Retrospective: the first two really aren't a fair comparison. The first one I was going for a cartoon style, the second one I got scared and fell back on realism because I thought realism was "better" (and still couldn't stylise for shit).

For some fairer comparisons... (long, extremely self-indulgent post that's mostly just art you've already seen below)

^ same character, attempting stylisation in both. 2020-2022

or this:

bird photo studies, 2021-2023, worth noting that the second one was done in way less time and on a new tablet. Also in the notes app.

Or here's a good one! Comfort bird art (well, griffin). 2021-today. Think I actually used the same lineart brush.

Even this is a pretty fair comparison, I think - similar style in mind, similar time input. (2020-2021-2023). Also all photo studies to an extent (final one was based on a pic I took of my own arms).

Interesting to look back on my high-effort pieces... you can see exactly where I went in for harsh geometric shading (2021) and how I got looser with it and started exaggerating colours. Hit a peak w/ the John art where I was like "whoa, may have gone too far" lmao.

I'm proud of where I've come, it's got much easier to be stylised and expressive in a way that looks natural (I hope), and that's something I've been aiming for since long before 2018.

Final piece that's not a comparison, just something old I'm still proud of :]

#art progress #art improvement #if I do say so myself #these are the more tolerable picks... I've DEFINITELY improved from the bottom-of-the-barrel failpieces #vibes art #'what did you do in 2022?' the international baccalaureate diploma programme