Post by Tidestripe on Dec 6, 2022 1:44:06 GMT -5
so, way back in the day on the old official forums, I remember seeing a thread from someone (it has unfortunately been far too long for me to remember who it was...) of them posting a bunch of their art throughout the years, starting from their very earliest works that they ever posted online and going all the way up until modern day.
that thread, and whoever it was that posted it, may very well be the sole reason I was able to keep my own motivation to draw way back then, and thus are the reasons why I still draw today. it only feels right that now that I'm finally in a place where I feel pretty good about my own art after all these years that I pass on the torch, and make an inspirational improvement thread of my own!
note that a lot of these are not in any specific order other than the year, and a few may even be in the wrong year category until the more recent years, because I have a frankly incredibly terrible memory lol
beware: this thread is going to have a lot of images! also, there will be spoilers for Hollow Knight and Splatoon (all games) present!
my art blog on tumblr
2012 - 2014
I'm not going to post all of them here because there's going to be a lot of images in this thread already, but trust me when I say there were like... at least seven of these cats all using this exact same "base" that I had made, and I thought that they all counted as completely original and separate art.
Tidestripe, who was probably my very first warrior cats oc, and where my username comes from lol.
For some reason, I had a running joke with Tidestripe about her being obsessed with grape soda... I don't remember how it started at all lol
A piece of art made for an OTD Night Owlz art challenge. I don't honestly understand what is happening in the picture myself anymore, lol.
The very first reference sheet for my very first fursona, Lilac!
Mari the Ghost (or just Mari Ghost), who was basically just me as a catwl in the OTD Night Owlz chat.
Tidestripe got butterfly wings here, for some reason. I don't know what is in her mouth, by the way-
--cato phoenix 's character Arlo, though her design has changed a lot since I made this lol. I should really redraw her sometime.
Probably the first time I ever drew Flandre Scarlet from Touhou.
2015 - 2019
Pretty sure I had started using GIMP at this point? Or FireAlpaca? One of the two.
More Flandre!
Lilac headshot, and the first piece of art I ever put on dA.
To be honest, I didn't draw that much in 2015, due to a bunch of mental health problems... this uncolored sketch of Lilac is likely the last 2015 art I have.
Which means we're on to the realm of 2016! There was a lot of Lilac this year, so not all of them will have captions, as there isn't much to actually say.
First Tidestripe redraw, I believe!
This is from 2017.
Speaking of 2017, Splatoon 2 came out that year. Get ready to see Callie! A lot.
Like, she was probably over half of what I drew that year.
I'm not exaggerating.
I think it's pretty obvious which team I was on in the final splatfest of the first Splatoon...
Shoutout to when I still thought I was a girl! (The orange lesbian flag didn't exist yet, at the time of this drawing.)
For some reason, I couldn't find any art from 2018? This piece of Sapphire is from 2019, and there's honestly not much 2019 art to be had either.
This very messy Flandre doodle was pretty much the only other 2019 thing I could dig up.
2020 - 2022 (present day!)
A sort-of redraw of a 2013 piece that I didn't include here, because again, there's a lot of images here already. I'm not really a fan of MLP anymore, but I still redraw this specific piece from time to time, as a sort of benchmark to see my improvement.
A quick thing of Marisa Kirisame from Touhou, based on something that happened in one of the official manga.
Another quick thing, this time of some vessels from Hollow Knight. For some reason this one got kinda popular on tumblr? At least compared to how my art normally does there, lol.
Keeping with the Hollow Knight trend as we enter 2021, this time with The Hollow Knight themself!
And with a reference sheet for my vessel oc, Thread!
Lilac, but with her older color palette!
I decided that Flandre and The Knight are friends now. No particular reason why, I just like both of them.
Hollyleaf was one of the last pieces of 2021.
Callie comes back to kick off 2022 (and thus the present era of my art)!
This is actually a redesign of Tidestripe! Fun fact, I drew this one on my birthday.
I tried to join some ARPGs on dA this year, which I feel like helped my art a lot. This is a character of mine from one of them named Brightbelly having a nightmare.
First version of this piece to even try to have a background, lol.
A redesign of that first cat pic from 2012!
Shiver from Splatoon 3! Sometimes you just feel like bright colors and sparkly, glittery things. I actually drew this picture today; the only reason I'm posting it before the next pic is because the next pic has heavy Splatoon 3 spoilers in it.
"That heavenly melody!" "The one and only!"
so... yeah.
it's been a long time since I first picked up a pen and started drawing, and I've come pretty far. I hope I can inspire at least one person to keep trying, too. and thank you to everyone who has supported me as I've improved over all of these years!
I'm not sure how often I'll update this thread, because to be honest I don't really use this site anymore, but it only felt right to make an inspirational thread here like the one I saw on the original forums so many years ago. and who knows, maybe I will update it from time to time!
until then, see you all later!