17-year re-draw

[eye_of_toad]

Title: Green Tie with Polka Dots
Artist: eye_of_toad
Rating: gen
Fandom: none
Characters/Pairings: none
Content Notes: content warning for bones if that's creepy for you (rib cage drawing)

original = highlighters and some kind of pen that I don't remember
redraw = colored pencil, posca pen, and water-based markers

The original was a doodle that I did at work (a job that I absolutely hated), colored in with highlighter while sitting at my desk. This wasn't too long after I had taken an anatomy-for-artists class so I think the anatomy is actually more accurate in the old version.

For the re-draw, I was kind of rushing because I wanted to post this before the month was up and I picked the subject because it seemed like it might be easy. After all, the original was just a doodle. But then I got the proportions wrong and couldn't even fit it on the page and I quickly gave up on the idea that this would be an improvement on the original.

2007 to 2024

Comments

edgy swag

[eye_of_toad]

I agree. I'm not even quite sure what it is about the first one that feels more pop album cover than the second one. And I do think my shading skills have improved, but I still have the tendency to rush the initial composition. I hadn't expected to go off the edge of the page like that.