Anyway, I went through my gallery and deleted a couple things and moved some to scraps. I realize that my god, like in 2006 and early 2007, I could hardly draw. For example this comes up: [link]

I used to be so proud of it, but now I just want to throw up. The only thing I can think of that's good is the fur coloring on the chest.

Then I have this: [link] I figure it's somewhat decent. I mean I used it for a spray/tag in Half-life 2: Deathmatch recently. But the coloration just seems really tacky. The overall face shape is just waaaaay off.

One of my first "good" ones: [link] I actually did a fairly decent job on this one, and it actually trumps some stuff from about 5 months later. But still, the coloration is off, some shading is a bit off, and it just doesn't look too steady.

And back to my old ways: [link] The shading is a bit better, however, as Sivon clearly pointed out, there are about a thousand perspectives being used in this one.

[link] Just doesn't look very steady, lumpy legs, proportions out of whack, the whole deal. I've been meaning to redraw her.

[link] The result of me trying to trace a picture of myself and foxifying. The outlines are so unnecessary. I may end up retrying this concept though.

[link] The first part of a new phase in drawing for me. Though the perspective is just a bit off. The overall body build is a bit off. Actually for this one I did draw the rest of Liko's body under the clothes and it did look pretty weird.

[link] Color, shading, and perspective are a bit odd. The eyes stick out too much too.

[link] This one still impresses me. It was pretty advanced for the time, it even measures up to my standards today. The only problems I see are the outlines on the toes, and the stubby left arm.

[link] Even better, only things that seem off is mostly the perspective and some of the coloring.

[link] Still my favorite, I don't see much in terms of flaws, though I know it's not perfect. A bit cartoonish if anything.

[link] A lot of people love this one actually, I've never really had much to say about it though.

[link] The newest Liko reference. Right hand seems weird and the shirt could use a bit of reshaping. Otherwise I believe this is my best yet.

And then we're up to today. I find it interesting how far I've come in a matter of a mere 2 years. Only time will tell where I am one year from now. I never really did focus on improving my style and drawing technique, but hey, looky, it happened. I guess it all really comes down to experimenting and trial and error efforts. I have yet to really do much with filters beyond blur and motion blur in terms of drawing Liko. Photoshop can really work wonders. Though I guess it really takes good pencil art to get it started in the first place.

Anyway, Art trades are still being accepted until June 15th: [link] I promise I will get your drawing to you before September. That may seem pretty far off, but I just don't want to promise a month from now. will get my end of the trade sometime this weekend hopefully if I can do it Saturday night or possibly tonight.

Back to work for me, I still have a research paper to write. x.o