>>7834806
>Did you improve?
I don't think so. I look like a flat circle.

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>>7834806
I think I'm doing pretty good
Progress has been slowing down a bit but it's still fun

>7834886
fuck off chris

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>>7834806
>Did you improve?

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>>7834806
I still have very little understanding of anatomy.

You people told me I never improve so I never improved.

>>7834806
>I took 80 commissions this year instead of 100 like I usually do
This is the life of a wagie

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>>7834806
Kay
Each of them is exactly one year apart
First one's from last year and the second ones from this year

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>>7834806
I think that I've gotten marginally better in terms of lighting, composition and lineart but to be honest, I kind of feel like I am stagnating. I dunno how/what I should do in order to improve.

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>>7834806
I'm quite happy with how my art's been going.

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I'm still in a studyfag loop, getting filtered by value studies is still worth it though I get more tempted to care about shape design. I don't think I improved much because I keep clogging up my brain with random theory I don't have any use for yet, for example color temperature stuff.

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>>7835303
Last color study thing I tried was inventing a different lighting scenario from an existing painting, original was a sunset lighting, I'm too much of pussy to try again, but it's pretty tempting to go for it, maybe need a subject matter that fuels my interest a bit.

>>7834806
I actually regressed in terms of speed, I barely got anything done this year. something went horribly wrong

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Idk if this is a good comparison but this is the first page of personal art (as in not a copy or an exercise) from my first sketchbook I started in early July vs something I finished on Sunday

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>>7834806
I’ve made big progress on my portraits and quick drawing in general

>>7835303
Honestly anon if you’re struggling with values I highly recommend you just return to trad. I know it’s something people here say a lot, but you’ll probably “get” values more if you do it with a pen or pencil as opposed to digitally. You have to experience darkening a particular value or making one light intentionally with a pen in order for it to become second nature