20+ Artists Challenge Themselves To Redraw Their Old ‘Crappy’ Drawings, Prove That Practice Makes Perfect

I Broke My Neck And Was Paralyzed In December, 2010. Here Is A Photo Of The First Drawing I Did In Rehab, With Assistance From My Recreational Therapist Ashley. Followed By A Self Portrait I Did 7 Years Later. I’ve Improved A Little

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Two Years Of Drawing Every Day

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Found This Drawing I Did In 2008 When I Was 11 Of The Puppy We Adopted Who’s Now An Old Man

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I Found An Old Drawing Of Mine From When I Was Seven Of My Mad Baller Speedboat – A Hybrid Blend Of Top Fuel Dragster, Funny Car, Racing Boat, Tactical Jet Aircraft And Whatever The Hell Else I Wanted. Then I Did An Adult Version To Homage The Original

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It’s Been Exactly Three Years Since My First Drawing, So Decided To Do This ‘Draw This Again’ Challenege. Not Dissappointed

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Eye Improvement In 2 Years, 13 To 15 Years Old

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Me And My Art, 6 Years Apart

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A Little Evolution Trough The Time

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My Drawing Improvement 2014 – 2017

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Then And Now

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1 Year Improvement

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The First One I Drew When I Was Twelve Years Old. The Second Sheet Is A 25-Year-Old Guy Who Started Drawing

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My Drawing Progress Over The Year, Criticism And Advice Always Welcome

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My Drawing Improvement 2013 – 2017

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Awesome Progress

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Improvement

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Sometimes I Think That I Do Not Advance Or Improve, And Then I Find My Drawings From Years Ago

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Nearly 10 Years Ago I Drew Sybill Trelawney From Harry Potter, And Now I’ve Done It Again. I Pushed Myself With The Details, And I’m So Proud

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Recently I Came Across A Super Old Drawing Of Mine And I Thought It Could Be Fun To Redraw Or Paint The Thing. I Added Some Details Though To Make It Look Nicer Besides The Whole Rendering Part And Everything Else

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Did A Re-Draw Of My First Ever Digital Painting From 2012. Pretty Cool To See How Far I’ve Come

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It’s Been 4 Years And I’ve Learned A Lot. And Honestly? I’ve Learned Most Of It By Watching Much Better Artists Than Me

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One Year Drawing Progress

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Improved Nutella

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Elephant Before And After

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2.5 Years Between The 1st And 2nd Picture

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Redesigned A Character That Was Created In 2010, Called Semira, Now Called Lily. I Find It Very Cool To Remake Old Designs, ‘Cause It’s Easier To See How I Have Evolved

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I Got Inspired To Remake A Drawing I Made 7 Years Ago For A Friend

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A Remake Of An Old Drawing From 2014. It’s Nice To See How My Art Style Changed As Well

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Honestly Most People Drew Better Than Me When They Were Kids. I Just Enjoyed Drawing, So I Kept Doing It, And Improved As A Byproduct

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Old Work Done Around 2008-2009 And The New Version In 2012

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This Was So Much Fun To Draw! I Used The First Pic I Ever Drew With Photoshop And Did It Again. Any Improvement?

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I’d Seen People Do This Before And I Always Wanted To Try It Myself Some Time. To Make It Fair I Stuck To The Same Conditions: No References, No Color And The Same Pose

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Davy Jones – Draw This Again

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It’s Always Nice To See How Far You’ve Come, And What All Of Your Time And Effort Has Ended Up As

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One Year Of Practice (1 Hour Each Night)

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Progression, Digital

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Draw This Owl Again

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Here Is The Remake Of A Self-Portrait I Did Back In 2010, Before I Did Any Digital Work, All Inks And Cross-Hatching Back Then

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Gosh, I Was So Proud Of This Back In 2013. And I Really Did Improve In The Past Three Years

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My Mom Found One Of My Old Sketch Books From 1999 And The Drawing On The Left Was A Little Gem I Found In There. I Drew The One On The Left At Age 9 And The One On The Right At Age 19

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1 Year Difference (Progress)

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May 2014 To May 2018 – Four Years Of Practice With Colored Pencils

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3 Years Apart

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Not Sure When The First One Was Made, May Be 1994 Or Something. Anyway, A Bit Of Progress Since Then

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I’ve Never Really Redrawn An Old Artwork Of Mine Even Though I Love Seeing Them From Other Artists. So I Gave It A Shot And Tried To Keep Pose And Palette Similar. 12 Years Of Difference

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I Still Can’t Draw Hands But I’m Getting There

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Draw This Again: Drowning Maiden

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I Really Enjoy To “Restore” My Old Characters Of Elementary And Middle School And Only Now I Realize How Synthesized And Anatomically Incorrect They Are

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Organizing My Files, I Found This Drawing Which Is One Of The First Digital Drawings I Made, 13 Years Ago, In Paint. I Thought It Would Be Fun To Redo It And See The Result

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My Progress In 7 Years

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So In My 12-Year-Old Mind Preppy Equaled A School Girl Outfit. It Was Very Fun Redrawing This! Huge Confidence Booster

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One Year Improvement

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A Huge Progress In 4 Years

Redrawing My Old Artwork From 2016, Here Is My Year Progress

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So I Opened My Drawing Time Capsule From 10 Years Ago. I’m Not Sure If That Black Thing Is A Mouth Or A Mustache

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Zero Improvement, Right?

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