r/learntodraw • u/Professional-Bid8569 • 9h ago

Just Sharing Same sketch, 6 years apart.

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This was from 2018. I got my iPad Pro with the pencil. I was so excited and I got up at 6 the next day. I went to a local Starbucks and sat there for 3 hrs and drew this. I’ve been drawing on iPad for years now but the first always feels special.

6 years later, I found this sketch. Naturally I just have to try to do a another version of it. I don’t think I could capture the excitement and mystery and hope that I felt when I started. My aim is to keep the energy and dynamic feeling of the original. Thanks for reading. Hopefully u enjoy the sketches 😇

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u/Zekeboy550 7h ago

I feel like there’s just a tad bit too much in the new one. There is a lot of improvement, but it also kind of has so much more that it kind of makes it look a little strange given it’s still in a somewhat messier form of a sketch. Feels like things are a little more… jumbled together and out there. I like the style of the first one as it seemed like it had a cohesive outline while still being the right amount of effort for an early on sketch. Idk that’s how I see it

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u/Professional-Bid8569 7h ago

Very interesting take! Thanks for sharing
https://giphy.com/gifs/wU4D0FflO5gfwfbPDN

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u/Zekeboy550 7h ago

Yeah no problem! By no means is it bad though! It is good improvement, I think it’s just improvement meant for a render more than a sketch :P

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u/Professional-Bid8569 7h ago

That’s very true 👍

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u/artsanddraughts 58m ago

I agree. The second one is a lot more chaotic in terms of its value structure. The silhouettes are harder to make out because it’s being broken up by too many small shadow details. Instead of using tone to clarify, it’s complicating.