After my friend’s comment about Kyra looking like a well-known League of Legends character I knew I had to iterate on her design even more. So this time around I did a full-body sketch.
At the time I didn’t know much about how cloth works. So the lines for it are just straight, and the clothing doesn’t have any feeling of depth. The design is pretty flat. But I went forward with it anyway. I knew that somewhere I’d come up with something I was pleased with.
I knew that skill came with mileage. I didn’t know that there’s more to getting better at drawing than simply drawing a lot. Purposeful studies have helped me more than anything and I’m still bad at giving myself permission to do style studies instead of drawing the comic all the time.
The thing that I enjoy a lot out of this is seeing how much I’ve improved since I did this drawing. If you have a problem with comparing yourself to others, then I invite you to just look at how far you have come. When we say someone is “talented” it’s only because we’re seeing the end results and not all the hours put into honing a craft.
Keep drawing, making cool shit, and being creative. Never stop!
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