30 Artists Challenge Themselves To Redraw Their Old ‘Crappy’ Drawings, Prove That Practice Makes Perfect
It's easy to compare your artworks and drawing techniques to those of the greats and feel miserable. But if you're an aspiring creator you need to understand that nobody was born a genius and everyone has to start somewhere. And nothing proves this better than the 'Draw This Again' challenge (previously here and here).
Its rules are really simple. Artists upload side-by-side images of their earlier and current works, showcasing how much they've progressed. And some of the participants are even redoing their old pencil sketches, which makes the effect of the then and now comparison so much stronger. From realistic drawings to surreal character design, scroll down to check out the improvements and the unique art they've made over the years and upvote your favorites of these beautiful drawings.
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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
Found This Drawing I Did In 2008 When I Was 11 Of The Puppy We Adopted Who’s Now An Old Man
It's Been Exactly Three Years Since My First Drawing, So Decided To Do This 'Draw This Again' Challenege. Not Dissappointed
Eye Improvement In 2 Years, 13 To 15 Years Old
I am mesmerized, hypnotized just looking at the tremendous detail of that beautiful blue dreamy eye!!
Then And Now
My Drawing Improvement 2014 - 2017
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
This is my favourite improvement. The first picture is a lot better than I could every do, but the second is just brilliant!
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
A Little Evolution Trough The Time
The First One I Drew When I Was Twelve Years Old. The Second Sheet Is A 25-Year-Old Guy Who Started Drawing
A Remake Of An Old Drawing From 2014. It's Nice To See How My Art Style Changed As Well
My Drawing Progress Over The Year, Criticism And Advice Always Welcome
One Year Drawing Progress
Sometimes I Think That I Do Not Advance Or Improve, And Then I Find My Drawings From Years Ago
If I could draw as well as the first picture, I'd think I was some kind of genius!
It's Always Nice To See How Far You've Come, And What All Of Your Time And Effort Has Ended Up As
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
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
Did A Re-Draw Of My First Ever Digital Painting From 2012. Pretty Cool To See How Far I’ve Come
I Got Inspired To Remake A Drawing I Made 7 Years Ago For A Friend
This Was So Much Fun To Draw! I Used The First Pic I Ever Drew With Photoshop And Did It Again. Any Improvement?
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
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
Note: this post originally had 139 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
in some cases it also shows how far modern technology has come too. great pics
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You could recreate any artist on a computer - this is why Banksy is so great
No, you can’t. Digital art takes just as much effort as traditional art. ( I mean, I WISH I could recreate my favorite artist’s work just using technology )
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modern technology has come too far in respect of art -- when you struggle to see if something is drawn, painted or simply done on a computer - that is not art. Amazing images are great, whether photoshop or done from scratch, but sometimes it is hard to tell the difference which degrades the work of the folks using real pencils, real paint and real brushes
that a good point, I mean, it's still a skill to be able to create the images with a computer, you have the imagination to start something, I'm not sure everyone could create a mona lisa with just photoshop... but the whole copy and paste technique does take a bunch of the skill away from the challenge
You have literally no idea what you're talking about, do you?
I wish there were more hand drawn stuff... Even though they're beautiful, tehcnology improves, and it's easier to delete mistakes you've made, but handmade will always be nicer for me, with flaws and all.
*opposed to digital art
that's crap. You wait til your acryl paint is dry and paint over. Same thing.
An Artist in traditional mediums cannot just delete and redo til they get it right. every touch to the canvas or paper has to be perfect 1st time, particularly in watercolours.
Exactly. Though I feel the so called mistakes are what make art great in the first place. The way watercolour flows is never the same, no matter how "perfect" you try and make it.
Now, I agree with some aspect, but mistakes and flaws is what makes art so great. If everybody was perfect at art it wouldn’t have any value.
am gritting my teeth here and posting a pic i painted from National Geographo 1967 . i still have the original photograph and have the original cover with the Afgan girl - which i somewhere started to paint refugee-5b...d58cab.jpg
in some cases it also shows how far modern technology has come too. great pics
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You could recreate any artist on a computer - this is why Banksy is so great
No, you can’t. Digital art takes just as much effort as traditional art. ( I mean, I WISH I could recreate my favorite artist’s work just using technology )
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
modern technology has come too far in respect of art -- when you struggle to see if something is drawn, painted or simply done on a computer - that is not art. Amazing images are great, whether photoshop or done from scratch, but sometimes it is hard to tell the difference which degrades the work of the folks using real pencils, real paint and real brushes
that a good point, I mean, it's still a skill to be able to create the images with a computer, you have the imagination to start something, I'm not sure everyone could create a mona lisa with just photoshop... but the whole copy and paste technique does take a bunch of the skill away from the challenge
You have literally no idea what you're talking about, do you?
I wish there were more hand drawn stuff... Even though they're beautiful, tehcnology improves, and it's easier to delete mistakes you've made, but handmade will always be nicer for me, with flaws and all.
*opposed to digital art
that's crap. You wait til your acryl paint is dry and paint over. Same thing.
An Artist in traditional mediums cannot just delete and redo til they get it right. every touch to the canvas or paper has to be perfect 1st time, particularly in watercolours.
Exactly. Though I feel the so called mistakes are what make art great in the first place. The way watercolour flows is never the same, no matter how "perfect" you try and make it.
Now, I agree with some aspect, but mistakes and flaws is what makes art so great. If everybody was perfect at art it wouldn’t have any value.
am gritting my teeth here and posting a pic i painted from National Geographo 1967 . i still have the original photograph and have the original cover with the Afgan girl - which i somewhere started to paint refugee-5b...d58cab.jpg