2025 art recap+ redraw

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click/space to proceed, back arrow to go back I selected 12 of my best digital art pieces from each month of 2025, and I re-drew the oldest one to see how much i've improved. January- A miku headshot I drew, mainly as a rendering practice (posted on DA) I like the shading on the eyes for this one and how colorful it is. Febuary- Dovemoon drawing, another rendering practice and to play around with water lighting and drawing backgrounds. The flowers were really fun to draw as well as shading the water! (posted on DA) March- TN for a MAP (discontinued) I posted based off @9rainbowtails April fools game saga. The anatomy and face angle was fun to play around with, especially with conjuring up a design solely based off teasers for the game. (posted on scratch) April- redraw of an art piece I made back in 2022-ish, it was really fun to render this one! I like the color choices and the shading in the water. (posted on scratch+ a few others) May- Pride month PFP for my (not in use) yt channel, I remember really liking the rendering on this price and how vibrant it was! (posted on yt) June- Entry for an art contest for my school (not sure if I won). It was my first time drawing ocean water from underneath, so that was fun to try and practice. (posted on DA???) July- AT with @xflyx of a fully rendered scene! this character was super fun to draw and I was super happy with how the lighting turned out on this one. (posted on scratch) August- TN for my fighter MAP (putting that together rn) I used a really cool technique when drawing firestar/rusty to make a cool lineless style, and I remember not really liking how Liam turned out lol. (posted on scratch) September- TNE I believe for a static MAP, this one was actually animated but I really liked the vibrancy of the frame so I used this one as an example (posted on scratch) October- not many examples for October, so I chose this sadly unfinished Gattwo artwork. I remember that I had made an entire custom brush just for the flowers for some reason that was silly. (not posted) November- Fully rendered bust of @-sillyvanillly-'s OC, Obscure shape. I remember spending a LOT of time on this one it was super super awesome to make. I put a ton of detail into the eye, zoom in and you can notice a buncha hidden details! (not posted) December- I'm not really supposed to share this lol but it was super fun making this one. it's a lore shot of my object show Sona/host, Glow Star. I remember making basically this entire thing during science class and my seat partner being *very* confused. (posted on Tumblr) And finally, January 2026! I decided to redraw the Miku artwork from January, because I feel like I could improve that one a lot. I LOVE how the rendering and colors turned out on this one! I did reference a few tutorials tho hehe but this one turned out so much better and it was SOSOSO fun to see how far i've come! I feel like the facial anatomy and rendering are definitely a lotttt better than last year. (posted idk lol) That's it! thanks for listening to my yap fest about my art and Happy New Year! ><