Improvement Meme - Miku

I finally have the opportunity to do one of these memes! I always like seeing these around DA.

Anyways ... my recent Hatsune Miku portrait is actually based off an older attempt from 2009. Two completely different styles - but hey, I've grown.

Recent Portrait: residentfrankenstein.deviantar…

Back in 2009, I was just getting into tablet-based digital art. (Previously, I used a mouse! It was extremely difficult ... but I sure developed some patience.) The previous Christmas my parents kindly gifted me with my Wacom Intuos 3 tablet, along with Corel Painter X. Unfortunately, for awhile I couldn't figure out how to make Corel work to my advantage - so I opted to use the free Photoshop Elements that came with my tablet. Hence, sooo much shiny dodge and burn. (Gahh!)

However, after a few years of college and traditional painting classes, I finally found a workable style. I learned to appreciate the textures and different mediums in Corel. I guess I learned how to draw people better, too.

So, onto future improvement!

Maybe I'll do another one of these in a few years ...
(Thank you for viewing )