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Aryenne — First Steps 2003
Published: 2009-05-03 20:36:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 723; Favourites: 19; Downloads: 39
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Way, way old picture. You like those lines? I used to do that all the time!
Anyways, wonky anatomy and the lines are very distracting, but I still like it. My mom has it hanging in a bathroom and refuses to take it down. 
Also, don't mention the baby's horn. Don't ask me what I was thinking either. I finished the picture and went, "Wait a minute."
This is a piece I'll probably redo someday. Bad as it is, I still like it. Hopefully you do too! Please don't critique this, as it's about six years old. If you have ideas or suggestions for a remake, feel free to let me know!
By the way, this shows I wasn't always really good. At the time, I thought this was an amazing piece! Now, I wouldn't even consider selling prints. So, moral of this lesson, you want to be a better artist? You can.
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Haha, i LOVE it! 
How old were you when you drew this?
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Well, in 03 I was . . . 22. And thank you!
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This is so cute! I really love the trees in the bg! they are actually there. None of my drawings ever have like an interesting background...
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Thank you! The trees were inspired by trees I had been driving past almost daily for work.
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It's really interesting to see your old work 
You're right - if you compare it to the 'realistic' images that yous trive for, it's definately shows at '
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Thank you! It is interesting to see what's carried through. And how far I've come! I still like it too, though, even as bad at it is.
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Aww I felt in love with the shading!! The shadows are so soft and everything is so well defined...you are very talented!
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Thank you! The lines do a lot for defining, but I think they can be really distracting too. I am happy you like it though!
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The foal looks so funny 
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He definitely does! Especially his back left leg, that I could never figure out how to place it.
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Aww . . . I am happy you think so!
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& still growing 
Love the trees
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Thank you!
The trees did down out pretty well for me, better than I had expected!
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Thank you! It was one of my best at the time.
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Come to think of it, I uploaded some old art that may or may not date as far back as that. Mine definitely look a lot worse, espeically my grasp of human anatomy
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Well, this was an improvement from where I was in high school. I cringe at those pieces! Most of them were pretty bad.
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This is quite cute: I love their hooves. but it does look old compared to the rest of your gallery.
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Yeah. Poorly shaded, the lines are totally distracting. The hooves were a temporary solution to my inability to draw horse hooves. 
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My favourite way of drawing hooves was to hide them in long grass or water-i got very good at drawing grass
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There's a good way to go! I was lazy at the time and didn't do a lot of backgrounds.
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So cute! Yeah the horn is a bit ... wow. And the foal's hooves are about the same size as the parent, lol. But I like it
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Definitely so! And big feet can be cute anyways. Puppies have them!
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This deserves one of my trademark "AWW YEAAAHHHH!!!!"s. If only you could see the action I'm doing RIGHT NOW.
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Too bad I can't see it in action!
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LOL BEST REPLY EVER. That was witty. I like it.
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This is adorable. And actually, I kind of like the lines.
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I would do it in color. With white, pearlescent coats and beams of sunlight coming through!
And thank you! Those big hooves were a temporary alternative to my inability to draw hooves at all!
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Lol! Go giant hooves! 
I cannot wait to see this. Seriously.
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It's a little further down the road for me right now. 
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I have patience.
That's awesome. Only four or five pictures? Wow, some of my phases for little things lasted like a year. I used to draw all people with massive heads and tiny bodies. I look at them now and it scares me.
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Well, I drew pretty much the same from 12 to 22. It wasn't until after college I started trying to improve. So . . . I guess that counts like a long phase! Then I stumbled across *Losmios on Elfwood and knew I wanted to draw like that someday.
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Gotcha. I know the feeling. In regards to the exact same artist.
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She tends to inspire people like that.
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Oh man XD I like how you say how horrible it is (and I suppose it kind of is, compared to your work now), but it's still tons better than where I'm at. I really do like it, too. A remake would be awesome!
The horn on the baby does crack me up a bit XD I didn't even realize until you mentioned it, and then I had to think about it. I was like, what's so bad about...oooooooooooh.
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It's funny how something can seem like such an accomplishment. And, it really is, in all honesty. Every piece I've done I learned stuff from. This really was probably one of my best pieces from 2003. But now, I've come so far beyond where I was, that it's almost laughably bad!
But I think it's fun to see where artists were at in the best. I know it always inspires me, and reminds me that they had to work to get to their skill level. It encourages me to keep working too!
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