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Octeapi — Time to Draw This Again!
Published: 2014-07-08 11:00:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 1370; Favourites: 44; Downloads: 1
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I have always enjoyed seeing these before, and after, memes people do. I just never had taken the time to try one myself just mainly due to to preoccupied with other things, or perhaps just pure procrastination. However out of the blue I decided to sit down and just get it over with. And thus this happenedHonestly, I am somewhat horrified, I can't believe I used to post art like this.
When I first joined the IZ fandom, my art looked like that Airheads candy logo with antenna glued to its forehead. I swear hit them to hard and they would pop. So glad I started to move away from that! Though now I feel the sudden urge to purge my old gallery from the face of the earth.. So tempting..
I might do another redraw of this image in about a year, see how much things have improved as time goes on. Who knows, might end up just with a giant train of these. Suppose we'll just have to see now won't we!
The first image was drawn September 22nd, 2012, and this version drawn July 7th, 2014. A two year difference sure can change a lot if you keep drawing and keep working at it.
And oh, look how my scorch baby has grown! she's a big girl now, all full grown and womanly ;v;!
Scorch and art belongs to TheEvilTeaDrinker
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Both are lovely. I like your old style and your new style. Both have great attributes. (:
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:UU I love the improvement, omg. Though the original was epic in its own right... I gotta say I looooove Scorch's new body type. :'D CONGRATULATIONS ON THE IMPROVEMENT *confetti*
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Wow you've really improved over the years! Great work! :3
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I was going to comment like "oh wow,you've improved" BUT THEN I SAW THE DATES!
holy hell woman *bows* teach me your secrets! >XD
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jesus it took you just two years to practically be a pro and I've been trying this for at least five and I still draw like when I first got online :,D
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PFshhhhHHH I'm a long ways from pro but I appreciate you thinkin that!
Practice makes perfect!
Practice, practice, practice. You'll improve eventually
Despite looking better, I prefer the before to the after. The after image looks far too masculine, like within those two years she went from female irken to drag queen.
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Pardon me for intrusion, I understand this isn't my deviation, but I found this comment very out of bounds, knowing nothing of this character nor her background, and it is also narrow-minded and incredibly offensive, not only to the artist but to women in general. And no, I’m not even speaking out against it on behalf of Tea, but simply out of an artist's perspective.The improvement between these picture isn't solely artistic ability, it displays Tea's attention to being able to create unique body types and facial structures for her characters, while prior she based her stylization upon a strict anime approach which provides sexually-idealistic body types and a distinctive heart face shape. In the last year, especially this last few months, she has expanded her repertoire to encompass a wide variety of unique appearances. Not all women have large eyes, perfect faces, and delicate bodies. Some of us can be more masculine in appearance, some of us can be more muscular, and some of us can be thicker-boned, but that doesn't make us any less of a woman. Futhermore, this particular character is a military soldier, cloned in a facility that has slowly extracted feminine qualities from Irkens so that fewer and fewer are seen. Of course her body type wouldn’t be the same as it was in the before picture, in fact the after is more realistic to her environment, as she would being involved in strict exercises and engaging in frequent combat. That doesn’t make her a drag queen, not in the least, it makes her a trained, strong, independent women.
Anyways, this wasn’t intended as a 'gang up' on you, nor is it a femina-nazi rage at all as I am not one, and I do mean this in the most kindest way even if it comes across harsh. But as an artist with a keen eye for body types and facial structures, this personally rubbed me the wrong way and I felt inclined to say something. Everyone is entitled to an opinion, but next time please be sure it’s an educated one.
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You make a fine point and now I feel like a bonehead for wording that the way I did. You're not being too harsh or anything, you're right, that was a bad call. It seemed a bit strong in the features, more so than most women that I see, and I will admit that I was going by how someone would look ideally since this is art and most would draw that consistent figure. But you are definitely right, And I didn't quite mean it the way I said it. This hits me home because I usually consider myself open-minded and you caught me at my least sensitive, so you and Tea have my apologies. I do stand in some way behind my original comment, however, in saying that the masculinity here seems pronounced, and strictly by appearances this looks more male than toned and trained, but thatmay simply be me.
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While I can understand your preference for the more stereotypical perfect model figure body shape, that I previously had been obsessed with in my younger artistic years. I have spent quite a bit of time between the first interpretation of this image to now, I find my self having to disagree with you. In a way I find these two images side by side an interpretation of my own mental states through the years and how that kind of mind set has effected my art through the years. From severe insecurity about my own body due to the media and its influences, to a more healthy stand point where I can find beauty in almost any body type.
The smaller frailer form Scorch from the first image was a reflection of what i thought was the 'ideal female' but not a realistic interpretation of the character once I developed her more. Scorch is a muscular female, and body types range in width height, and thickness, given her background as a soldier and along with my own interpretation of head canons reflecting on the appearance of females the sharper edged forms that reflect a stable physical condition compare to anorexic string bean seemed more fitting to me is all. For a military career set being, if she could snap the moment she was in the grasps of an opponent I don't think she would be very effective in battle.
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I get what you mean, and I didn't do very well to make my case and not sound like a douche. I'm glad you could respect the opinion even when my original statement put it rather bluntly. this is obviously drawn well, and I'm not trying to knock on muscular or larger-framed women, it just seems to me that the overall structure here is just fairly masculine from the thick jawline, broad shoulder, et cetera. While I can certainly say that I favor a body type it usually isn't a person's looks that get me interested, honestly, and your personal projecting onto the art isn't a bad thing. So I apologize, and you may be right, but execution-wise it just looks masculine to me. I'm not a beefy guy, I don't do muscles and fitness too well, but the new just appears male to my eyes. So perhaps I'm wrong, but that's what I see.
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To be honest, there's good things about BOTH these styles. The old style is smoother and has more interesting, thick lines. The shading isn't half bad either to be honest, and contrary to what you think the heads look perfectly fine. 
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This was actually a pretty helpful constructive comment! I hadn't taken all that great of a notice of how the lineart on my older pieces was compared to the newer. Looks like I have some experimenting with line depth coming up shortly.
Hrmmnn. I still disagree there, big ol' bobble head brains.
Well, i think she needed to put on some weight the first picture made her look unhealthily thin in my opinion.
I'm glad that you liked my older art though! Just gives me a example of what to change in the future to keep improving.
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Glad it was helpful. X) And yes! Experiment, always experiment and try new stuff. Never know what you'll find out you prefer doing.
Good luck!
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I like the Before, but the After looks beautiful.
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..The before reminds me of a bobble head, they look like their skulls like burst at any moment BD;
Thank you~!
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