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Published: 2005-05-12 07:31:03 +0000 UTC; Views: 2688; Favourites: 37; Downloads: 1300
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I've wanted to do this for quite some time now, heh. Just goes to show that the more you draw, the more you DO improve
I think it's amazing when I look back now, how my style and my art has developed, and artistically, I'm actually very happy with where I am now.. though of course I'm going to keep trying to get better 
EDIT: I was probably a bit unclear on this. When I say 'Evolution of the Swift-hound', I'm not referring to Swift herself but to my style of drawing sighthounds in general. As you can see, Swift was only created in 2002, whereas I'd first started drawing sighthounds back in '96. Before that, my "fursona", or rather the animal I used to represent myself in my drawings was my own Italian Greyhound, Bella. Most of my sighthound drawings before then were of her and her littermates (whom I 'adopted' as chars and gave names to
), and a few other original characters.And as you can see, I recycle poses quite a bit xD
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Don't ever say anything like that. You can be as good as you want to be, you just have to keep pushing it.
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Ok, I won't say this never, never, never xD
I will draw, and draw, and draw a lot, and maybe my drawings will be better :3
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very cool. 
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Thanks!
and I love the second part of your signature. I want to say that all the time.
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i didnt know, yoo were drawing for so long. i wish i could do this, but i have a picture of a horse i made when i was like 5..
and that was on a plane with my cousin who is 3 years older than me, and i then was drawing a globe and i coloured it blue and green and left the north pole and south pole white. i also left the east and west pole white (cuz i thought they existed) and then my cousin goes and tries to colour in the green for my west and east pole cuz she said thats not how it is and even tho i made a mistake i hated when ppl drew on my pictures so i got really mad @ her, lol.
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wow! something huge happened between 2001 and 2002!!!
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wow
you improuved very well! x3
Great!
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You have improved aloot since you started :3 I like your 200-2005 pictures
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I really love this idea! I may do something similar one day when I'm good enough!
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Amazing what ten years of practice will do, eh?
I love the legs on that '04, they're so pretty. You've got an excelent sense of antomy.
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lol, maybe I'll do that too for you to see my progression. i think my transaction happend around 2001-2002 like you as well lol.. I'll check.
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woooo! Wonderful, yummy gorgeous artwork you have here! I love your use of colour and your style is amazing 
Nice idea here too 
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That is so great. I would do that, but my old drawings... yeah, they aren't dated... *sob*
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Ah.. well, they don't have to be dated, just in progression! It's a great way to encourage yourself and boost self-confidence a little
Thanks!
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you've come such a long way!
wonderful work, i love your character
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Omg!
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cool, you have pictures from 1997 ^^ wish i still had those, it's really cool the see the evelution in it
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Aya o_o!
I always think these things are AWESOME xD. I love watching the progress in my stalkerness. You've improved a hella lot @__@ and I lovelovelove your style. So definite. So I-AM-SWIFT-HEAR-ME-DRAW! Eeeeee.
I feel like I should congratulate you on improving so much or something... *stupid* OKAY.
The last Swift is gorgeousssss. Bravo!
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*chuckles* Well, I did start when I was ten, yanno. Can't expect me to be that good.. I'm not one of those drawing prodigies who could do something akin to the Mona Lisa shortly after cutting their first tooth O_x""
Anyways, thankies! It's good to have ya back
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There's a BIG difference between 1996 and 2005, obviously. 
I love that bottom picture 
~Blader
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This is just too cool. You have no clue how much I love this. If I had money I would buy it from you. o__o *poke* So creative.
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the biggest change is between 2000 and 2001
i love looking at these sorta things... i would make one but ... yeah
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Very true! Great piece! You're talent has progressed phenomenally! I haven't drawn anything new in a while, but am starting to. At first I was having trouble, but then I remembered like riding a bicycle. The ironic thing is - I kept thinking "Man, imagine what I could do now if I hadn't slacked off." I think I'll print this out and pin it to my bulletin board next to my desk - to help remind me to keep it up and don't let my artist block turn into a mountain anymore!
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Aw, thanks! It's good to know my work is being used for some good purpose
I know what you mean about art block being a mountain.. I've hit dry spells many times, days when nothing I drew looked right or good, and then I'd just hang up my pen and stop out of despair and frustration. But I find that when I did get back into it again I started being happy with myself again
I think the key to doing well as an artist is never giving up and loving what you do
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Very true! That's the fun and great thing about art - you can only improve; even if it's only a little bit per year, it's well worth it!
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Wow!
Lol i love to compair 1996 with 2005 
It's always amazing to see jsut how much you have developed from the early days...i saw someone do this before and i really want to make an evolution chain now...or at least when my scanner starts to work again
I love your latest pictures - they are fantastic!
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ow owwwwooo.....^--^ i love swift.......i love the 101 dalmatians from disney....and swift is like a cousin to them......hooray to doggies.....whee...
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wow! you have changed over the years! your style is still marvolous though.
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That's very pretty!
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8 years of evolution.. and WOW...
*gaping mouth*
wowwowwowwowwowwowwowwowwow.
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Can't believe I'm only stumbling across your art now, its gorgeous! You can tell how much care and attention has gone into the making of this character...
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Haha.. ironically, not much care and attention went into making Swift. She was just a red-and-white vaguely Irish-marked whippet. I wanted a fursona and I knew I wanted a whippet.. other than that her markings and colours were pretty much chosen at random. But I do like them, heh
And she was only created in 2002. Before that the dog I drew most often was my own real life Italian Greyhound, Bella, and that's her you see clueless with the insect xD
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Amen to that. lovely progression of developing talent
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Aww I just love all the facial expressions on all of the pictures, you are wonderfully skilled at re-creating these expressions!
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Wow....it is true, pictures do say so much more than words ever could.
Fantastic. I love the doodles. They are so sweet. 
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Nice picture at the bottom. ^-^
There is an AMAZING difference between 2000 and 2001.
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Could have something to do with the fact that 2001 was the year I first stumbled upon Side 7 and started hero-worshipping certain people and aspiring to draw as well as them xD
I'm actually really unspeakably happy with my style now; I think it's more unique than say, 2002-3. Back then my dogs looked more like your generic Disneyesque kind of dog, but now I think I've grown away from that, happily
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This is awesome
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Wow, just goes to show that in a short space of time you DO improve a whole lot (I consider that time short
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