Photography & Digital Art,Art & Design,Visual ArtOCT 20, 2023

30 Times Artists Shared Their Work Online Proving They Worked Hard On Improving Their Skills

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It's impressive how consistent practice over some period of time can improve our skills. This applies to various kinds of things, but today, we'd like to focus on artistic growth. The Reddit community ‘Art Progress Pics’ allows artists to show their work and prove how hard work pays back. The members share the photos of their works and compare how they looked when they were starting, and how they got better after they invested some time and persistently practiced to master their skills.

Scroll down to see the most recent selection of posts shared on the subreddit, and please let us know in the comment section which one of them has impressed you the most.

#1 I Like To Draw An Eyeball Every Few Years To Mark My Progress, This Year I'm Really Proud

u/banandria

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Bored Panda got in touch with Ba Pham, the artist behind Art Wind's Instagram profile. The digital creator, based in Vietnam, is dedicated to character design, and you can admire the evolution of Ba Pham’s art featured in our list.

We wanted to find out more about the artist’s background, and we learned that: “My artistic background is mainly self-study and self-training. I took some online courses to learn the basics. I was intrigued when I saw the device. I started drawing other artists' character designs, and from there I started designing the characters.”

#2 Progress 2004 vs. 2023

andrea_fara_art

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#3 Art Progress July 2022 vs. August 23 (I Didn't Draw For 6 Months After July 2022)

u/veritas_art_02

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Character design often involves developing unique and relatable personas. We were wondering how the creator of Art Wind approaches the process of creating a character from scratch. The artist shared with us: “The main elements in character design are the character's shape, posture, origin, and personality, those are the main elements that I care about in character design.”

#4 2020 - 2023

u/Embarrassed-Bet-8385

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#5 Progress Of My Drawing In 5 Years

u/littledmg12

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Character design can be challenging and this is why we were curious if Ba Pham recalls working on some particularly difficult project or character design. We found out that: “I encountered a lot of difficulties when I first designed a character for a client because the way you design a character for yourself will be different from the way the customer asks you to design a character for them, so I encountered a lot of difficulties in the design process. So I researched a lot to be able to design a character that matched the customer's requirements.”

#6 Self-Portrait Progress (April 2022 - April 2023)

u/jedoodles

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#7 3 Years Of Progress (Side Profile)

u/AnthropologicalLu

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64points

#8 2015 (Undiagnosed ADHD) vs. 2023 (Treating It)

u/rorizzh

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Lastly, asked how the artist’s style and technique evolved over time, Ba Pham answered: “My style has evolved a lot over time as well as I have changed a lot of styles from realistic to animation, I have set myself a workout routine every day, I practice regularly and don't miss a day, so my art has become better in the past 2 years. In my opinion, to be able to develop your art better and faster, you need to learn the basics and fundamentals. Artistic foundation plus practice, process and perseverance.”