Finally my recap of 2013! I actually wanted to wait till I made a December piece of Suu, but it never came to that point. So I just decided to give that last piece a shared place ^__^

Summary art of first 1/2 2013
Summary art of 2012

To look back at my goals of 2012, and my recap of 2013 a 1/2 year ago I noticed I already made some quick improvements. Every time when I draw a piece of Suu, I am very proud on it. And every time I am, I think I have reached my limit, that it couldn't get any better then that. That's how proud I am every time I make an art piece :3, especially when I get the change to draw my own character. Which gives me more chance to experiment and of course I like to draw my own fursona ^__^ teehee
So every time I make a new drawing and look back I am very surprised about the improvement I made, where I thought it couldn't get any better (well at least not in a short period) So with that said, I am very proud on myself and the improvement I made during the last 2 years, since I started to draw ^__^ not counting my childhood muwhaha

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*** Goals & Conclusion summary (sorta) ***

You can check my first half of 2013 if you like ^__^ I made a proper list of my goals and answers. For this one I will go into more blabla and try to be more personal :3

My goals for 2013 where to improve with more dynamic and unique poses, try out more eye (detailed) styles, improvement with cell-shading/light effects, trying out a soft shading technique, draw multiple characters/interaction and draw + practice more backgrounds/scenes!

Conclusion and my personal blabla

I think I made allot of improvement when it comes to more dynamic and unique poses, but its far by what I want! I def need more improvement and get a bit more the hang of it. Cause atm witch each drawing it takes forever to make the sketch in the proper anatomy and pose. So hopefully I will get better with that so it will come more naturally and therefore faster. Not that I wanna do quick drawings, but it would be nice to be able to make a sketch/concept in 15 minutes rather then over a hour O__O

When it comes to eye styles, I've tried a few techniques. Looking back to 2012 and starting 2013 I'm getting more happy with the results. Eyes are very important, it says everything to the character, expression, the styles, all the feelings! The combination of eyelashes, drawing pupils, shades and the shape of shine can doo soooooo much with the looks! Even tough I am happy with as it is now, I can still use lots of improvement.

During the year I think I made a big step when it comes to cell-shades. When I look back to 2012 I giggle how transparent and tiny shadings I made. By the end of 2012 I started to make more and more heavy shadings, but when I look back I thought they where wayyyy to heavy. It made my art less colorful, and very grey looking. So I decided to be more subtle with the shadings, but still obvious! At the same time I felt something missing, so I started to draw light effects, yes that little light line I draw along the shape :P and much later I also started to draw more shines and shine effects in the hair and such. Anddd recently my shading went from more grey/dark to more colorful yet obvious cell-shades. All these progresses combined makes it much more detailed, popped and colorful artpiece! Its all about the layers! Heck every time when I get to the point I am getting faster with art I am adding a lil element which gives me another extra hour to work O__O lolol

I haven't been drawing allot of multiple character drawings, at most 2 (okey thats a lie) characters. It rlly depends whenever someone commish me for it. Maybe I should draw more personal art and try to improve the things I want. Same counts for backgrounds, I have gotten a few opportunity to draw backgrounds, but that's like 5 max (where most of them where simple ocean/nature pics) trough the whole year. I rlly need to full my gallery up with more complete pictures, scenery's! So yeah maybe either I can encourage ppl to commish me whole scenery's with multiple characters :P Or/And I draw more personal art :3

Which comes to the point, where I like to get your opinion! Do u think I improved for the better? What do u want to see differently? Any other tips and tricks? Please share them with me in comments below!

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*** New goals 2014 ***

- Getting better in anatomy
- Drawing Males, not only femboys but also the more muscular or chubby ones :O
- Once again improve cell-shading + light improvement
- Keep improving to have the art pop, colorful etc <3
- More improvement with the eyes, keep experimenting!
- Draw more clothing and accessory/objects, practice!
- Draw more backgrounds/scenes. again :P
- Sketch more concept art, to learn drawing more different poses and getting faster at it :O
- Finding a technique to combine soft shading with my cell shades to make more detailed drawings (if anyone know a few good tutorials with Sai to do this, leme know)

Well that's it for 2013! Wrap it up and move forward! I cant wait what 2014 has to offer me ^______^ And thankuuuu so much to my watchers who have been super supportive and cheerfull towards me and my arts <3 I couldn't do it without you!