#very experimental.. was fun to render in this style but i'm still exploring

[kaicreatures]

[mewpiemayo]

art progression throughout the years

i've been a digital artist since early 2020, and since then, my art has changed drastically.

this was the earliest digital art i made

there are so many aspects in the artwork that are so wrong and if i could, i'd never look back at it. but this was the foundation of my interest in digital art, so its significance is unavoidable.

towards the later part of 2020 though, i changed my art style drastically because i started getting more experimental.

a lot of the techniques that i used in this artwork i don't carry into my current art style, but this allowed me to become more efficient with making art because i had no regard for how messy the lining looked.

fast forward 2021, i got even more experimental with my art. and it's very obvious because all of my artworks don't look consistent with each other, but it was a very productive year for my art!

all of these were made in the same year. these were all very monumental for my art because these had essentially built the basis of how i went about with my sketching and rendering

this was also the year i had created the most art! i was at my peak because of the pandemic and because i consumed a lot of media that allowed me to explore my art in such a way that made me enjoy making it.

in 2022, i started to settle on an art style that i enjoyed. i was comfortable with how i did the rendering and i enjoyed the processes a lot! i was still experimental but i was mostly focused on improving my current art style.

my art started looking a bit more consistent with each other! i settled on a sort of semi-realistic but still very cartoonish style because i liked the way it looked and i felt like i had found a style that i could call my own.

however, in 2023, i began to enjoy the art i created less and less. i wasn't enjoying the process anymore, and anything i made, i didn't think was good enough.

although these look great, i wasn't proud of it because this was the time when i started wanting to monetize my art. i posted a lot of my art online but it wasn't getting the reach that i wanted.

in 2024, i didn't make as much art as i used to, but i was making self-indulgent art to try and bring back the fun i had when i started out.

this was a self-portrait(?) i did for myself on my birthday last year.

in 2025, i'm making it my mission to bring back my passion for art. so i bought a sketchbook.

i'm starting over again with art! and oh, it has been the best decision i have ever made. i've never felt more free with my art.