#Drawthisagain

[xyliaxart]

10 years of progress

I drew the original right around the time when I first started posting on tumblr. I've been here a while!

I dedicate this to the one guy on deviantArt who favorited the original to a collection called something like "doubles in turtleneck sweaters" which is such a weirdly specific collection that it tickles me to this day.

[jossujb]

[tenyardstowitchyard]

self-portrait!

. also I found my old self-portrait, while wandering through my gallery on computer so if you not prepared for my art from 2019, don't look down it pretty bad

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you have been prepared .

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idk what to say about it, its old and bad

[inesgandarinho]

This is 9 years of progress!!

Maybe I should do another Draw This Again of this illustration… 🤔

[tunatoothyfish]

Every year I redraw this girl. I love this tradition, thanks to it my self-esteem still does not fall into the Mariana trench ahah

[contrairyart]

Draw This Again: Glowineon

[artyrae]

I think I only love her more as I get older 👸🌼🥰

[caffeinecox]

Redraw of a pic I did in 2013

[charmelleart]

Draw This Again - Forgotten...LOL

Guess what I found while browsing through my PC?!

All of these were drawn with my old drawing tablet. The 2013 version was actually the first thing I made with what was then my new tablet. Fast forward — I got a new one in 2023.

Should I do the challenge again in 2025? 👀

[peach-vampire]

Another DTA of Ellis!! She looks mildly amused and entertained by how bad the old picture is X"D it was drawn only a few months after I got a tablet. My, how she's grown!

[gmind]

NarangiProgress

My progress over 3 months. Her name is Narangi (Hindu word for orange because she is themed after the fruit). A colored version of the newer drawing will be here soon.

Posted using PostyBirb

[mod-bars]

My new redraw

[inesgandarinho]

The first drawing was done in 2019 and the girl had a bit of a swollen forehead, haha! But I'm happy to say my anatomy and proportions have improved since then, especially with three-quarter view portraits.

[anilyan]

A reset

Welcome! You may or may not know me from the many projects I delve in, especially genshin-related projects like fics, later my page of genshin 2D skins (everything before May of 2023 is 2D), and currently my 3D skin mods. If anything, it's impressive that you found this corner of the internet, since this is my less interesting project at least according to people with short attention span.

Thing is, I used to have blogs in Portuguese. And I connected with many people thanks to that. I kept connecting with people after leaving them, especially now that I have many who enjoy my work and who interact with me on my discord server, but I still miss a space where I can share my thoughts and ramble about any topic I want. I have a massive genshin brainrot, so my posts will still mostly be about that, but there are no rules here.

(Above you can see some genshin mods I've worked on. Mods (skins specifically) won't get you banned, but are pc only. You can join my discord server for more info ^^)

So, why Tumblr? I thought about it, and this seems like the most fitting platform. My stuff can be shared and reblogged, I can customize the layout of my page at least for pc, and my kind of content fits Tumblr better anyway. And I alreaady had this page, so why not use it?

Youtube and video content is kinda a no for me. I love writing, and hate talking. The fact that I'm not an English speaker and that I'm not entirely confident in the way I pronounce words doesn't help, and it's hard for me to make a coherent speech while concentrating instead on how to words. Sure, scripting exists, but if I'm going to write, I would rather share a blog post. Who knows, I might provide audio versions by asking AI to read my posts out loud for me.

The world is ironic. It demands authenticity, yet also wants people to build a brand by submitting to algorithms, which forces creators into making a very specific type of content, without margin for change and exploration, and to create in a format that might not be the most natural to them. Yes, many people thank tiktok for their success, but if I joined the platform, I would just burn out spending more time promoting my content than actively creating it. Someone bring blogs back xD

Anyway, I am a person, not a brand. I don't want to pretend otherwise. I prefer to grow at a slower pace, and to backtrack sometimes or end up changing course, managing to do everything I want on that journey.

Because I do believe I will be able to achieve anything I want, immortality apart. In the past 3 years, I reached goals that I had wanted for most of my life, in a way after giving up on them. I just noticed that the impulses I get around my birthday end up defining what I will do for the next year, and instead of forcing things, going with the flow works best for me. Those sudden changes might make me lose followers or income streams, because even if my interest end up connecting eventually, the exploration phase is enough to make me lose the favor of algorithms. But I have a main job and, while I would love to be a creator full-time, this might be the most stable option for someone who thrives in ambitious sudden projects like me.

So. Let the Wind lead.

[artyrae]

So I definitely went a different route with this months redraw, but here’s a dramatic portrait of my OC Lily 😁❤️