20 year... challenge?
Avart on Jan. 28, 2020
Hi everyone!
I just wanted to share this little retrospective of my old drawings that I posted a few months back in this thread by Emma Clare.
I called it 20 year challenge because in 1999 I just lost all the motivation to keep drawing and it was a boring and horrifying thing to me back then… I can't explain why.
The first images were from a story called Ziria, it was all about a warrior who has a half dragon heart and his name is Zero. Some sketches of him and a girl called Kamin (can't remember why I called her like that or the name's meaning) who has red hair… I think I have a weakness for redheads XD.
Then there's the panels of the first part in which Zero's pod falls from sky and the villagers rescue him. The brown hair girl is Adrienne (a greek name) who is kinda like Kamin. Did I mentioned Kamin is Zero's sister? Well, I like to make things complicated :S. Maybe later I'll show you a bit more of this comic.
All that was from my sketchbook made with my mechanical pencil (it still survives after all this years and works awesome!). The color panels were made with traditional ink, and colored pencils and they are still alive XD.
The bottom images, well, I don't need to explain because you're walking with me this gloomy road.
Thanks for your support!
GuyWithChainsaw at 1:53PM, March 31, 2020
Wow, It's great to see some of your old drawings. Very classic but I can still see your style in them.
Avart at 5:48PM, March 31, 2020
Thank you Guy, I'm glad you like it๐
cdmalcolm1 at 4:00AM, March 18, 2020
The older works you made reminded me of Robotech the series. Even back then you were great at how manga should look. I wish I could say the same, lol. Beautiful all around Avart.
Avart at 9:13AM, March 18, 2020
Thank you cdmalcolm1! Robotech (Macross) was a mind blowing anime for me in the early 90's. Thank you again :)
Jason Moon at 11:04PM, Feb. 7, 2020
Wonderful Page to look at! I really enjoy your hand drawn art as well. Different styles
Avart at 2:33PM, Feb. 8, 2020
Thank you Jason, I hope to make a speed drawing video but hand drawn instead of digital ;)
agentny003 at 7:37PM, Feb. 1, 2020
Goes to show how much years of hard work pays off.
Avart at 2:32PM, Feb. 8, 2020
Very true :) Thank you Chris!
bravo1102 at 12:58AM, Jan. 29, 2020
Awesome. Just awesome. Also went through a period like that where I just gave up on visual arts.
Avart at 7:38AM, Jan. 29, 2020
Thank you Bravo, I don't know if it is a 'normal' thing going through this periods.