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If there's anything in my gallery you'd want to FULLVIEW...this is it!

"Rome wasn't built in a day, Shakespeare didn't write those sonnets during the week and Einstein didn't come up with his theories just like that. Knowing all of this, we can see that, the most important things needed for improvement, are dedication...and time..."

First of all, I'm quite happy that I'm finally getting to do one of those uber popular dA memes. Secondly, congrats to *Kamaniki for winning a DD for the meme template! So here it is...6 years...a very long road. I wish I could say that I was drawing near perfect stuff from the very beginning but hopefully(hope being the operative word), the improvement over time shows. Now for a quick summary of the past 6 years of art:

2003: I HAS PHOTOSHOP AND A TABLET.
My dad gave me my first tablet(from a company that I never heard of) and got photoshop 6.0 from his work. I went crazy with the default filter effects/brushes and the linetool*headdesk*...

2004: LITTLE LEAH JOINS A LITTLE ART SITE CALLED DEE-EH!!
Back then, I used to "draw" something new every day and upload it. Barely any time and effort was put in, it showed, and no one really visited my page(I WONDER WHY?!?)...Also, I used to favourite 50 things each day...Sad very, very, sad.

2005: BAWWW NO ONE LIKES MAI ANIMU! I MUST MAKE IT SHINEY!!!
One good thing came from this year, one day I up and deleted the 100+ pieces of crap in my gallery and promised myself to put more effort into my work. And being a little jealous of the popular people with their super soft and shiny art, I tried teaching myself to make soft, shiny, moe art. Then I discovered oekaki-ing...

2006: BACKGROUNDZ I DRAWZ DEM! Everything was soft, started working on my anatomy more and drawing backgrounds(something I should really go back to). I had a lot of fun that year.

2007: NO MOAR SHINY ANIMU!! DRAW LESS CUTESY PLOX?
I looked through a lot of different art styles, mediums and all that good stuff. I came to the conclusion that at lot of the cutesy moe art sorta looks...all the same? Started taking a little interest in Hyung Tae Kim and the way he draws people(BUT NOT THE BASKETBALL TITS >|! Sorry Mr.Kim...) and tried learning from it.

2008: ORANJUUUUU VECTAAAAAAA!
It all started with an orange vector and a trip to the ER. 5 days after my 23rd birthday, I nearly lost a fingertip and had to have it stitched back on! During the recovery, I was in too much pain to sit at the computer for very long. But I still wanted to draw...commencing vector art production!

2009: EMO LEAH IS EMO!!
What a year it's been...I've been having some certain...difficulties and issues, ongoing difficulties/issues. These issues have pretty much sapped me of any free time, interfered with my school life and as a result, I had become severely depressed and at one point, on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Not a fun time...Something in my gut though, tells me that this year will be different and in a much better way :D!

✚Tools: Photoshop CS4, Wacom Bamboo[Medium sized] Tablet
✚Time: 2-3 hours over 2 days.
✚Original size: 2180x850px
✚Resources: original meme template

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~zzzsleepieezzz Jan 31, 2010
I see a lot of improvement. :) I enjoy your vector art they're so adorable :aww:

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*Utena-Tenjou10 Jan 31, 2010
Thank you :D!

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~zzzsleepieezzz Feb 1, 2010
You're welcome :hug:

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*Utena-Tenjou10 Feb 1, 2010
You should give it a try, you'll might surprise yourself :D!

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~zzzsleepieezzz Feb 1, 2010
I think I will :tighthug:

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*Utena-Tenjou10 Feb 1, 2010
Have fun :D!

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~zzzsleepieezzz Feb 1, 2010
Thank you :hug:

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~Arpie Jan 20, 2010
That's a heck of a lot of improvement! do you plan to get back into the drawing groove soon?

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*Utena-Tenjou10 Jan 20, 2010
I think I will now that I have better laptop with Photoshop(late night cg session tiem) and came to the realization that inking by hand=less time on lineart. And I'm learning to work faster, so why not? From last year I've definitely learned how miserable I am with out art...it's like air to me. A cute little idea popped into my head this morning while on the subway: draw little characters of the Chinese zodiac XD! So I'll get some printer ink and try doing that. And thank you <3!

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~Arpie Jan 20, 2010
Ooh, that sounds like a fun way to get back in the groove! ^_^ Chinese zodiac is awesome.
And let me know if you want any redlines or help with your WIPs as you get going (not that I'm some kind of art expert, ha ha :XD:).

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