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Challenge 98: Practice Makes Progress: Stevie Dog I fancied myself an author when I was a kid, and realized only later that I liked drawing much better than writing. I have tons of notebooks filled with ridiculous stories, but actually was having trouble finding ones that I'd want to draw again now. (SO. MANY. PONIES.)

This particular notebook was a special gift from my Grandmom and Grandad on my 8th birthday, with my name printed on the front and made specially for my story-writing. Here are two pages from "Stevy Dog and the Problem with Fur" (I had a whole series of Stevy Dog adventures).  In case you can’t read child-me handwriting, this is the accompanying text for the OG Stevy [sic] Dog, complete with misspellings: [convo between old dog and narrator dog] "What is sheding?" I asked. "It is when you loose all your fur," he said, "Why did you ask?" "I'm sssheding," I said softly, "has it ever happend to you?" "Yes, I shed all the time just I'm lucky because I only loose some fur," he said. Caitlin

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Challenge 98: Practice Makes Progress: Cliff with a View It was the year 2006. Anime and fantasy art ruled the artistic influences of a teen girl named Sayada. A fairy sits upon a crumbling cliff surveying the view below, proportion and anatomy a mere fuzzy concept in the distance. Flash forward 11 years and 1 art degree later, an older and wiser woman now sits, reminiscing her past and looking out towards the future. -Sayada

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Challenge 98: Practice Makes Progress: Magical Girls ✨ Chose to re-work this piece from 2001. I was in 7th grade and I specifically remember sitting at the lunch tables and drawing this one out. Back then I was pretty daring, I’d just dive head first into any piece with pen, no under drawings, not anything!! Overall I decided to stick with the elemental magical girl theme, adding another member to better fill out the page. 

And yes, they mirror the inner scouts powers XD I may be older but I’ll never shake that sailor moon influence! 🌙 Elizabeth B.

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Challenge #98: Practice Makes Progress: Whimsy Wisteria

Ever since I was a teen, I have always enjoyed drawing drapery and clothing details. The original drawing was done in 2002, at age 14, when frilly boho skirts were in and I was heavily influenced by anime. I decided to rework the pose and give her garments an update with a wisteria twist!

Ashley

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Challenge 98: Practice Makes Progress

For this challenge, we'll be inviting our whole sub roster to join us! Thanks for participating, guys! :D We're excited to work with you! Challenge 98 is a challenge about progress-- choose a piece of art from your youth (please make sure you have access to it somehow, because you need to be able to post it with your new illustration) and recreating it with the skills you've worked so hard to attain! The old art can be as far back as you want, up to 18-19 years old. The composition of it doesn't have to be the same, but the subject matter should be. When posting your final piece, be sure to include the old art for comparison, as well as a year and/or age difference between the two. Here are some examples! http://www.boredpanda.com/post-before-after-drawings-showing-your-progress-as-an-artist/

- Caitlin

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Challenge #98: Practice Makes Progress: Chromatophores

Hello all, this is my first challenge as a Square Carousel Sub.  The original octopus piece up top is from my 2D design class from my freshman year at SCAD.  It always has had a special place in my heart and has stuck with me throughout many moves.  It was such a great experience to recreate artwork from a different phase of my life, and I love holding up the two pieces next to each other.

-Arielle 

www.ariellekatarina.com

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Challenge #98: Practice Makes Progress: Dad

Dad portraits 20 years apart :)

Julia

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Challenge 98: Practice Makes Progress : Sketchbook Superhero The progression that I see in my own work today, is reflected by the act of how I used my sketchbooks from then to how I use them today. I used to just draw and seem to waste a page for one small drawing in the corners and then the rest of the page empty. However nowadays I seem to fill a page / use the whole page for an idea. Even to the point of losing the fear of drawing in normal everyday book/ textbooks. Now I find myself drawing in alter books; making them into my own sketchbook idea board or into their own little masterpieces. Emily, eequalsmca.com