Re-draw #1: Tree Fairy
Hokay, so.
Yesterday I went digging through some old files on my server on a whim. To my amusement, I discovered a folder marked "archive" that included about a dozen really old drawings of mine - all of them about ten years old.
Since I've been feeling really artistically stagnant lately, I decided I was going to re-draw ten of them. I'll take the basic idea that I was going for then, and approach the drawing like I would nowadays. This is the first.
Tree Fairy (2003)
Awwww yeaaah. Fairy number one of four. A fairy, sitting on a branch observing something in a downward direction. I am unsure why she needed a scarf, but I remember that I really enjoyed drawing ribbons and drapery at that point. Mang, that tree branch looks like it was an afterthought. Also, apparently I thought it was important to draw individual toes.
Tree Fairy, Redrawn (2013)
Woo! So, basic idea maintained: a fairy girl sittin' on a branch, watching something below her. I even kept the scarf! Even though there is no logical reason for a fairy to own a flowy scarf. Her pose is a bit more engaging, and the tree is no longer an afterthought - I even used a little bit of reference for it. Flat values added digitally, which is a common thing I do with sketches nowadays.
More to come!