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December Theme: Redux

I have almost a whole year of art, and that’s almost a whole year of experience and experimentation. So for the month of December, I’m going to go back to some pics from the last 11 months that didn’t come out as nice as I’d like, and I’m going to revisit them. A good way to cap off the year! Obviously some months lend itself to this better than others – by its nature, the entire month of July won’t be touched here – but this was pretty much the December plan from day one, and I still find it hard to believe that I’ve made it this far.

One month to go!

December 1: Go-Go Girl Redux

Original Post: January 22
Why am I having so much fun with this style? Why can’t I stop? (I’ll use a different style tomorrow. Really. This one just cried out for it.)
Also, y’all should check out this blog. Emily Carroll and Vera Brosgol are two of my favourite artists and they [...]

December 2: Supervillain Redux

Original Post: May 9
Kept the original design, mostly, a few tweaks. Just a new pose and style. I do most of my inking either by hand with a brushpen or digitally in Illustrator, but inking in Photoshop gives this messy, chunky kinda style that I’m starting to like.

December 3: Deacon Patrick Redux

Original Post: October 11
The original was one of those pictures that seemed okay when I first did it, but slowly, over the course of days and weeks, I was beset by a creeping hatred. (Sometimes the opposite happens, too, but not nearly as often.) My poor Dee deserved better. He didn’t look [...]

December 4: Werewolf Redux

Original Post: March 21
Not that much better than the first one, but, uh… better enough? Wolf heads are hard.

December 5: Crowley Redux

Original Post: August 4
Having some trouble with feet. Looks like it’s time for some shoe studies!

December 6: Lizzie Brightman Redux

Original Post: November 1
The original wasn’t terrible, and this one’s mighty similar, but I really wanted to give Lizzie a more befitting pose. Plus, it’s just a cleaner drawing overall.
I was having one of those days where I felt like I’d forgotten how to draw. Started drawings on a couple different topics, over [...]

December 7: Viewer Redux

Original Post: September 1
Day behind, work to do, yadda yadda. I may have been mildly distracted by the new World of Warcraft expansion pack.
This one is visibly miles ahead of the original, but it’s still sort of goofy-looking to me. I often reference anatomy – including in this case – but if this [...]

December 8: Flapper Redux

Original Post: January 4
Maybe not better. Definitely different? Playing around.

December 9: Victory Redux

Original Post: September 14
A reminder that the rule for September’s images was that they be done in an hour, because if I had two or three more hours on this thing I think I could have fixed a lot of issues. Still! The major problem with the original was that the composition absolutely [...]

December 10: Rose Tyler Redux

Original Post: April 4
Rose, now with 80% less derp.
LOOK, I’M ALIVE. There was work, then there were people visiting and then I was sick and now I have like a week to do all these for the whole month, but I HAVE THE POWER.

December 11: Factory Boy Redux

Original Post: January 19
Pose is a little boring, but I like the drawing. As with the original, based off this photo.

December 12: Delirium Redux

Original Post: August 1
I don’t know if I actually like this one better, but sometimes, I just need to draw a Del.
Why do I always draw her with one shoe? I can’t even remember if that ever happened in the comics or if it’s just a thing I started doing for no reason.

December 13: Cancer Redux

Original Post: February 4
The original had the issue of it being impossible to give a kid crab features and not have it look kind of insane. Now it looks less insane, but she appears to have tiny demon horns or something? I dunno. I shoulda given her a big ol’ crab claw.

December 14: The Master Redux

Original Post: April 11
Getting more worried about getting done by the end of the month, but I persevere.

December 15: Fangirl Fantasy Redux

Original Post: May 15
True story: in the time since drawing the original image, I have become unhealthily obsessed with a different trenchcoated angel. So how am I sticking to dailies instead of faffing off to draw stacks of Cas fanart? Sheer willpower.

December 16: Hare Redux

Original Post: October 22
The original drawing of Hare looked way too goofy – dude’s a leader, and he’s supposed to have a sort of strong-jawed nobility to him, instead of the sleepy-eyed derpiness that the first attempt portrayed.

December 18-30: Epic Fail Redux

I guess it’s appropriate that, in the month that I revisited previous months’ work, I would repeat August’s crash and burn. It’s a sad way to end an otherwise good year. After all, when I started this, I expected to flame out by the end of the first month. It was something [...]

December 31: Gentleman Redux

Original Post: January 1
A bit of a cheat, as I drew this on January 1st instead, making it a full year after the first image. Despite the utter flameout that was December, I still wanted to finish this year as I intended – redrawing the very first image of the year, taking a look [...]