This was originally a short comic made for a comics anthology, but since I never heard from the anthology again, I’m going to post it here. The art is a few years old, so I may redraw it someday. But the story is still pretty solid, I think.
I mean, it’s based on the true story of actual historical badass woman, Queen Padmini. So HA.
Yesterday I spent a good chunk of my day on something I mentioned in my previous post.
I took some canvas I bought, some old sketches from my high school days, and some Mod Podge, and I made collages.
Here are some photos of the final results.
I even have a few close ups of the first one…
And some close ups of the second one…
You may have noticed that there are smatterings of sketches of Kingdom Hearts or Hunter x Hunter characters in the collages. I’ll be talking about that in my next blog post.
So why did I do this?
Well, I didn’t want my old sketches sitting in a box being unused and unseen. I wanted to start making a large catalog of my art, so that the artistic transformation can be seen more readily.
As time goes by, every artist improves in their craft. I am no different. I look at these sketches, the first set dating to 2006, the second set dating to 2007, and I see such a huge difference between them and the art I make now.
I wanted these sketches up on collages to remind myself of how far I’ve come, and see the progress I have made.
I intend on making more collage pieces with my other older sketches. My goal is to make one collage for every year. That way the progress can be more noticeable.
But this is just a personal project.
For now, I still have a lot of freelance work to do, so it’s back to the drawing board with me.
So what do you do with your old sketches? How long has it been since you looked at them? What are your thoughts on your old work? Let me know in the comments below!
Thanks for reading and I’ll see you on Friday.
