Before I do anything else, it is time to announce the winner of the Giveaway!
*drum rolls*
It is
Alejandro from 'Raising Amelie'!!! Woohoo. Congratulations! I shall contact you as soon as I can. A bit about Alejandro...he is a man with many names and personalities. One day he is Darth Vader, the other day he is Superman. I kid you not. He has a personal blog with lots of stories and Amelie is his cute little princess. He is really cool and I always have to laugh when I read his comments, even when he's serious. Yeah, I can't explain why. I just hear a funny voice in my head
(Sorry A hehe). Do visit
his blog when you have the chance ^_^.
I thought it would be fun to share some drawings from the past with you. I cleaned up my drawings folders and came across a few oldies. Well, I sort off clean up as I just made another pile hehe. I probably have a bunch more though. These drawings are done somewhere between 2001 and 2006.
I haven't got a lot of colored drawings from when I was younger. Correction, I don't think I have colored drawings. The thing is, I walked around for a long time, thinking that I would mess up my drawings if I colored them. I really believed that I couldn't do this and felt more comfortable working with pencil alone. Oh how things changed over time haha.
In the past, I really just re-drew art work. Nowadays I use it only as a reference to create my own drawings. Yes. I watched a lot of Dragonball and Dragonball Z. Let's just say, I watched a lot of anime. Hehe.
I often stare in shock when I see older work and I notice a LOT of mistakes
*sigh*. Though as much as I want to toss it away, it is cool to see how my style developed over time. Also funny how adding color now feels like a second nature. If you would tell me I would be doing what I'm doing now I would stare at you like this -_-' saying 'Yeah Riiiiigghhht'. Kid you not haha.
I hope you liked this little peek in the past. Till next time!
Ciao!
NEVER throw the older stuff away - it's so cool for you (and us) to see the progression of your talents. :)
ReplyDeleteBTW, my captcha for your blog today is FAIRI, which seems appropriate. :)
Dolphins!!! That's an amazing drawing, love it!
ReplyDeleteThat's so cool that you're still keeping your older stuff. I just checked some of my older stuff recently. While I was kinda embarrassed to see them, I also felt happy to see the progression:) Those dolphins are adorable!
ReplyDeleteI was going to say, I feel the same way about my older journals. They seem to childish now and they're kind of embarrassing.
ReplyDeleteYour drawings aren't bad. I love the dolphin one. (I love dolphins and penguins.)
I never colored anything I drew either. I tried and changed perfectly decent drawings into pleh. LOL No that's not a word, but you know what I mean, right?
Someday I hope I win a giveaway. Maybe I have to be funnier. :)
It´s amazing to look works from the past and see your evolution! I use to do it from time to time.
ReplyDeleteAh well. My walls go bear until your next contest maybe ;) Congrats to the winner!
ReplyDeleteDarn that random number generator!!! It was supposed to say nine. I told Alejandro that picture was mine! :)
ReplyDeleteTJ, I think your drawing of the horse was especially strong and wonderful! How old were you? It showed such great promise for your future work.
ReplyDeleteI still have my old sketchbooks too. They're probably older than many of you ha-ha.
Oh yea, I did some speed art! My very first. Come check it out!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mindofspaz.com/2011/06/22/really-bad-speed-art/
artists hardly ever throw anything away, or if they do, they regret it afterwards.When you become world-renowned, you will be glad you kept those. Oh, wait! You already ARE world-renowned!!
ReplyDeletehello Pretty TJ, how are you doing?
ReplyDeleteim sorry i missed your posts, i havent been blogging much lately...
hope you are well :))
i love this VERY much:
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1uFa48yeMGU/TgEEfG2WX7I/AAAAAAAABY0/POuy62GIpLs/s1600/CIMG1257+copy.jpg
sooo beautiful...
xoxo
I dug out some of my embarrassing old art recently, I have deiced tough to try to add and update at least one of them so I could have something that has taken me more than 10 years to complete.
ReplyDeleteI may choose some of my black and whote ones and add colour.
TJ-love the drawing of the girl on the horse. Very dynamic. At my age it's the new stuff I'm embarrassed about. The old stuff is so much better.
ReplyDeleteI love the picture of the girl on the horse. I love the flow of it.
ReplyDeleteHow have you been? I hope you're having a great summer.
It's nice to see your talent is still thriving!
ps. Check out our new Video Page if you get a chance. You'll see "one of the guys" in action!
Loved this look at your early drawings, TJ! Even as a child you showed the potential for the tremendous talent you have today. Do Not throw those away. Someday when you are rich and famous, they will be worth a fortune!
ReplyDeleteTee hee! I never fancied you a Dragonball Z fan. The art is pretty cool, though -- particularly when YOU draw it. ;) My youngest is into dolphins, so I had to smile when I saw it. Very nice. And congrats to the winner. Lucky guy!
ReplyDelete@ Tricia: haha! In the end, I’m glad I keep my older stuff even though they make me cringe at times hehe. Oh Fairi as captcha code :D How cool!
ReplyDelete@ Diana: Yay! Thank you!! Xx
@ Heidi: Aaah exactly! I will always stare in shock, but then I’m happy to see how my style changed over time! Hope you’re well Ms, Sate ;) Xoxo
@ Elisa: Dolphins & Penguins are so cute :D. I’m so curious at your drawings! Can’t wait to see them someday! Hahahah Pleh…I love that one. I knew it wasn’t a word, but with you all is possible hehe. You ARE funny!
@ Encaracolada: Ciaooo! So lovely to see you here ^_^. Hope you’re well!
ReplyDelete@ Mike: Haha. Just keep joining! You will win eventually! There is a FB giveaway soon ;)
@ Rachel: Hahah. I literally had to laugh when I saw his number and then I went like ‘Uh uh…Rachel…’ haha. You will have a one soon enough.
@ Edwina: Ciao Edwina! I drew that picture of the horse from one of my fave illustrators, Kei Acedera. Thanks so much. I think I was around 16 years old? Gosh. I can’t recall. Ooh browsing through your older work would be so cool!!
@ Judie: Hahaha you’re so funny Judie! World renowned! You’re very sweet! I think I will always keep my older work, I don’t want to regret throwing them away!
ReplyDelete@ Mita: Ciaooo Pretty Mita! How are you? Don’t worry at all, I know you have been busy! I’m doing fine, thank you! Aww I’m so glad you like that one! It’s one of my faves too :D Take care and talk to you soon! Xoxo!
@ Mike: Oooh do show me some of the ones you will colour! I’d love to see it :D
@ NP: Ciao NP & Thank you!! Most of the times, things from the past are better. Very often they have a certain charm that you can’t find nowadays.
@ One of the Guys: Thanks so much Sae! I’m doing fine thanks. Summer comes and goes here. The weather is playing tricks with us haha. I shall check it out asap!! Thanks for the heads up :D Hope you’re well!
ReplyDelete@ Cher: Ciao Lovely Cher! Thank you! I shall never throw my stuff away! Hahaha I wonder what the future will bring, but for now I just enjoy the road I’m on and work hard to become *whispers* rich & famous…^_^ Xoxo!
@ Janene: Hahah! Most of the people don’t really think I’m an anime girl. They have a certain image in mind when they think of anime people (a bit nerdy…ssshhht don’t tell people I said that!)…So when I do say that I love to watch anime they are a tad in shock. It’s funny to see haha. Dolphins are gorgeous!
Even I stare at my older drawings and go wtf? Some of them are damn funny. lol.
ReplyDeleteI love these sketches of yours though, especially the one with the girl and the horse. :)
Your blog is great! :) Very inspirational and creative. I especially like the header, it's amazing!
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@ V: Hey there!! Hope you're well. I haven't gotten the chance to stop by your blog recently! Hahah I usually go like WTF as well!!! Thank you!
ReplyDelete@ The Creative Artista: Hi & Welcome! Such lovely words ^_^. Thanks so much!!
i love the sketches :)
ReplyDelete@ Irfan: Hi Irfan & welcome!! Thanks so much for strolling by :D
ReplyDeleteWhy didn't you tell me? Or post it where I would see this lol oh boy!
ReplyDeleteMany many thanks TJ you talented thing you1!!
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Hahaha! Next time I will warn you A ^_^ Super glad you loved your little painting :D Xxxx
ReplyDeleteyou've done excellent work! what a nice drawing!
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