Since the time I started working on the Raven illustration I've been slowly getting back into drawing. After my last journal until now I hardly did any drawing. Most of what I did were just practice pieces to get to where I was. I had lost my passion and my drive. I had to force myself to think of something to draw when previously I would be overflowing with ideas. It made be angry and depressed to draw.

The only bright side is that I took up a new hobby. I put more effort into painting minis and that in itself was a good experience. I'm mostly untrained when it comes to art. I lacked many fundamentals. Thanks to painting those minis I learned quite a bit about color theory. Everything until now I would just reference colors from other works. I've noticed that new knowledge has actually made an improvement in my digital work. Using this new knowledge is actually one of the reasons I've been wanting to get back into digital art.

Since I got started again I've found that my old drive is starting to return. The only problem is that I'm a bit rusty. It's still a little aggravating when I think that I need to relearn things. I'm using this time to change my style and (hopefully) improve my drawing. Since I'm focusing on reviving my old characters I've been pouring over my old stuff. I've made many strides over the years. There's a lot of stuff I'm embarrassed to show because how bad it is. Especially since it doesn't reflect my full skill at the time. I haven't always done anime style art. When I changed, my skill regressed while I learned. As I improved I had to keep going back to the design phase for my characters. I'm currently doing that yet again. I'm liking the changes. I plan to post the evolution of them soon.