Is Your Art Really Improving?

I hope this inspires you to look back and appreciate your progress :)

[yannikovsky]

the fact is that the more skilled you are, the more difficult it becomes to make significant progress and see your legitimate flaws as an artist

[Laonari]

You should really start a new series where you re-do your old pieces. It’s so satisfying to watch and I feel like more people can learn even better this way. It really shows us WHAT to improve and make better. ❤️

[elleeeason-]

I think it’s really funny how Sam looks back on his old art, and, to me, it looks so good, and I look back at my old art, and I think it will haunt me in my nightmares. I also draw on an iPad.

[nehasirohi]

Old version is more calming to me as it having less details. The new version is artistically and technicaly improved as an artist. Moral of the story is that "viewers just absorb the essence of the art"

[BaileyMermaid]

Omg I was just looking at my old sketchbooks and saw some actual horrifying demons.

[marbrey]

8:00 that image even made me start to try digital art, because in my eyes it looked so good, yet so simple. Hope I'll be there some day roasting my own art from "back then".

[fredbyoutubing]

I think your older simpler drawings had a lot of charm. They inspired lots of people, including me, to start drawing because it felt more attainable then, lets say, WLOP.

[ashlybrown]

When I saw the old art of the girl, I thought it was really really good, so I started to really like your art. When you drew the girl again in this video, you made the drawing go from amazing to something so good that I can't explain in words.

[kyrrr]

I remember seeing some of these older pieces of yours on Pinterest and I didn't even realize they were yours until you featured them in this video. Really inspiring and kinda mindblowing.

[livie]

i really enjoy seeing your appreciation for birbs. I used to have a pet birb (he passed recently) but finding a really helpful/funny artist who draws birbs really brightens my life!!

[CuriosityRocks]

When I look back I’m proud of my improvement but I still think my old art is still cute and has the charm of me learning

[CattoPatto]

I'm an iPad Apple Pencil artist (kudos to my brother for gifting me the Apple Pencil, I was previously a finger artist but the pencil makes life way easier)

I feel like I made a lot of improvements in some areas and no improvement in others. My environmental art skills are still nonexistent, so I'll definitely work on that over the next few months (likely years at this point)

[JenSai]

I've redrawn 3...maybe 4 of my drawings over the last few years... Usually the new version is extremely different 🤯 (for the better)

Revisiting old work, no matter how cringe inducing, is an excellent tip! 😅👌

I'm actually planning on redrawing a piece from almost exactly 3 years ago this week too... I'm hopeful it'll turn out better than the first time... Because that was terrible 🥴

[ddonutz]

Absolutely amazing Sam, I love these videos, they always inspire me to continue art

[suzume_artz]

Love how your art has evolved throughout the years, especially with the colours and Birbs! I used to work on a Wacom Intuos screenless tablet for the past 5 years, but I’m getting used to Procreate on my iPad now. It’s definitely easier 😂

[miajose]

Hey Sam, I was wondering when you'll do more challenge videos. I find those very entertaining and educational even. I always enjoy tuning in to your channel though. Keep up the great content!

[wcheung]

I’ve been around this channel for just barely over a year and sam has come a long way with his art. To me, an ordinary viewer, his old art was already as good as it was but each time he just keeps gettting better and better. Happy for u sam !!

[jbkhan]

Man, you are really an incredible artist. Your "before" pictures are still like times better than anything I'm capable of at the moment 😀 Seriously, you make some amazing pieces.

[absolute_whimsical]

Ima happy you’re not someone who will delete old posts because you don’t like it now. It really shows your progress and gives people inspiration to do better (:

[randomhumanbean]

I was starting to get worried that you weren't gonna post this week. I'm excited to watch this! I've been planning on redrawing a piece for a while now, so this helps me gather the motivation to do so, thanks!
12:25 I use a Gaomon screenless tablet. I've gotten used to it with time.