When I was in 6th grade I made my very first comic book. It was called Then and There and it was about these girls in a fantasy rpg setting.

In an attempt to make myself feel better about my current level of artistic ability, I decided to revamp the character designs as if I was making them now.

So on the left is a recreation of my 6th grade art style. The character is named Kalli, and she's a court magician. Then on the right is a redesigned Kalli, complete with shitty photoshop brush magic.

When I was 12, I made all the girls 12. I'm no longer 12, and drawing preteens has no interest for me, so I made all the girls older. Perhaps we can pretend that this is them grown up.

For more information on the comic, the characters then and now and more in depth thoughts on the new design, check out my sketch studies blog.

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