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30 Artists Challenge Themselves To Redraw Their Old ‘Crappy’ Drawings, Prove That Practice Makes Perfect

It's easy to compare your artworks and drawing techniques to those of the greats and feel miserable. But if you're an aspiring creator you need to understand that nobody was born a genius and everyone has to start somewhere. And nothing proves this better than the 'Draw This Again' challenge (previously here and here).

Its rules are really simple. Artists upload side-by-side images of their earlier and current works, showcasing how much they've progressed. And some of the participants are even redoing their old pencil sketches, which makes the effect of the then and now comparison so much stronger. From realistic drawings to surreal character design, scroll down to check out the improvements and the unique art they've made over the years and upvote your favorites of these beautiful drawings.

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Two Years Of Drawing Every Day

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30 Artists Challenge Themselves To Redraw Their Old ‘Crappy’ Drawings, Prove That Practice Makes Perfect

Two Years Of Drawing Every Day

I Broke My Neck And Was Paralyzed In December, 2010. Here Is A Photo Of The First Drawing I Did In Rehab, With Assistance From My Recreational Therapist Ashley. Followed By A Self Portrait I Did 7 Years Later. I’ve Improved A Little

Found This Drawing I Did In 2008 When I Was 11 Of The Puppy We Adopted Who’s Now An Old Man

It's Been Exactly Three Years Since My First Drawing, So Decided To Do This 'Draw This Again' Challenege. Not Dissappointed

Me And My Art, 6 Years Apart

Eye Improvement In 2 Years, 13 To 15 Years Old

1 Year Improvement

Then And Now

My Drawing Improvement 2014 - 2017

Nearly 10 Years Ago I Drew Sybill Trelawney From Harry Potter, And Now I’ve Done It Again. I Pushed Myself With The Details, And I’m So Proud

I Found An Old Drawing Of Mine From When I Was Seven Of My Mad Baller Speedboat - A Hybrid Blend Of Top Fuel Dragster, Funny Car, Racing Boat, Tactical Jet Aircraft And Whatever The Hell Else I Wanted. Then I Did An Adult Version To Homage The Original

Awesome Progress

Improvement

My Drawing Improvement 2013 - 2017

A Little Evolution Trough The Time

The First One I Drew When I Was Twelve Years Old. The Second Sheet Is A 25-Year-Old Guy Who Started Drawing

A Remake Of An Old Drawing From 2014. It's Nice To See How My Art Style Changed As Well

My Drawing Progress Over The Year, Criticism And Advice Always Welcome

One Year Drawing Progress

Sometimes I Think That I Do Not Advance Or Improve, And Then I Find My Drawings From Years Ago

Old Work Done Around 2008-2009 And The New Version In 2012

Improved Nutella

It's Always Nice To See How Far You've Come, And What All Of Your Time And Effort Has Ended Up As

It's Been 4 Years And I've Learned A Lot. And Honestly? I've Learned Most Of It By Watching Much Better Artists Than Me

Honestly Most People Drew Better Than Me When They Were Kids. I Just Enjoyed Drawing, So I Kept Doing It, And Improved As A Byproduct

Did A Re-Draw Of My First Ever Digital Painting From 2012. Pretty Cool To See How Far I’ve Come

I Got Inspired To Remake A Drawing I Made 7 Years Ago For A Friend

This Was So Much Fun To Draw! I Used The First Pic I Ever Drew With Photoshop And Did It Again. Any Improvement?

Recently I Came Across A Super Old Drawing Of Mine And I Thought It Could Be Fun To Redraw Or Paint The Thing. I Added Some Details Though To Make It Look Nicer Besides The Whole Rendering Part And Everything Else

Redesigned A Character That Was Created In 2010, Called Semira, Now Called Lily. I Find It Very Cool To Remake Old Designs, 'Cause It's Easier To See How I Have Evolved

May 2014 To May 2018 - Four Years Of Practice With Colored Pencils

One Year Of Practice (1 Hour Each Night)

So Satisfying. Watercolors

2.5 Years Between The 1st And 2nd Picture

Davy Jones - Draw This Again

Progression, Digital

Elephant Before And After

My Mom Found One Of My Old Sketch Books From 1999 And The Drawing On The Left Was A Little Gem I Found In There. I Drew The One On The Left At Age 9 And The One On The Right At Age 19

Draw This Owl Again

I've Never Really Redrawn An Old Artwork Of Mine Even Though I Love Seeing Them From Other Artists. So I Gave It A Shot And Tried To Keep Pose And Palette Similar. 12 Years Of Difference

My Progress In 7 Years

I Redrew My Childhood Drawing

Gosh, I Was So Proud Of This Back In 2013. And I Really Did Improve In The Past Three Years

Coloring Improvement Over A Year

3 Years Apart

Draw This Again: Drowning Maiden

I'd Seen People Do This Before And I Always Wanted To Try It Myself Some Time. To Make It Fair I Stuck To The Same Conditions: No References, No Color And The Same Pose

This Should Give You A Lesson: Never Give Up! You Can Do It

Here Is The Remake Of A Self-Portrait I Did Back In 2010, Before I Did Any Digital Work, All Inks And Cross-Hatching Back Then

My Drawing Progress From 2015 To 2017

1 Year Difference (Progress)

7-Year-Old Me Vs Now Me

Had So Much Fun Doing This, I'm Glad I've Improved

My First "Draw This Again", And I'm Really Proud Of The Result

I Don't Remember When I Did The First Drawing, But At That Time I Didn't Draw With Tablet, It Was With Mouse, And My Pulse Is Horrible. I Hate The First Drawing But I Think That The Difference Is So Incredible

Left: When I Was 15 Years Old. Right: More Than 2 Decades Later

So In My 12-Year-Old Mind Preppy Equaled A School Girl Outfit. It Was Very Fun Redrawing This! Huge Confidence Booster

This Just Goes To Show You What Practice Can Do! If You Just Stick With It, You'll Improve

I Really Enjoy To "Restore" My Old Characters Of Elementary And Middle School And Only Now I Realize How Synthesized And Anatomically Incorrect They Are

One Of My Old Drawing, Which I Didn’t Throw Away - Today I Can Do Comparison Of My Progress

Not Sure When The First One Was Made, May Be 1994 Or Something. Anyway, A Bit Of Progress Since Then

I Still Can't Draw Hands But I'm Getting There

So I Opened My Drawing Time Capsule From 10 Years Ago. I'm Not Sure If That Black Thing Is A Mouth Or A Mustache

Re-Draw Of An Older Drawing From 2003

A Huge Progress In 4 Years

It Only Took 13 Years To Get Around To Doing This. Better Late Than Never, Right?

Zero Improvement, Right?

Organizing My Files, I Found This Drawing Which Is One Of The First Digital Drawings I Made, 13 Years Ago, In Paint. I Thought It Would Be Fun To Redo It And See The Result

Ocelot And Dog 6 Years Apart

I Found This Drawing Book I Had When I Was 4 So I'm Like "Ok I'm Gonna Draw It Again And See What Happens"

Somewhere In There Were 5 Years Where I Had Stopped Drawing Altogether, And I Wish I Hadn’t Because I Think I Would Have Improved Even More. All That To Say, Keep Drawing And You Will Get Better

Well, I Tried To Draw Jessica Alba Again

Draw This Again - Cintia Dicker

Honestly, I Feel Like This 2015 Is The Best I'm Gonna Get, But Who Knows. Maybe In Few Years I'll Draw Him Again And Look Back And Cringe At The 2015 One Too

Leveled Up

I Didn't Practice All This 8 Years. I Started To Draw Last Year Again

I Did A Draw It Again Meme Thing

1 Year Progress, Actually I'm Kinda Proud

Redrawing My Old Artwork From 2016, Here Is My Year Progress