one of my first images I made.
here are some siggies I made



and some avies:



and here is some of my newer graphics:



i just realized I haven't made a siggie since january.....I still have a long ways to go.

OMG YESSSSS, THE THREAD IS FINALLY UP!! what a blessing to the forums xD

I present: My first masterpieces around 2014~




My first improvement in 2015:




My current phase:






Manga colorings~




Also, I still remember how happy I was when I learned how to make GIFs myself xD I think I had quite an improvement in GIF making too xD

First attempts:




Current phase:

That was a commission dating from a time where CSS and html didn't exist (it did exist, but nobody cared xD). 10-11 years I think. My memory is not that great.



I don't have anything to compare it with. Except maybe that:



But except the fact that now I don't try to work with brushes while I don't know how to, the second one is too simple to be compared xD

This is kind of cheating because I no longer have the atrocious graphics I started with around 2003. I distinctly remember my creations before I learned blending and was just slapping pictures side by side and calling it a day. Fortunately there is no evidence of this left anymore. These were from 2004-2005, a good 1-2 years later. I think this was the period I was obsessed with scan lines because as you can see they're everywhere.














These are my newest stuff:







I don't really use brushes anymore, but like others, they used to be all the rage back in the day in my graphics as well. Now I just use textures.

Ohmy god I remember everyone used brushes and those line styles were so popular way back when Bubbles xD

I started doing graphics by opening a request thread on a forum. I knew by that time I wasn't even knowing what am I doing in GIMP/ PS but who cared. Lol
#1: My very first graphics EVER made in GIMP and my first time discovering what brushes were. I remember I was so frustrated by that time because I couldn't get photoshop. Made it for a player on a girls game forum named ohmydollz (still playing it)

#2: Another request. I manually erased the flower pictures so it would look heart shaped xD (if you actually pay close attention to the second one you will notice that the margins really do look erased) And even so I was very proud by that time of it.


#3: An avatar and signature set made for someone. Proud of this one too and god I was the happiest person in the world because of the white flowers in background.


Now (these are the latest done on the same game forum I did the ones above years ago )

lmao I used to suck.

Old stuff:









New stuff:



Graphic I made for a friend:




Graphic I made for my favorite character's appreciation week:

My first Gif. 

My first graphic. I made it shortly after joining the GC and I remember this cause I asked if the quotes on it were ok or not. ^^ Brit said they were^^ 


This was my first try at combining a gif and a still. It didn't turn out too great. I didn't get the gif cleaned up enough. 




new stuff






Lately my graphics have been more for other sites. 



something for the Writing guild

a wallpaper for mystery

and a couple of phone wallpapers with for the Puu fly by.

 so there you have it

i really don't have any of my older-ish stuff because i've deleted my photobucket account and ALL my old stuff is stuck forever in a backup file that i'll never open, but here is something from back in 09 that i happen to have on my DA account:

http://backstreettokio.deviantart.com/art/a-hint-of-romance-132704946

https://i.servimg.com/u/f18/19/04/09/79/destin10.jpg this another older one

https://i.servimg.com/u/f18/19/04/09/79/withyo10.jpg the new-ishest that i'm willing to post

I'm sad I coudln't find any of my really old graphics I have done... I had a few avatars hanging around but they seem to have been deleted. But! I do have these couple of things from this old forum I was on. xD I made name tags for when we all met up at a convention.





This is an inside joke from the forum.

omg okay so i have been scrolling through my old stuff-folders...

COVER YOUR EYES

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one of the first sigs i ever made...





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LIL "newer" stuff" 2012???















my newest things would probably be in my premade-thread right here XD.

Alright prepare for the teenage fangirl madness 


Old Graphics:

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I had a thing for Photoshop's default effects at the time xD


New Graphics:

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It's amazing how much art styles have changed over the years.I remember when a lot of the styles you guys consider to be bad were what everyone was wanting xD

Addelyn wrote:

It's amazing how much art styles have changed over the years.I remember when a lot of the styles you guys consider to be bad were what everyone was wanting xD

these styles were super big on the graphics forums too. omg. i remember everyone making grunge graphics soo well.

DISCLAIMER!

Please prepare your eyes for the following images you're about to see...i just hope...somewhere deep down in your hearts....you will still feel some respect for me and you still want to be my friends ;-; and for all of those who gets angry when someone has bad grammar....i'm sorry u_u i was young.

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All dates posted here are not accurate

2000-2002






2003-2005-ish






2006 - 2010-ish
In order(?)
























2011-2015










2016





---> recent
----> recent

I feel like when i look at your old stuff its not that you were bad you were just doing the styles of the time cause all your stuff looks great to me hahaha xD

Small Lady wrote:

I feel like when i look at your old stuff its not that you were bad you were just doing the styles of the time cause all your stuff looks great to me hahaha xD

Awww thanks <3 

My biggest issue has been fonts, fonts are evil i tell you >_> but my blending skills have been on point! and my coloring is not that bad either ^.^v


But still this:



You gotta admit that there's a lot going on there and not necessarily looks good xD

God, this makes me cringe, but I went back and looked anyways... I started making graphics in paint when I was 12... for neopets..

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Middle graphics, when I was on a forum 7-8 years ago

quiet a few

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And jumping forward to now:

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>.> I guess I do things besides signatures

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I'm super embarrassed by what I made for the first time/in the beginning. It's for a roleplay site I still go on. This was made in 2009.

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@Brit: RIGHT lol some certain point to defend our "lame" stuff (though, I don't consider most of your guys's early work "bad" D:)

@V: OMG I REMEMBER THOSE "OVER-COLORIZED" graphic-boom time lol but I love your work either way  

@Queenie: AY, when creating my first layouts, the results looked kinda like yours XD but again, when comparing the difference it's like OH MAMA. Still, I'm in love with everything you create, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.


@Lust: SAME. I used to create graphics for roleplaying as well, so I apparently made lot's of RP stuff back in 2010 (???).

Seeing how far everyone has progressed over the years is really inspiring especially for anyone who is currently struggling with making graphics and feel like their work isn't 'good enough'. Just keep practicing! 

Ok, so here's one of the first graphic I made. I know it isn't really one for like, say, forums. But  its the closest thing I have to one.

Here's one I made in 2012 (aka my cringe phase):


I remember being really and I mean REALLY obsessed with gimp. I was just getting into drawing and I learned that you could color them digitally. Once when I was trying to find some coloring tutorials I came across some videos that showed some cool gimp effects. I tried a couple of them out and I enjoyed them a lot. I spent most of my summers, breaks, and weekends, practicing some of these tutorials.

Eventually, my skills were good enough so that I could follow a tutorial but put my own spin on it. The picture above was made using this video I believe:

As you can see there's quite a difference! I remember being so proud that I made it my desktop background! It was really my prized possession lol.

I do remember making a couple more, like a disco themed one, an ice themed one, fire one, and of course rainbow too! I think there on an old computer somewhere but it isnt being used at the moment. Hopefully I can find them saved there if I ever get the chance to skim through.

Ok now im gonna go away before I cringe to the point of deleting this post gahhhhhhhhhhh