2005-2012 Improvement Meme

BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS FOR AWHILE and finally decided to for.. some reason

further descriptions and such since there wasnt much room on the meme:

2005: wolfaboo years thats all that really needs to be said cries
2006: also still pretty much a wolfaboo I DONT KNOW WHERE ALL MY 2006 ART WENT REALLY IT DISTRESSES ME
2007: okay now more serious lol. I ACTUALLY MOSTLY DREW PEOPLE ORIGINALLY after mostly getting out of my wolfaboo phase. the concept of anthros didnt really occur to me. but i started drawing wolves again and got moderately wolfaboo-y for a bit later in the year. this was also when i made my first characters (as mentioned); Salieri, Raeone, Kyr, Nocturne, and Crysiera (all of whom i often think about reviving..). This is when I met =Ten-Days-Till-Sunday and so begins a retardedly epic broship spanning the ages. also met ~Brittlebear at the same time who was a major inspiration and push in my art.
2008: major year for me. AS MENTIONED ABOVE ~Brittlebear was a huge influence right now. her art inspired me to work on anatomy and style a lot and she encouraged me into digital art and helped SO MUCH with learning it oh my god. i feel comfortable saying shes one of the most influential people to me over the course of my artistic career. unrelated to art directly but she also inspired me along with =Ten-Days-Till-Sunday on character building and development.
2009: Rious was created at literally the start of the year in early january as my fursona and with a somewhat different (but still recognizable) design. during 2009 i made some leaps in skill in pretty much all areas. actually getting in to the furry fandom helped a lot in this as I FINALLY FELT COMFORTABLE IN THE KIND OF ART I DREW KNOWING IT WAS A REAL THING and i had a whole new window of art to explore and learn from and improve into- though i didnt for awhile lol
2010: THIS WAS A MISERABLE YEAR FOR ART. I struggled SO MUCH on everything with trying to learn anatomy and style and techniques and really for the most part over the time you wouldnt find more than two things in a row that seemed really that consistent at all. Became very inspired by ~Karoish first in anatomy and style then later in shading, with many of these aspects still showing through in my art now. in the end of the year i made a major breakthrough in shading and style (indicative in the final image for this year) and this was the shading and general style i went on to use for about two years.
2011: as stated, a consistent and steady year. improved a bit on anatomy, but style and shading mostly remained the same- though i wasnt unhappy with it. ANTHROS CAME SO FUCKING EASILY TO ME. I MISS IT. GOD. i improved on anatomy on those moreso than on ferals. also ended up drawing a LOT because of downtime on campus after class/es which resulted in a lot of character-building and story-building.
2012: HOT DAMN WHERE DO I START. started the year with mostly the same style and shading as late 2010-2011, but in late march and april i started experimenting with style more, breaking some of the rules id set for myself originally and revisiting some old manners and techniques id abandoned. ended up drawing a large volume of quick images which helped immensely in my sketching and linearting ability. and in may, i deviated from the shading id been doing for two years to try something new that is now my standard method. and i LOVED it. later in mid-may I was inspired by *HinaUchi to try using thinner lines and with her help found my method of doing it which is now my standard linearting method. AND, WITH THE THINNER LINES ALLOWING ME MORE DETAIL, I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO DRAW EYES PROPERLY IN THE STYLE ID BEEN WANTING TO FOR YEARRRSSSSSSS. (partially inspired by *Shadow-Wolf). all around massive improvement in style and shading, and in technique. my art as a whole jumped forward around may/early june this year. and its finally at a point where i can look at it and be happy. also learned more about photoshop in later months of this year and getting better at animation and image editing.

TL;DR

IT TOOK ME ABOUT 6-7 YEARS TO BE HAPPY WITH MY ART BUT.... HERE I AM.

NEVER FUCKING GIVE UP.