That Was Then, This is Now

I can tell you, with no ego, this is my finest picture. If, on your journey, should you encounter God, God will be cut.

Back in Twenty-Ought Nine, I posted "Cream and Cosmo: A Light Snack Colored," [link] . It was inspired by the works of ~canime, *SpookyElk and ~Limpurtikles and I still like the idea today.

Fast forward to the (so far) apocalypse-free 2012, I uploaded "Cosmo and Cream: A Healthy Snack" [link] . While it isn't a complete remake of the original picture, it's as close to it as I can get without copyright infringing myself. While not my favorite drawing, I can't argue that this is hands-down my best...for now!

Man, I can remember working on that first picture so long ago. I won't bore you with the details, but I was working with little to no knowledge of graphic arts and a Photoshop knock-off. Now, I know about shading and stuff and have the real Photoshop and Illustrator! I'm moving on up...I guess.

Anywho, I'd like to thank ~canime, *SpookyElk and ~Limpurtikles for serving as my unwitting influences, ~Nightflash1 for requesting I rework a simple picture that was so badly in need of improvement and ~Bampire for starting this "Before-After" phenomenon (get the original "Before-After" template here, [link] .

For craps and giggles, I'm bringing back Ozz-the-Wanderer Challenge! If you think you can draw either of these pictures better than I did, bring it on! Don't ask permission, just layeth the smackdown and give me a link to your rendition! I'll be waiting...

Lastly, for anyone who spotted the three shout outs I made here, congratulations! You win...the satisfaction of having good taste. Thanks for playing.