INKTOBER REDRAW - HOW can I make this BETTER (and can I)? - 2017 vs 2022 Inktober Drawing

[@myriamtillson]

Will you be popping by my livestream to say hi tomorrow? Are you doing Inktober, or another art challenge this year?

[@freyapetersen6087]

I'll definitely try to make it!

[@IainMoggach]

Just got back into drawing this year and just completed my first Inktober! It was a great challenge and I agree - I love ink!!

[@Sofia-ge6wm]

*kick down door* BABE WAKE UP MYRIAM UPLOADED

[@myriamtillson]

😭 I love you (rip your door)

[@Sofia-ge6wm]

@@myriamtillson Awh love you too🥺💗

[@catdobson2311]

Love your attitude,be like 'yeeeeeah!'

[@chaoszeroone]

I love hearing artists explain their thought process like this! And you explained it all so clearly as well. Both pieces are beautiful but the redraw is so rich and full of life. Love your work as always!

[@TheClassics4me]

I love the original as well, but this redraw is absolutely breathtaking! It was wonderful to hear your thought process behind the changes and to see your growth in ability to execute those changes. Wonderful!😁

[@RadishTheFool]

I agree wholeheartedly, and thank you very much for writing this lovely and kind comment. ☘️

[@jessicaunderwood4172]

This is so beautiful. The water lilies and detail in the top make it feel so alive, while the dark below captures the depth of the water. So beautiful!!!

[@belbolser9671]

Wow that’s quite an improvement in the overall effect! The first piece isn’t bad by any means but the story is much clearer in the second piece!

[@myriamtillson]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you like it!

[@jakewaitart9507]

Your analysis of the old piece is astounding and I loved hearing your thought process on how to improve the elements that maybe didn't best convey the message you wanted. Your work is always so thought provoking and that clearly comes from how much thought you put into it. 2017 was my best attempt at Inktober so far, and there is a self portrait piece from then that I'm definitely considering revisiting now!

[@jellyfishbubgum]

I still have this artbook displayed in my room. I was put into inpatient of November 7th of 2017, but your concepts, drawings, and the opportunity you gave to your viewers to come to their own interpretations made me feel so much less alone.

[@MLEbug]

This piece was one of my favourites from that first inktober. It spoke to me so personally. The feeling of always treading water, while ruited below, trying to grow as the water rises. I have felt that way so many times in my life. But also the beauty that is created from reaching out of that deep dark place of isolation. It gave me hope, and made me feel seen. This new piece is gorgeous! It doesn't say the same thing to me but that makes it no less beautiful and poignant. Thank you for your art! I can't wait to get the calendar! 😍

[@touisbetterthanpi]

The inktober stuff seems *way* too intense to do every year, but I think you have the best pieces of anyone ive seen, so i hope you continue to do it periodically in the years it makes sense!

[@10NeSage]

this was a real throwback, made me think of myself in 2017 when I was watching your videos! it was a challenging time for myself as well, this makes me wanna go back and look at my own art from back then :'))

[@exhortationsofanartist8118]

I love the way you redid this drawing! It's beautiful!!😍

[@myriamtillson]

Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it! :)

[@ihopemynameisalice]

I don’t know how I missed this when it came out. Please do another redraw!! This so stunning and it was amazing to hear your thought process. Honestly I would instantly watch any redraw of any inktober piece. Maybe a series where you redraw all 31 from 2017??

[@myriamtillson]

KZbin is weird about sending people notifications of new uploads T_T I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I wouldn't want to redraw all 31 drawings as I'm keen to explore new concepts now and have outgrown some of 2017 designs, but there a few I would like to redo some day for sure, so stay tuned ^^

[@freyapetersen6087]

I just really love how the "feel" of the painting shifted; they both are wonderful, but the 2022 version has this kind of ... intricate delicacy to it? And that calendar looks STELLAR!

[@dianamarques430]

Beautiful redraw, the water reflection on the body is such a powerful detail!

[@bluewren65]

Wow, what a difference 5 years and 5 kazillion drawings makes! I didn't realise that I started watching your channel so early on in your youtubing career, your videos have always seemed so polished. The newer work is definitely stronger technically, compositionally and conceptually. I have fallen in love with copic markers. I'm currently making very large works (100 cm x 70 cm) and really exploring pushing colour and expressive marks to the limit. I love the transparency of alcohol markers and the vibrancy of the colour. There's something really magical about them.

[@cimkolhammar9020]

This was fascinating to learn! LOVE the video! And nom nom nom those bubbles, the water patterns, the flow of the shirt and those plants! Absolutely love this video! So cool to hear about your reasoning in 2017 and 2022, great format!

[@ElvinPearson0]

I hadn’t truly absorbed the difference between your work over time until this video. I do think it’s interesting how dark surrealism often is interpreted as gore or death. I have always gravitated towards it because of its looseness and the ability to incorporate imagination instead of just reality while still anchoring the piece with a darker color palette or theme. But I have found that as I got tired of people misinterpreting my work, I moved away from dark surrealism and more into an impressionistic / rococo style? So it was interesting to hear that you’ve also adapted so that your work is interpreted differently. Mental health also played a large part in my shift towards brighter art as well though. Side note, you brought up millais’ Ophelia and I recently did a master copy where I drew inspiration from that piece and the new Netflix movie and it’s one of my favorite pieces but it also taught me so much. But as always, love your videos and am always happy to see them in my feed! Hope you are well!

[@softandcosy]

I can’t believe it’s been 5 years since the 2017 piece already!!! Loved hearing your analysis, the first piece was already amazing but your growth is enormous I love the way you drew the water in the new one and the bubbles + the flowy movement in the top

[@asmodeoloyalvillacorta508]

it is amazing, you can tell it's the "same" picture but also can see the massive improvement in your art. I love it.

[@mickeyzeckendorf3886]

the improvement here is honestly incredible?? i remember watching your inktober 2017 videos and thinking you were the absolute best at anatomical hatching, but you've continued to grow so much!! also your critique of the 2017 drawing was super interesting and insightful

[@DrawMakeCode]

Love the revisit. I learned some really interesting things. Thanks as always.

[@myriamtillson]

Oh, I'm so glad :) I tried making this informative and really enjoyed breaking down the process in this way, so I'm very happy to hear it was fruitful !

[@CopperBoom42]

Okay but seeing the finished new piece I'm overjoyed, it just has such a strong feeling of peace and belonging, and I adore using plantgrowth and roots as metaphors. Plus it's just stunning - like I loved your 2017 version but as you say the difference in tone is SO stark!

[@libbylewis779]

Hi myriam! Was so lovely running into you on our hike the other day!! I love your work and really connect with it. You’ve been a huge inspiration for me reigniting my passion for my own art ☺️

[@myriamtillson]

Hey Libby! You absolutely made my day, thank you ! It was absolutely wild to be recognised in public, haha, and your kindness was such a wonderful start to the week-end. Thank you for commenting and wishing you all the very best for your art journey :)

[@davidsharp7916]

Brilliant! This is a very useful analysis of how making changes, some very subtle, can change the feeling of the painting. Your clear explanation of your thought process is a fantastic skill. Thank you.

[@faudelgrey5047]

I love how you perfectly analized everything you needed to improve it! Literally addicted to the shading

[@docfrayon]

Wow... l'évolution est indéniable. Déjà j'aimais en 2017... là en 2022 c'est superbe !

[@alexcruz6924]

Glad I found your channel. This was truly inspirational. Funny enough I started the inktober challenge and only got to 8 days in. Trying not to beat myself up on it. Looking forward to watching your videos and continuing to push myself to draw more. 😊

[@KarliAlaineViggers]

Beautiful piece and commentary

[@gallame2935]

stunning work

[@HamiltonShand]

This is my 3rd year doing inktober ❤💕 Loved watching this as I inked. Thank you so much for showing your progression over the years ❤💖💗💕

[@autchiu]

You’re amazing!!!💕

[@brandibrooks4089]

I absolutely loved how you discussed the differences between the two works and the different impacts they made based on simple details such as texture and positioning. I also felt that with your 2017 piece, the position of the figure feels very stagnant, as if the subject is defeated and has given up. Yet with your 2022, with changing the pose slightly, giving them a softer stance and grasping onto a root, even if it's just lightly, gives the impression that there is hope, or at the very least, this is a peaceful decision to float rather than being forced to take root because there is no other option. Either way, I found it very interesting to see the difference in your art style. I stumbled upon you only a couple years ago, so I am more familiar with your newer work ("Shelter" was the first piece of yours I ever saw). And as an artist myself, it's strange and fascinating that our style gradually shits over time and how we may not even notice the full extent of the difference until we compare them side by side. As for art challenges, I am actually doing my first art challenge this month! Instead of doing full pieces (because that is very intimidating), I will be doing a little prompted doodle in my journal every day.

[@louiseheggendorn496]

I miss your videos on youtube!! Its always so inspiring, please come back with the vlogs!

[@eleonoraharks4960]

beautyful work

[@jacotromp59581]

I love the 2017 version, but the 2022 version is stunning. So glad you are doing inktober. Good luck with the challenge, you will kiss it's butt

[@myriamtillson]

I really appreciate that, so glad you like it, thank you!! Won't be doing the full challenge this year, but I'll be doing some ink 🥰

[@johnkillink]

Brilliant piece, Myriam!! Love the process and all you have evolve throught all these years. Also, great to know about your makeup background. haha. Cheers!!!

[@Pocket_poet]

Both are stunning ❤

[@obeythecrater]

Love it!!!

[@BeckieArt]

I love how this came out!

[@lindseyB_33]

Seeing how you improved the painting and wow it took it to a whole new level. Fantastic job!!

[@elfriedaarts1195]

Lovely reinterpretation of an older piece. Your work always has an ethereal feel to me, and it just keep evolving. Absolutely wonderful, thank you for sharing.

[@myriamtillson]

Thank you so much Elfrieda, I really appreciate your kind words :)

[@juliestevenson]

Wow, I like the original but I love how you have reworked it and I just love the second piece. Thank you for sharing your process with us, I findyour advice very useful. I might pop in to the live session if I can later 😉. I am going to try the Inktober 2022 challenge to get me into the habit of doing some kind of art everyday.

[@DenUngeHerrHolm]

So much I never knew about you from TikTok! 🤣🥰

[@DenUngeHerrHolm]

Fascinating video. Great improvement, although there's also a loss of the crass directness of the old piece. Makes me wanna find old works of mine and do the same.

[@HobbyRat]

Your art makes inspiration crawl out of my inner void. Thank you.

[@fuzzydragons]

turned out lovely 😀 makes a nice cover image

[@Frouza21]

This is so beautiful!🔥

[@kyraikeda4305]

ohmygod.. i used to watch your videos religiously in 2017, but somehow i fell off (along with my motivation to draw/paint lol). you inspired me to start using gouache!! happy to see you still make videos and that you're an artist full-time :) also such an awesome thing to see how your style has evolved

[@louannsidonart]

This is such a beautiful re-draw and it is amazing to see how far you have come! I loved your work back then and love it even more now! 😍

[@smithmegan5938]

Amazing work😍

[@annaleelangnes9153]

OMG my favorite artist worked on my favorite TV show 😱😍😍😍

[@Allycat614]

I loved this redraw and the process ! I would love to see more redraws

[@catherinebrougham9238]

Wow, huge improvement. I'm not doing inktober this year either because i"ve taken up woodcut printmaking so I do ink artworks all the time now. I've been a big fan of your work for a good four or so years now and i learned something new about you from this video, I had no idea you used to be a prosthetic makeup artist and worked on GOT 😯😎

[@dmitry1263]

I'm sorry if its inappropriate, but you look freaking stunning. I found you through gouache video, and I just knew from your voice that you would look something fierce. And you do! The styling is impeccable, just like it is in your art ♥️

[@samankucher5117]

very interesting

[@MrsQuam]

I love all the thoughtful decision making you put into the redraw! Stunning!

[@xfranczeskax]

Pity I'll be working tomorrow. The piece is lovely wish you fun!

[@jordync3063]

This is amazing 😩😩😩💗💗💗💗 first video of yours iv ever found and IM blown away by the detail

[@K.ART_vlog]

amazing 😍❤️

[@Fie.Franciska]

Love you way of explaining your thoughts ! very very imformative and so useful :)

[@shahd2444]

❤️❤️

[@fabthomaz]

This was a HUGE improvement. Congrats. Keep drawing.

[@WhitneyYadonArt]

It's funny rewatching Gilmore Girls and still loving the show while thinking of how terrible Lorelai and Rory are. 😅 Also, inktober is just stressful now....soooo I will probably opt out. This is a very cool video, it's so neat to see how you've grown as an artist. I love looking back at older stuff and seeing the slow transition. Keep up the great work!

[@myriamtillson]

Hahaha, I think I spoiled my enjoyment a bit but spoiling the ending for myself. XD Opting out of a source of stress is a good move, I'm doing the same, haha. Thanks for the lovely words!

[@bluewren65]

@@myriamtillson I was at a gallery that shows my larger embroidered works. A woman was asking me a lot of serious and in depth questions about my work and process. She then asked me what I was listening to (if anything) while I made the work (which took about 400 hours to complete). I think she was expecting me to say something profound and looked somewhat shocked when I answered, " I watched all 6 series of Gossip Girl" (the original, of course) 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lucy8048]

Just ordered your calendar on pre order! I'm so excited I love your art work 💗

[@myriamtillson]

Oh you are amazing, thank you so much!!

[@davidruiz2474]

Your art work gives me Zoe Thorogood meets Junji Ito vibes....and I'm all in 👌 your video just popped up on my feed and I'm glad it did

[@Mimness]

Oh my gosh - you can see that you've learned and grown so much! I love how you break down all the things you've done differently, and where you discuss the compositional changes you made to tie the different sections (above/below water) together. SO good! Would love to see more videos like this if you do more redraws in the future!

[@bethaniepetitpas5699]

I would love a book of your redrawn 2017 inktober drawings

[@MisTikkalRosy]

I'm so glad you shared *all* of your process. I've only recently discovered your channel while looking for some 'approachable' gouache lessons, and I had so many questions when looking at your work (esp the dark images), but you answered all them, both directly and indirectly. Your analysis of this image before and after was so perceptive and enjoyable and I felt very privileged to be a part of it. I'd love to see what you are doing in 5 or 10 yrs time. You are young so you have LOTS of time to experiment and develop even more. Best wishes for a very fulfilling future. One QUESTION re PATREON: Do you teach/demonstarte/share more on gouache? I'm only just starting (having played with mixing white with watercolour) and I can see from other of your videos that you are very comfortable with the medium. Try not to let the YT rating nonsense get to you. Mind of Watercolour stuck to his own way of doing vids and he now has a HUGE following. Just keep being you and doing what you do. You both share two important qualities - naturalness and integrity.

[@sofialima4521]

I looove to see your growth! The new piece is really beautiful, both technically and in its message. I feel like sometimes re-working a piece does the same with our feelings (or with where we pulled it out from in the first place), and I'm glad is coming from a nicer headspace. What a journey to be taken on, thank you for sharing! 🖤

[@Electric6666]

Your talent is undeniably great.

[@myriamtillson]

I appreciate that , thank you Adrian :)

[@AbraCassandraCrafts]

I love ink as well. Specifically ink and wash with watercolor. I like feeling like I'm making my own coloring book.

[@myriamtillson]

I can relate! I'm even considering actually making one, haha

[@AbraCassandraCrafts]

@@myriamtillson Omg you totally should. It'd sell like freakin' hot cakes lol

[@AbraCassandraCrafts]

@@myriamtillson Anyways I'll be doing my own personal Inktober this year with the 22' prompt list. I haven't been doing art for long. Just since March but I'm excited to challenge myself. I won't be sharing anything to social media since I don't and won't have any. Just my profile pics and banners on here. Someday I'd like to make videos maybe. I used to when I was into gaming, I'd stream a lot and had a collection of funny videos which are still on my Rumble channel under a different name. But art? Whoooo no one could criticize my skill at poppin' fools in CS GO or downing raid bosses in WoW but art is personal lol...In other words I'm hesitant right now. But someday...Maybe :P HAPPY 1ST OF OCTOBER TOMORROW!

[@vdf3678]

I have the same headphones from amazon

[@touisbetterthanpi]

Youre work is a really big influence on me, and im curious if youve ever talked about your influences

[@CJShopland_Art]

I’m going to attempt to put all prompts into one painting rather than ink but these ink drawings have inspired me; where do you find your ideas? I feel my imagination is broken sometimes. Love both versions, love the 2017 for the death feel and the 2022 for life 😁 might join the live for a bit tomorrow 😊

[@kathyhackney7950]

I've missed your videos! I binged a couple of years ago when I first got back into art. Watercolor/gouache and now INK!

[@myriamtillson]

Thank you! I hope your art journey is going really well :)

[@RallyTheTally]

I'm doing inktober, I'm drawing a diffrent kind of monster or creature every day!

[@kendybanana3815]

Me: i don't think she can improve, it's already so great. Her: improves it Me: surprised pikatchu face

[@bleachedout805]

I love your art and process. Who or what inspires you?

[@KatRae]

always so good to see you post (:

[@myriamtillson]

It's so encouraging to read comments like yours, thank you! 🥺

[@KatRae]

i've been following you for a long time so i always love seeing videos from you, and this one was a treat! ♡ you were a huge influence for me in the beginning of art school, and now that im in my last semester, im also seeing growth within the similarities (^:

[@myriamtillson]

@@KatRae How lovely to hear! :) I hope your studies went really well, very best of luck with your last semester, how exciting!

[@MySynthDungeon]

oH! My ..this is so good ..Subbed ,,Full Steam Ahead ,,Cheers!;-)!!

[@joeblankenship377]

Did you ever do the burn scars on The Hound?

[@myriamtillson]

No, I wasn't high ranking enough, but one of my colleagues was his make-up artist. She's very skilled !

[@azpartam3566]

every year i say i will do inktober, and every time i bail :D

[@myriamtillson]

Haha, I feel ya, I did that for many years XD it's OK too!

[@lepotatoes]

is aleksandra waliszewska your inspiration?

[@doubletappinhillbilly]

Shop is private?

[@xz2970]

2017 better

[@jupiterarts_crafts]

Love watching and seeing your growth over the years, the first one is amazing, that’s around the time I got to know you and your art, this new one is just as amazing, more life to it, but equally beautiful. The livestream was wonderful as well. 🤍🖤🤍

[@zr7077]

Love your work! This year I’m doing Ventober. I think art rlly helps vent emotions and I’ve been drawing that way ever since I was a kid so I thought why not haha💖