Art development meme

I saw this show up on LJ (isn't it funny how it goes?) although it originated on dA, and as I'm having a bit of an emo phase concerning my art (as in, "I'm never getting any better, everything is stagnating, bla bla bla"), I thought it might be helpful to do this development/progress/improvement thing to get a little booster.

Hm. Partially. I mean, the difference between 2003 and 2009 is noteable. The difference between 2006 and 2009... not so much. Seems I've about reached the maximum of what I can do (without much effort and practice, at any rate, for which I don't have the time at the moment and probably won't till I'm pensioned ). Cue the return of the emo.

Oh well! It was fun to revisit all the old stuff, anyway. (Well, there also were some moments of despair - "How could I ever show this crap to people? Aaaah!" - but other than that. You know.)

If you want to do the meme, too, here's the template: [link]