Things on deviantart for me were interesting. I joined almost three years ago (september 2011) and I can say that things have definitely improved since then in both my art and my life in general.
This was my first popular deviation and it's something I'm still really proud of. It would lead to several others but I ended up abandoning the style in favor of this one which is much more similar to my current style
This was the beginning of my love affair with tiny details which led to the more style evolution! It was also about the time I started working on my digital art "skills" Finally a few months ago I think my I made my most recent improvement when I restarted the Ten Dragons Project wuth this piece