Halloween 2022 & 2023 Updates (Patreon)

I repost my old Halloween illustrations each year, but that also means that I'm forced to look at my old art. I still like these pieces, but little things about them bug me and seeing them just reminds me that I could've done better. I guess that this makes sense as these seasonal illustrations often get rushed out to meet the holiday deadline. I don't always get the chance to perfect everything in that time. And so, I've made some edits (the first images are the edited ones).
While I like these edits, I also hope that I'm not ruining the originals. Some of these changes are pretty major. And now that there are two versions, which version is the definitive version? The update that looks the way I want it now, or the original that holds my original intentions? This question haunts me.

Come to think of it, I've been making a lot of edits to my old art recently. I might even make more edits than I make new illustrations these days. How does the saying go? "Evil can never create, only improve upon existing works?" Yeah, let's go with that.

By the way, even after the edits, these pieces still bug me. Only a little bit, but there is still some bugging transpiring here. The tragic struggle of an artist.