Building skill takes time (A 1979 to 1997 comparison)

This is a shout-out to beginning fantasy artists to keep honing your craft. I thought it might be fun to show a detail from David Delamare's very first mermaid painting in 1979 and a later version of the same concept in 1997. You can see the final, un-cropped 1997 painting in the mermaid gallery at www.daviddelamare.com.