Everyone of us without a doubt have certain pieces in our galleries that we love and treasure... possibly because we gave everything we had to make them, because we feel we achieved something new or simply because the subject is very close to our hearts. Whatever the reason we are proud of them no matter what!

The idea of this news article is to give exposure to those pieces in artists' galleries that aren't necessarily the most favourited, commented or viewed deviations, but those that are most treasured by the creator.

This specific collection consists of the works of many known and unknown artists here on deviantArt who replied to my latest journal with their personal favourites.

So, with no more talk, here they are...

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=sunnehsan





~37minutestomonday
"I'd like this to be featured because it took me 20 hours but it's the first thing in my gallery so is pretty lost amongst everything else. Even though I've improved a LOT since drawing this over a year ago, I still adore it because I spent about a week working on it and the picture I drew is what got me into Alice Nine, my favourite band."




~Senbonzakura168





=nonam
"It's the newest drawing I made, but I'm just really proud of it, and that doen't really happends a lot. ^^"




*MayFong
"I am very proud of this drawing. I think it's quite charming. I feel I captured the realism well."
"This was a labor of love. It was a time-consuming yet satisfying drawing. I love the glamor of the old Hollywood."
"I really like how her eyes turned out in the drawing."




*Dutch-Carmen

"The first two because I really like the outcome of the drawing and the last one because it's my nephew (he's almost 3 now) who I love so much. That one has more of a personal meaning to me than my other drawings."




*Dabull04

"They show one of my earliest and latest dog portraits"




*vigshane
"My first attempt of drawing scenes from the LOTR movie."
"I just love it...
"I like the effect of Markers and colored pencils give."




~Thetrainingartist





~gingerchucky





~MagDa-LeNaa
"This one, because I spent a whole lot of time on it and I am actually pleased with the background! I also like this guy so much."
"This has been my favourite character since I was little sooo how can I not treasure him."
"This is me as a baby. It's realatively old drawing and I can now see mistakes in it but I just loved the picture I used as a reference so this drawing is close to my heart."




~sirideain





~LivRavencroft





=7774RK
"In this one I sort of discovered soft shading using ballpen."
"This one was a real trial to do."
"This is the one that got a DD."




~Tatooine92
"I'm proud of this one because it's probably the first portrait on which I've spent a whole lot of time. I tried really hard to make it look like Will because I'm such a fangirl (XD) and I think I succeeded. ^_^"
"This is one of my favorite photos ever. I'd gotten a brand-new camera for my birthday and hadn't really spent a whole lot of time getting to know it. I'm pleased with this because it's such a close shot and it turned out crystal-clear! Usually my macro shots end up a bit fuzzy."
"The thing about this photo is that the water droplets turned out so perfectly. I'd splattered them on myself with the garden hose but hadn't expect them to look that beautiful. This photo is also close to my heart because I accidentally deleted the original and couldn't get it back, so now I just have this black-and-white one."




~ArwenAmidala
"I really like the feel of this picture, and I think I captured a feel with it more than in any of my other pictures."
"I'm usually not so successful with colored pencils, and this turned out so much better than I thought it would."
"Even uncompleted as it is, it's one of my favorite horse pictures, and I would say probably one of my best."




=penme
"Fanart I feel it's just under appreciated, I really like this pic."
"Nobody actually takes the time to look in my gallery to see most of my original stuff. I like the feel of the pic, the crown is my fav."
"My newest deviation she's just gorgeous."




~WingedJedi
"I made this because I wanted to remember who this character used to be. (back when I liked him)"
"Something I really associate with: Yearning for the sea, yearning to be someone else, yearning to be home. Just yearning, for a lot of things."




*akaLilith
"This drawing means a lot to me, drawn right after seeing them played live for the first time. Not to mention it's the hardest piece I've ever worked on."
"My fav female piece.. It's all about that sweater."




~Martywolf92
"This was when I realised I can draw really good - felt like if I can do this I can do anything."
"1st time drawn portrait and its of my nonno so thats very dear to me."
"With a little guidance I learnt a new technique to painting in depth. Though its very simple I like the mysterious look to it."




~Caroliyne





~natulcien-e
"This is the most popular piece in my gallery but also one of my personal favourites because of what I managed to achieve in terms of the growth of my drawing skills, as vain as that may sound."
"I drew this over two days, much of it within a one-hour period. Every time I look at it, though it seems quite rough, I'm slightly surprised and amused that I managed to pull a drawing off without fussing overly much about its degree of perfection, and that in spite of the lack of fuss it turned out pretty good."
"This is something completely different. It's a drawing pieced together from four or five different references, AND IT'S IN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STYLE to anything I'd ever done before. I acually created my own individual piece, with no set picture behind it. What with me once having a very hard time bringing what was in my mind onto paper, I was absolutely thrilled when I'd finished it."




~SpazzyDragon13





I hope you enjoyed this collection!