Yeah i know that you draw them yourself and its not meant as a critic at all, just as an input. I am also aware that getting someone else to do things allways is expensive.
As you sayed, i too think that one can see a diffrence between the start and now and they are by no means "bad", so just keep it going.
By the way i rly envy anyone with creative skills like drawing or playing music and i couldnt imagine me drawing anything other than stickman. So yeah again thank you for your work.