Hugs are awesome and good that your getting faster at digital inking, I seem to avoid it when ever i can

awesome ^_^ thx tons! =D

Don't mind me, I'm just going through artist's OLD drawings for inspiration to where they are now... It's amazing how far you've come in particular. I've been into drawing over the years, but I get so intimidated by the slow "improvement process" that I psych myself out of drawing (if that makes any sense).

(If you see this) Knowing what you know now with all your experience, what's one or two pieces of advice you'd give to someone who's struggling or trying to improve?

Thank you. Just this morning I was glancing at my old stuff and wondering how anyone ever liked me to begin with.
As for advice, Id say to start rough. REALLY rough. Use a big, soft, blurry brush, and just get out the basic shape of what you're thinking about. THEN lower the opacity of it and go over it again constructing your figure. I personally find that this really helps me visualize what Im working on, as well as simply throw out if it's not working in the first minute without feeling like I wasted my time.

Second, having a second monitor really helps, keeping reference open as you work.

Third, LEARN THE HOTKEY TO FLIP AND IMAGE! and just habitually flip the drawing your working on as you work. Most of the time you'll never notice a flaw until it's flipped.

FOURTH AND MOST IMPORTANTLY! Gesture drawing. You can find resources online, but just putting in your 1000 hours roughing poses will help you immensely in the long run. Again, these are disposable drawings, but it's the quantity that will help you learn,

Oh god, gesture drawings... I certainly don't have anything near that amount of hours! I've had a teachers that tried to drill that in our heads, but I never really took the advice for granted. I should probably add that to the daily schedule...

But anywho thank you for the advice, seriously man you have no idea! It's been a rough semester...
Sometimes it's hard to remember there's a hard working human (or secretary bird) behind the art.

Making a habit of it is really hard, and I acknowledge i'd be better if I did put in 30-45 minutes a day of gestures. 15 mins of 30 second gestures = 60 gestures. Then 30 one-minute gestures. 90 disposable gestures in 45 mins. EZ-PZ.

This will be on my new years resolution list.

Posemaniacs is a good place to start., but there are others.

Whew, that's a lot of drawing... but hey, if it'll help with any artistic process, I'm game. *laughs* And it makes sense as others have said, if you want to get better at drawing, draw more.

That makes two of us for new-year's resolution!

Okay, that site seems real useful, thank you!