08-28-2010, 03:29 PM
Adding on to her comment about basics, you really strike me as the kind of person(along with pretty much everyone immediately after they really /get into/ art) who thinks you have no need to learn the basics; and that's not true at all. While it feels nicer and it's more """fun""" to make something complex like a person, or a scene, or whathaveyou, you won't be working to your full potential unless you actually know what you're doing and why you're doing it. Using techniques just because you see someone else using them is completely pointless. You need to learn(or possibly relearn) the basics to know why you're using them.