Talk:Jane Hook/@comment-25234327-20130909085458/@comment-14800267-20130911072358

I've been drawing for over twenty years. I decided I wanted to be an artist at eight, so I drew in every spare minute.

Draw. Draw draw draw. Try your best, but remember, quantity helps improve quality. If it looks terrible, redraw it. Don't post it if you don't like it.

If you hate drawing something, like hands, which seem to be everyone's least favourite thing, DRAW THEM. Don't hide them behind backs or holding things. They look mongy? Draw them again, and again, and again. You're training your eye as well as your hand.

But the biggest pointer of all... Develop your own style. Sure, let yourself be influenced by other things. For example, i really liked Jessica Rabbit's eyes, so I drew some girls with her eye style. I though Rion Vernon drew lovely lips, so I adopted them into my style. I like the way Monster High legs are an S base and slightly curved, so I adopted it. I didn't try to be exactly like them either, I just drew it the way that felt the most comfortable to me and they became mine instead of Jessica Rabbits or Rion Vernon, or Monster High, the beach style Jane has ALL of these elements if you want to see what I mean :)