As I Did This section is where I pass along some ideas, advice, tips, and other various knowledge that I have either heard or witnessed over the years. It is to be taken with a grain of salt and it is up to you to decide what does or does not pertain to you.
Any asshole can trace.
These were the words my father said to me when I was fairly young. It was not said in a mean way, but the loving way I would say it to my kid if he brought me the one millionth tracing paper drawing he did. I think it was a desire to be an artist mixed with a fear of failure and feelings of inadequacy about my own art. Looking back, I realize that I was actually a pretty good little artist for my age. But for some reason, I wanted to be as good as the people I traced.