Much of my first drawings were practice.

I don’t admit this as much because I'm embarrassed by it. But when I started drawing fanart for MLP, I drew them as stick people.

I know, I know. Lame. But at the time, I was under the impression that I could never draw a pony. So this was the best I could do.

Until I actually drew one in December 2011. Took my 2 hours with a reference. Eventually, I could draw a simple pony in 20 minutes. Back then, I drew with paper and pencil and scanned them to the computer. Comics were a pain to draw/compile and often took 8 hours to get right.

In order to add some color, I taught myself to vector in Inkscape. I practiced a bit by trace vectoring screenshots from the show, and then started vectoring original drawings. This was in February and March.

By April, I had a Wacom tablet. I had to practice using it, since it’s completely different from drawing directly on paper. The first PC comics were big practice sessions for me and looked rough and unpolished because of it. Hell, I’m still trying to perfect the lineless style.

So I guess you can say that I practice a lot.