Don’t be afraid to use references or to sketch. For the longest time I did neither, no refs because I thought that meant I was a bad artist for having to look up how to draw something and no sketches because I only wanted to draw clean lines.

Be messy!

Use references!

Mess up? Who cares, keep going!

Fanart is good for practice overall, there are references galore and people like it

Ignore the haters!