/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

I simply don't know how to even study.
I try to use the reference but then it goes through my brain and comes out all fucked, some anon mentioned that to begin with, the perspective is wrong and the anatomy mushy, ultimately drawing what I remember about anatomy rather than the reference, and that in starting from little details to the general idea instead of backwards, which severely limits my drawing range since I'm trying to adapt my drawing style to what I want to draw instead of adapting what I want to draw to my style.
And this happens to references, books from masters, etc.
How to break this curse and actually correctly study what I learn and absorb it correctly?