/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3583905
>mom is an artist so always around art and drawing shit since a child, no training though, just occasional dabbling
>start drawing more in class in middle school because class is fucking boring as shit, technique is absolute shit
>try harder to not suck in high school, improve somewhat, still no studies or training
>discover what art I actually like and become influenced by francis bacon, rodin, dali, etc.
>go to three 3 hour figure drawing sessions first semester of college, it has a significant impact, but like the lazy piece of shit that I am, I stop there
>continue drawing, mostly in class still
>take lsd for the first time sophomore year, make a huge drawing while listening to beethoven, become heavily influenced by my hallucinations
>take 2C-E later that year, the post-trip depression revives an attraction to darker subject matter
>take shrooms for the first time junior year, become much more influenced by nature and the textures of natural objects, style crystallizes
>all of this is still primarily doodling in class and in free time (maybe 60/40 split)
>reach a point where I feel substantially limited by lack of fundamental knowledge/technique, particularly of the human form, and realize I can't go further without going there, which is not attainable by just fucking around
>shit gets busy and I end up in a 3 year dry spell, may finally have some time now to properly dedicate to it, god willing
pic related, a nearly finished drawing that was stolen along with my laptop 3 years ago