/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>5017198
I've been here since 2014, time fucking flies man.

Going through /ic/ lately, something occurred to me that I'm sure has occurred to a lot of people. You get a lot of people throwing their two cents around, with advice pulling beginner artists in every direction, and they're all anonymous. We have no idea which ones are experienced artists, and which ones are just blind beginners leading the blind. Hearing the wrong advice early on can be pretty damaging to one's progress, especially at a stage where a person cannot discern good from bad. On other platforms, I'll always weigh a person's advice against the quality of their work.

So, if any of you are interested, I'd like you to post two things:

1. A single example of your work, hopefully something you're proud of.
2. Your advice for beginners - what they should read, what kind of exercises they should start off with, which of the greats to follow, etc. Tell us what worked for you.