/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

day 96

so... does anyone know who this woman is >>6892361 (Cross-thread)? reverse image search only gives other 4chan results
I'm convinced studying other artists is the way forward but the problem is that I don't know what artists I should study, I can't name an artist who has the combination of backgrounds, colors, style and drawing that I want to emulate
I still don't know how to figure out colors, it's like black magic to me, literally trying to pull stuff from thin air and the meta seems to be that the colors look like shit for every artist until the very last few steps

>>6899240
biggest shapes first
another person got got by construction

>>6899297
it's psychological
carpal tunnel etc is psychological
i will not elaborate on this because it will just make me sound like a moron

>>6899030
bro it's literally my first result when i google "crying boy stock"