Stumbled across this great article on Phil McAndrew's blog (The Marvelous Mustache Factory) entitled 'Super Obvious Secrets That I Wish They'd Teach In Art School'. I think the title is pretty self-explanatory!

Covers useful tid-bits including:

-Draw Everyday

-Challenge Yourself

-Have fun

basically if you read this article you are 100% guaranteed* to succeed as an illustrator
(*there's a slight chance you may not be 100% guaranteed to succeed..... but stop slacking off and your odds go way up!)

CHECK IT OUT

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