@JannaSophia Thank you. I will definitely work on it. I actually even do add those variations? but I tend to be way too subtle with them so it's barely visible. I tend to have too soft contrasts too, probably for the same reason of unconfidence. Fighting with it for a long time 
@cedricgo Thank you 
@malcom There isn't really that much to say. I knid of used to start with color block-in and than polish everything. But for last 8-10 month I spent a lot of time trying to improve my skills of drawing in line (it all started with all those clothed figures you can find a bit earlier in the blog). I dedicated a lot of time to that and gladly have seen at least some improvement. At least it's not that painful anymore to draw in lines without zoom 
Although I diverged for a couple months to draw simplistic anime girls, just cause I felt like doing it. Somewhat helped to look at things in a more simple way, probably. So these few ladies on a black backgrounds started with a more solid drawings rather than color blobs, that's probably the difference, other than just raw improvement over time. Good drawing definitely helps to render itself. The irony is I'm planning to go back to color block-ins although with a very rough pose drawing in place. Will see how it works out 
