@Steve Kretz Thanks for the warm welcome and the advice! Hearing how you managed all that sketching while balancing life is a huge motivator. You're spot on about hitting the sketchbooks. I actually hit a wall about a week back and felt completely stuck. Pressing reset, slowing down, and just sticking to pencil and paper was exactly what I needed. It definitely worked, because yesterday I tackled my first full-size realism piece and was really happy with how it came together. Ready to keep grinding!