I've been working as a full time illustrator and a part time coom-artist for maybe 9 years now. I've got to say that my art has definitely improved over all this time but one thing I realize is that I've never felt like I've improved much on my ability to draw people from imagination. What's made the biggest difference for me is only my ability to find good reference and copy it more accurately. I'm wondering if that's really all there is to it? It's kind of disappointing and I'm hoping that maybe someone more skilled than me can give some answers on this topic. I've taken two anatomy courses, I do figure drawings almost daily, read all the anatomy books in the sticky and some others not listed there. I'm sure most of you have done the same. So what's the deal? what the hell is missing?