If a pro isn't a total shitbag, they'll be happy to give advice if they have time. It feels incredibly rewarding to help others however you can with something that was a huge struggle for you. There's no conspiracy, anons. Sadly you'll have to look for another reason to validate yourself for not trying.
>>4885166That's literally all you need to know. Other things are hazy because they don't matter nearly as much. And even if they have perfect memory to recall every step they took, every practice routine for every day of their journey, you don't really need to know it. It was either something basic and obvious like 3 or 4 value thumbnail composition practice, a bunch of 30 second gestures, a life study of their coffee mug, anatomy studies with papa Vilppu etc. OR it was something personal to them like fan art from their favorite SNES game or a wounded knight in a beautiful garden or a space pirate riding a hoverbike...you get it. Shit that is particular to them that inspires them to create.
All you need to know is to study the fundamentals, guys. Everything else can't be spelled out for you. You have to discover it in the world and in yourself. Know that you ideally want to balance fundamental practice with personal imaginative work. But that's it. The rest is up to you.
Stop getting it in your head that there's a magic formula or that there is some secret information you're missing out on. If that news disheartens you enough to quit then quit because you're going to waste your time and everyone else's thinking that way. There's no guide out there that will hold your hand until you're a creative and successful artist. Those artists you admire that embody your idea of what a great artist is probably spent many many hours not sure what to do. But they mustered the courage and went in a direction. Trusting their instincts for what they thought was cool. They repeatedly did this while practicing fundies and they gradually shaped themselves and their art. GG.