1. Draw every single day, even if it's just a small doodle.
2. Use Sketchdaily (but note this is a http site, so it's not safe).
3. Use reference 99% of the time you draw. You are training your eyes and memory.
4. Austin Batch on YouTube has helped me greatly, that's around the time my art skills began to level up extremely fast.
5. That said, Sycra's video also helped me through the years.
6. SKetchfab, fantastic for referencing scanned irl things

Henna recipe

1. Buy pure henna, the ingredients should read lawsonia inermis alone, for best results.
2. Use 50c or cooler water to mix henna with
3. Don't use metal equipment.
4. Add some lemon into the mix if you have hard water like me.
5. Leave the mix overnight in a bowl, with plastic wrap covering it, in room temperature.
6. Make sure your mixture has a yogurt-like consistency.
7. Use a clarifying shampoo in the morning, no conditioner. Even better, I like to add 1 tbs apple cider vinegar into a jar and rinse my hair with it to remove any buildup caused by hard water in my area.
8. Apply henna to 90% dry hair and leave it on for 6 hours (henna tends to turn out extremely pale ginger for me unless I leave it on for 6-8 hours for a proper rich reddish copper shade).
9. Rinse out well with conditioner.
10. Don't shampoo until it has been 3 days since you've dyed with henna.
11. In my experience, don't use any protein products for a couple of weeks.
12. Use a deep conditioner to heavily moisturize.

Why henna?

General Haircare

1. The brand my wavy hair has enjoyed most within the cheapest budget possible has been Maui Moisture products and some Cantu.
2. I never use any silicone based products. The momment I do, my hair turns flat and looks greasy and the texture is unbearable. Though not all silicones are evil, they've beed an atrocious experience for me.
3. Silk or satin pillowcases have been a HUGE change on how my hair behaves and looks. This is the first thing anyone should start with.
4. Only use brushes that have bendy bristles.