Anyways, I finally did start drawing, looked at other people's work for trying to figure out how in the name of all that is holy one actually does it, and have since been learning and getting marginally better. Kind of. I should try and devote more time to it to really make proper progress, but for now it's usually a good five or ten minutes every night, which has resulted in what is actually going to be the bulk of this post once I stop blathering.
I'm not putting this here to shock and amaze people, more to be interesting and track progression. There's also some sketchwork from when I practice a design for woodburning, so I hope you enjoy this amateur-level entry that I have the hubris of designating as art. It's put in a Read More thingy so as not to give passer-by's an attack of fits.