Confessions of a researchaholic

For some mental or physical reasons, I lack control for hand strokes.
As a little kid, I was told by the school teachers that my handwriting was so bad that it will dim my future.
But that shortly became a moot point right before I started programming on computers.

A few decades later, when I started to pick up drawing, one of the first instruction books advocates practicing straight strokes before anything else, which paused my progress for years as I never have the patience for rote practice.
I later switched to another book that emphasizes natural contours, which jump-started my drawing progress.

I still cannot control hand-strokes at this moment of writing, but that doesn’t seem to matter, and I haven’t even turned on automatic stroke smoothing common in drawing applications.

Advices can help, but only combined with our own unique situations.

One of my first drawing books advocates practicing straight strokes before anything else, which paused my progress for years. I never manage to draw/write straight, but can still have fun and create some good outcomes.
Advices can help, but sometimes we shall follow our own ways. pic.twitter.com/Rd9WldbCCr

— Li-Yi Wei (@liyiwei) February 28, 2021