I remember when my dad was teaching me to cook, he said "now put your finger in the oil to test the temperature." I looked at the oil... then for the first time in my life I looked him in the eyes and said "no." I expected to be in trouble. He said, "Good." Karate kid ass.
Unfortunately one of the most effective ways to train your child to be confident and challenge the status quo and question authority in their adulthood, is to allow your child to challenge YOU and question YOU as a child. There's ways to do this healthily. Not easy but doable.
FUCK ALL THESE ARTISTS WHO GO AND LEARN BLENDER AND MAKE THEIR LIVES 100000X EASIER. MAKING THEIR ART REFERENCES AND BUSINESS SETUPS WITH IT. ASSHOLES. IT LOOKS SO DAMN CONVENIENT. IF ONLY I COULD LEARN IT. I WONT THOUGH
He's improved very much! However, correct me if I'm wrong, but this looks like he's "directly" using a reference. I don't think he's quite at the level people think (and are self conscious over by comparison) - he's in the "replication" stage of being an artist!
