Okay, that kid is onto something. Spent forever making my own lines super smooth, and my last piece looked like a stock photo for a dentist's office. Totally get what @lilyo30 and kevin_flores are saying about it being like stage fright. You try so hard to hide the "mistakes" that you lose the energy. Now I'm forcing myself to leave in more construction lines and that wobbly first sketch pass. It feels wrong but looks way more alive.

That's a cool find. My grandma used to keep a few of those on her writing desk. The glass always had a neat color to it, like a deep blue or green. It's fun to imagine what people wrote with them.

No way, I used to think you had to fill the basket to get a good fry. Turns out that just steams them. Now I do one even layer and they're way crispier. For wings, I'm basic, just classic buffalo with extra garlic.

Honestly, that sounds like a color correction, not a subtle balayage. Getting seven distinct colors in one session means you had to lift her base color a ton first. Tbh, that's a huge change from a few sun-kissed pieces.

Ugh, that's such a bummer to see.