Thanks for all the kind words everyone :) It'll definately keep me on my toes to continue to work harder ^___^
James Keegan: Heya! I started freelancing for Paizo approx 3 years ago, it was one of my first real freelance gig, and it really came to me suprisingly, sometimes I don't even dare look back at the work I did back then, I sometimes have no idea why they even thought to give me a chance to do artwork for them. There's probably not much real tip I can give that you don't already know, I think it might come down to as simple as keep drawing and drawing, and use the internet best to ur advantage and promote your work. There're many talented artist out there that's still waiting to be discovered and I think participating in online art forum,etc is one of the best gift from the internet that allows an artist to grow and learn, and also free advertisement of their work. As for reference, hmm, google image and corbis would be my bestfriend, and I look for reference as needed, sometimes I get lazy or schedule's tight and I don't use as much reference as I should, but I can say a pic always looks better if u do ur research, little things we think we know how to draw, most of the time we're probably missing and forgetting a lot of the little details unless you pull out some reference. Anyways, this answer's probably a little bit generel not sure if it help much sorry T_T :D Good luck with everything!