Aside from the bits about entering the commercial business, I understood the messages as advice on getting to improve faster. Specifically, about "choosing not to fail" and "making yourself have fun with it" Which is advice I could use, if I knew how to apply it. I was hoping to discuss ways to overcome mental blocks to be able to successfully apply that advice.
We've been over this before, albeit in a different context.
Without knowing what "mental blocks" you're talking about--that is to say, without being you--we cannot help you on that front. We can provide resources and guidance; what we cannot do is wave our magic wand and make you a better artist, or make you understand a concept. You have to take charge of your own development, which means
you need to put in the time, the effort, and the study. Only you can decide what a lesson means to you, and how to apply it in your life.
I'll explain: looking at the ref, I knew that all this time I had been seeing shoulders incorrectly, so I asked for an explanation of what a shoulder exactly is, since (as I mentioned) two parts of that ref seemed to obscure the shoulder. In my eyes, that is.
In the latter two pictures, you're looking at the underside of the arm, and the armpit is visible. Look at the attached image, which you should already be familiar with if you've been reading Loomis. Notice how the shoulder sticks out a bit above the bicep. When the arm is raised, that protrusion doesn't go away--it sits on top of the arm, on the inside (toward the neck) in the third picture, and on the outside (connecting the line that makes up the top of her arm, and the line that makes up her right side) in the fourth. This is very evident if you observe live models. Example:
[nsfw]http://i.imgur.com/c6LQlI4.jpg[/nsfw]
Shoulders highlighted in red. Notice how the lines of her right arm don't just run straight into her neck--they're broken up by the shoulder jutting out, sitting between arm and neck.
