I had quite the opposite experience here, I was always told I was too pale and needed a tan LMAO these people are never satisfied - we just gotta love ourselves the way we are and send love out to everyone else no matter what they look like :)

I'll keep practicing - I'm much better with watercolors and pencils but once I take it to the computer nothing looks a good lol you're an inspiration to me to keep trying - and the step by step really does help me to see how the building process goes