Hi there.
I thought id share my story as well. I have been doing CG For about 2 years now and started here with CGC.
Their content really shaped the kind of artist I wanted to become and they have helped me to get there 🙂
The best Piece of advice I can give you which I learnt very early on, is to not follow along Blindly. What I mean by this is to take a Course (For instance the Creature course) And create something of your own. This will mean you have your own Problems to try and figure out and you will understand things a lot better.
This is what I have done with most of my work.
All my recent stuff is done like this and its what has helped me to become a better artist 🙂
Here is my Polybook if you would like to check out my progress from start to where I’m at now.