Sketching used to be the only form of art that I enjoyed, but as I've explored more styles, I've come to love all of them. However, simple pencil/paper sketches are still the basis of my art. I use sketches to practice drawing poses, shading, and different lighting angles to prevent myself from becoming too reliant on the bells and whistles offered by digital art softwares.
Disclaimer: Some of the characters featured above are my interpretations of other people's novels, films, television series, etc. These include: Suzanne Collins' Lucy Gray from The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Maysilee Donner and Lenore Dove from Sunrise on the Reaping, and Katniss Everdeen and Rue from The Hunger Games, Clarisse La Rue from Disney's adaptation of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson series, Hiccup and Valka from Dreamworks' How to Train Your Dragon, Auri from Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff's Aurora Rising, Agatha Harkness from Marvel's Agatha All Along, Lucy Hernandez from Jennifer Mathieu's Moxie, Ka'kwet from Netflix's Anne With an E, P'Li from Nickelodeon's Legend of Korra, and Jinx from Riot Games' Arcane.