>>1565953Sage advice. I wasn't so lucky though. When I started drawing humans, I started straight from animu. I don't know-- was a retarded teen, but my ignorance still paid off somewhat. Everyone develops their skills differently.
But yeah, for most artists, starting from realism is the way to go. Because as you may have noticed from this board, ecchi artists break anatomy conventions all the time for the sake of sexuality. One of the points of learning realism beforehand is to know exactly which rules you bend and which rules you follow in order to get the drawing you want.