I read this and I felt it correctly expressed the stage I'm at with my drawing. Although, I hope I don't draw like a third grader.
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"Often they will use their panels to recreate, word for word, the strip we have made. This isn't really that weird: emulation is the first step to establishing your own creative tools. Think of it as a kind of calibration method. Where the result is known, the process can be refined."

Apparently a lot of artists start out this way...they emulate then create.

Here we go!

-M