[Helm]

Minimalism cannot be mastered before pluralism. You work your way down to simple. I disagree with Doopa on that one. I say shade the hell out of everything, mix materials and mediums, do ultra detail, and then, when you're confident in that, start to strip your model down to the essential. It's a proccess of substraction.

And do not attempt stylization before becoming somewhat proficient in the classical forms. This means, you do not stand a chance if you go straight for say, manga, if you do not know the basics of anatomy and composition.