K, so the slack convinced me to elaborate. I will do so 
It should not take a chat room to convince you. It's extemely rude to just disagree and walk away.
Basically, first off, I don't think Wolfenoctis is "there yet" with his gestural studies. They don't feature a lot of anatomical knowledge, besides proportions, so the subject matter shouldn't matter much. Once he starts going in-depth with anatomy, I do recommend doing different body types, as idealized figures are maybe overused in teaching.
You can study a lot of things at once. How do you think people get to be world renowned concept artists and illustrators in their 20s? They diversify. Everyone gets by with varying levels of "good enough". You shouldn't have to perfect one thing at a time. And art is such an interconnected subject to study. Studying fruit could lead you to an epiphany about some mildly related body part that has similar overlapping forms.
Secondly, we have a tendency in western society to go for variety when we learn something. Usually this is counter-productive and a result of a global ADHD society.
This "global ADHD society" sounds like a personal theory or sore spot of yours and I'm not sure how many people would agree with its relevance to studying art. You know what I see? Comfort zones. Crutches. Laziness. Ruts. In society, I see these most often. Diligence is rare. It is not ADHD.
Wolfenoctis is focusing on a subject (one that he hasn't mastered yet) and we shouldn't advise him to break that focus.
There is no harm in offering a differing opinion to someone. Its not like he's a robot being issued commands and we need to be careful about suggestions. People have their own discretion,
why would you want to seemingly shut down well intentioned advice.? I think it is fine if Wolfenoctis is offered a different perspective that causes him to question his focus.
edit: sincerest apologies for that sentenceThere is a time for flexing your art muscles, pushing that comfort zone, but focused studies is not that time. I highly doubt that a few exercises in random subject matters will improve his skill much, though it might provide insights that let him refocus his studies.
I.. From experience I can tell you you're very wrong about the first part. Every waking moment is an opportunity to grow and to realize new things. And I highly expect a few cursory studies to the well practiced artist are substantial enough to understand new material at a usable level.
And lastly, very important, I very adamantly disagree that these studies aren't advancing his skillset much. The studies I've seen from wolfenoctis are wonderful and make me coming back to this thread. It makes me cheer him on and I think what he's doing is exactly what more people should be doing. So when someone comes in and says he's not improving his skillset doing these? I disagree
No, I will be blunt, but I just see the same anime girl. I am
elated when I come to this thread and see him studying something else, like animation or environments. This was advice that should have been given a while ago but people are generally self absorbed because we are too busy. We hardly talk to each other, we just throw our art in here and leave. I don't desire this behavior, so I'll try to change on my part. I wish I'd given this same advice sooner. I wish people gave me advice like this. Good on Prism. This is how we should treat each other. With care and respect, genuinely concerned for the wellbeing and advancement of each others talent.
