Hi. Im in need of a little advice regarding art classes. Im a programmer and Ive currently started a very long term personal project. A single player RPG. basicly my dream game and the reason ive started game development to begin with. Now. I do intend on eventualy recruitng artists/moddelers when the game reaches a certian point in developement but I would very much like to be able to create character concept art and character models myself. While im busy programming this game using placeholder assets I would like to develop myself as an artist as well. Ive read in multiple forums and articles that live figure drawing classes is the best way to go. Unfortenetley the only place close to me offering such classes is the local library wich unfortenetley at present doesnt have any models. So ive started doing what seems to be the second best option, a general sketching and painting class. In the couple of classes ive had so far Im drawing static objects placed in from of me while receiving advice and pointers from the facilitator. Other more progressed people in the class are drawing people from photographs. While this seems usefull im not 100% sure if its what i should be doing if my end goal is to be able to draw characters for my game. Ive also read somewhere that drawing from photographs is very inferior to drawing from actual models. Of course I can always ask my girlfrend to pose for me but I wont have a facilitator to guide me. If I go out of my way I can probely attend figure drawing classes but it has to be realy worth it. So my question is. Should i stick to my current classes at the library untill the library provides figure drawing classes again (wich might be never) or should I go the extra mile and find figure drawing classes. there might not be a defenitive answer to my question but any advice or information is appreciated! Thnx in Advance!