A: Do life drawing everyday, no excuses, just draw people on trains, buses and at cafes. That's life drawing. Make up your own characters everyday and put personality into them. Write stories with them. Don't just draw try new things, travel, live life. Good art isn't a formula, but how you live your life.. It isn't that hard, people...
I work on a Surface Pro 7. Besides the flimsy keyboard that gets ratty, this laptop has had enough OOMF for most of my artsy hobbies. Not the best with live action film foodtage editing derp.
I connect that to my newish Wacom Movink display. The Movink is SOOOO portable and amazing. I only use Wacom since my first Intuos tablet around 2009. I don't get why people bother try anything else.
I also have a huge whopping Cintiq 22HD in my study connected to a old desktop. I don't like sitting behind it anymore rn.
I used to use Adobe CC. I knew AfterEffects and PremierePro enough to edit animations how I liked, but that was back in the day when it was only $60 for all of CC per year. No joke.
I'm slowly adapting to Davnci REsolve for minor video editing, but it may take awhile.
Adobe has chased me into using alternatives like ClipStudioPaint for digital painting. I'm used to it now, but it took a long time tho.I am experienced in ToonBoom Storyboard Pro (not harmony or anything else toonboom...)
I love TVPaint and have used it for my student films and most animations est. 2013. Sometimes I animate in Krita but I found it too buggy to enjoy.
TDLR; Used to be a Photoshop fangirl, but my style involves painting on one layer and no tomfoolery, so ClipStudio is OK enough for that.
Also guys, I love sketchbooks and basic but nice pens! Pentel Energel (Needle Tip 0.5) and Pilot (G-tech 0.4) for the longest time. Good for sketching.