[maximus_asinus]

I have just recently picked up a pencil and paper, and tried my hand at drawing. I used to make silly comics when I was a kid, and now I want to improve on the doodles and turn it into something nice. So my question is, how can I improve? Should I follow tutorials to get better? If so, could someone 'draw up' a tutorial?

The following is a sketch of Vivi from Final Fantasy. I thought it came out nice.