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I doodled on the back of homework, and the teachers were so impressed, they'd give me an A and ignore the fact that about 1/3 of my answers were wrong (with the exception of my Algebra teacher, but I had my suspicions of him being some kind of undead alien zombie who couldn't appreciate fine art). I noticed the better I got, the more people were distracted. And thus, my artistic ability blossomed.
I'm posting a very small example of what I can do; if you want to see other works of mine, just type "MW Roach" in your Google search bar. Don't worry, I don't draw anything nasty, so there's no need to fret about something like that popping up.
My tools are colored pencils and sharpies. I fully intend on adding a Jeremy Sumpter portrait in here, too.
So, without further stalling for time, I present to you, my artwork!
Horses:
A friend's horse character that I drew.
Fanart of Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
Another commission I did for someone at dA.
A realistic horse portrait.
Dogs and Wolves:
A lab catching a ball.
An old drawing I did of a wolf.
A brindle boxer.
A couple of wolves.
Anime:
Naruto art that I did.
Not really anime, just a character I made for a Peter Pan fanfic I wrote called "Pretend Pirate". Her name is Tess Robyn.
Chihiro from Hayao Miyazaki's "Spirited Away" at the age of 16.
My first Naruto fanart ever. OLD drawing.
Anthro:
Fox guy hacky-sacking a dead mouse. OLD commission I did for someone.
Fox girl. Commission for someone on dA.
Another old drawing of a fox-anthro.
Realistic Portraits:
My first attempt at Captain Jack Sparrow.
Tom Felton Portrait. 1st attempt.
Jason Issacs as Captain Hook.
Stuff with backgrounds/Scenery:
Brother Bear fanart.
Fanart from the movie/book "The Last Unicorn".
More Spirit fanart. It's baby Spirit and his dad, Strider.
Dragons/Fantasy:
Old dragon art I did with shading pencils.
A commission I did for someone at DeviantArt.
A pegasus I drew with a sharpie.
Haven't drawn the J-man yet, but I'll do him soon. I still have some time before he comes back from his vacation.
I WILL HAVE IT DONE BY THE TIME HE RETURNS. (so admins, please don't delete this post! I worked very hard on it!)
No, I NEVER trace.
So please don't ask if I do. Everything is drawn by hand from either looking at a picture, or just while watching TV.
Enjoy.
But it's blindingly colorful, that's for sure!
You'd be surprised to see how much you've improved!
Think of tracing as training wheels on a bicycle. You eventually have to take them off, and it might be a scary ride the first few times, but after a while, your confidence will build and you'll be riding (or in this case, drawing) like a pro! 
