Sutibaru's right. You'll learn a lot more, a lot faster if you start with the good ol' human form. That's not to say stop doodling anime or cartoons or whatever other stylizations you'd like, but don't stop with the realism. Everything else is derived from that.
Also: books are nice, and help you learn a few tricks and terms and occasionally techniques. But nothing will ever top just looking at something or someone and drawing it. In my experience, you learn more in a single life art session than in a whole book, and your hands are learning it as well as your head.
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