I'm glad you asked this question because I was wondering the same things! Looking forward to seeing your submission!

@Melissa_Bailey I read the arrival and I think it is a more niche example ,but it is indeed a graphic novel! Astounding as all Shaun Tan work

This is such an interesting topic! I really enjoyed reading through everyone's opinions. This is something I've wondered about too. I have an experience with something similar to the experiment @Georgios-Christopoulos suggested.

For the longest time I avoided drawing interior environments because I thought I didn't like them. But eventually I realized that if I really wanted to be a children's illustrator, I really needed to learn to draw interiors. I watched some SVS classes and some YouTube videos, and studied the way other artist's I admired did interior illustrations. Then I did a few of my own. I still can't say that interiors are my favorite thing to illustrate, but really understanding how to go about it and just diving in and trying has really taken the fear out of it for me. I don't deliberately avoid it anymore. And I have a theory that, as I get better at them, I might even learn to enjoy illustrating interiors.

So I think there is a lot to say for at least giving something a try. I'm working my way through the list of 100 things. I'm not sure if my portfolio will ever include all 100 items, but I'm hoping to get close. And I'm hopeful that for those things that I don't really like, if I can play around with them enough, that I'll be able to find a way to draw them that resonates with me, and makes them enjoyable.

@phoenix-yip my solution to this is set up goals. Like “I want to make x amount of pieces for my portfolio. Or maybe join a challenge like Inktober, folktale week, or mermay, etc. And make myself accountable by posting my work online so that I’ll be held responsible to my audience to complete my project.

@SketchyArtish yes, when I first opened Jakes class, in the right section you could see discussions according the class. something like "where can I find this pen" or "i can't find the pdf for the exercise"
Some i found quite useful.

Very helpful information guys. Thanks a bunch!