I was to render this piece in two different hours of the day, daytime and nighttime. I was asked to keep it fairly simple, limit the colour palette, focus more on the fundamentals, laying a basic colour, adding shadows and highlights etc. I am still a noob when it comes to colour, I don't think I did an awful job But I would really appreciate some feedback. Keeping in mind that this was to be done in a comic, webtoon (digital comic), cartoonish style, please critique these. It'll be a big help if you can point out the mistakes and what needs work, and anything you can figure out that needs work based on these. ALSO, i had a bit of trouble figuring out where the shadows will go, the direction and stuff, based on the assumed time, so that too :') I am adding the plain image in case you wish to render it yourself

Hello, Proko community. I am looking for some helpful critique of this drawing I have done of my friend. Have I captured the pose properly? Is anything off structure or proportion wise? Have I placed any feature incorrectly? I personally think the arm on which the cheek is resting is too tucked in towards the chest. I had trouble placing the head in relation to that hand. I can see that the shoulder is bent forward (?) And both the shoulders form a slanting angle but am still having trouble capturing it. Also, when I do full figure drawings like this one, should I follow the gesture, structure and mannequin steps? Would they help me be more accurate? Also, i would be extremely grateful if someone could help me with process of colouring a line drawing. Like i have a general idea, you fill it with a base colour, then add the shadows and highlights for a very simple render. But I am still missing something. I have done coloured drawings, example attached below, but even then it is obvious that I only managed to make it look pretty without having any idea of why I am putting a colour where I am. After a point I get lost in the smaller details and trying to make a colour look just right. I am new to colours in general and haven't played around with them as much. In all coloured drawings I've done previously, I am trying to achieve a realistic finish. I think that is part of what holds me back because i try to copy the reference picture as closely as i can instead of knowing when to stop or what decisions to make differently. I think i am only now beginning to understand that I do not have to exactly copy what I am looking at and instead should focus on producing what I feel? Or like, should simplify what I am seeing, reduce the noise, pick what is important and choose carefully what to eliminate. I think i have trouble focusing on the bigger picture, the bigger shapes and hyperfocus on smaller details and making things look just right, right being exactly as what i am looking at. This is also why I can't paint the skin truthfully because 1. I do not have a fair grasp on why the colours look how they do in the reference picture and 2. well, it's 1, just that i do not understand a lottt many things yet, how to simplify things enough to not confuse my own self being one of them. I am not a complete noob either, I have the basic theoretical knowledge of colour and stuff but yeah, theory is useless if i do not know how to apply it and that's my problem. Could someone point me in the right direction and list out the things I should practise step by step to get a better hold of it all? I hope I could explain my shortcomings in a clear way and you guys can pick up where I am slacking and what might help. I would love a discussion on what helps and has helped you, thank you♥️

I have recently started practising gesture. I watched Proko's tutorials on it, it wasnt going so well in the beginning but I've thankfully been consistent. I followed the videos with Tim Gula, the one where he does quick sketches with a live model and the one where he demonstrated the Riley method. That, with the force series of Mike Mattesi really helped me understand some things better. I would really appreciate a critique of these gesture drawings I am attaching below, they have been done today and I've been at it for about 3 days now. I have numbered the drawings I was not happy with, enough to draw them again. A drawing numbered 1 will have a 1twice in the next pages, thrice means I attempted to capture the gesture thrice. These were done in two minutes. I would've attached the reference pictures but i am already at the 10 pictures limit. But if any pose is confusing or you would like the reference picture used, let me know and I will respond with the picture if i have it. From what I can figure, other than the fact that I've just started, my issues lie in downsizing or oversizing the torso and legs, not having a clear idea of how the arms attach with the torso near the armpits, and drawing the male figure from behind. I think that is because i have majorly drawn the female figure so far (unintentionally, the world just seems to ignore the aesthetic appeal of the male figure heh) and look for the same flow while drawing the male figure, not focusing on what is in front of me. Is it very important to make the proportions anatomically correct for gesture drawings? I think it is not but there also seems to be a certain limit to what can be exaggerated and how much. I have also noticed that it is easier to draw a figure when it is curled up (i also tend to make those smaller, maybe because of the closed off pose itself, as opposed to when the pose is more dynamic and the arms and legs are freely flowing and I automatically draw it bigger) or has apparent curves. I find upright, straight, and rigid poses more difficult, I tend to focus on the smaller details and disbalance the size of legs and space between them when i have to draw a model standing stiff and looking straight at the camera. I guess more practise will let me pick up on the subtle flows and exaggerate them? I might be criticizing myself too much too and would really benefit from a balanced review. I will definitely incorporate any beneficial tips and post my improved drawings consistently. This is already too long but i would love it if someone could list out the steps in learning figure drawing, like gesture drawing, structure, mannequinization, and then anatomy, is that correct? And should I move on to the next step already? I will of course keep practising gesture too.