I had a hard time with this one because the details on the image are misleading and that caused me to not follow the shape of the ginger correctly xd.

Tried this and pleased with how this one turned out.

It really helps to pull from your experiences when you're drawing from imagination. I worked out some shapes first using reference from the kiki pictures on the left. Then I started to think about some cats that I know in real life. I thought about how upset my roommate's cat gets when you don't play with him and that gave this little guy a lot of attitude.

Had some fun with some different creatures, plus an angry hippo! The hippo is my favorite of the bunch.

This portrait was a real challenge. But in the end I was very satisfied when I placed my version over the original. I didn't quite get the shoulders and hair right but I'm very happy with the rest. For fun I did a second portrait to work on the shading a bit. Now I understand Proko when he says this portrait is not a beginner's face - I had a really hard time recognizing the different levels of shading...

I've done some simplifications from memory and reference. I've used the monkey from the live stream et moved on to my others simplifications I've previously done. My cat look a little bit like a dog but I like it. And I've drop a bean shape for bonus points 😂

First without watching the demo, then after. Had the most trouble keeping the values consistent and edges clear. Worked in procreate, so the feeling for the pencil is not quite the same. I think I actually like my first try better.

Here are my level 1 attempts. I tried to incorporate twisting, bloating, curving and leaning. Let me know what you guys think. 😅

Completed before watching demo except for background shading which I planned to do anyway but didn’t realize how much that would improve the light halftones from the blank white paper around it and the idea of ending it before the stem made sense so it wouldn’t get lost in the same tone. To do over, I would’ve shaded with the tip of the pencil instead of the side to get more use to that and get a more angular look like in the demo. Also, I shaded the strip inside of the C shaped gap on the middle left as a light shadow instead of a dark halftone but when I squint that’s the way it appeared to me. Please let me know your thoughts!