I'm gonna be honest... I really don't wanna do this 😭

My first finished artpiece!!! I know the anatomy is a bit screwed up but I'm happy that at least I finisehd it. Now I can continue to fail faster and learn quicker!!

My circle practice. I also have been doing line warmups everyday

This was by far my most embarrasing project to be honest, and it has definitely made me realize that one of my biggest weaknesses is shape design. I did so poorly on this project. I felt as if all of my drawings were flat and boring. I definitely got better by the end but even my final drawings which were the kingfisher and hummingbird were pretty bad. I would really really appreciate any advice please. I really want to improve on this. Thank you!

My god that was difficult. I don't even know if I learned much but it was still fun in a way. This was my first master study and it's a process I definitely want to do more of. The artist I studied was Rene Gruau, he was a fashion illustration artist who was relatively influential. On reflection, some of my lines were definitely a bit too thick, and of course, some of the proportions were off too, but I didn't want to just trace over his drawing (though I did use the liquify tool a bit). I am EXTREMELY proud of the hand area though, along with the chest area. I feel like I got the idea down super well. I would love anymore critique.

Man this one was dificult even without having to draw the Rhino. It was good practice because I've always really liked really thick line weight and drastic line weight variation so I've wanted to incorporate it into my style in the future. But determining the line weight based off of the light was especially dificult. I think the final products turned out well though and I hope to improve my line quality a lot in the future. The left one is grouping important areas. I grouped the entire body and also seperated the head slight from the rest of the body. The right one is based on the lighting.

Man that was tougher than I remember, the connect the dots was especially poor. Need to practice

I have a question. Since this is a continuation of sketching, do I still have to structure the sketch with boxes and other shapes before using tapered lines?

Alright, just finished all the sketches. The first one was the hand in digital but I felt as if it wasn't sketchy enough so I did it again with pencil on paper along with the other 2. My proportions for all the drawings were definitely off a little. I tried marking where the drawings would start and end but that didn't help that much. I'm very frustrated with the hand to be honest. Especially comparing myself with the other submissions I've seen I feel like I'm just missing something. Any advice would be appreciated.