Hello, I'd appreciate some tips on drawing less defined faces. The problem: Less defined faces are harder to capture accurately. They look cartoonish at best. Older people have more forms to "anchor onto" and they flow from one to another easily. Younger people have... not-so-tightly knit together forms(?). Example: You'd have the nose sink into the void of a smooth face and I can't relate to it for other features. Notes: - I can spend 30 mins on 1 sketch of an older head, this can't apply to younger heads since there's just not that much to add. - When it comes to likeness, I found it's better for me to just estimate and triangulate/ drop verticals instead of going for Loomis' approach. - Old people have many bumps, meaning if I don't draw a bump accurately, it's barely noticeable. - Young people have only facial features and smooth skin, meaning if I miss the eyelashes' shape by a tiny margin it's instantly noticeable. - If I measure everything perfectly, capture accurate shapes and proportions, the best I get is a cartoonish version of the reference. (or an ugly version) - If I don't accurately capture the same things on older people though, it's not that big of a deal and still looks similar. - shading smooth skin is harder than stark plane transitions resulting in high contrast. - If I don't put any shading at all it looks even worse.

Hello all! I have been working on the Proko Anatomy course (I have not done the figure drawing course though) and I have been burning out way too quickly. I think it has to do with the notes I'm taking and I'm not sure if I should keep going with my current strategy or take another approach. All of these notes are really spaced out since I do some and then get tired/unmotivated. I'm also in school so it seems as though this isn't the priority when I think of where to focus my energy. I have tried to limit my notes, but I keep thinking that every piece of information is important. I don't know what to do! If anyone has tips for how to keep from burning out or what to do about my notes would be really appreciated. (Or if taking notes is even necessary) *Sorry for the bad images, it's the morning and I'm a bit shaky*

This was slower than it needed to be but I feel comfortable moving forward to the next example. Definitely plenty of mistakes but I feel like I know what they are ✌🏻any and all commentary is welcome!

Some digital sketches of Bridgman drawings. Feel free to comment and critique. I like the feedback :D

Hi, I'm working on a drawing for my uncle. The perspective was difficult so I chose to plan the pose of the figure orthographicaly. I will use the back and side view to transfer it into perspective, the way Scott Robertson shows in "How to draw". I feel confident about these, but it would be nice to have another set of eyes looking at them. My main concern, is wheather the proportions seem accurate, but feel free to critique other stuff too. Thanks in advance!

Decided to dive in and give it a go! Though only 5 heads a day for 20 days due to available time. Hoping I can keep it going every day. Here's day one, ready for critique. I want to try out different materials as I go too, push myself to not just use the tools I'm most comfortable with.

Please give me your advice. I take the photo of my hand and then use the grid system to measure the accurate shape. Critique is appreciated!

~3h figure drawings. Trying to improve on overall figure drawing: gesture, values, shapes, shadows managing and line quality. Need criticues on those aspects.

I've been working out ( ;P ) my arm anatomy. I think I'm starting to get a solid grasp on it but there seems to be some things that I still can't quite put my finger on. A couple studies from the course and some Frazetta arms.

Hi folks! This are some of my anatomy sketches that I did for the Anatomy of the Human Body . Please give some feedback :D

Hi, just wanted to share this 7 min drawing of a horse (from reference). For the last 2 & 1/2 weeks I've been focusing on animals. I started by watching Marshall Vandruff's introduction to animal anatomy, then learned the mannequin suggestion and the proportions of the horse from the Famous Artists School book. Then I practiced some until I felt like a had a decent grip on it. This week I've been digging into the details of horse anatomy and studied Goldfinger's book. Next week will be practice, practice, practice.

The pose for this character in my illustration feels really off but I don't know how to fix it even after months of finishing it. All kinds of help are greatly appreciated!

Some of my anatomy tracing done on the iPad. I like to get pretty weird with them sometimes. Makes it less boring.

Inspired by @Sol Art! and his 30 day challenge I will be attempting to do over the entire course. I have already completed around 61% of the course before over a longgg time. Forgot things on and off while also trying to complete. Thought this would be nice to review the things in earlier lessons and finally just complete the thing! I am giving myself 47 days to hopefully cushion the blow of any possible burnout. Also I will not be studying at all on Sundays to give myself at least one day to absorb everything I'm cramming in my brain. Technically because of that the amount of days I will be studying will be 41 days. Did the tracing lesson today! Super helpful to track my progress for when the challenge ends as well. I will do a before and after of the tracings for sure! So down below is what I know at this moment, definitely not satisfied considering I have forgotten a lot of stuff and also I am not confident about where I'm placing everything. There are some areas where I know almost nothing as well, such as the forearms, and some parts of the legs. I hope putting this here will help encourage me!

I posted this on social media and got some weird comments, about that she looks short and the bottom to fat and such. It was on reddit though, so I'm not sure if I should to much attention to that ;) I'm a little bit unsure about the right arm, I always think it's hard when they are stretched out like that. But in general I'm pleased with how it turned out. Or I have turned blind to it, looking at it too much...

Hey everyone, here's some anatomy stuff i've been working on, i'm actually taking Scott Eaton's anatomy for artists course right now which is really awesome and intense!! I can't wait to solidify my understanding of anatomy in a more focused study, and clear up my anatomy blind spots and misconceptions! of course Proko has been a huge asset in gaining anatomy knowledge, but different programs offer different things, I have my reasons!! Hopefully I won't be banished from the site for treason against proko. ;( Anyway these skeleton studies are from Gottfired Bammes's drawings, awesome architectural-like design, simple planes, and perspective to the skeleton! any thoughts crits or feedback are very appreciated!

I attended my first live figure drawing session in a while yesterday. So happy to have found such an awesome group near me. One 20 minute pose Two 10 minute Three 5 minute and five 1 minute poses

I've been told that one of the best ways to learn something is to create a project for yourself. In the course of learning muscle names, I created these charts, using Eliot Goldfingers "Human Anatomy for Artists: The Elements of Form", and Joseph Sheppards "Anatomy: A Complete Guide for Artists" as guides. I've posted them here. Hopefully they may be of use to some of you.

An approx 1 hr practice.... What is going wrong in this? Can you please help me !!

Anatomy study drawing working on shading. Felt pretty good about this one but now I see a bunch of stuff that could be improved. lol isn’t that the way it goes...

Struggling to come up with a good idea for the poster challenge. Might just draw myself on a chair trying to come up with an ideaXD Drew a few figures in the meantime. Any critiques on the anatomy? Doesn't the gesture seem a bit stiff?

Hello everyone, looking for any feedback that will help improve my drawings.

Hey, guys! I’m working on this cartoon sketch and I’m aiming for a simplified and exaggerated, yet accurate anatomy. It’s been a while since I studied muscles, so I’d love to hear some feedback on my design from anyone with a more fresh eye on the anatomy of the back. Thanks in advance! Truly appreciate. 🙂

Hi everyone :) I’m drawing and painting a lot more animals than anything these days and I need to get serious about animal anatomy. Can anyone please recommend any good online reference photo sites, or animal anatomy websites? Even online museums, natural history places etc. Thank you 🐾❤️

yes, its true, in my whole 5 years i´d never publish anything or ask for a critique about my stuff, im posting this because they are my most recent drawings, i´was trying to finally use tone since it was a scarty topic for me, and using some simple forms on hands just to make it easy to memorized the structure. i will love to know what you guys think and don't be afraid to rip my stuff apart i honestly appreciated if you tell my why is awfull or what should i really focus on. Also sorry for low quality pictures, phone is almost as old as me.

lately I haven’t been drawing as much as I want to, but still, the papers pile up! Here is a big mess of mannequinisation, half finished sketches and even a couple of finished ones:) Some drawn from photo references, some from a mannequin doll and some from imagination. General tips are most welcome!

Jacques-Louis David

What is this indication above the scapular? Is it the spine of the superior medial edge of the scapular or the inferior medial edge of the middle portion of the traps?

Hi, so I got to mannequinization and I am looking for critique regarding these studies. Also, do you have any tips on finding the horizon line in poses where the body parts are tilting a lot? Thank you for your feedback!

Hey everyone, I've been working on this study focusing on describing the forms but something feels off with it especially with the legs I think. I don't want to start working on more details until I fix it but I'm not sure whether it's the proportion or the way they are positioned so I was hoping someone might see how I could correct it. Any feedback and advice is much appreciated

I finished the 100 head challenge yesterday. Since I could only attach 10 images. I just picked some of my better ones. (I do have all of them uploaded into an album on my profile though.) Some of the first heads I drew took about an hour each, but eventually I got into a good groove doing each head in about 20-30 minutes. I feel like I got a lot more comfortable with drawing heads especially the initial loomis setup and feature placement. I utilized some of the Riley Rhythms for getting a feel for the cheeks and jaw. I picked 2 of my own images from the end because for some reason I ended up short a few images and I drew 101 because I accidentally duplicated one of the sculptures without realizing it. Anyway it was a lot of fun and I will miss drawing heads.

Hello! Took me about 6-7 days to get this far and before I move toward color and values I wanted to see how I did from y’all’s perspective. It’s been a second since I approached a lot of the back muscles and I know my proportions still need work!

I’ve been trying to do some semi-stylized hands. Any tips in terms of simplification or some part of the bone structure I’m missing? Stylised or not, I want them to be relatively accurate.

I've been studying anatomy primarily using Proko's premium course, copying the 3D models of bones and muscles from different angles. I've definitely learned alot and gotten decent at copying them but whenever I draw from reference, all the knowledge gets jumbled and I can't see what's under the skin. I feel like I hit a road block where I have no idea if I'm doing anything right. Of course I can look at many different examples and compare against mine they usually don't correspond exactly with the pose I'm using. Of course I don't have the luxury of someone critique my every drawing but I just wonder how other people have overcome not knowing if they're doing anything right. My goal is being able to draw the figure accurately from any angle but there is just so much confusion. First 3 drawings are some of my best ones. 4th drawing is what usually happens. Critiques are very welcome.

I just wanted to share this figure drawing because I'm proud of it

Hi everyone, I've been practicing anatomy for 2 months, and just finished the torso portion. My goal this week is to tackle core shadow shape design, which Stan uses a lot in his example videos. I really like the highly stylized shapes seen in @Stan Prokopenko and @Lane Brown 's drawings as shown below (Watt's style, I guess?) , but I can't figure out the logic behind it. To be specific, my questions are: 1️⃣ how to balance being loyal to the reference photo and creating dynamic shapes? 2️⃣how to blend sharp lines or soft edges in an interesting way?

Hi All, these are some drawings for the external obliques assignment part 2. They are meant to be gesture drawing but they somehow don't feel the same as Stan's. I have not enrolled in the figure drawing course so I'm thinking that I would benefit doing that before I continue with the anatomy. Any advice/critique would be hugely appreciated. Thanks, David

I enjoy working along with Prokos videos, stopping and starting them, sometimes I copy his drawing, sometimes I focus on the photo and just follow his processes. Slowly it all begins to sink in. What I'm most focused on is the idea that with some anatomical knowledge you can begin to design the image rather than just slavishly copy a photo, that's very empowering.

Hi, Here are some of my figure drawings done on procreate. I’d love any feedback / comments you guys have on them!

Super basic but important thing to remember- the eye sockets tilt upward at their medial edge (the edge closest to the centerline of the head).

Here are some figure drawing model sketches I did from videos off of Croquis Cafe lately, trying to improve my skills for OC and character design and art. Constructive criticism and advice greatly welcome and appreciated.

This is the next part of my other topic in the fundamentals category. I just felt i should be posting in the anatomy category instead. So it will just be a 'sketchbook' where i regularly post sketches of the human figure. Mainly from imagination. My focus for the time being is the anatomy. Light and shadow will have to wait. happy drawing. Peace.

As a sculptor it’s really important to understand the skeleton. Even more important than the muscles because the skeleton lets you know where the muscles are headed. Here’s some references from my ebook “An Artist’s X-Ray Vision: The Male Figure” that was basically just an assignment I gave myself to help myself and others “see” the anatomy better. I’d like to do more of these in the near future! https://andrewjosephkeith.company.site/An-Artist%E2%80%99s-X-Ray-Vision-p309653019

I recently started doing figure drawings. I think i did pretty well here but I cant seem to point out 'mistakes' in this drawing to help me get to the next level. I'd love to receive critique on it.

Hi! I am looking for critique on these spine studies. I have a question - can the thoracic part of the spine flex or extend so much that it would loose its original curve? Or is the curve always there even when it's a very slight one? Thank you for all feedback!

Hey everyone. I have been working on these studies and would like some feedback. thanks!

Hi all, I love drawing however, I struggle with anxiety in trying to make it perfect. That sometimes causes me to not draw. Does anyone else struggle with this? Or how have you all overcome it? Also, here's some hand anatomy stuff, but I used references. Does anyone else struggle with copying and how have you made the transition to drawing from imagination. Thanks everyone!

First non-trace, definitly need to learn how to properly shade, I can’t core shadow 😥

Hello. Requesting critique on my latest work, would appreciate some feedback.

Looking for critique (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Hi, the first half of this term I'm practicing drawing the head. This is a drawing that started with a focus on pure masses: I tried to ignore the anatomy (to a certain point) and just try to think of the head as abstract masses. Then I went in and started to think about the muscles and bones and tried to see what masses they contributed to. I think I'll work a little more on it, I didn't have time to analyze the zygomatics, jaw and ear for example, but I wanted to show what I've done with it so far Cheers! (Reference is from New Masters Academy)

can I please get some critique regarding anatomy. what could I improve?

Some skull studies, using Skelly of course :)

Hello everyone I recently did a painting of this OC. I was really struggling with the proportions and anatomy. Somehow she just doesn't seem natural to me and looks like a still doll. I was hoping to get some feedback on that. Thank you to anyone who takes the time to help me out. Have a wonderful day.

Hi guys. I hope it's ok to post here. I've been working hard on heads lately and I've taken a side trip to the Watts academy of Arts atelier classes on portraits. I'm mostly struggling with the placement of the eyebrows in the relation to the bone structure of the skull. On the drawings provided by teachers, the brow line seems to point downward, but on many references, it's pointing upward (I hope it makes sense, see pic below). I'm practicing tracing the planes of the head on photos and 3D models to get a better understanding of 3D and space, but I have a really hard time adapting the planes of the brow area, I'm never satisfied with them. I'm afraid I'm doing it wrong. I hope someone could help me ^^O I've joined pictures without annotations as exemples, and if anyone wants to trace over them. Thanks a lot!

Here is a figure drawing I drew. Any feedback that will help me improve will be appreciated. If you need more info feel free to ask.

Hello, I'm quite new here, I've recently bought a course from Proko. For some time I've own a body kun dolls, male and female and today I've manged to put them to test. Here are my drawings and refrence photos. Let me know what do you think. Thanks

What are somethings I could improve or fix in this drawing? More specifically I need to fix something about the torso, but I don't know what. Any criticism of the rendering would also be welcome.

Extending from upper-body life drawing, I’ve gained a deeper understanding of the bones beneath our skin — silently supporting our everyday movements. But for now… I wouldn’t mind not seeing any more meat with bones in it . It reminds me of that episode from Love, Death & Robots, The Drowned Giant, where the giant’s body slowly decomposes back into nature after being submerged in seawater, leaving only the lonely bones standing on the beach — like a dark version of Gulliver’s Travels.

Looking for feedback on my gestures and anatomy

Hi, any feedback on this figure drawing would be greatly appreciated. 

Please can anyone critique!!!!!! *Is the structure correct?? *Is the perspective right?? *Is the gesture right??

Hi people! , Is the first time that I am posting a question here, and before start, thank you all for your time! This is an anatomy study that I did some days ago, a longer pose that i am used to (4 hours) from a photograph on a 50x35cm paper. I was wondering if I could have some background from you on the anatomy study itself, the structure and if it make sense, if something looks off or any tip that you could give me to keep improving!

Did some gesture drawing and i dont know how to feel about this stuff. Its so hard to relax and just do the motion. I am constantly tense and my nervs stand on edge every time i try this. And i just feel like i am just drawing random lines. Are they suppose to be this bad in the begining? I sure hate them and want to throw them all away. But i know i cant because i need to have them to compare and see if i have gotten better with time or not. But back to gesture drawing. I am very new to this stuff and i am not good with timers. it causes me to panic and think "oh god i have to finish it within said seconds oh god oh god oh god!" I will say this now because lets be honest here no one will even look at this let alone give feedback. The only once that get feed back on this site are the people that can already do Leonardo da vinci stuff and then pose "plz give me feed back so that i can stroke my ego". PS. Sry for that last part. just wanted to vent a bit. Tho then again its not like anyone will help me anyway. After all i am not Leonardo da vinci. wink wink.

I just started learning landmarks and I am looking for critique. Also, do you have any tips or exercises for improving balance? My figures always tilt too much to one side. Thank you!

Some more anatomy practice before I got to bed tonight. Tried doing some gesture and wire frame drawing over reference images. I dont own any of the stock images used. I got them off the Proko site, deviantArt and the internet. Once again C&C is appreciated.

hi guys, I've done three skull studies from the three main angles. Any tips to improve my anatomy skills?

yeah, idrk

Perspective is definitely a challenge for me 😖 will probably start rendering soon, all commentary welcomed!

I've always really wanted to do this. Bargue's drawings are so refined and excellent I thought that they would be a perfect way to combine the study of design and anatomy.

Hello everyone, Below is my sketch and design for the back muscle, reference photo attached. The proportion might not be exactly the same as the reference, but as long as it still looks aesthetically sound I'm ok. Would love to hear your opinion on how the design looks and if there's anywhere I can improve. Thank you in advance!

I find drawing from the ebooks first helps me know what I’m trying to draw when I tackle the exercises. Went for pen and ink with this scapula. The shoulder is one weird joint.

Building on my last thread, please find enclosed a more complete figure, here standing all heroic-like. (For copyright purposes, his name is... Brilliant Man.) On the left is the finished doodle (which feels very... lightweight to me. Is it the lack of rendering?) I'm going for a Curt Swan sort of look, and referenced some Jose Garcia Lopez for the pose. The right is my construction. Thanks in advance for any advice you might have!

Greetings Prokosauruses, I've been trying to sharpen up my anatomy skills and this is what I am starting off with, I'd like to know if this is the correct approach- I feel like I was copying too much from Bridgman's strokes. I've watched Proko's video on the matter, but I'd like to hear what everyone else has to say as well. I am referencing Bridgman's Constructive Anatomy book The other image includes some animal sketches I've done following Ken Hultgen's book. At the moment I'm trying to internalize these simple shape patterns, but I don't want to risk overanalyizing as that has led me to lose interest in anatomy before. Critique appreciated, thanks

Either the skin tone just renders different or something but I really loved how this ended up even though there are many issues nonetheless like how I had to mess with the hands a bit due to my mistakes but it was also a lesson in invention I suppose haha. Commentary welcomed!

Hello all, below is the hand drawing I just completed with the reference photo attached. It took me a long time to finish but I feel like I have made a lot of progress since my last post! Any critique and feedback on areas I can do better is greatly appreciated!!!

anatomy studys from the proko model packs

These are some structure studies I did. I am trying to use a variety of forms but I sometimes have trouble establishing the horizon line. Especially when the subject is tilting a lot and there are no boxy objects around. Also, I guess it is wrong to do for example one leg as a cylinder and the other leg as a box? Thank you!

Definitely a very challenging pose for values, still have a lot to learn but it was also a ton of fun! All commentary welcome ✌🏻

A charcoal drawing definitely one of my first full back anatomy drawings. Would love any sort of feedback on it.

Hi folks! glad Proko2 is here.. Here are some my anatomy rendering studies i did a while ago Study of legs Comments, constructive critiques are appreciated! lastly, lets connect, make a bond in this new platform

Hey all im super hyped to join this awesome new platform!! I've been taking learning art seriously for about two years, focused on the fundementals, particularly the figure, with an aim to increase my overall draftsmanship skills and be able to draw from imagination. I love gesture and structure! My current career goal I want to build the skills toward is storyboarding. I've recently been shifting my focus into anatomy, since I believe that's where some of my problems are coming from, like inaccuracy in stylization. I've noticed I have some kind of style, while some of it is likely the result of my ignorance, I also love to study awesome artists I love old and new, so that's likely had some influence too! The focus of these pages is mostly on the legs and shoulder region, but there's a few other things mixed in. most of these are drawn from models, proko videos, or a few Micheal Hampton studies. there are some gesture drawings that are less focused on anatomy too. I would highly appreciate any critiques and thoughts, I want to find my weak points and conquer them!! if you'd like to check out more of my work you can see it in my albums Thanks much.

Not sure if I'm posting in the right category but think that's it:) Would love to get some critique on these. I feel like the proportions and the anatomy isn't too bad but I just struggle with getting the right likeness. When I have to, I'm usually able to get a reasonable likeness with using a bit of the liquify tool after the sketch is done but I'm trying to learn how to get it without using liquify. Glad to hear any comments:)

This is the 3rd time I've tried drawing her and every time it looks nothing like the image. I want to know what I'm doing wrong and how I can improve. This is the image I'm referencing and this is the best image out of the 3 ive drawin in my opinion

I was exercising my mental library with some dirty sketches, but after the first head I feel like I messed up the facial features. Any tips on how to maintain the features consistent?

Hi, I am in the process of drawing three figures looking at a painting. I was wondering if there are any fundamental anatomy mistakes that I can fix? I am not used to drawing from my imagination, so I can't immediately identify what I should fix. For instance, I am struggling with the lady in the top right. Besides fixing the eye, I feel like the tilt of the head or the shoulders is unnatural. Any feedback would be helpful!

Long time fan of Proko (and I believe he once answered a question from me on a livestream so we're basically family, he and I) in need of some help. Any chance anyone could give my work here a quick critique? I consider this drawing fairly representative of my current output. It's entirely from invention, and I did try to work it out via a detailed series of under-drawings (which I've not included, but can on request). Am I on the right track? Is this piece at least somewhat anatomically correct?

I’d love some feedback for these!

Hey all, here are some of my recent quicksketches. I usually work with reilly rhythms then transitioned them to a more finished drawing. Let me know what you think.

so I did this study form a photo ref (Anton Belovodchenko - a great photographer), and ive decided to push the values as deep as possible, go sort of a caravaggio way. its pretty solid, but I could use some advise from the masters #jeffwatts

Hello everyone, Below is my torso drawing based on a photo from Watts on Bridgman book. I would love to get your opinion/critique on my design and where to improve. Thank you!

Hello, I'm just a learning newbie here and I like to get some feedbacks on a torso study. I've read some books, watched a lot of videos, just devouring as many knowledge as I can, but I barely get any feedbacks from anyone, so I was hoping I could get ones from here. Thank you all in advance and have a great day!

Does anybody know where this distance comes from?

3 layers deep + skateboard layer. Seeing via Bridgman at this time... Same image loaded 3x’s. Didn’t think it loaded first time.

Did this portrait yesterday Took me around 1 and half an hr to complete it... Please let me know any flaus you find in it...

Hi, looking for any kind of critique. I know that feet could've been more proportionate and legs could've been thinner. Except that if you can give any feedback that'll be helpful and also confirming that am I right about my own critique would also be nice

Hello everyone! I totally forgot about posting this here. I already finished it a few months back and gave it away to my friend, who commissioned it. I'm just wondering what you think about it and am grateful for any critique. Thank you!

Hello, As a novice at figure drawing, I've wanted to study the torso more in-depth. But to make sure I got the basics down, I did three 2-min gesture drawings with robo beans. It's been a while since I have drawn robo beans, so constructive criticism is appreciated. References are in the comment section down below. Thanks.

Now, show me what you got.

hey there. i was trying to invent a pose from reference where a guy is putting his hand on his own shoulder, but i think i'm having a hard time putting all the pieces together. can anyone help make it a little more clear for me? i'm mainly having trouble with the olecranon. thank you sincerely.