Before and after watching the demo. There are some qualities I like more about the before, but after watching the demo, I think I was able to follow the instructions better. 1 has some strokes that are a little too continuous, so on 2 I really did my best to stick to the CSI concept. Should I be doing the boots as well before moving on?

This is my attempt. Any feedback?

This is my attempt. The boots were significantly harder than the snail! Would really appreciate some feedback if anyone has some 😊

This is my attempt after watching the demo.

I’m gonna leave these here - might come back to them later, maybe with the boots, just to keep better track of my progress. Also, after watching the demo and seeing some other examples from others, I realized I rushed the laces a bit. I didn’t take the time to build up the outline/shape first, I just rushed to draw them in one continuous line.

My boots before and after. These boots were such a hassle for me! It’s so hard to get confident lines for smaller details. Not too sure if it’s just going to take time or if I’m positioning my arm wrong? Any criticism would be welcome

Watched the demo, closed it, opened up the pictures, drew them again. Feeling a bit better about them, but goodness me, the laces were no fun.

I did a first try blind and then a second one after watching the Demo.

My drawings after watching the demo.

boots

Spent a lot of time on the proportions and shoelace.

I redid the project after watching the demos, and the blocking out that stan does at the start of these pictures is actually really helpful! It helped me get a rough idea of the shape, and all I've had to do is just draw everything on top of it, making tweaks as I please. It also allows me to be more accurate, as if I spend a bit of time in the blocking stage, I'll get the perspective and proportions right, plus, simplify the shapes in a way that makes my time drawing a lot easier. I can definitely see the improvement from my previous post. I tried to watch out for my curves a lot more, and if something started being a mix of two types of lines, I drew them as two seperate lines. For the snail, I drew the sketch on top of the blockout, so you can kind of see how I went about it, and the changes I made when doing the sketches. I'm the most proud of the boots. It looks pretty accurate to the picture reference, aside from the laces, which I didn't bother trying to make perfect.

Boots before and after watching the demo

I found the snail to be easy to work on but the boots were a lot trickier, I don’t think I’m good at adding that much detail yet

Second try, drawing along with the demo! Man, those laces are really difficult to draw 😂

Snail before and after video.

Tried again after watching the Demo. This time with one of my old birthday cards that I kept.