Man, are these really, REALLY tough. I’ve done like 4 or 5 of these so far and thought I got the gist by then but nope. I’m really struggling here and I’m wondering if I just need to do more or if there are any tips that can help.

3 hours to do clothing and 1 for everything else

I’m still on step 1. I spent a lot of time on it and made a big mess. But I kept going, knowing the first time I try a new technique will always be the hardest. I imported into Procreate and inverted the colors of my sketch so I could compare. Then I adjusted as I found big mistakes. Its not perfect but I still feel ready for step 2.

This has been the hardest lesson so far. I've never tried drawing portraits or doing measuring before—I usually depend on eyeballing. The measuring process was quite frustrating, and focusing on the 'big shapes' first was really hard to stick to. It took many tries before I got a decent one. Any feedback would be appreciated!

This one was probably the hardest lesson for me in the whole course so far. It actually took me more than a month just to get started. I kept procrastinating, doing warmup circles instead of jumping into the portrait. The reference felt so “unhandy” that I couldn’t see where to begin. Like Stan showed in the demo, there are no matching proportions here—no easy measurements to rely on. It really felt like having no solid ground under my feet. My first two attempts (drawing from the computer screen) were a mess—the image was too small, my hand was shaking when measuring, and the distorted faces coming out of my pencil were just discouraging. What finally worked was printing the photo big (11 × 17 inches), pinning it to the wall, and starting over. Even then I couldn’t find good verticals or horizontals, so I used a long diagonal (from the musketeer’s right shoulder upward) as my main guide. Following its intersections with other parts gave me some solid points, and from there I could finally build the structure. I added a bit of shading as a little “victory lap,” because after weeks of avoiding it, I finally sat down and had my duel with the musketeer. Anyway, I’m just glad I pushed through and finished. I’d really appreciate any critique on proportions or structure.

Here is my exercise. Took me around 2.30h combined. Some parts give me a hard time, even though I draw faces on the regular, in this case the mouth was the hardest for me.

i think the right eye socket is a bit smaller than it should be and I messed up the hat but can someone please give me feedback on what i could have done better? Would greatly appreciate it :)

I obviously rushed through this without realizing. I will be practicing measuring as much as possible to improve this skill!

I spend quite a while on this one. I propably should do more of these!

My lines are uneven; I did this work on a tablet because it was more convenient to use the photo as an underlay when I was taking measurements. Later, I removed the underlay and made the layout again, but I faced the problem that either the face turned out too long or the nose too short. I would really appreciate your critique and feedback. Thank you!

Did some of those and it was pretty exhausting. Measuring every little thing sametimes carried out worse result. They're not perfectly aligned, but its close enough. I will do these more in the future.

This took some time - the bigger outlines are relatively easy to get to, but I discovered errors in them as I filled in smaller outlines and had to adjust. I could probably keep noticing things and making adjustments. Noses are the worst IMO!

This took a lot of brainpower :') First try, happy-ish with the result

Hello GUYS!!! So here is my second attempt in measuring after doing the main assignment :) I really liked doing this but that's true its kinda exhausting to measure everything perfectly but I can say that I'm getting better in it every time I try to make new drawing.

This is my first attempt. In my opinion the proportions are pretty accurate, but I definitely spent too long on this exercise. Drawing a person really stressed me out \:c. With every project, though, I try to work on my line art, and I did the same here. All feedback is appreciated!

This was the toughest project in the course so far. I think it turned out well even if there are some pretty clear errors.

Any and all criticism is welcome and appreciated!

This was really hard. Feedback would be very appreciated. Thanks :)