This has been extremely hard for me. I had to watch the instruction video several times and in the end ended up sketching along with the demo. My inner perfectionist didn't want to do it at all cause I knew it wouldn't end up the way I wanted it to, but I eventually pushed through. I keep having to remind myself that I don't have to instantly be great at this, it's okay to be bad, I just need to keep practice and it should get better. I realized I would be off looking at it (the creepy eyes and expression gave it away if nothing else), but I didn't realize by just how much. That said, I really struggled to check my work in Procreate because of how light my lines apparently were. Some of them didn't show up at all when I tried to do the layer mask thing, so I skipped that step this time. Maybe there's a way to fix that but I don't know my way around the program. So if anyone knows, I'd appreciate some tips. I have to confess I had no idea how to simplify the features at all and see them as shapes rather than an eye or a nose. I had to fall back on copying Stan's attempt from the original project video. I wonder if I should use a ruler to start out because I even struggled to divide the page into five equally sized portions and I'm pretty sure my plum lines were anything but straight. I understand having some points to start out with so you do not bring errors from one part of the drawing into another, like Stan mentioned if the hat is too large. But then you measure from something (for me still very arbitrary because I'm very bad at judging angles) like the corner of the hat to get the top of the ear... and that's asking for disaster at my current skill level. I tried to find different relationships but that was a struggle too cause I kept losing the point from which I was measuring on the reference and forgetting which lines where in relation to what. I I hope this would improve with practice? And when I redid things on my actual drawing I also erased my markers a lot of the time, and then ended up completely forgetting there was one or putting them in the wrong place. I think drawing directly on the reference could help me to simplify shapes and to see them better, but I think that's something I would only be able to do in Procreate, since I would be covering part of my reference with those lines, which would make things harder going forward.

Made head too wide, tried my best to make my own unit of measurement chin to bottom of nose, feedback welcome

Everyone is really good. For me, it's a lack of checking horizontal and vertical alignment. I realized that allowing slight differences in height is the reason for the inaccuracies

That was hard. Honestly the result feels a little discouraging

I've done some more measurement drawings. Checking with procreate and pictures really helps a lot! I see that most of my mistakes are on being too wide in my proportions. I still have a hard time finding the first measurement size which I should use for the basic proportions.

that tips make me acknowledge waaaay quicker the proporcions this was hard i would like some feedback to do it better

I did the under drawing in red and my final lines in green make this a bit of a Christmas theme. I really had to keep reminding myself not to draw an eye, nose or whatever and just try to look at one line or shape.

This was really hard! This is my second try but it is still off, especially the height of the face. I keep getting my measurements off or forget what the measurement was that I used for some parts. I also used the quick feedback method in procreate, that helped to see what was off.

I like the way the Musketeer came out, as I followed the instruction closely. The other one is from the level2 drawing introduced at the beginning of the course, which I didn't do before. Struggled with the measurement a bit - feel like the proportion is off

Here my art

Really difficult one. Proportions are hard. The nose was difficult and he looks a bit off. Will improve as I go on.

Didn't especially like my fist attempt, so I did a few more.

I finally got myself large paper to draw on. It does make it easier than the notebook I had been practicing in. Getting better, I need to make more time to practice. It was easier looking at the image when it was straight down on a coffee table, instead of at an angle sitting at a desk. Inked it after because I got a pack of manga pens and I was having fun.

Without a doubt, this is one of the most difficult lessons so far in the course (not counting drawing from imagination). Everything was going well when I was taking the vertical measurements, but when I tried to take any horizontal measurements, it was impossible. I'll rewatch the lesson and try to find information on how to measure with a pencil because I was completely lost during the exercise. I did most of the measurements by intuition, and I don't think that's the purpose of the exercise. I'll continue practicing this exercise for a few more days.

2025/11/23. Good morning everybody. Here's my second assignment for this section. Thanks for any comment or critique. Have a good Sunday.

To be honest, I didn't really like the results of my first two attempts at drawing this way.

Again a pretty difficult assignment. But first try, for my capabilities, not bad. I am quite pleased with it. Never done this so well thanks to Proko's explanation before the assignment. I guess its now practice, practice and practice.

This was quite a task! Good chance to pull out my old newsprint. I tried to be patient and search for good measurements, and all in all I'm pleased with how it came out. I don't think the resemblance is there because the jaw is too short (which makes the ear look too far back when it's not), but the eyes and nose are all pointing in the same direction. LOL Measuring does really feel anti-creative and it tries my patience, but if you don't practice the hard stuff, it'll never become easy!

That was very challenging but here's my assignment. I mainly used the pencil-, angles- and negative space method for measuring. (I'll do more ofc.)

First attempt at the musketeer. Could not do with straight lines, I get lost. I am either black or white...have to work on that. Additionally, the lines are not as cleaned as I would like them to be.