I'm failing to simplify things again... I think I'm going to practice that a lot, because otherwise I'm wasting time—or at least that's what I think.

I had a couple of goes at this. I found I had better overall proportions on the second go. Very tricky and the more detail I added the less happy I got with the pictures. Good exercise though.

Got frustrated with the nose but otherwise fun exercise and challenging!

I did two, one before and after watching all the demos. It's been a while since I've tried to be super accurate with measuring, or just doing portraits in general, so it was a fun challenge. I haven't had a chance to check how accurate they are, but I feel like I'm off in a few places.

Hard stuff, but a lot of fun. I found the right side harder to find things to measure so the right ear and hat is much deformed. The eyes are too low as well. I haven't done much in the way of line quality but perhaps it would have helped with the eyes there!

This was really challenging! I usually just try creating accurate proportions on a whim so this was a good exercise. It's going to take a lot of practice to master x)

Between work trips and a slight sense of dread I've been putting this off for a few weeks and doing other drawing practice, but today decided to take this head on! I definitely felt out of my element with this, but for a first attempt I'm really proud of how it came out! Now to overlay it with the original image and see how I did...

I tried this again with a fresh start and rewatched the assignment video and demos. Simplified my lines and I made helpful measurements. All the green lines are 1 measurement and all the red lines were another super helpful measurement. I obviously didn’t ace the proportions but I am more accurate than last attempt. I got lazy at the end with the eyes and and shirt collar but I finished finally after weeks and weeks. I will still practice measuring but this approach feels so methodical and for me and my skillset now I’m not synced with accuracy. I feel more accurate when I eyeball proportions and get the overall read of the face rather than rely heavily on mapped out points as a guide. My measured lines were off from the start so it was unlikely I got complete accuracy. I’m gonna move on to next assignment but I’ll keep practicing heads and proportions. I noticed this assignment helps me draw straights, verticals and horizontals more efficiently! Much love guys keep going!!!

This was more difficult that I thought it would be. Really helpful exercise. Fun to overlay my lines to see if my measurements were close. It ended up being fairly close but I still had quite a few mistakes.

Challenging! This is definitely a "trust the process" teaching moment. The foundation and initial measurements are crucial and take the most amount of time, after that everything falls into place. Any critique is appreciated. Now.. onto more!

Honestly pretty happy with this attempt. Looking at the overlay I can see that the biggest error was pushing the sockets too high up

Kinda lost steam on this one and didn't finish but this is my attempt at a larger scale. Overlaying it his hat and right eye were the most off

Quick thumbnail study - will attempt a bigger piece when i have a bit more time

Here is my attempt at the musketeer, I think I got way to distracted by details instead of focusing just on shapes, probably will have to practice this quite a bit.

Did another attempt. This time I combined measuring with eyeballing. This time it was faster to get things done, and it felt easier to get it done. I did get some things right, and some things wrong, so I guess I just need more mileage and train my eyes more to get better.

An enlightening experience. A lot of these measurements felt very unnatural when initially measured, but turned out right for the overall harmony (not counting the eyes though lol).

This was probably my last favorite assignment so far. I spent hours measuring and still got it wrong (everything is shifted to the left). I think I will try again, but this time with more eyeballing instead of measuring. Doing too much measuring made the process feel rigid and stiff.

Very frustrating assignment even tough it didnt come out that bad. Maybe im "mad" that my drawing isnt perfect. Also doesn't help that measuring takes a lot of time. I'd also love some tips for all the small bumps and tiny details in the face! I felt very overwhelmed when I had to draw the forehead folds or the tiny bumps and curves in the nose.

My sketch process.

Quick sketch, about 30 min. I struggle with accidentally making my drawings too small so maybe I will do another version much bigger so I can work on the facial features more accurately!