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!

I spent a couple days, over 5 hours today drawing the face and I feel completely defeated. I put all this effort into this and I was so off I had moments of my internal monologue go, “ wow it might be pretty accurate” only to find out I was so wrong and I feel like I wasted my time and I’m posting this right after I just finished my piece just 10 minutes ago checking my accuracy. Yea sure it looks like a face woo hoo I’m grateful truly that my eyes are synced somewhat but overall I feel like a elementary kid watching all the big 5th graders and I feel like a little baby compared to the fidelity that this project entailed. This project is the big 5th grader and I’m a puny little guy withered in my shell thinking I actually did well. I’m gonna go eat take a break and be heart broken. I have no other choice but to draw it is the lifeline to my sanity and voice of my soul. I find myself in drawing but this experience left a grim cloud over me. I love y’all tank you proko for this opportunity I’m just being raw and talking to myself cause ultimately I’m not hurting anyone or saying anything bad. I’m alone in this world for life I’m not having kids and the only meaning I find is in being in awe and wonder over what is this human experience and the raw beauty of nature itself being outside. The act of breathing, this body will lie decrepit one day as you see me but my soul will have flown away like a butterfly that was born from the dream of a caterpillar. Our time is temporary and I need to get good at drawing so my subconscious have an effortless time showing itself through drawing bridging the invisible landscape I call my mind. I’m so sorry for even posting this is a testament to myself and showing up. I know it doesn’t mean anything about my worth but I truly feel defeated. Now off to automatic draw to let out these tormented feelings from being alive in a world not built for me to thrive but survive like a rat in the sewers when my soul is immaculate in essence, this place has tried to break my purity and drain my spark. Yet I still wake everyday to try and live for myself the one love I know. Drawing is my best friend and I just need to take a metaphorical walk. I love y’all keep drawing don’t give up. It’s more mental for me than anything when my hand is not synced with my eyes %100.

I had an easier time on these than the musketeer, maybe from practice. Each took about one to one and a half hours. I’ve noticed listening to white noise helps me focus. (By the way these ladies are from Doctor Who if anyone is interested)

Like everyone has already said, this assignment was very difficult. I rarely attempt to draw anyone's face because of how difficult I find it. I am definitely interested in taking some sort of course on portrait drawing at some point. For whatever reason noses are a huge challenge for me. I must have redone his nose 10 times. Here's where I'm at for right now; I added way too much detail. Oh well. I don't have Photoshop so I couldn't do an overlay, but I'm really curious how far off my proportions are.

I think mine looks ok but it was really off in some places (esp. his right cheekbone/side of face) after doing the overlay! I will have to practice more on this one. (By the way I taped two pages together haha)

Looking for feedback on this. Here's another try. I overlayed in and saw that the ear wasn't stretched out enough, must have been a measurement error.

I found this exercise to be demoralizing. I get that it's probably more about the proportions, but I do not have the foggiest idea on how to make a face a face, an eye an eye, a nose look like a nose etc. I am very much a beginner and trying to draw a portrait without any sort of training did not go well...