looks a little bit awkard but better than expected

first attempt

Couldn't help myself. Did one more whilst watching the critique video. Made some mistakes that cascaded. Especially with the width of the hair. What's interesting is that because i made the mistake on the volume of the hair I was really struggling to see the neck because it looked so off in my drawing. When in reality it wasnt too far off but the volume of the head looked out of place. Managed to spend an hour here which is an improvement in slowing down. Found this one challenging. Onto dynamic shapes!

Last attempt before moving on (will definitely be practicing this more in the future). Managed to slow down a bit and completed this one in 45 min. Could benefit from slowing down EVEN more. Pushed her left cheekbone out too far which cascaded into some issues on the left side of the face. Also I pushed her nose too far down.

Gave it another attempt, mostly eye balling. Think this one turned out decent. I did catch myself rushing and managed to fix some mistakes as I was making them. Did this one in about 30min, think I need to work on slowing down.

Wow. This assignment was really hard for me. I feel like I spent way to long on it at 3 sessions and about 2 hours. I definitely need to practice this skill a lot more. I think I did okay trying to find some good shapes, but I definitely got lost in some of the proportions, particularly on the right eye.

I tried it once, and ended up really really unhappy with it, so I tried it again and ended up a lot happier. I still think I have a LONG way to go before I feel confident with measuring proportions

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