Gave up on the boots. 2 attempts total

Hi, will try to watch the demo and repeat, not easy especially the shoelaces but after 2-3 rough sketches have this.

The boots were chalenging, especially the proportions, it took me a lot of time to get it relatively accurate. But at the end I'm happy with the result 😁

I got a bone to pick with teeth

Before watching demo

Before and after the demo for the CSI snail and boots.

i was in learning to sketch from imagination lesson but i just think my line is too scratchy and i tried everything to avoid the chicken line, exercise, elbow up, didnt try to stroke with finger as much as i want to. is there anything i could do to help this irritating problem? I feel stuck.

Anyone else really struggling? I don't know when to make my lines lighter or darker

First try for both level 1 images, on procreate

my 1st one of snail

Level 1 snail. The noticeable flaw that pops out right away is the shell not having depth. How can I improve?

Here's my attempts on level 1. I think I did quite well on the snail, but I messed up on the boots. The position of the boot on the right is off and I lost myself when trying to draw the shoelaces. Please critique and if you have any advice to help me fix it feel free to share.

An attempt.

Here's my snail. The ridges on the shell were tough to get as small C curves. I'm a little wobbly today on my straight lines. I didn't erase the under drawing so my construction process shows through. I suppose if I inked in drawing, that's when I would erase the under drawing. It was a fun exercise! Looking to do the boots next!

I didn't get to do the shoelaces, but please feel free to critique!

Here are my attempts at this project. Definitely feel like there is room for imrpovement. Especially the camel gave me a really hard time. I noticed at the end that I push my pencil too hard, so I'm going to try to focus on that from now on. Any other critique is very much welcome!

Here's my snail! Looking at it I think the proportions are a bit off. Any feedback would be appreciated

Feeling like I've used too many curves.

I attempted the snail two times for this assignment. During the first time (the drawing with shading under the snail) I found myself super nervous, like for the first assignment, and my hand was way shakier than normal and it felt like it wouldn't listen to me. I kept getting in my head about getting things right, and it ended up feeling like I spent about as much time erasing as I did actually drawing. For this drawing, I did the initial drawing with an H pencil then went over it with a 2B. All in all, while I don't feel bad about the product, I can't say I really let myself enjoy the process, which didn't ultimately feel in the spirit of this exercise. So, I decided to take a breather and approach the snail again another day after watching the assignment video again to watch how Stan went about drawing the turtle to get a better idea of the approach I should try to emulate. This time I opted for an HB pen for my initial line work, trying to go over most areas multiple times with loose lines and not worrying too much if one of them went stray (but still being methodical about things). Afterwards I went over everything with a 4B, fixing any errors I noticed and making final design choices. Overall this second approach took way less time (about less than 1hr vs 2-3hrs), was much more enjoyable, and I like the look of the snail a lot more even with its imperfections. This is definitely something I'm going to want to practice regularly, to train my eye & hand but also to train myself to be able to draw more loosely.