Whoops. Realized I posted the one with the laces not finished.

For the most part I think you've done a great job in simplifiying! If you were to improve on one thing, I would say try looking for more c and s curves! in the structure of your boots I see a lot of straight lines. While these convey structure and rigidity, there are a lot of really nice expressive curves on the foot of the boot and in the body of the snail. (by contrast on the snail you did a really nice job with the curves on the body) feel free to loosen your lines a bit and focus on energy over accuracy with your lines! Very nice attempt.

Nice job! You've done a pretty good job of simplifying to the curves! Now that you've got the curves, I think the next thing for you will be to improve your line quality and photo quality. Line quality - this is most visible on the camel - your lines are a little hairy, which indicate that you're not sure what line you want to make before you're putting it down. A helpful technique here is "ghosting" or rehearsing the line without actually drawing it, then committing to doing the line in one stroke. Prioritize confidence over accuracy and eventually the accuracy will come as your develop the muscles in your arm! Photo quality - I have overhead lights on my desk so getting a good photo can be hard since my hand and phone will cast a shadow over the paper. What has worked for me is using a folder or a sketch book to stand up the drawing so it is at an angle or standing up so that the camera is not in the path of the light that is shining on your drawing. The other thing would be to try to match the angle of the paper to the camera so that your proportions are not distorted in the camera.

Hey! Great job taking this on! If you look at the drawing close up, I can actually see places where you had lines where you pressed down very hard. Based on your line quality, I think you may be hesitating on the lines and maybe pressing a little to hard to get dark lines. For the hesitation: This exercise is about finding the simple curves -- Stan always says that simplifying is harder than copying. You've found a lot of the curves, but the many small curves break up the flow of the leg. If you look at the demo, we're looking for "rhythms" or long lines that connect the subject together. When you do that kind of line, it will be a confident sweeping motion and you won't get the wobble that you've got in some of your lines. The important thing when doing those kinds of lines would be to prioritize confidence over accuracy. If you've got the confidence, but lack in the accuracy, you can do something that Stan mentions in some of his figure drawing videos: "ghost" the line (rehearse the line without actually drawing) and then make sure your hand is going slow enough for your brain to know where it wants to put the line. 90% of the line will be thinking of placement and 10% actually making the mark. For the dark lines: As you probably experienced when you were erasing the lines, drawing hard will actually distort the surface of the paper, changing the paper for good. If you're looking for darker lines, try using a softer pencil or varying your materials. Bonus - I would also watch the video on the "tapered line" which will also help getting the longer flowy lines.

The goal of the project is to simplify to the curves. For your skeleton for example, you've gone a little far into detail -- What are the largest lines that help describe the form or flow of the subject? You've done better with it in the boots, especially the structure of the boots. One thing to watch out for, which I also suffer from, are the hairy sketch lines. try to go for a smooth line that is drawn with confidence instead of accuracy. Some techniques to help with this: 1. Ghosting - go over the line without putting your pencil down until you visualize the line, and then go for it in one smooth motion 2. Slowing your hand down - I got this from the proko gesture class (the gesture critiques) - Sometimes your hand moves faster than your brain has time to compute what curve you want to draw. By slowing the hand down you can let your brain figure out what it wants to put down and know the full line before putting it down. 3. Letting go of inaccurate lines - A lot of these are skill based exercises. they're not meant to create pretty pictures. you can attempt them many times and as you practice your accuracy will get better. Hope this helps with getting smooth lines!