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Hey man, really cool ! Good job ! :D One advice I can give you is try taking classes on lifedrawing or at least try doing it from videos on you tube. There are some channels with timed poses that are great for practice .... also, a pretty commom mistake that people tend to do is making marks without looking as much as they should to the subject. Your brain thinks it know what's doing and you have seen many heads or arms before, but you have to be mindfull when making your decisions and making marks that make sense with your subject or else, you will see only later that some of your porportions are incorect an you probpably will feel to lazy to correct some of than ...

To be honest, it doesn't seem like you're progressing at all using reference the way you are now. It doesn't matter how many head drawings you make or how much time you put in if you aren't learning properly. For one, you're consistently reinforcing bad habits by not coming out with accurate and proportionate copies of your references. This is apparent with all of your studies, from what I can tell. You have to train your eyes to notice landmarks and lines in relation to one another, you can start by measuring with your tablet pen so you can at least learn what proper proportions should look like. For another thing, despite the sketch of a constructed Loomis head, you aren't accurately placing features in them even though you've laid your lineart over the sketch. The second drawing's sketched head had an upward tilt that you completely ignored in your lineart. You say you noticed the eyes being wrong which should've clued you in to this. I have to be harsh here because it feels like I'd be doing you a bigger disservice to not say anything, especially when the rest of the comments on these videos seem so positive. Work on your proportions until you can be 100% accurate by eye. You can lay your reference over your art and resize accordingly to see your mistakes, then fix them without tracing. Notice the struggles that multiple of your studies share in common so you can keep them in mind when you're drawing by reference in the future.

brother, you need to internalize how to draw volumes rather than flat stickers try some asaro heads if you haven't yet and pay attention to how the features are broken down into simplified planes and also try holding stuff from your desk and drawing it from different angles

i think. when you at drawing stage . you should take more time to observating.many of drawing has wrong horizon vertical ratio for second drawing. head should bit tilt upward, keep in mind that

Even tho the previous drawings weren’t as good, you can still see that they helped you improve. Keep up

What apps do you use to create art?

Wow, it's been a while since I've seen a video of yours, you've really improved. 🎉

the consistency you have showed over the last year and a half is inspiring and I love your current mastery of the Loomis method.

I like how the heads turned out in this one., the second one especially. The color choice was pretty close. Some people told me when I started to focus on drawing and leave color for later but I think it's better to work both simultaneously so you don't have huge lagging areas later one.

Instead of Draw a box use Scott Robertson How to Draw.

Every line is another experience point, we're all gonna make it

stumbled upon your video and I’m quite glad I did. It’s a nice reminder that we are all on this art journey together! Keep making these videos and keep practicing your craft! Let’s get better so we can share our vision with the world :)

Observation, perspective, forms,... i can't say you are bad at those, its just seems like you don't know and not value them at all. I recommend you to study the basics, how to measure, and to simplify the shape for specific. To draw a believable cube.

Keep pushing through these phases, it will smooth out eventually (Even tho you said that it looked off I liked it ^^)

lets fucking go

The proportions on this one were pretty nice when you drew them. Color is quite a bit more complex than people give it credit for, it took me a long time to figure out how to get presentable values that didn't look muddy or disfigured. I don't know that Drawabox is as valuable as everyone says though, I did it when I started and in hindsight I would've spent the time better just drawing the things I wanted, in my case the human figure.

what seems to be wrong with your drawings is even if you used Loomis head, it's still not proportionate/same as the reference. at first glance, i immediately noticed your head looked slightly squashed. to figure out the proportion of the reference, you should draw your Loomis head OVER the reference drawing, that way you'll see where the guidelines go. (Loomis head is only a guideline of what head proportion, but real heads are different shapes, [round head, narrow head, etc.]) i am NO expert but i've been learning back to draw again since last month. the suggestions i gave are from what i learned for the past month. last week, i studied eyes and focused on the eyes for the entire week. now i'm entering my nose phase. it helps when you focus one feature at a time while also incorporating the other features sometimes as a "reward exercise". i haven't enjoyed learning drawing before but now, i made set goals and schedule, making me learn and focus on one topic at a time. i even made a tutorial playlist for each topic, that way i wouldn't get distracted by other topics that i wish to learn. setting schedule really helps in learning. i hope what i said could help you improve. good luck to us!!

>week70 you need to reconsider your methods

I hope you had a nice week. Keep going

First for it's over for firstcels. Portrait m0gs me tbh. Good taste in redheads

You suck. You have zero improvement. You keep wasting time doing studies so badly that they harm your progress in the long run. You can't copy real life accurately. You can't copy anime accurately. You can't see what you are doing wrong, you just mindlessly create a garbage picture after a garbage picture and go "yeah thats good enough". You need to learn how to copy things accurately before you start doing studies. Stop listening to "muh 3d" people and look up ways to copy things properly. At least overlap your drawings over the reference and fix mistakes after you finished the copy, even that would be an improvement. Drawing on top of the reference instead of badly copying would be an improvement. Wake up and stop wasting your own time, please.

Listen i don't want to be rude or anything but if you want to progress faster i would suggest you to learn how to draw 3D shapes and actually understand how they work. If you understand 3D shapes and how they work and look and be able to draw them you will improve faster. Second if you are drawing heads find some anatomy articles or book whatever and put references in your program try to understand it and if you have to trace over it... i know i know people say "TRACING BAD" bullshit you trace because you want to get those lines in your muscles. You repeat it until you get it. Trace then draw next to it try to copy, trace, copy, trace you will eventually be more confident in your lines you do it for study. Learn basic shapes, shapes in 3d, basic anatomy of head, do study and you will get it. I would suggest to drop colors for now and shading this shit is far more advanced then drawing it self since if you really want to be good at it color theory and learning it will take a lot of time. Focus on pure drawing studies and you will improve... just draw will not help you improve fast enough.

Thank you. Try using mkv as a recording format, it’s nice because even if the recording is interrupted by a blackout it doesn’t corrupt the file and you can still replay the content up to the last frame (also, if you use obs, you can set it to automatically convert recordings to mp4 or another format)

Has it already been a week? Time blurs together like a messy canvas. Nice linework.

Happy new year 🎉

I'm glad to see that you have revisited the loomis method. It's a good stepping stone to drawing, I still use it in all my drawings.

I really like your first drawing, looking good! you are making good progress

also you hit the funny number

Your rendering is actually pretty decent 👀

Nice number video. The only thing I've found since I started is that there's no magic secret, it's just boatloads of drawing for slow and gradual improvements. Sometimes too slow. I wonder why I even started. Is there a way forward? Why do humans bother with a life that's so brief and fleeting?

Thank you for this video, you always manage to encourage me to draw

Points on first one 1. The distance from the brow line to the hairline is the same as the distance from the brow line to the bottom of the nose. 2. The distance from the nose to the brow line is the same as the distance from the nose to the chin. 3. The space between the chin and nose can vary slightly depending on the reference. 4. The mouth sits in between the chin and the nose. ....I didn't seem like you read before 😐 Maybe you don't have much time in a week but i better see atleast little effort on face construction atleast!! If ur progress doesn't seem even slight improved i cant be bothered.😮‍💨 I am giving some important info my dude.

I like the way you used the reference in the last sketch! I myself struggle with falling back to 1-to-1 "copies." I'm trying to break away from that and create more from using multiple references and mixing them up.

happy holidays 🎄

8:07 omg it actually looks so good, you made amazing progress whattt

Just wanted to say that your consistency is super inspirational and motivating

Thank you for this video, keep going

Keep going champ, you're gonna make it brah

What you can do is, choosing a character to draw. Then, get reference for what shapes, proportions and decision you need to make to look it like the character. Then Draw it in another position or without specifically drawing that picture you reference. That way you are only using your brainpower to construct and make it look as good as you're able to with the tools you have, without having to remember every design decision on your own. Also maybe have references on the loomis method, or other methods you use at hand, that way you are going through it the way you want to.

I think you should find reference with higher contrast and preferably one light source, when you can see solid shadows it helps get a feel for the forms and how light/shadow falls on them. Something that's helped me get out of plateaus before is trying something very difficult like caustic lighting or a complex double perspective scene, just something you're very unconfident with or haven't tried, think of it like this: If you want to improve at a game then you play against players better than yourself, you're gonna lose, but in the process you'll learn a lot. When you return to your normal experience it should feel much easier. All your lines have the same width, I'd recommend looking into line weight to improve your line art. Something else about line art is you don't have to connect every outline, there can be an implied connection. One more thing. Apply the fundamentals you've learned to more than just people, draw other objects/animals/plants/backgrounds or whatever really.

You got it! I liked the last drawing. Here’s what I can say about the Loomis method: 1. Draw a circle. 2. The cross-section represents the direction the person is facing. Draw a cross-section that wraps around the sphere. The more crooked you draw this, the more crooked your final drawing will be. If you can't find the cross-section, I suggest tracing a circle to help find it. This cross-section divides the sphere into four quadrants. 3. Now, “cut off the sides” of the sphere. You can find the sides by... feeling it out? It's hard to explain, but you should understand how it looks from the front and how it will look from a different angle. 4. Now that you have the equator (brow line) dividing the top and bottom halves of the face, the hairline will be positioned between the top (the pole) and the brow line (equator). The hairline is about halfway between the brow line and the top of the head. Move up just a tiny bit from the midpoint of this line, and that’s where the hairline should be 5. The distance from the brow line to the hairline is the same as the distance from the brow line to the bottom of the nose. Draw a circle for the nose and offset it based on perspective. Depending on the length of the nose bridge, place the circle either at the endpoint or slightly below. 6. The distance from the nose to the brow line is the same as the distance from the nose to the chin. Depending on the reference you're using, you might want to adjust it slightly, but only a little. 7. Between chin and nose is mouth 8. Eyes are just below the browline it depend on angle I think you should be doing quick sketches trying to render probably gonna waste time. I think this will help you probably know how to put the ear and jawline... It is actually a little tricky but i think you should figure it out yourself.

Thank you for this video

The trace over technique you mentioned is one of the phases in the art journey where your art will truly begin to improve greatly. My thought about the loomis method is to determine the location of the fatial features. Eyes, nose and mouth but it doesnt show you HOW to create the shape of those fatial features. If that makes sense. However, I totally can relate. I ditched loomis method but then returned later on.

my base is also solid

It's interesting how journeys diverge and shape-shift as we traverse them. You lean further towards the real or the Western take on drawing. Meanwhile I, on a whim after seeing your videos, have switched to drawing anime style almost entirely, and I'm thinking I'll just stick with it. I don't really have any goals since there's nothing much in the world worth aspiring to. Maybe I'll be decent at making cute anime girls someday.

I'm loving the last drawing 🤝

I feel your frustration for not being able to draw how you want to, but you are moving to fast forward. I feel like you are forcing yourself to improve as fast as you can... STOP. Take a deep breath, count to 10, and relax. First of all, I can see that you are not yet accustomed to your graphic tablet yet. You are far too restrained. Have fun with your sketches. Make fast lines with your elbow and shoulder. If the line does not look how it should be, revert with crtl + z until it looks like you want that line to look like. That is how you generate mileage. The second big mistake you are doing is to move on to the next image as soon as you define your image as done. Stop there. Take your reference and lay it over your sketch to see the differences. Take notes and FIX the mistakes. That is the way to improve: seeing the error and fixing it. And the last big mistake you are making is that you do not measure. Take your time and prepare for the quick sketch and measure the proportions. How are the relations from one feature to another? What angles are there for you to. Draw between lines? I can recommend one of Istebrak's latest videos in that regard. To end with a positive point. Keep going you are doing great so far. Look what you have done so far and be proud.

Dude, when you talked about practice time. I can completely relate. I constantly challenge myself and I tend to overestimate my abilities, then I begin to see the drawing not coming out the way I want and slowly lose motivation. I will say though that one of the ways to continuously improve is having good observation skills. As artists we have to be able to see what it is we're doing wrong and how to correct it. Although it does make it MUCH easier if you have someone or a group who can give you feedback. I don't have a lot of friends who artists, would you like to be art friends?

Oh no

Do you want my help for free ofc?