After watching the level 1 demo, I decided to have a go at the level 2 assignments.

I didn't have too much trouble with the snail. The boot however had me procrastinate for around a month. I started with a light sketch to get the general shapes. I then began refining the lines from the laces. When I got to the "loopy" ones I got kind of overwhelmed; I took a break, and it ended up being way longer than I was expecting lol. I think the problem is that I was focusing too much on the proportions. I wanted to get them all exactly right at first, but at least the month-long break helped me break out of this tendency, and when I got back I was able to be a little looser. Another thing I struggled with, again mostly with the boot, is drawing from the shoulder. There were many instances where I tried to draw some small detail from the shoulder, but it came out too imprecise and I switched back to the wrist. For these reasons I decided to watch the demo before drawing the other boot.

This is my first real attempt at shading. I had a hard time leaving clear edges between adjacent planes. It was also difficult to judge how dark the shadows needed to be, and I had to go over them multiple times after putting in the midtones and highlights.