You've got nice forms and gesture, it all feels very structured while keeping the flow of the pose. When it comes to proportions though, you are correct in assessing a tendency to create bigger legs and small heads--and it's good just being able to self-analyze your own work. A quick tip is to keep in mind that the average human figure has its midway point (from head to toe) where the hip joint connects to the pelvis, so this can help calculate the distribution when placing the legs. For the head, I usually leave it for last in my drawing process, and this can be worth trying, too, to see if it helps you once you have the rest of the figure to assess its size relatively. There are a couple of methods to measuring the human figure that go more in-depth too: https://www.proko.com/s/KW8Z and they can be worth exploring to see what clicks better with your process. Hope this helps!

Hey Jack, nice job on these hands, the fist one is pretty good. Make sure you are not loosing the 3 D shape of the hand and fingers. Think of them as boxes and other simple shapes. That will also help in your rendering them in value. Also, don't be too concerned with over emphasizing the bumps on the contour, keep it simple. I did a quick sketch that I hope helps :)

Hi @Jack, nice drawings! One answer to your concerns could be: Don't worry about it. The better you get, the better your accuracy will become. But I have some tips that might help: - Step back regularly to see your work from a distance, or if you're in a cramped space, take a photo of your drawing. The point is to see your drawing in a smaller scale, since that can reveal some proportion issues. - Mirror the drawing. You could take your phone for example, and hold one of its edges against your forhead. Then if you look up into the turned off dark screen, you'll see your artwork mirrored and upside down, which can give you a fresh look on things, and help you notice mistakes. - Having a good body position when drawing could help. Sitting upright with your eyes at about an arms length from the paper, allows you to keep the big picture in mind when you draw. But as mentioned, maybe the issue will disappear with practice. For your next drawings, here are some things to consider: - You're making the heads to small. You could double check your work with the Human Proportions – Average Figure. Take the height of the head, then go down the figure you've drawn, one head at a time, and check if things are in the right place. The nipples are one head down, and the belly button another, etc. For foreshortened poses you could think three dimensionally, and imagine stacking the heads in space, to get a hunch of whether the proportions are right or not. - Overall, your drawings are stretched vertically; you're making vertical distances longer than they are. So keep an extra eye on that. As a specific exercise, you could practice cutting vertical distances in half. You might discover that you tend to put the middle point too low, for example. Or to get even more practice. First draw a large rectangle to practice your horizontals and verticals; compare the horizontal lines with the horizontal edges of the paper, and the vertical lines with the vertical edges of the paper (then check with a ruler and make adjustmens). Then split that rectangle in halves, top to bottom, side to side. - When you're doing the lay-in, check your work with horizontals and verticals, to make sure that things are aligning correctly. I hope this helps :)

These are my other hands

Nice exaggeration!