This one looks to me more polished than the other one you just posed here :D There are still some problems, but mostly it's about the use of digital tools. You can see your image looks almost flawless in thumbnail but if enlarge it, certain digital "softness" leaked out. E.g. the background is a bit fuzzy? Also the shoulder/background edge appears to be "not quite there", I'm not sure you could feel that. At your level, it feels to me if you just use a hard flat brush in your software to go over the image and provide some very sharp edges to it, that would look very nice.

It is looking ok but try to make it more define

Hello there! Nice work, I love the expression! Your values are pretty good, but you are missing hard edges, almost all of your edges have been smudged, which really doesn't help the clarity especially on male faces. To avoid that you have to keep in mind the plane changes and the Asaro head could be a great help with that. The best places to show hard edges would be the edges of the face, around the eyes and the eyebrows, the bridge of the nose, and the edges of the mouth. Hopefully, I could help. Keep up the great work! :)

I like his expression. You really captured some emotion here. I think his hair lost the magic, however, it looks like it's pressed up against glass the way you shaded it. Also bring just a little more light to his jaw so that it doesn't completely melt into the background, which probably isn't what you want considering his ear is lit.

Hi Gino, there's a really wild detail in this drawing I enjoy! It's the diagonal marks jutting out on his nose (around his left nostril), that's gesturing towards his left eye. There's potential in that small spot that, I feel, could take over and fill the portrait with intense energy. Which makes sense with the character in the Sound of Metal (at least the first seconds of the trailer). I'll have to check out the Portrait Drawing course!

Hey Gino, I think this is really nice. The features are all well placed and the expression comes through in the drawing. I think if I was going to point anything out, it would be your edges. There are three basic edges: sharp, soft, and lost. You have used soft and lost very well, but there are no sharper edges. This makes the drawing look soft and unsubstantial. You tend to find sharper edges in your focal point because they attract the eye. Also on cast shadows to differentiate between them and form shadows. That's something you can work on though, the hard parts you already have down pretty well. Keep up the drawing, your doing well, al least in this drawing :)