This is my first time doing anything like this, so I picked the musketeer for my project. I think I made my portrait's face a little too wide, but overall I'm proud of myself.

2 more portraits the first I put the nose off which shifted the mouth down and the second placements were quite closeout I got some of the forms wrong I need to do some more practice but I feel as if I have become more competent. Any advice is appreciated thanks.

I took what I learned from the criqtue and reattempted I think I've been getting better from my pervious ones and with additional help.

Did a few more studies. Focusing on only using straight lines makes this process much easier than the "burden" of having to worry about hitting the curves just right. Excited to keep practicing this, then move on to molding these into even more accurate portraits with detailed features.

I think I'm slowly getting the hang of it, but measuring still takes up so much time. And one small mistake can just throw off the angles of large sections of the drawing. I noticed I have a tendency to "flatten" the tilts of the angles, which I shall try to mitigate in future drawings.

Sorry i don't know how to apply mask the software im using is kinda cooked

This project was a difficult one. My first attempt was more accurate, since I checked my proportions in Photoshop every time before I would begin the next step. However, I got tunnel-visioned on the measurements and ended up with an unflattering composition in the bottom right. For my second attempt, I tried using my gut for some of the later measurements so I wouldn't use Photoshop as a crutch. A mistake that I see with both attempts is that I over-dramatized the angle of the eyes, which in turned messed with the proportion of the ear. Overall, I am happy with my attempts, since this is the first time I have committed myself to such strict measurements. I am eager to come back to this assignment continually while I progress through the course. Also, I would like some help on how to get better results with the level adjustments; my layovers are barely visible.

I love all the different portraits people chose for reference. I stuck with the musketeer simply because I've never really done it before and it felt more instructive to do that one and discover things along the way, that someone had already kinda discovered, to get a feel for it. I've done way too many things by the seat of my pants, blazing my own trail because I think it's important to discover things on your own, but I've been doing that my whole life, only to realize there's a GD expressway half a click north of me going pretty much where I wanna go but thought it was better to find my own way. Tiny Gods I'm tired of that.

I always struggle with kind of front face portraits. If you miss the angles for just the little then everything just looks super imbalanced and weird. Anyways… another Murray portrait practice.

My drawing looks like crap and I don't care anymore. I think I need a break...

Tried to add details and realized I needed a 4th adjustment. I’ll do a detailed version tomorrow…

It is really hard when your reference is cute and you keep looking at his features instead of proportions… will add details tomorrow. Too late tonight.

Hi ! I loved that assignment :) I took a couple hours to do the lay in and proportions, unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of it because i was so into it and ended up shading .. 5 hours later here is the result. Any feedback would be great :)

My 3rd attempt after the musketeer (image from pexels.com). I'm starting to feel more confident with taking measurements and aligning the shapes. I am still finding that ,despite checking measurements, I end up being off in one or two areas (in this case the chin seems too long).

My second attempt at this project using a different reference. (I'm a leftie who is a fan of Vaush, but I can't help myself sometimes). I made his jaw too big and his scalp too small. A few other elements are a somewhat misaligned. I made my drawing too large laterally, so the rest of his body didn't fit the page. As frustrating as this project is, I'm finally starting to get it and I've found ways to make it work for me. The main unit of measurement is between the top of his tongue and the top edge his left lense. I subdivided this unit using halves and thirds. I color coded units and subunits to avoid confusion. I then used a second unit using the length of his mouth which is drawn in orange. Even if some units didn't align with an edge, I put it in anyway just as a way to give me more of a reference. Next time I'll try measuring with my ruler instead of my pencil.

My second attempt at drawing accurately. I do not have Photoshop, so I used PowerPoint to create the overlay image. I showed my drawing to my boyfriend and asked who he thought this person was, and he answered, "Michelle Obama." :(

These critique videos continue to amuse, motivate and inspire me. Very happy to hear that I was not alone in struggling with this one. Looking forward to the next ones! Also appreciated the background in this video, as well as the glove drop haha!

Did another attempt while watching this one. Kinda oddly both off and on - parts (his body, the height of his eyes) are way way off, others are close. Oops XD

@Stan Prokopenko Would you mind telling what kind of wood your drawing board is made out of ? And did you get it custom made or did a shop sell it like that ?

Thank-you for you amazing critiques. They are so helpful!