This one Is going to be messy and full of errors because I wanted to try on my own first and do some problem solving before watching the critique video. I struggle with completing the ellipse and tilting it correctly vs the viewer still but I think I’m beginning to get a feel for it, and visualising it as a slice is helpful. I’ve tried some more finished ones too to see how it feels putting the basic feature planes on top, as well as a fully finished one. The alien girl with the curved face seen from below was a flop but the side profile did alright (an easier angle, but still).

Here’s my assignment for the 4 step method

First assignment. Enjoying the course.

here's my assignment, hope it's not to small to make out

finished the first project. open to critique...

Used the first twenty of the reference image all in order. Haven't done this kind of practice in a while. Right now I have ton's of time to burn so I hope I can get a ton of hours practicing art.

Not sure why it's been like a million years. Anyways I struggled with the last few, the angles were really subtle ( Haven't watched the critique video yet )

Down Facing with pinch in front messes me up. But hey, practice makes progress.

Did these throughout the week while slowly watching the critique video. I tried to use a variety of reference I could find on Pinterest. The last 2 sets are after I finished the video. Feel like I got a lot better but need to still work more on hard poses and wrapping lines.

I got better the more I practiced. I could still use some work, and I think my line quality would be better if I did this traditionally rather than digitally.

hello! took me a while but here are my sketches for hw 1!

hello, here are some sketches. I kinda have my own way of drawing necks, so I combined what was taught with my own method.

I used to overcomplicate things with the Loomis method, but these steps have been helping a lot. Still got a long way to go

i'm struggling with the sphere part. the cranial cavity just doesn't look very spherical to me-- it looks more flattened on the sides to me-- and then i struggle with the rest of the head. i think i need to practice this more in order to fix the proportions

I'm still struggling to understand what to do with the underside of the chin and how to show that in an abstract sense. Looking at some other posters here, I see some rendering of the "box" like how you showed, but I'm not sure really where it starts and ends I guess. @Michael Hampton Any way you can direct me in how to understand this better?

I'm actually quite happy with this. I have struggled with this for a while now and wasn't really satisfied. I understand the 4 steps in theory but executing is another thing. But this last week something just clicked in my head and suddenly it makes sense. It feels like I have gone from just doing the steps to actually understanding and connecting it with what I see in the reference, if that make sense? This is exciting because I can feel how I am improving, it also makes it more fun when drawing. When the head covers the neck and you don't really see it in the reference, for example picture 17. I don't know what to do with it.