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.

Done :3

I drew 12 heads for my assignment. I think I may have the theory correct but my proportions look quite inaccurate. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated from you @Michael Hampton or anyone else taking this course. Going to watch the critiques now so I can improve.

I have been working on this a while. Trying to get something that represented my abilities. Here you are Michael thank you for all you provide.

My 4 step method assignment

Here are my initial attempts for this method. I quite like this blended with the Loomis method. It made things make more sense to me. Looking forward to continuing this course.

My 4 step method assignment. I think i have a bad habit to put the jaw or chin mark to low! :)

Hi Michael, great course. any thoughts on this first assignment appreciated. I think I need to work on incorporating the neck and other structures to the head, as well as working more on the back view

I really like this approach! Easy to remember, not so easy to execute, but I feel myself improving. I think I need to lean into more exaggeration of the angles and curves to get the full effect of the gesture, and also pay more attention to the curvature of the head and neck. I struggled a lot with understanding how to draw the ellipse at the base of the neck to suggest the curve of the torso. I really liked the suggestion to identify the pose by a word and write it next to it. I'm not sure that my sketch communicates those expressions but it helped to create like a mental visual taxonomy of how gesture and expression correspond.

My homework.

I am a complete beginner, learning the very basics. I have found the explanations here to be the clearest I’ve encountered. I have a long way to go, but am enjoying the journey. Areas of question/growth potential: -does the tilt represent the position of the c-spine or of the neck musculature, ie sternocleidomastoid? -how does one represent the submental area in these structures, ie in refs 4, 5 or 10? or is it not included at this stage? (and no, learning anatomy for my work offers no advantage when the hand can’t do what the mind sees, lol) Thank you for any critique/advice that you might have for this beginner.