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You're well on your way. Figure drawing takes a long time to become even decent so try to be patient.

Also, drawing from imagination TOO MUCH at this level is a common mistake, one I made myself for years. Spend most of your time copying and analyzing what you see vs drawing from imagination and I guarantee you will soon improve leaps and bounds. Why? Drawing and painting from observation with accuracy is the foundation for technical skill and knowledge that everything else is built onto.

A great exercise is taking an old master drawing and trying to copy it as closely as you possibly can. Aim for perfect proportions and rendering the drawing exactly as they did. You will learn so much by even just attempting to do this.

Reserve drawing from imagination for AFTER you study from life so you can directly put that knowledge into practice.

To add more to this.One must stay creatively engage or he might encounter a creative burn out.But a good rule is to do more study than imaginative work in the earlier stage of an artistic journey.It not a bad idea to do imaginative work but if you leak the courage to listen to the critic and leak the theory to understand there feed back it would be more advise to spend time working on study.There certain moment where your observation skill become higher than your drawing skill when this happen you become more self aware of area in your fundamental that are lagging behind.Imaginative work are important to give direction to your art journey they help you figure out the fundamental that need to be consolidated.Your at risk of becoming artistically boring if you don't experiment as you go.Stay creative but remember what support this creativity it the technique.