Joseph's shiny new sketchbook

[JosephCow]

Well, I do see that the reference is darker. But I think that's just a matter of this being just a sketch, not a fully fleshed out drawing. I'm just trying to suggest to myself the shape of the shadows and the form. The real issue I see is that the figure is too short and the feet are far too big. It's pretty easy to fix at this stage. I can just move things around or redraw them and don't really have to worry about the background. I also think values can be correct even if they are lighter, as long as they remain relative to each other.

I read the proko article. Pretty good article, but I confess I don't really see those things being big problems in my work. But maybe i just don't see it. If you'd like to show how you would do it differently, by simply drawing it yourself, that would be fine with me.