my skertchbork

[ruthwood]

Hi y'all. I went on a vacation w/ family recently to celebrate my grandma's birthday overseas and kinda lost the routine I had -.- Took me a while to get things going again but I had a lot of time to think and stuff so that was nice

The good thing though is that I also started community college, and so now I'm getting formally taught how to draw. (yay) Going on that sudden vacation made things pretty hectic, but I've been hanging in there. Will post some of the pieces I did so far in a sec

Thanks everyone who left comments 

Haha, I think charcoal is one of my least favourite medium, especially as someone that wants precision (straight away) its messy and the texture makes me CRINGE something fierce. :X You did a good job with the clothes, tho. Especially like the girl at the bottom with the boots.
That girl's hair reminds me of the singer Aurora, you might want to look at her for how to depict shawdows on white/very light coloured hair. I'm not sure if the style you want to cultivate includes so many hard edge transitions, if not I'd work on smoother blending.
I used to believe in 'getting out of your comfortzone', but art should still be fun and not be so taxing that you feel completely burnt now. I think it's best to instead 'expand your comfort zone'. I think it's a good idea to try a full body pic. You could always ref images or do a study to make you feel more attune to the idea.

I'm getting better at charcoal now that I've played with it a bit more in school! It is quite messy

Yeah about the blending, I was struggling to make my mind on whether to go for hard or smooth edges. I still wanna experiment and see if I can find a good middle ground that doesn't look too unrefined.

I should definitely go for full body studies.

looks amazing for start
its really hard to do such sketch without fixing drawn

Yeah — a SB here is a good idea to track your progress and level up.
It's good to see you mixing in studies along with your artwork. 
No crits for now — just to keep posing

Thanks guys :) I haven't done any gestures in a while so definitely gotta get to that

Great dedication!  Keep tackling the basics, these should help you improve with the more complex character drawings too.  I would do some value studies as well for your digital paintings, keep things simple and may use limited colors or grayscale to keep the focus on values.  Keep it up, admire your dedication!

I'll make sure to get on those studies and keep it simple! One of my biggest enemies is overcomplicating the process...