Doolio's doodles

[Doolio]

And this is what I am doing currently...

I kinda decided to go back and start from ground zero. At the moment, my wish is to get better primarily in figure drawing and character design in general in the next couple of months. So I assume I won't be doing much color theory, perspective or environment practicing in the very beginning.
I wish to push in somewhat anime stylization with strong regard to fundamentals... I am greatly inspired by the general appeal of high level anime illustrations and even more by the ability of some of the top level artists to convincingly play with anatomy while pulling all sorts of stunts which seem as they can't hold their ground and yet they do:)



I have started to go through Michael Hampton's book about figure drawing. I've found out I digest things best if I reproduce them, so basically, I'll sketch the entire book and even write the distilled tips. This is where I've got so far:









So, I try to apply the principles found in the book when sketching from mind:





And when studying someone else's work or reference:





I am absolutely retarded when it comes to simplifying and stylizing hair, so I plan on working on that too:







That's it for now:)
And yes, I am aware I talk (write?:) ) too much, I am thinking about writing this stuff in the blog or something with the exact same content as this thread, but with accompanying walls of text, which would clean this thread quite a bit of unnecessary text:)

Until the next update:)

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cool stuff man and welcome! :)

Thanks man!:)