Thank you for your feedback everyone!! The constructive criticism exceeded my expectations, thank you for all of your thoughts and insights :D Also thank you for your kind compliments, its the little things that help a rookie artist keep going~
I completely agree with the general consensus that there is a structure but there is a good chunk that is still uncertain and needs practice. I apologize for the male photo - the model was on a bed and some of the limbs were sunk in a soft blanket - probably should have picked a clearer photo reference for a critique!
It seems my next issue to tackle is values - perhaps a more toothy paper would lend itself better to value variations (currently drawing on newspring with graphite pencils, perhaps i need to invest in some charcoal), and of course, practice shading on simple forms. I finished reading Marcos Mateu-Mestre's perspective series and he encourages the use of graphic and bold shading, but my shading def seems a bit uncertain.
Furthermore, i'm also reading through the Force book, to hopefully improve on gesture and get those early-game fundamentals in before I tackle longer drawings. Its probably a better idea to stick with 10 minute drawings max to really practice laying in those fundamentals.
Thank you again, I'm so happy to hear back from all of you!
