melos

For the first chest that you gave (the one that looks paper thin) the resolution was insanely high, and it was that way for a lot of the ones early on. I feel if it was smaller, I would have been able to make it look better. This was a really awesome course, it's a lot of hard work and takes a lot of self-discipline, but it really does pay off in the end. As always, thank you for the critique!

Yeah I wish I didnt put all that black on top for the Peterbilt but it is what it is I guess. I had a lot of fun throughout the course. Especially lesson 7 where you have this spaghetti drawing and then all of a sudden the object you're trying to draw just jumps out at you. I feel like my fundamentals have definitely gotten better(my textures still need work but hopefully with time) Thank you for the critique as always!

I struggled with this for a while as well. Now I just try not to care too much because other people who are better have been doing this for year. Then there's the occasional 14 year old (Im 25) who blows my art out of the water. But that's on social media and I used see them when I doom scrolled on tik tok or instagram a lot but not so much anymore. I just bury my head in the paper and make something. I heard this quote "Make it exist for now, you can perfect it later" I really like that quote. Make sure you keep ALL your sketchbooks too, I wish I had. Believe me, one day youre gonna look back and think, damn I really improved. You just gotta get over wanting to be perfect and put the time in. I always say that drawing is making ONE really good drawing for every like 100 or so drawings. Of course that's just kind of a metaphor, but when I was starting out (im not a veteran btw i only have like 2-3 years under my belt) IT REALLY FELT LIKE THAT. NOTHING I made was good and then there was the occasional drawing that looked alright. Draw Sessions on youtube helped me a lot. And Im sorry if this felt like I was rambling, definitely not as structured as the other replies. I just wanted to reply because I felt exactly what you're feeling. It is not fun, and it ruined drawing for me for some time.

Thanks for the critique! Yes, it's a mayflash, it is actually my brothers. Those buttons were a damn nightmare and I still didn't even get it to look right.

I will be coming back because I definitely do not have a good grasp on texture just yet. It's a bit discouraging but these things take time I suppose.

Texture was never a strength for me. I really struggled completing this one, but I will review the lesson and keep trying to get better by observing textures in person. Thanks for marking it as complete.

Thanks for pushing me to do my best. I hope you're the person who critiques the rest of my work.

Revisions - https://imgur.com/a/zD7Rz3M

I've read every word and looked at every attachment that you've sent me. It would be pointless and a waste of time and money for me to try and do this without all the help I can get, especially since I am having a real hard time putting what I've learned to practice. The puma construction, I would say, is frontal but from a bit of a higher angle, sort of looking down on it. Or maybe it's the way its body is positioned. Anyways, thank you for the demo.

Do you think you can reply with some basic constructions of the animals I attempted in my revisions (specifically the sheep)? I know there is constructions on drawabox but there's not any of animals in front view. I'll be sure to go over your first reply each time I start a new construction.