That's what I call them.
Lately I have been using a way to collect and compare my drawing progress in a certain way I think works rather well. I call it "sketchpads". It basically is just a file with a resolution of 3000x1500 pixels with collected studies and drawings. The purpose is to fill op at least two or three of them each month. (Mostley get to finish just two anyway)
It's cool to look back at them, and in the end you can actually see some progress. I'll post the first three pads I made here as an example:
When I first started, I wasn't sure where I was going with this. So I started with two random busts, and from that I went to arm studies towards trying out other artists facial styles, to get a feel for what makes them so appealing to most people in the end. (In this case 3 from Miles-DF and 3 from Zaush, with two self interpreted faces as well) You can see that I still have a lot to learn...
More and more got sketched, and I got a few crits here and there, so more and more was studied. Not all I did fitted in here so I had to scale some sketches down. Still have ways to go.
In this one I started with some leg studies, since there is a reason I rarely draw them. Also feet tend to be a problem for me, so I'm trying to get them down as well, until I reach a level with which I am finally comfortable of drawing them. You can also see my messed up way of drawing bodies on the right, there is no structure whatsoever. Which is something I kinda fixed at the moment, so it's easier for me to start off.
In the end it all comes down to learning, I got quite far in the last few months so for that I am actually happy. It's also important that I get the right reference material for anatomy, Luckily I have my sources.
