Hey Hero
Nice stuff. I like the last one the best. The first three look rather anime for a life drawing class, which leaves me with the question, are you drawing people from life or are drawing what people "are supposed to look like" to you. I'm not saying you think people look like anime in real life, it just seems like you saw that there should be an eye here, & plugged in an eye you are comfortable drawing into that spot. Same goes for the comic feel of the bodies. I have always felt that the biggest challenge of drawing from life was to throw away your preconceptions about what things look like. I have always had to remind myself to draw the actual shapes in front of me, instead of getting lazy & using references to stuff I have drawn in the past. I understand this is your style, but It can become easy to rely on style to get you past things that are troublesome.
I'm not trying to say that I could do better or anything, I feel that drawing from life is one of the hardest thing you can undertake in art. I also don't want you to feel that I'm knocking you, I have done the same thing many times. I would like to see some more realistic stuff like the last picture you linked to. Anything learned while drawing in the classical style can be applied to any other style of drawing, but not vice versa.
Once again, I'm not trying to knock you or anything. I am also struggling to teach myself to draw from life. It isn't something that can be mastered, but gaining skill is slow & hard fought from what I've experienced.
Anyway, just a few thoughts to take into consideration.
JM
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