/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

First ever amine gril, can people who actually know what they're doing tell me how to draw one? I've done the construction that everyone and their mother has a tutorial video on, but they just come out super /beg/ looking. I know this isn't inked/colored, but it still just looks like total poo too me. I really don't want to trace though, unless that's the way you're supposed to learn how to do it.