/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

As someone a bit further along in the anime grind, I find doing close studies of an artist's work to be pretty informative. I don't mean trying to do an exact copy, but instead trying to glean the general idea behind each individual part of a drawing (studies of the eyes, lips, hair, etc. in isolation) and then doing some rough sketches of the whole thing, focusing on matching the proportions.

Also just general practice in making smooth, consistent lines, which can only come from time and muscle memory.