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All the girls I drew are also looking towards the left. I'm assuming this is because I'm right-handed and it's easier to draw the lines I need for a left-facing face than for a right-facing one. Nevertheless, I should definitely try to draw some right-facing characters as well. I think it'll help with symmetry (something I also struggle with).
Overall feeling very good about today's drawings much better than two days ago!
Overall feeling very good about today's drawings much better than two days ago!
## Day 06
<span class="date-marker">2026-02-11, 20:56</span>
I didn't have any kind of clear goal for today, but I did enjoy the sketching. After watching [Eddy Burback's video](https://youtu.be/nnsyGSTKlw0) on how he locked away his phone and lived a largely more enjoyable life because of it, I chose to not listen to music or watch any video while drawing. It was quite a serene experience.
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For the most part, I was just testing thing without sticking to just faces. Most importantly perhaps: no perfectionism! I didn't use my eraser *once!* The focus was on trying more rather than perfecting one single drawing. It did work to my benefit, in a way; I drew bodies, heads, even hands.
I talked to a friend of mine earlier today about drawing. Thing is, she's a pro at it. She's been donig it for ages, she's studying art too, and she does insanely cool paintings. She did give me quite a few tips when we talked, but I did notice that a bit of it was way above my level. At one point, she started sketching a realistic eye, telling me about minute details like the positioning of eyelashes, and while I didn't see a direct connection between her advice and my drawings, I listened and watched in awe as she drew a really good-looking eye from what I assume is just experience and possibly my eyes as a partial reference.
We also talked about perfectionism and how it can be beneficial to draw without erasing constantly like how I drew [my drawing from two weeks ago](/blog/2026/0129/) using a ballpoint pen instead of a pencil. No going back using that. I did intend to use a gel pen today, but I kind of shied away from it for now. Thinking about it now, a ballpoint pen may be better actually, because it draws finer and less bold lines.
She also encouraged me to take a sketchbook with me wherever I go. I mostly already do that, but today for example I didn't as I didn't bring my backpack with me. I should have a small notebook lying around somewhere one that I intended to use for drawing years ago but never used so I'll try and find that.
She also encouraged me to try figure drawing; using nude(ish) human bodies as drawing references to learn anatomy and things like body flow. I may try that soon, because I definitely find myself struggling to draw characters in poses.
To comment a bit on the drawings: the heads look weird, I think I'll practice them a little more tomorrow, maybe. The body went in a decent direction but the hips look like they're pointed in the opposite way than I intended. For the big hand, I used my own left hand as a reference, but with the details it started to look kind of witch-like. The smaller hand I drew right after looks a little cuter. The legs up top, which actually were the first thing I drew today, look okay. I like the curvature in the right foot.

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