I have finished the course and completed my versions of the demonstrations. Initially I tried to watch the demos then do my own versions from my head, but that was a disaster. When I try to draw something from imagination, I have a vague picture in my head. When I try to put it on paper, it doesn't really get any clearer, so it ends up just looking really boring and simple. I am not skilled enough yet to be able to add details to make it more interesting without it sort of becoming a mess.
Rather then getting discouraged, I decided to just following along with the demos and draw the same thing Jake is drawing. I am very happy with the results. Looking at these images, even though I copied them, I still can't believe that I made them!
In the demo videos, it took Jake about 15 minutes to draw each one. These took me waaaaay longer. The shortest was the building which took about 1.5hrs, compared to the character which was the longest at around 3.5hrs.
Any feedback or advice is much appreciated!