I think you've done an amazing job. If I could offer any suggestions it would be that perhaps the shadow could be a bit darker on the underside of his face. If you look at the forms on the rest of the picture (the girl's legs, the guy's nose, the folds of the guy's sweater, etc) it's quite bright where the light hits, and has a noticeable shadow on the underside of the forms. The exceptions would be the forms close the the white tray because of the bounce light, and as a result the shadows aren't as strong.

But on first glance, it looks very well integrated. Great job!

You are in my thoughts Will. I'm so sorry to hear this news.

Oh no, I'm so sad to hear this news. I looked at the flowers you all did and they were a beautiful tribute. Thanks for putting it together Laurie, and for giving an update.

Congratulations! That's amazing news.

Wow, congratulations! This was a great project and I was really impressed with your gestures and expressions throughout the 31 days. The rivalry between your characters was also a great way to play with the prompt words. Well done!

Wow Chip, I really love how this one turned out! The color palette, linework, and subtle texture are really appealing. I first viewed this on my phone and liked A initially, but after looking at it on my desktop, I'm leaning toward B. I am sort of wondering what it would look like with the dark splatters on A, but without the white outlines. Something about those splatters gives it a lot of energy and interest.

Love seeing the continued focus on construction. I must admit I was a little taken aback in your last post when you said you weren't using reference. While I think it's good to stretch your memory and imagination skills, I'd encourage you to use reference in at least some part of your study plan, even if you are constructing or simplifying. You will learn a ton if you look at reference of a real hand, identify the simple structures that make it up, and then translate that simple structure onto paper.

Cool idea! Are you looking for feedback? If not that's totally fine. Just wondering.

It's definitely something I struggle with, but it's gotten a lot better by learning and applying the basics of perspective, doing a ton of sketches breaking down objects into simple shapes, and learning head construction. I've been slowly accumulating this knowledge over a period of 4 years or so. Currently I have to do a combo of the breaking down objects into simple shapes and looking at a variety of reference. For reference: Using my kid's action figures or dolls is sometimes helpful in visualizing different angles. I take photo reference of whoever's available and willing to help, sometime's it's myself. My husband's poses have been turned into little kids and warrior ladies. Sometimes I'm looking at google reference, sometimes I have to see how other artists have turned their characters, put them on the ground plane, foreshortened the limbs, what angles the hands are in, etc.

My basic construction knowledge usually gets me through the sketching stage, and then I have to fill in the gaps with reference.

Oh one more thing- you seem to be depicting fingers (44, 49) with hyper mobility:

Is this your intention? For the average person, bending the joint closest to the fingertips, while keeping the rest straight is pretty impossible. Not that there's anything wrong with depicting them this way, as long as you are aware that it's not exactly an average natural pose. Are you using reference?