While that one guy with the tall head was intentionally silly, I think I’m struggling most with proportions. I’m using a reference image for most of these, but none of the end results look much like the people in the photos. I’m also not using a grid as I’m doing this all with pen. I know I’ll eventually get it with practice, but is there anything specific I could try?

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    First off, these look great as first drawings!

    Now if you’re looking for more realism, one piece of advice I have for you is change the position of the eyes. They don’t seem like it but they’re just about halfway on someone’s face.

    Either way, you’ve got a cool style so keep at it!

    Edit: I would also totally get a tattoo of the little guy in the top hat waving hello

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      Thanks! And yeah, they definitely don’t seem like they’re half way, lol, so that’s good to know. Another commenter suggested the Loomis method, so that should help me place things better.

      I always drew the top hat guy as a kid, so I thought I’d try doing a modern rendering. I quite like him, too. :)