Okay, so hear me out - never mind, I don't have an excuse. What I can say is that I did not forget, I just didn't manage my time wisely so I was not able to upload this post sooner, sorry (▰˘︹˘▰). But here's my progress for the past week:
Tuesday 11/8:
- Per usual, I warmed up by practicing my line art followed by gesture drawing in 30 and 60-sec intervals. I then drew a couple of poses that took roughly 2-3 minutes. On top of these poses, I drew simple shapes to describe each part of the body. After that, I tried drawing a character from my imagination to see what I could accomplish in less than 5 minutes. I redrew this character several times in order to expose areas of opportunity. I ended this day's practice by drawing two weird characters from different perspectives using simple shapes.
Wednesday 11/9:
- I repeated my warmup from the previous day. Since I had a relatively easier time drawing the eyes and mouth than other parts of the face, I focused on drawing the nose and ears. I first tried drawing these two without reference, then using a generic picture reference, and finally using a video reference. I ended this practice by drawing the head from different angles before briefly testing my knowledge of measuring proportions according to Marc's method.
Thursday 11/10:
- I did not follow my usual practice routine and, instead, drew Kindred's dynamic pose in her pocelain skin splash art (and no, I don't care about the whole pronouns controversy with this champ). I also took inspiration from one of the backgrounds of xKito Music and drew a girl in the manga art style.
Friday 11/11:
- I won't sugarcoat it: I tried playing LoL again and it was a mistake. I played the whole evening only to get tilted and delete it the next day. As a result, I did not draw. Shame on me! 
Saturday 11/12:
- I began reading Chapter 2 of Mike Mattesi's FORCE book. I read from page 79 to page 103.
- I warmed up in the same way I did earlier in the week and, subsequently, I drew two figures in 15 minutes or less using FORCE. In doing this, I did a lot of ghosting, as Mike Mike Mattesi calls it. I finished by drawing 5-minute poses showing directional and applied force within each one of them as well as using simple shapes to describe the torso.
Sunday 11/15:
- I read pages 104 to 125 of Mike Mattesi's FORCE book.
Key takeaways:
- Don't be afraid to make mistakes - this is the reason my poses either took too long
or were unfinished.
- Be messy! I feel pressured to make each one of my strokes as precise as possible when that really isn't the point of sketching, especially in traditional art. Just focus on drawing lightly and erasing as needed.
- Digital art is way different than traditional art, at least in terms of feel. Nevertheless, I need to practice both with a greater emphasis on traditional art since this is the most fundamental.
- Although this shouldn't be the exception but the norm, it is worth noting that I accomplished all of last week's commitments. Hurray!! ( ﾟヮﾟ)/
This week's commitments:
- Try practicing "blind force" in different time intervals
- Draw (at least 2) scenes from anime that I watch like Ranma 1/2 or Maison Ikkoku (they offer simple perspective backgrounds that I feel I can draw in under 30 minutes)
- Sculpt with and without FORCE (i.e., draw nonforceful and forceful lines)
