Try Mirror Testing Your Art
If you really want to see the flaws in your drawing, try holding it up to a mirror (or if in Photoshop, flip the image horizontally) and check out the reverse image. You'll instantly see flaws you couldn't see before. I don't know why this works, but man, does it ever!
You can find this experience shocking and even disheartening, but if we want to get better, we have to see our mistakes. Sometimes I almost dread doing this, because after laboring on something for a long while, you see how way off it is, and that you may have to totally redraw a something.
Think of the mirror as just one more tool at your disposal. A vital one at that!
Best,
Dan
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