I noticed that too Est, but I assumed that was what he(she?) was aiming for. Try to picture a body to go with it. The first male shows that he's not exactly trying for realism, and I think messing with proportions for this style is pretty acceptable.
I want to see a person sitting on a chair reading a book. Without anime hair. Angle and perspective doesn't matter, because it's a hard pose no matter where you're standing.
Here's a tip for all drawereres.
Faces are the easiest thing you can draw. Work on them the least, and last. work poses as much as possible, keep details, especially facial details to a minimum. Once you can draw any pose you could possibly need without it looking akward, THEN you can draw your faces.
Rememember back centuries and centuries ago when paintings started appearing that were almost photorealistic? And they would have lots of detail on the face and the rest of the painting would look rushed and crappy? Because they used lenses to trace faces and then made up the rest.
If all you work on is portraits of people above the shoulders, anything you draw will look like that. I can't stand looking at a lot of old art because of really awkward poses and perspective.
What I'm trying to say is...
Don't build a body around a face. Make a face for a body.
So, chaos jar person, can you draw me a pretty lady sitting in a chair reading a book? please?
