Tried my hoof at free handing

[LowfatEnvelope 335]

So last night i decided that i wanted to try and learn to draw ponies in every way i could. I picked free-handing first as i can use a pencil/pen much better than i can use an art program at the moment. Anyway i'm using image references for now and eyeballing it without tracing. Tried this with Derpy using these images:

 

 

 

 

 

(By Shelmo69 of deviantart)

 

 

 

 

and

 

 

 

 

 

(By extreme-sonic of deviantart)

 

 

 

 

 

And i ended up with these (The standing one i wasn't exactly trying to copy, and used the second reference image more to see how to draw a standing up pony):

 

 

I think it turned out decently as this is the first time that i've tried free-handing a pony, but i know there are quite a few things i could improve upon. Thoughts? Comments? (Sorry if this is in the wrong section).

[~Chaos~ 3,971]

Not bad for your first time free-handing! all i can say is always keep it up, and don't stop practicing! nice job!

[The Awesome One 1,315]

With practice,you'll be pretty good so keep at it!

[MrL0LZ 866]

Incredible I must say sir! Especially on your first try!

[LowfatEnvelope 335]

Thanks for the comments everypony! They're greatly appreciated

[Rainbow Dashin' 107]

Pretty good for your first try. keep trying, you'll get better~

[Love4discord18 269]

Not bad. Perhaps just doing one line art instead of the two line will look slightly better for it just being a sketch. And there's nothing wrong with tracing as long as you don't claim it as your own picture. I trace all teh time to help give me a feel for teh character. I havn't had time to trace any pony art recently so it currently sucks lol. But keep practicing!!