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Okuni said:
As someone who's trying to become a manga artist and pretty much waste my life on drawing practice, here's my advice to you. I have to warn you though, I always give advice that may seem harsh, but it could help you a lot. If you aren't willing to read the advice however, I can truthfully tell you that you don't want to improve yourself. Hopefully that isn't the case. So prepare yourself.
Your picture is good for computer work, honestly I can't really draw on the com without my tablet, but you are lacking in accuracy and detail. Sure, if it was in a rush, it's understandable if details were minimized, but at the very least, you have to make your character in your drawing look a little more like the real thing. The head shape does not go well with the body and neck ratio. It's a girl right, then you should make the chin more obvious and slightly pointed for that girls' look. The eyes are a bit too far up into her forehead, and it seems unnatural. The nose and mouth are fine though. Do you understand the concepts of drafting? If you do, please try it on paper to get the human shape right first, then when you get that right, pinpoint where the facial features should be and draw them into your draft, then add clothes and details after. For the face, you may want to look into a mirror to see where your own facial features are placed on your face, and that would help determine your drawing's face. Freckles should not be too obvious since they are mostly only lightly sprinkled on someone's face in real life. Take note of the average figure of both females and males for your draft by the way.
For clothes and hair, just draw them along your character's figure, adding some creases here and there for effect. You can do shading right? It would look strange if you did shading without the creases, so please don't forget them. Hair should look smooth and not too flat on the top of the head. Add line details for effect, and also add in highlights if you know how.
After reading this, there is only one thing left. Practice. And practice and practice. Take things slow. Drawing is something that cannot be improved quickly. If you try drawing one or two pictures each day, or at least once every three or four days, you should get the hang of it. And try drawing things other than humans. Inanimate objects or other living creatures, they're all good. Scenery is good too. Drawing these will help you get used to drawing harder stuff. Good luck. Hope you do well and I hope this long-winded answer will prove useful to you! ^^
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