Well, this is a bit of a failure!

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2. you could widen the shoulders, and

add more shading to the arms. reduce their bulk. give it more depth and less width.

but re learning the figure- my process for the figure was to do an automatic drawing type thing, visualizing not so much my physical body as my emotional state. close your eyes, and try not to lift the pen from the paper.
those sketches then became large figures.

i did a few classes w live models in art school, but i did a lot of figures all along.
there is no substitute for working from a live model. before the plague, it was easy to find workshops in one artist's studio or another. everyone chipped in to pay the model.

it's very hard to get a real 3d effect painting from photographs if you arent used to working from life, or at least a 3d model. those 'adam and eve' artists figures are a great practice tool.