So. I decided to do this thing. Yep.

Step one: Draw the head shape! Note that you dont strictly have to follow it. I hardly ever do. Its just to get a concept!

Step two: Draw the front part of the hair!

Step three: start the back part of the hair and the facial features. Also get a concept of the neck shape and where its placed. Then realize the hair looked wrong and fix it.

Step four: Realize you put the eye on the wrong side, curse, and forget life for a second. Then reajust it and add the other eye and eyepatch.

Step five: Add body shape.

Step six: finish the body structure and lightly erase the lines. Then Add clothes and redraw everything the clothes arent covering.

Step seven: Add deatails!

Step eight: Shading! Wew! 

And *drumroll please*

Heres the finishing product!

Big improvement in just a year, no? :3