Spartacus Character Studies

Here are more studies from my sketchbook for my Spartacus pages. There are many things that I am trying to accomplish with these pages. First, I want to capture the characters more than the likenesses of the actors portraying the characters.

I want to get a more natural look with my drawings, my friend Rachel pointed out that I tend to draw a lot of sharp edges and elongated, rectangular heads. Once she told me this I really started seeing it more in my art. To rectify this, I am forcing myself to start out with circles and ovals in the initial sketch as opposed to squares and rectangles.