Nice work, even though I like the cartoonishness of the first one as well, i mean, all depends on the style u would want to use but there is definitely progress alright!
Four years ago I thought "I want to draw portraits!" And this was one of the many first ones Back then I didn't know much about shading or colouring so the style was, well "cartoonish" as you said. I wanted to improve and now I can manage to draw like this. I think I will stick to realistic style ^^ Thank you for your opinion!
Awesome job!
Thank you for your opinion!