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Federico Mafrici · 2026-08-09T16:42:50.372Z

Hi guys, I've recently completed the second milestone of the "Intro to figure" roadmap and I decided to spend some time practicing mannequinization. Here is an example I think it's ok but I feel it's still lacking something if compared to the examples shown in the roadmap. How can I improve and what am I doing wrong/missing? Huge thanks to everyone willing to help me :)

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