<p>So I Finally Tried Drawing a Human Portrait βπ½</p><p><img alt="" src="/media/inline_insight_image/IMG_20260919_180205.jpg"/></p><p>For the longest time, I've always felt human portraits were not really my thing. π</p><p>I mostly draw anime and animals, and I've always known that drawing real people is one area I still need to work on.</p><p>But there's someone on Two Cents who has always liked my drawings and had once told me she'd love me to draw her portrait.</p><p>So I finally saidβ¦ okay, let me try. π</p><p>I started by turning her picture into a sketch and breaking the face down with simple shapes and guide lines. Then I tried to follow those shapes with my pencil and bring the face out.</p><p>Is it a perfect likeness? Definitely not. π’Β </p><p>But this is actually my first time sketching a real human being, and honestly, I'm happy with how far I got.</p><p>I know there's still a lot I need to learn, especially when it comes to getting someone's features and proportions right, but I'm glad I finally challenged myself to try something I've always struggled with.</p><p>But that cheek really trouble me π which i no later get πΒ </p><p>I will begin sketching now till I improved on real human sketchΒ </p><p>Maybe this is the beginning of another part of my art journey. βπ½</p><p>To the person I drew, I hope I didn't disappoint you too much. ππ€</p><p>What do you think of my first attempt?</p>
At the end of the month, we give out prizes in 3 categories: Best Content, Top Engagers and
Most Engaged Content.
Best Content
Top Engagers
Most Engaged Content
Best Content
We give out cash prizes to between 7 and 20 community members with the best insights in the past month.
The winners are picked by an in-house selection process.
The winners are NOT picked from the leaderboards/rankings, we choose winners based on the quality, originality
and insightfulness of their content.
Here are a few other things to know for the Best Content track
1
Quality over Quantity — You stand a higher chance of winning by publishing a few really good insights across the entire month,
rather than a lot of low-quality, spammy posts.
2
Share original, authentic, and engaging content that clearly reflects your voice, thoughts, and opinions.
3
Avoid using AI to generate contentβuse it instead to correct grammar, improve flow, enhance structure, and boost clarity.
4
Explore audio contentβhigh-quality audio insights can significantly boost your chances of standing out.
5
Use eye-catching cover imagesβif your content doesn't attract attention, it's less likely to be read or engaged with.
6
Share your content in your social circles to build engagement around it.
Top Engagers
For the Top Engagers Track, we award the top 3 people who engage the most with other user's content via
comments.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Engagers" tab on the rankings page.
Most Engaged Content
The Most Engaged Content recognizes users whose content received the most engagement during the month.
We pick the top 3.
The winners are picked using the "Top Monthly Contributors" tab on the rankings page.
Contributor Rankings
The Rankings/Leaderboard shows the Top 20 contributors and engagers on TwoCents a monthly and all-time basis
— as well as the most active colleges (users attending/that attended those colleges)
The all-time contributors ranking is based on the Contributor Score, which is a measure of all the engagement and exposure a contributor's content receives.
The monthly contributors ranking tracks performance of a user's insights for the current month. The monthly and all-time scores are calcuated DIFFERENTLY.
This page also shows the top engagers on an all-time & monthly basis.
Below is a list of badges on TwoCents and their designations.
Content Contributor
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Most Viewed in a Space
Monthly Prize Winner
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Essay Competition Winner
Spoken Word Competition Winner
Hundred Insight Club (HIC) (100+ Insights)
Contributor (500+ Score)
Top Contributor (2000+ Score)
Elite Contributor (5000+ Score)
Trusted Contributor
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