Ok so I got lazy but I started back on it today and did some more practice with shapes and shit and tried drawing a dude from reference
every good artistās journey often starts rather slow, but Iād say focus on practicing drawing basic shapes and lines in perspective to train your hand to learn structure, thatās what I did at least, and if you wanna draw human bodies, structure is unbelievably crucial for quite a lot of it.
Thereās also something called gesture drawings which use more loose forms and focus less on the actual construction side of a figure in favor of creating a pose, Iād argue this is more useful than structure but Iād still recommend practicing structure first for muscle memory.
seems like ur already kinda doing that tho so sorry if most of this is yap 
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Understand that like with all practices, progress is not instant.
Oh, and study from real-life photos. Those help you way more than anything else.
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I tried another from reference before coming back to this post (so I didnāt read anything yet) and got an inbred Kashimo
Hair, Eyes, and Hands seem to be hardest for me
ayo uh uh uh uh h seriously guys how do you start art-
I donāt know either 
but the most advice i have is to draw like concepts and stuff me personally I like to draw buildings and ship concepts also Pinterest artists are hella skilled I wouldnāt look at their art cause its so good even the best artist here will get envy lol
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Idk if this is accurate but I asked a few artist friends + this post and have a kind of guideline although Iām not an artist and am learning art
Compiling from responses they gave me they all seemed to follow this order
Learn Drawing Straight Lines ā Learn Drawing Shapes, specifically Circle, Triangle, Square, and Parallelogram ā Learn Drawing 3D shapes, specifically Sphere, Pyramid, Cube, Rectangular Prism (kindāve same skill as cube) ā Draw those 3D shapes from different perspectives like visually rotate it in your mind and draw it in different perspectives ā Google Draw alongs or draw references and then there are advanced guides for anatomy and perspective(vanishing points) online
I still havenāt even done 3D pyramids so ya I kind of just skipped to drawing references and you can actually draw references at any time cause it still helps just remember to still learn the basic stuff
This isnāt my drawing my friend started learning art at the same time as me cause I convinced him to and he drew this
Some people just more talented but if I lock in I could probably get decent in a few months
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choose a form of medium, traditional, digital or a secret third thing
find something to obsess over, could be your OCs or some franchise, obsession is a powerful source of motivation
theres a more powerful one but, ah,ā¦
decide what style you want to draw, anime, cartoon, realistic, etc. just browse the internet and looks at some artistsā art style then kill and consume their soul to absorb their art style
watch some tutorials to get the basic down
fuck around and find out
boom, artist
depending on how hard working you are, could take anywhere between 6 ish months to forever before you can be proud of yourself
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yeah common stuffs dw, hand is the bane of every new artists lol ( except for the fews that were blessed by god )
i recommend you start on a smaller scale to get the āfeelā down, i personally feel a lot easier drawing on a smaller surface
Damn forever is a bit long 
Hair
Okay, so, for hair I would advice doing a vague āoutlineā of sorts depicting the general area taken up by the hair and a few āendsā of it. Seeing as I was just drawing a bit ago, I actually can show you and example of what I mean. Look at the following image, note how the lines for the āhairā are literally just a few squiggles to show its form and where the tips are vaguely located at.
Now look at the finished lineart, where I fill in the hair, using the previous crude sketch as āguidelinesā.
Guidelines like this really helps in drawing hair. Remember that hair has volume and depth, it does not sit flat on the head.
Hands
Always use references for these when starting out. Hands bend in more places than most other body parts, and are not cylindrical or spherical, meaning that different perspectives change how they look significantly compared to the rest of the body.
Iād recommend breaking hands down into simplified shapes, namely a rectangular-trapezoid for the palm, and individual segments for the digits. Generally, you donāt want to draw the fingers as one shape without doing the segments, as this will result in you messing up the proportions.
One last bit of advice: the middle finger is generally as long as the longest part of the palm. Use this to compare the lengths of the fingers.
Eyes
Uuuhhhhh, use references and remember that perspective can really mess with your ability to judge these. Honestly, I got nothinā for eyes, lol, I still can barely draw them that well.
this topic should be pinned for other artists to see
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oh yeah you can go and ask zel for advices, he practices art a lot so probably knows a thing or two about the more technical side
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I had an exam yesterday and was too tired to practice afterwards but Iām back to it today Iāll probably be stuck on hands for a few days(currently still struggling with open palm)
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Nahh Iāve been seriously slacking with art for the past year I need to lock in ngl
As for advice I suggest and I mean heavily suggest learning from YouTube tutorials search up things like how to draw this or that and donāt do the tutorial once do it until you have it ingrained as muscle memory
Another thing you needa know is especially as a someone new to art you need consistency like even if you donāt feel like drawing draw something for like 15 minutes minimum
Also donāt be afraid of drawing outside of your comfort zone yes your going to suck at it but in the famous words of Jake the Dog āSucking at something is the first step to being good at itā
And something I heavily recommend for someone starting out is learn the basics like drawing 3d shapes itāll really help also study anatomy
Copy other peoples art until youāre better than them.
true 
imitate then slowly add your own interpretations (dont directly yoink/trace and post it)
More scuffed hand attempts trying tutorials
I might just move on from hands and finish it later cause I donāt really see improvement
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Know the feeling. But to your credit, these arenāt nearly as bad as they could be. You understand the segmentation, which believe it or not, but many get that wrong at first.