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I also recommend attempting contour sketching, sketching from the outside in, and measuring angles and lengths by sight in addition to your current style of blockout sketching.
Fun story, the best grade I ever got in art class was drawing a skeleton by sight, and I spent 4/5ths of the class carefully drawing the lines to represent lengths and angles I took measurement by holding my pencil and hand all the way out between me and the prop for reference by sight, which is to say meticulously building a skeleton of the skeleton.
EDIT: Also, while accuracy is cool, NEVER lose your style.
I haven't really developed a style unless you count the sketchy look that I have. I have trouble with shape language. Something I want to develop.