Alright, for what it's worth, here is a critique of what I have done so far. This one is easy; I spotted these flaws early on and have learned a lot about muscle placement in the last month. The proportions of these constructions are all out of whack, but my focus for these was muscle placement. Below are my first (left) and eighth (right) constructions. The muscles are in the right place, but since I hadn't studied their exact origin and insertions along the skeleton, continuing the exercise was a bit of a waste. Part of this was due to Hampton's process. Memorizing origins and insertions is essential, and Hampton (to his credit) devoted a lot of energy to identifying them. I hastily skipped over them, thinking the forms and volumes of the muscles were enough to complete the picture. But they are not. I decided to step back and memorize origins and insertions for each of the muscle groups Hampton defined.
So far, I can honestly admit improvement. While I have not re-attempted an exercise like this one (yet), I can recall every important bone and muscle in the body from memory (and by "important," I mean necessary to construct a human figure). I will continue to study muscles in the problem areas (shoulder and pelvis) and leave the muscles of the forearm and shin for later (flexor and extensor groups are accurate enough for now). Unfortunately, an accurate construction of every muscle will require a more precise model of the human skeleton than I employed in this exercise. For now, I have a choice between three foci: proportions, insertions, or pelvis. I think I'll start with the pelvis. It's a bitch, but I have to get to it sometime. And on top of all this, I have to learn to hold the pencil Vilppu's way. Joy.
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