Alex Sebastian
Spain
Engineer, climber, traveller, photographer. Co-director of Spain's premier Science Fiction & Fantasy magazine 'Windumanoth'. Excited to learn art!
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Alex Sebastian
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3yr
added comment inHow to Draw Gesture
Two minute poses (Croquis Cafe)
Andrea Anaya
3yr
Hi there! I would practice ghosting lines to help with line quality.
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3yr
Hi @Alex Sebastian Nice drawings! Good gesture!
- You could think of the gesture as a stream of water that the contour lines are pushing from side to side; there is an energy flowing through the body. Thinking of it like that might help you know what curves to accentuate. Mike Mattesi talks more about this in his force drawing series https://www.proko.com/lesson/improving-line-quality-and-rhythm-force-series-part-1/discussions
- Remember to draw through the forms; when a leg is covered partially by another leg, still draw the whole leg, only lighter where it's hidden. If you don't do this there is a risk of loosing continuity (as explained in this video https://www.proko.com/lesson/top-5-drawing-mistakes/discussions). This happend in image #1, top right pose
- Don't forget to do 30 second poses as well. In fact, here is where I would spend most of my time in the beginning. 30s poses are great, because they force you to only focus on what's essential, plus you get to practice that 4 times instead of just once in 2 minutes. It's a great way to get comfortable with the human figure, the gesture & the proportions, and your pencil. Getting a good grip of the big picture also helps when adding details.
Hope this helps :)
PS I attached an image with some practice tips that I like to share with people starting the figure drawing course
Nice work. I like the flowing lines used to represent the limbs. Perhaps try to find the gesture connecting the limbs to the body more, as some limbs feel disjointed with regards to the motion of the rest of the body. Keep up the good work
amazing work all i could say is try adding the lines to represent the seperation of the torso and pelvic cages
Could you post the exact reference so I can see where these gestures came from. I would like this to be done so I can understand the gesture better and tell what you could improve on🙏🏽
Good work. I can definitely tell what these action are doing.
You could improve on proportion which you will learn overtime when you observe different poses more.
when placing the limbs and other body parts you would normally make the lines go in the same direct. Remember your look for the flow not contour.
the arrows show that they move in the same direction. I made a gesture to show what I meant.
other than that, you did great Job🥇🧨🥇
hope this helps
Bonnie Gable
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4yr
Asked for help
Hello! This is my first time posting. I’ve worked in gesture a lot before but I’ve decided to crack down and work through this course spending 7 days on each concept, even the ones I’m familiar with.
I used #25 Jin: Friday Evening Figure Drawing on YouTube for these poses. That’s my go-to for gesture practice.
I struggle a lot with exaggeration and getting away from what’s “Correct” and going to what feel good. I understand the concepts of gesture but I feel my execution is still lacking. Any critiques you can offer is appreciated!
Looks good to me. Maybe in number 7 the back line (booty and right leg) could be more fluid.
Thank you Sean! Thanks Stan!
After all that you've drawn from life and references, could you achieve a drawing with similar result as this one out of imagination?
@Sean Ramsey Hey, What about raffleing the drawing among the ones that asked questions? :D
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4yr
Haha, he said he's keeping this one
What is you position about likeness in the portraits, should it be as acurate as possible or do you allow yourself to make it look better than the reference, like correcting skin flaws or improving proportions, etc.?
Are you guys going to make any improvements on existing courses? For example, in the figure drawing course some lessons could use specific examples. For instance the balance lesson doesn't have any example, it really could use a list of specific poses done by Stan. The lessons with a bunch of examples are the ones where you learn the most.
