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@overlorb
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2yr
added comment inHow to Draw Gesture
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Haven’t done anything timed yet because I’m too slow. Think I’ll start working on one minute stick figures here soon to see if I can improve then. This me trying to do the gesture with more than just stick figure lines though.
Mc w
2yr
Your gestures are easy to read, but I believe you could benefit with more exaggeration to make them really come to life. Your line quality is a little stiff, which makes the gestures look stiff as well. Are you drawing from your wrist or your shoulder? Try using more confident strokes (one line, drawing from the shoulder), and don't overanalyze your placement of lines. The point of gestures is to loosen up (in my opinion) and get a feel for the "life" of the pose.
But keep going, have fun drawing :)
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Hello , here are some of my beam drawing pratice , any constructive comments would be very appreciated
I like how well you are able to read the twisting motion, however i would suggest you use a darker graphite so we can see better what you're drawing to give you better feedback. (or darken the lines in photoshop)
Mc w
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3yr
I love the flow and gesture of the character, the choice of where you placed the cat and how the cat is leaning in the same direction also makes it pretty easy to read rather than have it everywhere. I think you can hold off on the complex shading (keep it simple) and really work on the anatomy and gesture, the color choices are nice but a little too muted (my personal opinion). I feel like with a whimsical piece like this, you can use brighter more saturated colors to really make it pop, the character has a lot of life due to the gesture, try reworking the color and see how it makes a difference. :) These are just some of my thoughts, I hope you keep it up! You are way better than me when I was your age!
First of all ,thank you so much for taking the time to critique me!! I definitely see where the colors could be brighter ,so I'll work on that! I'll also work on the gesture , which I thought was a little off afterwards. Thank you again,I appreciate it so much!! :)
Mc w
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4yr
Asked for help
Hi everyone, did some more practice, i think i'm having issues with proportions and looking at the figure as a whole to make it flow better and with less strokes (kinda messy) any tips on doing cleaner lines or making the figure flow better would be really appreciated! :)
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4yr
Wow you're doing great! I didn't read all other responses, but on the topic of proportion, I found it helpful to go back and correct the proportion with a different color pencil/brush. We tend to make the same proportion mistakes in all drawings and you'll quickly find out what your tendency is this way.
One thing that has helped me with cleaning up lines and eye-training is: doing more extremely short (~15 second) quick drawing sessions, so that I don't have time to re-draw or clean up lines.
For proportion, maybe starting with a bounding box with mid-lines? The only proportion issues that stand out to me are some of the upright poses - these get me every time!
Really, really nice work, though! I think your gesture work is amazing!
Hi, I really liked your drawings. I'm just guessing, but it seems like you love details. Perhaps in some of your drawings you lost a bit of balance and placements because you rushed into details and contours. My advice is to try to imagine yourself in the pose, empathize with the model, imagine where most of your weight would be on your left leg? Both? arms? How would you balance yourself so you don't fall? Also, I think you could use more perspective, like overlaps (between ribcage and pelvis and to show foreshortening) and analyze what is the real depth distance between the legs and arms. When you relate one leg to another in space it gives a bigger sense of reality to it. I hope it helps =D
They look very good to me. Yes, there are a few wrong proportions here and there but in these quick sketches it's inevitable to exaggerate something from time to time, it's nothing serious.
In longer poses you definitely have more time to control the proportions better, but here the essence is to capture pose and movement and I would say that in this you have hit the mark.
Well done, keep up the good work.
I am no where near know how to critique but can I please know which these references are from, the feel of them is awesome
You're on the right track but the main thing about the gesture phase is to worry less about proportion and detail and only focus on the essence and movement of the pose. Instead of thinking about contour lines think more in terms of masses of volumes and how each of the big masses and limbs relate to each other. You should be able to simplify a gesture with nothing but straight lines, C curves and S curves. Then you continue to develop your drawing on top of that while making the necessary corrections to proportions/anatomy. Gesture is probably the hardest stage to get a good grasp of so don't beat yourself up too much if you feel you're not getting it.
If you're working on gesture, proportion is less important, so don't worry too much at this point as working too hard on that will stiffen the gesture.
The main thing I can advise is to think of connectivity: how does the arm flow into the torso, the hips to the legs, etc.
I think you're already capturing it well, but here's a quick paintover to highlight how you can see the flow of the gesture
kirasaaan
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4yr
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Hi! The first two are from the pics in the lesson and the others are from my practice. But I think I'm still looking at the contours of the body and I don't know if I'm going right or if it's going to be a problem. To me they don't look fluid(?) But these are so much better then what I used to do before and I can see that with more progress they'll be to my satisfaction.
Any feedback is appreciated :)
Hello! Great attempts here, i think your figures can benefit from larger lines when describing the action. They seem to be segmented and i feel that's what's taking away the energy and flow of the figure. Also look at the figure as a whole and don't be afraid to push the lines a little more, using a single smooth line to describe it will help with the stiffness. I used to have the same issue with drawing the figure in parts.
I hope this helps a little, keep drawing! :)
@davioli1
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4yr
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here is my 4rth set! so far my hardest one were the 4rth and 5th pose.
On my last set of gestures I was told to focus on adding weight to the gestures and that was probably my main focus here. It was pretty difficult and I was struggling to figure out how exactly to add weight so let me know how I did.
Thanks :)
I love how you're able to just see the larger shapes of the figure, i tend to focus too much on the details, these are absolutely great! :)
yin.in.winter@gmail.
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4yr
I'm trying to get used to this idea, but it's so hard to stop thinking about contours. My first few attempts at gesture feel so stiff. Also my sister says I'm not committing enough and they're hard to see
start with stick figures first and really exaggerate it like cartoons, it becomes more expressive and you'll find that it's much easier to read afterwards. i can see the gestures in here but you can push them just a little more and make them more obvious, just little tweaks will make a huge difference :) Good luck!
