Hi @emirh, nice start! Good job looking for long rhythms. "Any advice on how to improve these?" Keep practicing! 💪😎👍. It's not strange that they look childish and shaky in the beginning. They'll become really nice looking with a lot of practice. - I think the main reason they look childish is because of the proportions. Proportion is something you'll always be working on. A good start is to familiarize yourself with the avarage proportions Human Proportions – Average Figure. As you move down the body in your gesture drawings, try to keep these proportion in the back of your head, while keeping gesture as your main focus. Keep an extra eye on the shape of the head. You tend to make it to long, and sometimes to short. Think of it as an upside down egg. To help with proportion, it might be useful to think of the body as a series of pieces put together; head, ribcage, hip, upper arm lower arm, upper leg lower leg. If the ribcage piece doesn't fit, you'll know that you've made the torso too short, for example. These shapes are connected by, and conform to, long rhythms passing through the body. - Make sure to follow along with Stan in his demonstrations. I like to follow this routine: 1. Try the pose myself, before looking at Stan's attempt. 2. Follow along with Stan 3. Retry the pose without looking at Stan's attempt. Trying to mimick his way of working. After having done one like this, I go to some other images I have access to, trying to bring with me the things I learned from Stan. After a few, I go back for another of Stan's, and repeat the process. - About line shakiness: Check out this video How to Hold and Control Your Pencil Hope this helps :) Keep up the good work! PS. I think you'll really appreaciate the Drawing Basics course.