Hej @Petra Brandström! Hi Petra! I think these look really nice! Gesture, structure and balance is looking pretty solid! - To improve these drawings, I think I would focus on gesture. I was made aware, contrary to what I thought, that my work was lacking gesture. After having studied some of Heinrich Kley's work, I realized that there is room for A LOT of gesture. In his drawings, it's like every line was part of a stream of water splashing through the body, connecting it and leading the eye. Try to think about this, especially in the limbs. You don't have to exaggerate the poses more, I think, but make sure that every line is part of "the river". - To clarify balance it might help to indicate the ground plane. - About your question: I think I would recommend starting with round forms, then make them more boxy afterwards. Since boxes are so specific they can be a bit hard to handle in the early stages. I found it useful to practice drawing the ribcage as a box, since that skill is a good tool to have for clear perspective, but the actual form of the ribcage is more like an egg. Look at this sketch by Raphael and see how he starts with round forms https://media.britishmuseum.org/media/Repository/Documents/2014_10/1_6/89707534_49f8_4387_b010_a3b700640e57/mid_00030014_001.jpg You'll notice animators starting the same way, I think. I think you'll appreciate this Drawing Demo by Glenn Vilppu. Maybe try to mimick his way of drawing. At 21:00 he explains the process of starting with a flow, then fleshing it out with volumes. Hope this helps :)

I'm absolutely not an expert so maybe someone else has better advice, but when I tend to lean too far in one direction on certain features, I find it helpful to consciously try to lean too far the other way. I.e. if your torsos get too large, try to draw them way too small. When you've done it enough you kind of recalibrate your mind to interpret the proportions more accurately. As for things that slow you down, I think it's inexperience that forces us think harder when translating what we see into lines. Just keep practicing and keep it simple!

Hej @Petra Brandström Hi @Petra Brandström! I agree with @Grant H Don´t worry about anatomical accuracy at this point. Stan just wanted to show it in the beginning since it's an exercise that you can use as a study tool when you dive deeper into the course.   But I have a few tips as you start doing these within the course:  1. For clarity, vary the lineweight, thicker for the border of muscles and thinner for the muscle fibers (You have some of that already )  2. Avoid floating lines. I want to be clear with how the fibers track so I like to draw them all the way from where they originate to where they insert, and not just indicate them floating in the middle of the muscle.    I hope this helps :)