These gestures are really nice, I personally like the line quality. I really like that you’re aware of creating thicker and thinner lines as well as hard and soft edges. Proportionally I think it looks well for the time frame (I’m assuming your poses were shorter and that none of these are to be continued) perhaps there are a few minor things but it’s hard to really tell since we cannot view the model. I feel like maybe the back leg is just a bit long (maybe a bit too thin) and maybe the hip is too thin in the left image. And I feel like maybe the legs look just a tad too long in the smaller studies. But like I said it’s difficult to tell not being there to see. I have a similar issue when I do gestures. I think you did a really nice job at working inside and out, your decisions of lines tell me you’re thinking about what is underneath and what the overall intended structure simplifies to. Also, really nice to see larger studies. I am a big fan of using those big newsprint pads for looser approaches like this.

I think they are good, and the big one shows you tried to makec lear statements about planes, which results in some nice shape design. Not sure about where the light is coming from though, maybe it is just me, but it looks like the right arm and thigh of the big figure should be in shadow for example. Good job by the way!

Nice work! I love your shapes. Maybe it's time to start introducing some soft edges to make it more realistic? Do that especially on the core shadows, they can usually lead the entire piece. Keep up the good work! :)

Hi Jadie, I would take a look at getting clearer on values (something I'm still getting to grips with). Keep all shading solid (so no breaks between the lines) whether it's for your darkest dark or lightest light. Otherwise the eye gets distracted. The difference in value between the shadows on the body & the background would usually be smaller than here. When using only 3 values, as in this drawing, I would expect them both to be the same value (so your darkest dark - like the background). Then find the highlights & use white. The rest of the body will be the colour of the paper (similar to your sketch to the right of the paper) again, assuming that it's a 3 value drawing. Check out Dorian Iten who is masterful. I hope my comments are helpful.

I really love the shape design and overall flow of these. Well done!

Your lines kind of look wobbly, unless that’s the style you’re going for. However those sketches on the right look good and has nice lines. Especially the bottom two ones. Great first drawings though!

Hi! You're definitely heading in the right direction with drawing simplified forms, I can tell you've been looking at gesture and structure (rightfully so!), I think a big part of it is just to keep going. One thing I could suggest is maybe working a bit on forms and perspective. Just really taking the time to practice drawing cubes and cylinders from different angles before applying them to something complicated like a figure. There are just some perspective things to work out with some of your box shapes but it will start making more sense with more practice. Just keep up the good work!! :D

Hi! These are really great studies and you're definitely heading in the right direction!! It's really cool to see you breaking down forms and practicing simple 3 dimensional shapes and I love how you are really pushing yourself to play with different perspectives and rotations of the shapes, and you can clearly see that you're simplifying forms well. I have some tips on things you could improve on/ keep in mind but I am by no means a professional myself so take what I say with a pinch of salt. 1. one thing to bear in mind is maybe practicing your line quality to get more comfortable with using a pen and making clean, decisive lines. There are lots of good exercises for this, for example on drawabox, that just let you practice being intentional with lines, in places you are starting to get some scratchy, marks and lose control of the line weight. This style might be a stylistic choice when making a finished image, but when doing studies like this it might make it easier for you to visualize if you have more concise linework. maybe also a harder pen with less line variation might help. 2. keep in mind the direction and dimensionality of the forms you draw. On your cube and cylinder studies, you've got a really good grasp of perspective but it feels like when applying it to a reference, you lose confidence in each of those forms. make sure when you're drawing a cylinder or cube you are very conscious of which face is closer to the viewer, is a cylinder is tilted up, you should show the bottom face, an example is in the legs, you tend to lose the dimensionality you had in your studies (this is very normal and it's the hard part of applying simple forms so don't worry!!). 3. the purpose of being intentional is that you know exactly what form you're drawing before you do it, not leaning on the photo but actively making decisions with each form you draw. For example with the legs of the rabbit or the torso of the horse, just be clear in your mind and try and visualize on the page that cylinder before you draw it so you don't end up with that sort of uncertainty in your overlapping lines. Again, these are fantastic, keep up the good work. I hope my feedback could be helpful :D

Hi! I'm new and still not quite sure how this works, so here's an experiment post (studies from photos). I've only recently got into digital art, it's always been a big puzzle and difficult transition for me but I think I'm starting to get it. One question I've been struggling with is does the quality of a drawing tablet have an effect on your artwork? I'm currently using a hand-me-down huion tablet but I'm really struggling to get a consistent line quality, I constantly feel wildly out of control with my marks, especially if I try cleaner line art. I feel like my materials shouldn't be an excuse for my artwork and yet I can't help but wonder if this level of difficulty is normal when drawing with a tablet? Will a better quality tablet solve this issue or is it a matter of skill? Should I invest in a wacom tablet? - critique and feedback always welcome :D, thanks!!