To draw the way Michael Hampton does, it is important to have a strong sense of form, so I suggest, alongside with the book, parctice drawing the most primitive shapes (box, cylinder, sphere) like how proko shows on his video regarding structure, and then, move on to something less sketchy and more deliberate like drawbox, that course gives you the tools to start doforming those primitive shapes as you wish. But in the meantime, focus just in gesture, because is better to study form and gesture separately than trying to understand both at the same time.

I like them. Although I do believe the drawings are more structure/volume related than gestural. I'm pretty new to drawing, so I know it's really hard to capture all the volumes in a minute (at least for me it is), I would recommend following the Proko gesture video and then finding the gesture examples in Michael Hampton's book. I believe in the beginning of the book he has a few rough sketches where the anatomy isn't really defined too much. I think that would be a good example of gesture sketches

Hello JB2, learning art through digital painting or traditional is the same. The thing is to avoid getting too carried away with the medium/software and put it before the basics skills. It is tempting to use all these cool effects and brushes and often that is what gets in the way of progression as softwares are packed with it. Just know that it is probably going to happend to you. One of the best ways might be restrictions.Like use only round brush if you go with digital. Then Learn the basics : Perspective / Form / Light. Pick the ressource you like and study a little bit every day, read and re-read the same materials again and again until you undestand it. Then move on. It will take time but you’ll get there :) Hope this help !

Hey jb2, I think its great that your learning digital art. I think that the software you use isn't that important, I think that your drawing ability is the key to good digital art. What I did was do a quick sketch of your drawing to show you the steps you should take in developing your drawings. Digital coloring isn't as important as solid drawing. I hope this helps :)

I would recommend to continue doing gesture drawing and then adding construction on top of those gesture drawings, that way you can continue practicing both. In general, don't move on from any drills, just keep adding to them. As far as specific feedback on what you can practice now: 1. Simplify. To start off I would recommend to just place a ball for the head and blocks for the chest and hips. Once you get good at that, you can start adding limbs. 2. Perspective. Because you are going to be placing blocks, you need to practice drawing blocks in proper perspective. Once you get good at that, you'll get better at placing the blocks without having to draw vanishing points and guidelines. 3. Proportions. You should start learning the approximate size of the body parts relative to the head. (Use the head as your "ruler" for the other parts).