Hi @Matthew Nicholas Sandoval, really nice drawings! Isn't it amazing how you can feel the motion. Congrats on discovering that! The gesture drawings look good, especially the first page; they feel more wild and energetic than the ones in the second image. I think you would appreciate watching and following along Glenn Vilppu in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOtVUHgJqQk&t=136s . The approach is different from Stan's and I think it will influence you positively. I tried doing a quicksketch of the Anthony pose. Spontaneously I gave the arm an s-curve. If I would try to explain why, I think I would say it's because there is a c-curve flow coming from the shoulder. To specify the arm's motion we would have to counter that with an opposite curve. And to specify the hand's motion we would have to counter the arm curve. This results in an s-curve. To decide the gesture line for the arms it helps to come from the shoulders. Depending on the level of detail you want to show, you either continue the shoulder curve, or give the arm new curves that counter and create assymetry. If you want to overthink it :) Hope this helps :) Keep up the good work!

These are good. I think taking the time to really analyze the model can help, but we want to train the eye to be quick, efficient, and to be able to see past the detail. I have two suggestions: Practice a lot and try using single lines for the s curves and c curves. I am also studying gesture, and man it is a pain, but we must put in the work in order to improve. Keep it up, and don't quit. Also, check out Stan's critique video with Marshall Vandruff. They give a lot of good pointers, and it's worth studying. Hope this helps. https://www.proko.com/s/RLdK

I think you are right in the money about the action line. I struggle with this as well, especially with poses like these where it is not really obvious. The action line is missing from your drawing as well. I tried not putting pencil to paper until I knew where the action line was and I drew that first. You could try that. Good luck

Hi @Matt good job! These are much better than the ones you posted previously, in both gesture and cleanliness. Continue to practice these! I might have some tips that could help: The advice will be similar to what I wrote in the critique I gave TobeO, so you might want to reread it as well (see the image I attached in my previous critique to you) ASYMMETRY - HELPING THE FLOW When you move into doing longer poses where you have time indicate both sides of a leg and add small details in the contour, you might find the gesture to be hurt. A common issue is to draw symmetrical contours. The symmetry kills the flow. What you want to do is to draw contours that support the flow. Put simply, if the gesture is a c-curve, bend the contour lines to follow that c-curve. You could also think of the gesture as a stream of water that the contour should push forward from side to side. A curve on one side is followed by a curve on the other side. This assymetrical contour pushes the flow forward. 30 SECOND POSES - Don't forget to do 30 second poses as well. In fact, here is where I would spend most of my time in the beginning. 30s poses are great, because they force you to only focus on what's essential, plus you get to practice that 4 times instead of just once in 2 minutes. It's a great way to get comfortable with the human figure, the gesture & the proportions, and your pencil. Getting a good grip of the big picture also helps when adding details, as explained above. If you want to really boil it down, you could try this exercise : Do 30 sec quick sketches, using only 5 or less lines (CSI) + head. It´s a challange, but using only 5 lines will force you to find the core gesture. Look at the paintover I did for TobeO for inspiration. Note that I´m not drawing stick figures, but the flow passing through the forms. I hope this helps :) Keep up the good work!