Hi Maxim, Great work! Here´s some feedback 1. Gesture. Try to create forms conforming to the gesture. If the gesture is a c curve and the form a cylinder, then bend the cylinder in a c-curve. Same thing with the torso, look for the angle of the shoulders and hips and bend the robo bean accordingly. Don´t forget to indicate a twist when there is one (I also accidentaly started to stiff my poses when I came to this part of the course :) I recommend exaggerating the gesture) 2. Balance. There is a video on this later in the course so I recommend you check it out. In short: Having the weight evenly distributed ( look at your drawings and see if it looks like the person will fall to one side or the other) 3. Structure. Try to make the drawing even more structural, really BUILD the figure. watch out for only drawing contours (like in the neck and arms). I would also recommend drawing through the forms, especially the ellipse crosscontours, to make sure they wrap around real nice. I found the shoulders to be difficult to draw. I find it more practical to ignore the soulder mass and just draw the arm (but making sure it pivots from a point on the edge of the ribcage box (marked black in the attached image). I got the idea from a youtube thumbnail with Glen Vilppu´s mannequins. ( btw I also think those mannequins are more practical when drawing from imagination.) 4. Indicate the cast shadows so we know what environment the figure is in, otherwise they kinda float. 5. Make sure you give yourself enough time. If I don´t remember wrong for me it usually took around 30 min per pose But anyway, good job! Many of these were advice I received way back (attached 2 images I did then, the before and after thinking of gesture and ground plane. See how I didn´t fear to push the s of the left leg, and how much life it added, compared to the other one´s stiffer) Cheers!

@Maxim Pluzhnik This is a pretty difficult assignment in my opinion, and looks like you did really good! The main thing is that the forms of the animal mannequins should feel 3D and cohesive, and, in your drawings, they do. For the sake of suggestion, I'd say maybe try to simplify the structures even more: bring them to a more "geometric-like", simplified level where you could easily draw them from memory, change their perspective or pose them as you wish in the drawings. Something more like a wooden mannequin in fact. Also, try to make all your structure study drawings complete, without missing any of the major parts of the animals's bodies. Hope this helps!

@Maxim Pluzhnik Nice studies! Maybe the confusion about the twist and the overlaps will start to get easier as you get to the Robo-bean lesson, since it helps clarify the forms a bit more. Keep being mindful about the linework, it's all practice. Check out the How to Hold and Control Your Pencil video, in case you haven't. Keep it up! Hope this helps.