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Nai Rinaket
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2yr
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Hi, this is my latest gesture drawing in real 30 seconds! I've been doing this a whole week and I would be thrilled to hear any critique. Thank you so much!
@fefelix
2yr
i agree with Alessandro :)
Only thing there might be to add are gesture lines for the pelvis. Meaning just the angle between the two ASIS similar to the angle between the acromia as you show for the shoulders. It's not always clear to me what the gesture of the pelvis is, even though, I think, it's even more important than the gesture of the shoulders!
Other than that you show a clear understanding of the assignment, even getting proportion and shape right for most of these very short poses, so great job! If you haven't already, I recommend taking a closer look into the next lessons.
Also, by "in real", do you mean you did these from life? This would be the best way to exercise gesture, so keep it up!!
Have fun drawing and all the best
Felix
Alessandro Falchi
2yr
Very nice lines and clean overall
Nai Rinaket
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2yr
Asked for help
Hi everyone! I was very enlightened by Stan's explanation of gesture drawing and start my study the last month. In the early days, I just tried to capture the pose without worrying about time. At least I still need 5 minutes to draw them while trying to focus on motion, not contour.
The past few days I challenged myself for drawing in the time given. The last pictures were drawn in two minutes. I still need more practice to get myself used to 30-second poses but if you could give any feedback for my assignments below, I would very much appreciate it!
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2yr
Hi @Nai Rinaket, nice drawings! I think you did a good job capturing the gesture. The figures have a very nice, elegant flow.
- I would highly recommend doing these with the time limit. Slowing down can be good to get time to analyze, but rather than thinking that you should work this drawing quality down to 2 min or 30 sec, rather work 2 min or 30 sec, up to this quality. The drawings won't come out the way you want them in the beginning, but that's ok! I think you learn 2 min and 30 sec poses, by doing 2 min and 30 sec poses. That's how it was for me. Eventually you'll get used to it and reach the quality you want.
One thing that could help is to mimick the way Stan draws in his example videos. You'll absorb his good habits.
- If you haven't already, you might appreciate watching this video How to Hold and Control Your Pencil. Drawing from your shoulder is great to practice and gesture quicksketches are a good place to practice it in.
It would be interesting to see what your 30 second drawings look like. I think getting feedback on them could be really useful. Don't worry about the quality :) Just do a bunch and post them. Feel free to tag me @Jesper Axelsson in that post.
Hope this helps :) Keep up the good work!
