These sketches are really well done, I would suggest you try drawing from other reference images that Stan hasn't drawn from before because if you try to deconstruct other images of figures to the robo bean this will help you understand how to identify the blocks on your own.

Good job! Drawing animals is really hard, but these turned out good! For the shark, I would say you could do a lot more foreshortening like in the picture, don't be afraid to have those ellipses overlap. The goat and lion look good and the main thing I'm seeing is that, especially in the lion, some of the forms are almost too simplified, like the lion torso. Instead of one big shape, remember animals have a ribcage and pelvis that tilt and work independently just like we do. The lion legs as well I would've separated into shapes of the top part of the arm/leg, the elbow/ankle, and the bottom part as three separate shapes, like when you did the goat.

Hi ryanhyndman738, nice work! I think my favorite gesture that you did was the middle of page one, where the figure is doing a butterfly type stretch. The motion in the legs and hands I feel were well captured. I notice that for the limbs in your figures, sometimes you tend to follow or emphasize the contour of the limb over the motion of the limb. I think this is more prominent in the male figures because it seems they were more muscular. Some of the female figures I think have good gesture lines and do not have this as much. I think the bottom left female figure of page one is a good example of this. My suggestion is to look for ways to simplify the arms to emphasize the motion over the anatomical muscles of the figure, at least for the purpose of the exercise of gestures. I don't think this needs to be a major change. Going back to your gesture drawing of the figure doing the butterfly stretch, I feel that less emphasis on the biceps and instead focusing on the curve from the deltoid to the elbow would help simplify and capture the motion of his arms (though I think continuing to draw the deltoid would help since it is a primary shape). Another thing I think might help with some of the gestures is that some of the lines seem a little disconnected. The right figure of page 2 feels like the motion of the body would feel a little more fluid if the lines were connected. Anyway, hope some of these ideas are helpful.