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The first four are all from references during the course video. Some are doubled up. For those, I drew once when the reference was first shown and once after Stan showed his gesture drawing.
Apologies for the low contrast. I'm still figuring out my best practices for digital work. I think I need to do my final lines a bit stronger.
I was really pleased to look back and see some improvement from the first page (and older work from before the course) to the last page.
I'm working to try and improve my line quality. I am happy in places with how it looks. I'm still having difficult with pulling a long line. Partly I'm still getting used to the digital pen, and partly I just need more line practice.
I think I am often doing too much outlining and not enough capturing the action... particularly on the last day where I frequently found myself wanting more than my allotted 4 minutes. That said, I'm really pleased with how some of the figures on the last page turned out.
I'd be thrilled to receive any feedback.
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You are absolutely on the right track with these. It is very motivating to notice improvement, so hopefully you can use that to your advantage.
You mentioned having difficulty pulling long lines and focusing on contours instead of action lines, which I agree with. I wanted to highlight an area where Stan did this really well and why. He took a complicated piece of anatomy, the arm, and simplified it into 4 lines. He is indicating the anatomy, but it's not the main focus here. The emphasis is on that curve that runs from the end of the deltoid to the wrist, and is counterbalanced by the angle of the elbow. The angle puts tension on the curve, and the result is dramatic.
In your drawing, this moment is broken up by a few different lines and the effect is diluted. Look for areas of movement like this and figure out how to simplify the anatomy to clearly communicate the essence of the movement.
