For the 3rd one in the head I think you could erase the vertical center line or make it lighter since it makes it seem like the head is facing us which is weird lol For the 4th one maybe make the head slight larger and shorter to make it seem like it's tilted backwards more, also it does not seem to follow the line you made for the spine properly, seems too bent sideways. The 6th one I think the shoulder line is tilted a little too much. Maybe make the left shoulder go up a little bit. This applies in general for a lot of these unless you're trying to exaggerate the shoulder line angles on purpose. There a few other things I think can be improved but overall seems pretty nice ;) Also I did not comment on limbs since you said you're focusing on torso and head but I think there's room for slight improvements there too. For the arm placements. Hope this helps :)

Great job @James! You've done these with the correct mindset; trying to simplify them into geometric forms. The drawings feel solid and structural! - 2nd image. Note in your tracing how the box of the tail is not converging properly. The edge closer to the body should converge to the same vanishing point as the outer edge, since they are parallel edges of a box. In you're tracing they are diverging. -4th image. Very good use of cylinders! Though I noticed that the ellipse crosscontours seem to be showing the body at the wrong angle. If you're unsure of how something is placed in space, imagining touching the object can help. Hope this helps :)

Hi @James, nice bean studies! I'll do my best to help you further: - I noticed that you always have the ribcage and hip overlap the same amount. But remember that when we look at a person from the front and that person leans over, the ribcage, starts overlaping the hips more an more until the hips are covered from our sight. So try to think more about overlaps. Which one is in front which one is behind? How much? - Depending on the pose, we see either more of the front or more of the back. In a twist we might see some of the front in the hips, and some of the back in the ribcage. Try to use the centerline to show whether we're seing the front or back of the body. Or both. And how much? - Do you remember the practice tips I shared in my last critique to you? Have they helped? Taking help of Stan's examples as described there helped me discover these things. I noticed how he used overlap and the centerline. I also had great use of applying his drawing process; he's great at making the beans gestural. Hope this helps :) Keep up the good work!

I'm not great at it but I try not to think about proportions too much when drawing gesture. The idea with gesture is that you're trying to capture the motion of the pose - it doesn't matter if it's anatomically accurate I try to find the overall "line of action of the pose," following the curvature of the spine through the legs from head to toe (Stan talked about this in the first gesture lesson). Once I get that, I try to find the flow of the shoulders through the limbs and pelvis through the legs You seem to be finding that overall line of action sometimes but not others. In drawings 7 and 8, I can clearly see a line flowing from the head to the legs along the curvature of the spine. I think you should keep doing that, trying to find that overall "line of action." Hope this helps, keep up the good work!

Hi @James, I think there's a lot of good stuff going on! I espescially like your 3rd and 6th drawing, with the graceful s-curve flow going from head to toe. I'll do my best to help you further: -I attached an image with some practice tips. I think this is the most important advice I can give you at the moment. If you practice a lot and with those tips in mind I think you'll be able to improve fast and find the answers to many of your questions one your own. - I think you would appreaciate reading the critique I gave Jahsee Mullings (see attached image) Under the headline DRAW THE FLOW But again the practice tips are the most important, especially the part about following along with Stan, since his good habits will become part of your repertoar. I hope this was helpful:) Keep up the good work!