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Does anyone have any advice or good examples for gesture for poses of people facing the camera directly? I have some photos I was trying to use that seem to have some motion/unequal weight distribution between the legs etc, but I'm really having trouble doing the very simple 30 sec gestures/limited line gestures. I keep getting lost how to make the limbs and torso feel connected while focusing on any movement instead of a general contour of the body
Juan Manuel Duarte Pallavicini
3yr
Here is the New Masters Academy playlist of instructors doing timed model drawings as examples of how different people approach the challenge:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7EWYwaF6E-GiaE31csl_6c8tlifE8Nb5
@tovato
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18 30 sec gestures and 2 2 min gestures. I'm trying to practice before work, so hopefully I can keep it up! I had a lot of fun doing my first attempts after watching the assignment examples, but after watching the critiques I realized what I had been drawing before had lots of extra lines. This was my first attempt again trying to pick my lines first and then draw them. I think I've gotten too in my own head, and am focusing on single parts of the body and my drawing too much to visualize the whole thing. I'd appreciate any feedback :)
I second what xun says - the 2 minute sketches are brilliant. They are full of movement but also crisp and clean.
On the contrary, many of the 30 second poses look rigid, overthought and scratchy. Not all of them, I do think that poses 9, 10 and 17 have a wonderful sense of fluidity to them. These are probably more successful because of the confident, long lines that you use for them.
To address the rigidity, I would suggest that you keep practicing the 30 seconds but without worrying about how they look or if the proportions make sense, just look at the pose and try to summarize it in three to four confident and exaggerated lines. Stop after every 5 to 10 sketches and evaluate what you like and dislike and keep this in mind as you do the next 5-10 sketches. Then repost here again :)
I hope that helps!
I really liked your 2 min sketches they looked amazing, the flow and the pose all make sense and go together.
But in your 30s poses it feels rigid, it seems to be a reaccuring issue as from the fourth picture to the 7th I don't see the center line, and all of them looked like you only focused on the contour. also i see some chicken scratches (some places where you use small lines instead of one long fluid line).
to fix the rigidness I think you should rewatch the videos (it helps a lot) and make your lines consist of C S I lines. increase the time to 1min since you might be struggling with the the 30s time frame. with more practice you will be able to go back to the 30s soon.
lastly, its amazing how you balance your work and your desire to draw. its really hard to balance things so props to you! I bet you will do amazing.
