I'm not sure what it is, but sometimes I don't "see" the gesture that Stan is trying to indicate. And what normally looks like a basic straight line for the gesture, Stan sort of just...makes it S shaped anyways, because that's more interesting. Like the spine on the last drawing, it's head or top portion of the body is going straight for me, but Stan made it an S shape

I tried this both digitally and traditionally. From observation first (image 2, 3 and 4) and then from memory only (image 1), I tried to make new poses. It was hard but fun !

my 2nd try after the demo

2nd try after demo

@Martha Muniz All constructive criticism is appreciated!

notes from the video any critiques are appreciated thanks

Coming back from the dead (what a pity it isn't the 31st yet), I'm posting my after-demo shape design seals, always happy to get any criticism. :)

my before vs after demo. anywhere i can improve?

It was hard to understand how to make a good shape design, tried to did like the image but i think a missed the point.

Tried again after this video. Based on the demos here, I focused less on the apex points and angles, and more on where to break the symmetries.

Pre-Proko Seals. I felt like there was something wrong with all of them, but I can't figure out why. Anyway, any criticism is welcome

Hy everyone! Here are my first attempts! Happy of any critique!

Did another 10 after watching the demo. I think I've loosened up a bit as the more dynamic poses look okay. But the weird poses (especially those round ones) do still pose quite a challenge!

Here are a few of my attempts.

Here are some of my drawings; this has been a nice refresher from the previous assignment. I think I am slowly getting the hang of the gesture and flow. Please let me know if there is anything that I can improve upon. 

Harder than i thought but i think it’s helping

Hey! so I tried and I think I'm slowly starting to understand gesture and flow. The first and second picture are from before the demo, the third is along with the demo, and finally the last one is of one I did trying to following Stan's advice. Please let me know how I can improve. How do I make my lines flow? How do I make the gesture look interesting and not boring. Feedback is appreciated. Have a nice day!

Back to actual seals tomorrow…

I have to consider more perspective-wise for the second one. I did try to design interesting shapes for the first one, though.

This is really challenging as it's so much more conceptual than what we've done so far. But, I really like the challenge. The demo was really helpful as it showed me that the goal isn't reproducing what you are seeing but making an interesting shape. For example, I liked the idea of turning the seal's head below to the right to go with the flow of the rest of the shape, even though that wasn't happening in the reference.