Some gestural torso boxes - I might give level 2 a shot after this.

I am confused with number 18 twisting boxes is very complicated and I don't know if my representation is also correct or its just straight up wrong. Also In proko's drawing he has two lines going to the same corner and it confuses me because I thought every line was meant to go to a different one.

Here are my level 2 attempts after demo and critique video. This was really fun to do and a good practice before I enroll into the figure drawing fundamentals course. I numbered each one according to the reference proko gave. The numbers circled means I am happy with it and the ones starred are the ones I had trouble. also, a good tip for me was that it’s ok to draw the box for the pose 2-3 times. For example for reference 10, I had to do it 3 times to really get a good idea of how much I have to twist the box to get it more gestural.

The demo really helped me with tackling twisting forms a bit better.

Level 2, this assignment felt like a visual Sudoku, and i forgot to think about the ens result and just wanted to solve the puzzle. Lots of fun!

Here’s my follow along:

My post demo attempts. I think they look better than my first attempts after I started thinking more closely about the planes that were visible/angle of the torso. However, some still seem a little off or just don't look that nice. I think I'm having trouble with the proportion between the ribcage box and the pelvis box, which causes the resulting connecting edges to be a bit off.

Hey! So I had a bit of trouble with these. I really think that it’s my gesture lines again and I have to practice more on that. These ones were from imagination, tried my best with all of them. Please, give me some tips and pointers on these! Have a awesome day!

My torsos :)

just posting some of level 1 practice and one level 2. I want to work more on line quality. The second image is the same but is traced in procreate. Will go back now to other assignments and I will keep practicing the gestural boxes until I really get it. ( +more Bridgman studies)

After following along with Stan I can see that didn't quite push the gesture enough in my own attempts. I also didn't really consider the hips and ribcage and how they pinch pull and twist.

Here are my Torso Box attempts. The Demo covered : 1, 5, 6, 10, 13, 16, and 18. The Torso Boxes I tried after the Demo are: 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, and 17. I realise the torso boxes are open to interpretation. I wonder if you could superimpose some of the boxes on the pose photographs to help understand the torso box construction. Any advice would be much appreciated, thanks.

Level 2 - Torso boxes from photos. I see my boxes are way wobblier than Stan's.

Level 1 - torso boxes from imagination. I found this way harder than level 2, to draw from photos. I struggled with imagining poses...

Torso/pelvis boxes combined with some timed sessions. Those are great for practice; so many good models there.

My attempt to follow along with the demo. One thing I like in following along is to see when to stop. I have a tendency to work things to death and I don't know when to call it good enough.

These are bitchin I wish he would do a whole chapter on this. I like the one piece structure. I always got confused when he hips were separate. Well more confused.

I like how you say hips😀