I've been focusing on the figure a lot in the last few months and practice gestures almost every day. I've done a good bit of the free version of this course before I purchased the premium version. I've also been focusing on Stan's teachings in the Drawing Basics course where he goes over his rhythms. On top of that, I'm currently taking Michael Hampton's course where he just released a bunch of videos on gesture. It's interesting to see where there is overlap between Stan's approach and Michaels as well as the differences. I've learned the hard way to consult multiple sources and am enjoying all of it. Even if they cover the same information, it helps to hear it explained different ways. Sometimes it takes hearing a concept explained another way in order to fully grasp it. Here are a few two minute studies from this morning. Timed studies are the baseline of my efforts. I post almost daily in the community section if anyone wants to join in: https://www.proko.com/community/topics/daily-drawing-with-timer-challenge

For my 1000 post on this site, I thought I would post some character designs for a comic idea taking place in the Mongolian empire. I worked developing an animated film about Marco Polo, and it gave me an idea for a story. Hope you like :)

I would like to ask a beginner level question about line quality. I have been practicing the tapered line and line weight. I need help applying it to gesture. I don’t have the fancy drawing programs. Just me and a pencil and paper. Stupid question about pencil, if there are programs with different ‘brush packs’ should I be handling the sharpness/lead softness- hardness/lead length of my pencil differently to produce a cleaner line? I feel mine just get messy, and hence I erase and my output isn’t clean. Any and all suggestions welcome.

2023/4/15. Good evening everybody. Here's my latest portrait. Scan the QR code or click the link for the timelapse video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN6p-5Qd-4U Thanks and have a good weekend!

woohoo! Finally I managed also the level 2! Seems like I drew a bit too round and short face, and my shape design requires some extra work; perhaps I should have planned the shapes of the shadows better. But for a first try it seems decent enough :) I think I will try the assignment again after watching the demo. If anyone has any comment / critique, I would be happy to hear it! Cheers! :)

Hey guys. Here is my attempt at simplifying the pears in reference images 1-3. Critiques welcome. I’m having a hard time simply identifying shadow from dark halftone and committing to the shapes. I feel like every time I look at the pear I see a new shape that falls in between values.

Watercolor on bad paper, just for fun.

2023/1/1. Good evening everybody. Here's my assignment for the first part of @Stephen Bauman's Classical Portraiture course. Thanks for any comment or suggestion that could help me to improve it.

If anyone is interested in a study group, I can start a discord server were we can follow along with the course as the lessons come out. Comment below and I can shoot you an invite. *Edit* Sorry, not as discord savvy as I thought I was. I'll need you to friend request me, and then I can send you the invite link (has to be friends only). My code: Other Barry#8117

So excited about the course! After doing Drawabox I was looking for another course to brush up on fundamentals. Can't wait for January! :) I also hope to find some great community here to motivate each other - online and, if possible, also live. I'm based in Utrecht, the Netherlands, so if you're also in NL and are looking for a drawing buddy, let me know! :)