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Hi @Tobias Degnebolig, I think these are some great 5 minute studies. One proportional issue that seems consistent in most of your drawings is that the heads are feeling just a tad bit too small in proportion to the body, so try to keep that in mind and make them slightly bigger in your future studies to match. Additionally, I think it feels a bit difficult to critique some of your pieces because it looks like the level of finish for some of your mannequins vary. I've attached an image that shows one of Proko's simpler mannequins (the on one the right) and I feel that's probably a good level to do your studies. Try not to focus on adding features for now, and just make sure that the major features (simplified rib cage, hips, limbs, and head) all feel very solid and well constructed. If you want a point of reference from what you've uploaded, I think the second mannequin is a good level of finish to go to. I think lastly, just watch out for some of the proportions for the limbs in your studies as well. Proportion is definitely one of the harder concepts to fully learn (just doing the drawing lay in for your figures will be challenging at all levels) so don't be too hard on yourself if you're not getting it right away. If there's anything about my critique that you need me to clear up, feel free to let me know so that I can expand on some of these concepts!

I think that you need to focus on understanding form and contour lines. the girl's body looks a little flat to me, and before adding the details in i would make sure that all my shapes and forms and anatomy is in the right place. the male's body is smaller than that of the reference, so you have to mind that too. and with regards to the gesture, yours looks a little bit stiff. try taking a break, then coming back to it after then hopefully you'll see where you got it wrong. :D

Hey Tobias, Nice job working out the different concepts of figure drawing. I did a drawing to show you how you can approach gesture and structure. The way your thinking is correct, you just need to work on the structural shapes more. Also, think about how to use perspective to give those shapes a 3D look and feel. Keep up the good work :)

I think Polly has given a great answer. Tracing helps with breadth, and copying (draw from reference) helps with the depth. If you're just starting out, I mean, really just starting out, tracing are a great viable option. You can produce dozens of drawing by just tracing. But as you progress, even though tracing is great at first, you will notice that tracing won't give you much of help when you want to create something out of your imagination (without reference). This is kind of perilous position for artist, because our ultimate goal is to be able to create something out of our imagination. And the other thing is that, as you will grow as an artist, even when you're using a reference image, you will often find yourself not satisfied with the reference images you got. Whether it's the light, the pose, or the proportion, there's just something you don't like in it, that you want to change. If you have only been doing tracing, doing this is nearly impossible. But if you've done your homework studying things properly, changing aspects in reference image that you don't like is an easy job.

following your 50/50 rule do you recomend that i actively try and focus on the structure (build the drawing up form structure), or shall i just try and draw freely and let it slowly come natural to me? its kinda hard to think that its gonna come naturaly to one at some point xD

I know that they are pretty flawed and they miss the energy proko is showing, Feedback on why would be greatly appreciated!

READ it, don't just skim and look at the pictures. This isn't true for all drawing books, but Mike is good writer, and his text is just as important as the images.

insects draw through

im not a girl but im up for a date now.. thx sinix

is there any advantages to learning the reily method for figure drwaing compared to learning the FORCE method (and vice versa)? ... and if u wanna learn the Reilly method for figure drwaing, what courses or book would u recomend?