Looking for gesture critique
3yr
Grace Yoon
Hello! I have been practicing timed gesture drawings regularly but I'm not sure how I can improve and I have never received critique on them before so I am looking forward to getting any insight that anyone is willing to share with me! Thank you :)
I have attached recent samples of some quick gestures (1, 2 and 5 min) The ones with two colours, I added the light blue after completion to try to see how I could improve or correct the original red gesture. I'm not sure if this is a good method of checking/critiquing myself.
3yr
Your gesture are actually good, your line are strong and precise.
But the way you add the lights using blue is not easy to read, especially considering that you don't put any shadows in those sketches: since they are quick sketches maybe it's better not to worry about the glares, they just make the reading of the shape a little fuzzy (they look like corrections)
On the other hand, the indigo sketches are very effective, as is the last one where you suggest shadows with much more readability than those in two colours.
In short, keep it simple
Grace Yoon
3yr
Hi Serena. Thank you for your critique! I know the gestures with two colours are confusing. The light blue were corrections. It was not supposed to represent light. I added them post completing the gesture to try to see my mistakes but I don't think it was a good idea, I ended up just filling in details I had missed. I think keeping it simple is good advice, thank you :)
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3yr
hello, this is my first time giving a critique on proko2.0
First of all i wanted to say that the drawings look super good and i enjoy looking at them ,but the only thing that i noticed that maybe you could improve a bit are the blue drawings, they look a bit stiff to me, for example the drawing with the woman sitting on a the box with her back facing us, her back looks a bit like a box or a square.
Maybe something that would help you is focusing a bit more on the flow of the gestures.
But overall i really like the drawings :)
3yr
Hi Ammar. Thank you! and thank you for your critique! I totally agree with you. I'll watch out for that.
3yr
Hi Grace, the gestures look great, read well and feel natural, well done! I am struggling with gesture drawings myself but what is helping me is drawing the same pose several times. For example if you draw a pose 3 times you are more likely to see common mistakes or work on correcting the mistakes on each one. I notice that the gesture on my 1st try is usually stiffer and the last try is more dynamic and natural looking.
When you draw a pose and notice mistakes just try fixing them on the next try until you get the pose down how you like it.
Hope this helps. I like your gesture drawings though and not the right person to critique them, sorry.
I have attached examples of how I go about it.
3yr
Hi Uku, your drawings look great! The way you were able to pushed your gesture the second time (in the second image) is very impressive. I think I will take up your advice of redrawing the same pose. Do you usually do it straight away or after a period of time (e.g. the next day) ?
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3yr
I think these are generally pretty great! I Proportions are good and there is a good balance of mostly straight lines and some curves. I like 1, 7 and 8 the most. With 3 and 4 the perspective seems a bit confusing, where is the horizon supposed to be? Also good idea to do some longer poses after warming up with shorter ones so you're forced to commit to more detail as well!
3yr
I've honestly never really thought too much about perspective while doing gesture drawings. I sort of compartmentalize perspective and gesture into separate areas of my brain. But I shouldn't, you make a great point. And yeah, I think long poses are a good idea, that's something I never do but I think I'm going to have to start. Thanks for the critique/advice Felix!
These are amazing grace! These remind me of Steve Huston's gesture drawings. I think you should move to longer gesture studies maybe add in some more anatomy.
Anyway these are very elegant!!
3yr
Thank you Shaurya! I looked up Steve Huston's gestures and yeah, I kinda see what you mean! haha. I think you're right about longer gesture studies and anatomy :/ intimidating but it's probably time. Thank you for your advice :)
