I felt the need to do more exercises for dynamic poses... With every attempt you learn something new.

Second round of seals - maybe. they’re a bit better

I'm a little confused on how movement and such works in tandem with gesture, if that's how to phrase it, I kinda get the peaks and how they cause a stretch and pinch, but for some reason I'm not quite sure how to centralize that with relation to the action lines, lol. I wasn't aiming for accuracy, but I did still struggle with the whole gesture concept :D I did all of these today, trying not to take more than 5-10 minutes each. I'd love some feedback. - Thanks

Post demo: I tried to make more dynamic shapes and really accentuate the folds where there were pinches. I also played with the line weight a bit. The bottom one in the second picture really gave me some trouble (third photo is ref.)

Finally got some time in on dynamic shapes and gesture/rhythm from the next project and my practice feels so much more productive now!

My drawing on paper is " before watching the demo". In the beginning, I really enjoyed the process; the sea lions and seals were so cute and fun to draw. Unfortunately, I took a long break after watching the critique (about one month) . When I came back to this project, it felt harder to continue. I don’t see any improvement.

I tired to apply some of the advice in the criquite and I think they came out a bit more smoother, and flowly. I still really need to work on my lines.

Attempt from imagination. Any critique or feedback is welcome! In particular, I feel like my usage of creasing isn't as strong as it could be. Lmk and thank you!

I Tried drawing the seals from imagination and they didnt come out that great so i decided to retry level one and then retry level 2 but from memory still not the greatest results but its an improvement

notes during the demo I feel I am making progress any critiques would be appreciated thanks.

Tried to make some more seals, this time with a greater focus on the stretching and wrinkling.

A few I made from imagination for fun

My last set of 10 before moving on to the next lesson. 5 were from reference, 5 were from imagination. I think my shapes definitely have improved compared the the first few seals I drew. It is tough to figure out the right shape to use, but once you get it, its quite fun.

Post critique/demo attempts, I tried to be sketchier and focus less on drawing "seals." I can definitely feel how important this is and I wanna get it down, any feedback is welcome and appreciated.

I am done with this project and can draw some interesting shapes!!

The first two images are my observational sketches, while the last three are my sketches from imagination. I had a lot of fun with this assignment; I feel as though it really helped me understand proper shape design. Critiques would be appreciated.

These were fun I feel like my line quality needs to get better. Looking at some of the ones that other people posted I think helped out a lot with level 1 bout to move on to level 2 soon

I did the first three before watching the demo, and then the last three after watching the demo. I really enjoyed the exercise. One thing I'm concerned about is if I am losing the gesture with details. I can figure out the gesture line, but I don't know if my shapes look dynamic enough.

After a loooong break I finally built up the courage to come back to the course. It is still the most entertaining way of learning how to draw ;) thanks Stan and the whole team! In the first image i tried to cover as many of the reference pictures as i could on one page, and the other image shows my own creations. I try to catch up with the course and the other lessons. And thanks for any helpfull advice. cheers !

Here's the retry. I did some of them by memory.