They seem very gestural. You created a pinch and a stretch which is something Proko stresses in his gesture drawing class. Nice job! It looks like you were also looking down the mass of his body to find the direction too judging by the construction lines which is also really useful for gesture. I like the straights and line weight on the bottom, I think it adds alot of weight. A few criticisms - On the seal on the left it looks like his fin was drawn considering contour mostly though. You could make that shape much more gestural simplifying it with CSI and considering the pinch and stretch. His tail also ended up quite stiff, I see a flowing s curve for the gesture there.

I would say the seals show a tendency towards more uniformity rather than a variety in size and shape, most present in #11, 12, 15, 19, and 20. Try finding places where you can push one side towards more asymmetry, creating contrast against the other side. I hope this drawover helps :)

The zigzag lines you drew to indicate the flow from apex to apex seem randomly placed. Look for the sudden convex curves along the outer forms. Hopefully this draw-over helps!

Hi! I drew some notes over some of your examples, I hope they are useful throughout for this assignment. Overall, you have a nice simplification of form and flow within your shapes, but there are some tweaks that I think can further improve the gesture. Thinking about the contrast between edges (straight vs curved) and sizes (like the body vs the tail) can really add more interesting dynamics, as well as being watchful for any areas of symmetry that can block out flow.

Hopefully Stan comments too, but I think he said in an earlier one that it's "too far" if it either no longer has the "function" (like, I assume, you can't even tell it's a seal or sea lion anymore), or it just looks badly done rather than an interesting design. Frankly all of mine look badly done so it's not like I can give you a great example but I think that's what he mentioned in one of the previous videos!

This happens to me when I draw along. I draw along with Stan to learn familiarity with something (e.g. a deltoid), so I can then focus on flow, gesture, and line relationships when I draw them later. Drawing along doesn't lead to pretty drawings during and immediately after because it's something new and it needs to sediment in my head. Once that does, I can pay more attention to flow, gesture and line relationships. It;s likely because these shapes are so new to you that you're juggling very much at once. That's why practice is so important - for myself, the less I juggle (such as being more comfortable with a shape) the more I can give my all to something else, like flow. Once we stop being complete newbies, it will hopfully become easier because we're juggling less and putting more blocks into the intuition side.

These look awesome. Nice work.

Your drawings before and after the demo are really different. You made a good improvement ! keep up the good work :-)