Gesture Drawing Essentials
Gesture Drawing Essentials
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Gesture Drawing Essentials

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Josh Black
An approach to sketching gestures and figures, beginning with warm-up exercises for better flow, then advancing to detailed anatomy and figure studies.
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Albert Galilov
Hi, I’m having trouble understanding what to focus on in the reference to get the gesture right. I also want to be able to look back at my old gestures, understand what went wrong, and improve in future practice. While you show what you’re doing, you don’t really explain how to do it. This makes it hard to follow when I try to do gesture drawing on my own. Could you update the video with explanations on how to approach gesture drawing practice?
@saraburgio
Hi, Sara speaking! I'm following the first lesson of this classroom and I tried to draw along the woman's figure together with the teacher (after having watched it once beforehand): that would be the figure on the left. Then I came back to it twice, stopping the video, and tried to correct the things that seemed off to me compared to the lesson's drawing (figure to the right, red for the firs batch of corrections, blue for the second. I am of course probably still wrong cause I'm "correcting" my own drawing). I decided to post because I found it very interesting how twisted is the internalised idea I have (and maybe many women alongside myself) of what the proportions of a woman should be (my take 1)! Very elongated (too elongated! especially long legs!), super high and cinched waist, awfully small head and incredibly wide hips... it was very interesting to realise how off and unrealistic are the proportions my brain believes to be the "standard" ones for women (and that maybe it feels it has to adhere to!). Just thought I'd share, if anyone else finds it interesting too :)
maciek szczech
It's interesting what you noticed and also because of the self-conscious process / analysis. I like the quality of the lines (although sometimes repetitive) in both your drawings. Thank you for sharing and keep up practising.
Phil
5mo
Some gesture drawings today. I’ve been taking both prokos figure drawing fundamentals and this class.
@shimada_clan
after a few days of practice i feel like i am getting the hang of the one minute ones more and more. allot of fun
@shimada_clan
my first try at 1 minute poses , i feel like my proportions still need allot of work.
@kat713
6mo
Hi! Here's some of the gestures I did for the lesson. These are the better ones I drew in the batch.
Phil
6mo
Love the action and balance in these!
Patrick Bosworth
Excellent gestures!
Ian Gregory
Hello! This is my take on sketching gestures and figures based off the references from the video. My lines can get messy on my first try of sketching the gesture, so I reduce the opacity then sketch on top of it with a new layer (even if that would mean it’ll take longer to finish).
@srodriguez98
Could you upload a pdf of the full anatomy at 36:30? That would be helpful to have in my sketchbook
maciek szczech
240404. Another few lesson studies. WHS Sketchbook, plain paper A4 size 210x297mm, HB mechanical pencil.
@gabemartini
I'm so confused, it's not playing the video in the browser, and when I download the video it starts off saying it's the video for the third lesson? where's lesson 1 and 2? O:
John B
8mo
hey @gabemartini! All videos should be showing in browser now. I believe Josh had previously had a different order for his lessons on gumroad, but we've slightly adjusted the order here for this course since it includes additional content. Sorry for the confusion.
Kimberly Lee-Lewis Adams
Hi there, @gabemartini ! Sorry for the trouble! A few other students are reporting similar issues as well. We are working on the issue with Vimeo, the video player we use to embed issues on the website. Seems to have something to do with initialization. Some folks have been able to get around the issue by clearing their caches and reloading the video. Will keep you posted as we work out this issue with Vimeo. Appreciate your patience!
maciek szczech
A few lesson studies. 240401. WHS Sketchbook, plain paper A4 size 210x297mm, HB mechanical pencil.
Patrick Bosworth
Nice work! These look great!
@srodriguez98
For some reason I'm only seeing the thumbnail of the video (as a photo) and there's no play button for the video itself. Has anyone else had this issue? I've gotten the same error on mac, ipad & iphone.
John B
8mo
Final update: All videos have now been fixed and should be playable in browser! Please let me know if you run into any additional issues! Otherwise enjoy the course content and thanks again for being patient while we fixed this issue!
John B
8mo
Update: Our devs think they've found the issue and we're trying to solve it. If you are unable to load the video right now you can still download the lesson for offline viewing in the download tab. Thanks for being patient.
William Montalvo
I can’t get this to run either
Franklin Palma
another one?please
@hing
8mo
My internet is really bad, is there a chance this lesson also gets lower quality settings then 1080p, like the others? This lesson won't even start, the others work fine with lower resolution.
Kevin Riedel
How about if you download the video file. Its 272 MB, that's not so much. May take time with your connection but then you can watch it on vlc player without internet.
Lili Richter
Hello everybody! I'm an illustrator from Austria, working for years without profound anatomy-skills. I did a lot of life drawing years back during my studies, but never really learned the theory. So I thought it's about time to change this, and I'm happy the course started today. I liked the first lesson and wanted to share my first results with you. Usually, I draw on paper, but decided to do this in Photoshop to improve my digital skills, too. Lots of other things to improve - feedback is very welcome :-)
maciek szczech
I like the sketch of the dancing woman. Have not found references for your sketches in this course video or in downloads section. Looking forward to see how it will influence how you draw. Keep studying and drawing!
Kevin Riedel
Amazing! Toll! Muy bien! Greeting from the other side of the alps :)
Kelly Ramirez
Excited for this course. Could we get jpegs or pdfs of the images in the lessons?
Rose Bernatovich
Me too!
Hofan
8mo
yes that would be amazing
Edith V
8mo
Me too! I hope the images are added as well :/
@paulozzimo
I like that brush you are using...which one is it?
Brodie Swift
Josh is using the Soft Strokes brush, it's named softsketchbrush.abr in his brush pack.
Grzegorz Gajewski
tutorial number 3 ???
Alex Reillo
You'll need to go to the overview of the course then click "Downloads" - https://www.proko.com/course/the-anatomy-survival-guide/overview you'll find Josh's brushes there ready for download.
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Senior concept artist and figure drawing instructor. I graduated from BYU and have worked in the gaming industry as a concept artist for 15 years.
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