This was a really helpful tutorial.

The thing is how you can know till where you can move it to it to feel natural, does it has a circle to monitor movements? Like you can move in that space but if you go out that circle it becomes bad.

That was a blast to watch. I am know it is expected for me to struggle with shapes and rhythm since I just picked up a pencil but it is still somewhat demoralizing seeing a master put lines like that while struggling to produce something similar to it. This course has giving me a new found appreciation for the quick gesture drawings. Before, it look like something "easy" since it was so quick and it was all basic shapes. But the more I practiced and study - the more I realize those drawings are the product of years and years of experience. So - if you're like me and still struggling with confidence, just keep at it. At least that's what I keep telling myself :)

Decided to try out this technique. This was very hard for me to do, because I was struggling with the proportions. For some reason I find it mapping it out or laying it out easier than using shapes....but I tried my best.

Here are my contributions... I liked copying Aaron Blaiser, very instructive... I hope you like them.

notes from basic shapes study any critiques welcomed thanks

Thank you for this excellent breakdown! I did these sketches super quickly just to try out Aaron's method, didn't measure any angles or proportions, just followed the rhythm from the head to the hips like in the demos, and they turned out great! So simple and effective.

I love Aaron Blaise. His courses on his site are excellent. Traditional and Digital classes. Doing a watercolour with him. Super fun. And this was super helpful. Why simple shapes are important.

Wow, this is really helpful and relaxing! :)

Thanks for the bonus demo by Aaron Blaise it is magical to watch the basic shapes coming together. Brother bear looks an amazing animation. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328880/

This was really cool. Really does put the exercise into perspective.

Genuinely enjoyed that; it really reinforces and emphasises the power of breaking down complex subjects into simple shapes.

where is the assignment

This is so cool

2D profiles are easy but the hard part is visualizing what happens to those 2D shapes in 3D. Can you show us that?

I loved that animated movie. Great simple video.

Aaron Blaise is awesome and I’ve watched his lesson multiple times.