My cool dance group of diverse body types! Once i'd knocked out the initial base form I found the skinny character (can not stop picturing him as Ebony Maw after Michael said it) easiest to draw. Adding bulk to the big character while keeping proportion was the hardest, as your still having to think of this not as the outline but the shapes under the outline. One thing about the poses. I understand them as a learning tool to try and bodies with crazy angles and foreshortening, but what about real day to day interaction? Are there any image sets that show someone opening a door, operating a machine or interacting with other bodies. Because we seem to draw a lot of advanced poses that show off the line the flexible dancer can pull off. I only ask because if you want to draw people to tell stories, there are a lot of mundane activities that put the body in a technically difficult to draw position, but are very useful for communicating what someone is doing in a scene.

I really like this new method, I can also see the improvement compared to a couple of months ago compared to the previous assignment, I am pretty happy with the results, and I want to keep getting better! Thank you!

I’m going to say I’m guilty of first gesturing it in, then adding the shape over it. I did all 28 poses again from the reference pack, and added 3 new poses. super fun!

Just finished the assignment, was very fun to do!

dont mind the form studies of the poses but i had some fun doing them

There was a bit of a learning curve here for me since I was getting used to the other method. I hope I’m on the right track with this.

Four normal poses and one with modified proportions (although I don't think I changed the shapes much). It was somewhat difficult to do all this, and I'm not sure how well they turned out, especially the last one

Here's my assignment. These were fun and less stressful on my head than my old way of starting a figure. However, I still need a lot more practice. I keep making the same mistakes over and over even when noting them down and deliberately trying to correct them while drawing. Like, I keep making the head too small, the legs too long, not overlapping shapes enough when there's foreshortening. it drives me mad a little bit, but I'll keep at it regardless.

I stopped doing the figure drawing course to take this one so I could really nail down my gestures before I continue. So I want to spend a LOT of time with these. Feedback is absolutely welcome. I really want to get better at this. I feel like I've made a lot of noticeable progress, but I still don't feel like I've quite "gotten it". I feel like I'm having a hard time conceptualizing what I'm drawing. I get that I'm trying to capture the gesture, or the action. But I feel like I start to get stuck. I'm trying to let go of the thought of drawing contour, but I feel like I still get lost quickly.

I think, when I was doing the difficult pose assignment. I was some how doing the shape method a bit as I tend to think in 3D and been looking at muscle shape a lot lately. Now with the shape method only I can see the benefit of both and trying to use the gesture curves to capture the rhythm while drawing the shape at the same time. Took me around 5-6 minutes per one. I'm guessing doing more would help.

It was pretty hard to change how you think about gesture after more liberal approach! I can say it's good enough, but something seems off and I'm not sure what exactly. Maybe flow/proportions? Would love to hear some critique, thank you!

I gravitated to just blobbing in the shapes rather than sketching then filling in. Either way i still find myself “adjusting” (eg erasing and redrawing) a lot. I suppose if I keep practicing for a couple more years I can hope to get closer to drawing it “right” the first time.

Used random photos I saw online since the deadline is over. Don't feel like I have a good handle of this gesture method yet. Still I got used to the 1st method So hopefully it will grow on me

Assignment submissions. This method was a bit tougher to wrap my head around, but I'm glad to have both methods to play around with. I think it helped with some of these poses compared to the first pass but stiffened others. The first method makes a lot more sense to me but I definitely see the value in using a more structure-based approach.

My first submission

Here are my shape method project drawings. I find it good practice, but I do feel kind of in limbo between gesture and form, I guess it's a stepping stone? I'm happier with some than with others, usually it comes down to whether there's a foreshortened part that I can't quite get to look right. I used about half-and-half reference from the previous lesson and other references (to keep it fresh & try new poses).

This was more fun to me as it felt more natural to how I draw. Will redo this assignment as I feel I still use more work on the connecting of parts and lines to each other that may be missing. Def a learning curve. Any feedback is appreciated.

an other quick study, really enjoying the shape method , but still struggling ...., great course

This is my attempt to compare both style

Are wrapping lines always necessary for gesture?