Hey c_moon, first off, congrats on your first illustration, that a big achievement. I think the pose is good, but has some issues with proportion. I always do a structural drawing first to work out my proportions and perspective. That way I don't do a lot of work on my drawing if the proportions are wrong. Your instincts are good by having her in front of the cave opening. It's called a framing device, and is used to help guide the viewer to the main subject. I think though if your going to use it, you should make the opening larger so that she is framed by it better. I also think your use of a limited palette of colors is also good, especially for your first illustration. It gives the piece a cohesion. The only thing that I would do with the color is have the outside of the cave be a cool color for a nice contrast. over all, you did a nice job. I hope my sketch is helpful :)

I think for the drawing in the middle, the pose is a bit off-balance as the center of mass isn't above the straightened leg. Also, the head is a bit big. Overall, I think you got the gesture down pretty well but it would be better if you really showed which parts are being stretched and which are compressed by using more decisive curves, for example, the left side of the third drawing could've just been drawn with one c curve. Another example is on the right side of the hips on the first drawing, you drew an awkward bump that goes against the gesture. Also for gesture studies, don't focus on the details and shading and try to do them as quickly as possible. Don't rush learning anatomy yet and make sure you can draw accurate proportions first. I hope this helped!

Hello @c_moon,honestly most of these heads looks pretty good,you said you had struggle for no4,7,9 but I only see problem with the perspective on no 4 and 9.On 4 specifically I think you're underuestamiting how much skull is shaped like an oval from atop and as for no 9 I think you should made the hole of the nose a bit more squashed since we're looking from below (also here's some overpainting if that helps) On the topic of wanting to draw stylized anime head,I recommend (if you haven't seen it) watching this video by Ethan Becker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YVwCDv5_ahg) where he recommend to simplify the face and learning to draw expression on the face and learning how other anime-esque artist you like simplifying the face (he also has some good tip about drawing faces too) BUt anyway,good job,really love how you're posting consistently!(This is how you get good quick)Keep going,you're doing great!

Hi, i highly recomend a book tittled "Constructive Anatomy" by George B. Bridgman, the explanations are a little bit tough to understand but the examples in this book really helped me to understand anatomy in a more dynamic way, for your drawings, I personally think it's better if you start your skeleton with 2 boxes and a line that represents the spine and simple lines to indicate the arms and legs, after it you can draw over these boxes and start making the shapes of the body.

Hello @c_moon nice to see you again,these are pretty good!I think the biggest problem I see,is what Dorian Iten call dirty light,where you make the half tone too dark.and also the little reflective light on the bottom is a bit too bright.(here's an overpainting if that helps) But anyway,not much problem other than that,please continue and post your progress here :D

Hey c_moon, your drawings have pretty good gesture to them, so try to keep that going forward. I took a couple of your drawings and did a sketch over them to show you what you should be thinking of while doing these. One of the most important things is to make sure the torso and pelvis relate to each other properly. The distance between them, how they tilt in relation to each other and so forth. Also, all your figures are too short, so think about proportion as well. I hope this helps :)

Oh hey it's you Hey,you fix the leg!Your proportion is definetly more consistent now.You captured most of the gesture pretty well and you made the "boxes" facing the right way.Though I think some of these could be improve a little,particulary the bottom on no 3,the right leg I feel could be twisted a little bit more and I think you could improve the pose if your turn the head to the right ( here's an overpainting if that helps) But other than that not much else (atleast from my observation)Anyway,pretty good.Please keep going,you're doing great :D

Hello C_moon,welcome to the community,I hope you have a great time here!Yes I think you should move on to the robo bean,partly because I think you're getting the hang of gesture and weight and should probably get used to structure and proportion. I don't have much to say to the drawings except that it feels like in some of these I think you made the leg too short.Like for example on the first page the two drawings on the right and the one in the middle seemed to have it's leg scrunch up.I also see some of this in the third page on the two on the right and the middle.I suggest keeping an eye on this the next time you do a figure drawing and try to correct it .(Here are some overpainting if that helps) But other than that you're doing good,Please keep improving! (Also nice yukari profile pic)