Did you trace over the photos? not seeing the landmarks in the "system" being described. I enjoy some of the choices you made, these are very fun to look at!

try drawing a roman pillar i guess. simplify to a cylinder where you can see the arch contour line when it is above the horizon line, a straight line at the horizon, and a smile below the horizon. then, apply it like you did here but its an arch when above or moving away and a smile when below or moving toward (foreshortening 101 i guess)

hi! question for you or anyone on the premium course.... where are you getting the photo as reference? i can't seem to remember where those spine photos would be located.... maybe im blind lol

Look underneath what you see to guide the gesture. Consider the skeleton, the muscles, the fat. But under and guiding those visiblr things is the energy of the gesture. Advice would be use the same image and draw it four times across the page. Each one will have its own unique good part, and you can take those pieces into a fifth drawing and i think you'll be pleased with #5. You seem to only need repetition; ice been where you are. Keep going!

these look good! something i have found helps my own attempt at 3D-ing from a photo is to let the picture be how it is, and letting my drawing be different. kind of like your giraffe, it is more upright than the reference; lean into that more and your drawing may have more.... energy/motion/personality! That is a cute frog though!

this is cool! to further exaggerate, try to make it subtle where the weight is in the figure. the closer figure looks to be on the balls, but if the left leg were to be in opposition it might make the effect stronger. the figure on the right is too static, personally i'd like to see a more S shaped gesture curve from the neck to leg. maybe on this one too straighten a leg out emphasizing the weight on the bent leg? check out the manuscript from Capo Ferro, this is an example from the two weapon approach. Overall your image looks like the calm before the storm, lots of built up energy! I'd like to see the "after" and which fighter gets the upper hand! keep drawing, this is cool (:

Something i learned that may help (especially with later lessons): try to accurately depict the center line, with more on one side than the other unless it is straight on. This goes for the head and the torso: usually its an egg shape (or circle) and with one accurate angle marking the center line, your proportion will soar to new heights! If that line happens to be a gestural line, it will tie the whole sketch together. Hope that helps (:

if i may, the process of learning any skill: feel good about it, learn something new. try it out, it feels awful, keep trying it, it feels better with time. then learn something new.... rinse repeat (:

super cool! i got this course in November (approaching 7 months?) and with daily practice have noticed a huge improvement. just keep doing more and more attempts, and your brain will see more and one line will hold so much info! As Stan said for drawing the face: draw 100 faces in all different angles! Tip for you: keep progressing through the course, even if you dont fully understand the bean, or the mannequin, etc. then come back to the beginning! i'm relearning about gesture again having been all the way to the end of the course once (: best of luck!

love these! only one i want to highlight is number 6, just because i love that angle of the Lat; your's is good gesturally. if you had 5-10 more seconds, i would add a nice S curve from the arm to the waist so we can see a hair more structure. Number 5 is kind of hard: small tip. the chin seems to be below the shoulders, i think that is what you struggled with! it will add more weight to the neck like in 8, which i also really enjoy! keep going