Forum posts by DammitSwerve

Hmm, in response to Dooger, I agree with you! I definitely LOVE to look on my past mistakes, as it becomes clear what I've improved over time and where. If I had nothing to compare my newest drawings to, I would honestly be in the dark about a lot of my own skills.

And no matter what--if you've been practicing consistently--over a period of time, you will see that your drawings have definitely gotten better. No one gets worse with practice. Why get upset about how your art USED to be? That's the OLD you. This is the new, swaggier you! The old you would be shriveling in misty-eyed AWE if they saw what future them can accomplish nowadays. And at the same time, it'll make you look at your current art and go, "Well hey, maybe I'm not too shabby after all!"

Yes! You try and get the overall form down on paper. I like to think of it as trying to capture the movement of the person using only a measly pencil and some paper! (I would actually reccomend using pen, seeing as that wouldn't let you second-guess yourself as you couldn't erase the ink.)

Just ehhh, try not to think of it as a stick figure. The singular lines of a stick figure have more to do with action/motion lines. Really, with gesture drawing you want to get as much of what you see in the pose (that includes fat and muscles and the overall mass and volume, and not just the action lines! ^^) down onto your paper as is comfortable. Gesture drawing can definitely vary from person to person and still be effective. Ah, I also find this video to be very helpful out of all the ones i've watched! Take from it whatever helps you and leave what doesn't, but I think it might help a bit. It helped me a lot!