Forum posts by Janeel

I have been doing gesture drawing[mostly 30 secs] by following books for almost a year now .And I got a sense of improvements for myself. So thanks for sharing. Now since these are 1 min drawings I would say to push it further try drawing the features more prominent for example ,clavicle,deltoid ,ankles,elbows(if visible), also the jaw line(to enhance the facing direction)and box type head instead of an oval. And it seems that you might have tried this but draw different scales of figures in same page tomake it more fun. Hope it helps and thanks again for showing what can be achieved.

Thankyou Sir for sharing your experience.

Hello,

I would recommend you to try this book : https://www.amazon.com/Force-Dynamic-Life-Drawing-Animators/dp/0240808452

or here http://miaoqizhu.com/resources/Force_Dynamic_Life_Drawing_for_Animators.pdf

This book can be a bit brutal and harsh but is honest to the core.
I have gained a lot from this one.

Hi Stu,

So, I should first focus on the flow of the gesture, the line of action as an aid to describe the sketches more loudly. I couldn't have guessed that myself as maybe because I am bit nervous around the head and thus I am more determined to get the head direction correctly. Hence, I took the box approach for drawing the heads instead of an egg. Due to this obsession I stopped drawing the line of action at all in order to save extra the milliseconds. Now on wards I'll include the pose' line of action (or the flow). Hope I am telling exactly what you want me to improve.

Thanks a lot for pointing this out.

Now, I want to ask one more thing(may be off this topic as this is first time and place I found recently to speak with )
I am trying to move on from drawing 30 sec to 45,60( so far)...and so on. The problem I am feeling is that I am unaware of the quality level(or standard) one should try to achieve with each succession of the increased time limit. So, If you can show what the maximum or the minimum one should aim for in 45,60..5min, etc. I can focus and push myself further.

Regards,
Janeel

I have achieved this quality after 3 months of practice. All constructive critiques are welcome.
Thanks for your time
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