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Hello, Quentin, and welcome to Line of Action. I'm Polyvios Animations, and how are you this afternoon. You know, great job on your control and articulation of contours and gestures (forces) of the figure drawings above. But, I'm still not getting enough of the sheer intensity of the looser lines of action and rhythm yet. Would you like to kindly just be on board with your very first 30-minute class mode of figures?

The reason why that if you take this 30-minute class, then your lines of action and rhythm can and will become more dynamic, gutsier, and more spontaneous in terms of how greatly you communicate the inner feelings and moods of the characters. So, for more information, please pick up a copy of the Walt Stanchfield (Modern Disney) in PDF form here.

Good luck to you and your process and your march of progress.

I think these are great but something I love doing to add more characteristic to my figure drawings and make them less 'stiff'? is to add lines that aren't actually there. It's a bit difficult to explain, sometimes i will add lines because they fit in with the dynamic of the pose despite not actually being on the drawing, and sometimes it's about adding an extra depth to the drawing.

I love how confident your lines are, and how subtle your line of action is, but it does wonders for the flow of the anatomy. The poses feel like they are grounded in some places (the rear on the middle 10 min, and the arm bracing the 15 minute), but in others, they seem to float in space (the legs/feet of the middle 10 minute, the bottom half of the 15 minute). I think part of this is because those parts are just slightly off in angle and don't appear to be affected by the surface. By that I mean, in the middle 10 minute, you can tell she's on the ground because of the way her rear flattens against it. However, the feet don't reflect this. Otherwise, a great start! I am so curious about what your more recent work looks like!