06-09-2016, 04:14 AM
Hey man! Great to see you getting into gesture, its my favourite part of drawing, and probably the area I'm strongest in (although that's not saying much XD) so hit me up anytime you want crits on them. Since its your first set I won't say too much, but you got a good sense of the spine arching on the first page bottom middle and the guy with his knees drawn up next to him feels pretty solid.
There's tons of ways to approach gesture and its good to try them all to see which suits you best, so when I talk about technique its only the way 'I' do it, and not the best or only way. Also, it depends as well on how much you want to get into the human figure and anatomy since the strength of gesture often relies on little anatomy shorthand and simplification. What I'd suggest though, to help train your eye, is to do a set of 30 second gestures where you draw just the line of action, one line, that follows the most important part of the pose (in your opinion). It could follow the spine fro top of head then down to a foot but it could also go from one hand to the other, depends on the pose and what you want to make the main idea of it. After those 30 sec poses (spend up to 10 min or so) do a set of two minute ones putting down the line of action then adding masses to it (spherical or boxy shapes for head ribcage torso and cylinders for arms and legs). That's the way I approach mine anyway. I made some notes on some basic gesture stuff in my sketchbook a little while ago http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-4...ge-29.html post #576
I found if I set aside that 20 mins or so per day and did them consistently they got better without me really realising it. Good luck!
There's tons of ways to approach gesture and its good to try them all to see which suits you best, so when I talk about technique its only the way 'I' do it, and not the best or only way. Also, it depends as well on how much you want to get into the human figure and anatomy since the strength of gesture often relies on little anatomy shorthand and simplification. What I'd suggest though, to help train your eye, is to do a set of 30 second gestures where you draw just the line of action, one line, that follows the most important part of the pose (in your opinion). It could follow the spine fro top of head then down to a foot but it could also go from one hand to the other, depends on the pose and what you want to make the main idea of it. After those 30 sec poses (spend up to 10 min or so) do a set of two minute ones putting down the line of action then adding masses to it (spherical or boxy shapes for head ribcage torso and cylinders for arms and legs). That's the way I approach mine anyway. I made some notes on some basic gesture stuff in my sketchbook a little while ago http://crimsondaggers.com/forum/thread-4...ge-29.html post #576
I found if I set aside that 20 mins or so per day and did them consistently they got better without me really realising it. Good luck!