Sketch Diary: Curvy gestures

Cramming as many gestures as possible onto a single page is so satisfying. Then plucking one pose that felt like it had some potential and expanding on it in a longer drawing, I can't recommend the process enough. You get all nice and warmed up doing the 10-15 mins of poses and then spend like 30-45 mins enjoying your fav pose from the set.

Watch me draw this amalgamation here:
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with love - M

Sketch Diary: Hand gestures for the win

Ah we meet again. My nemesis. Let's be real, I have lots of nemesisis...isis. But hands are just tough for most folks I think. So many little muscles and bones and getting the right planes set up from the beginning... but I'm actually quite pleased with these. They show my struggle and perseverance lol.

You too can revel in my drawing adventures-

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with love- M

Sketch Diary: Gestures for days

Another quick gesture study using Quickpose.com. I was still really stiff here. Some of the more recent practices, I've had better luck with using those smooth S, C and straight lines to get more of the feeling of the pose, rather than moving into contouring too quickly. Each practice has been an education in some way.

with love - M