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News & announcements: Downtime

Thanks to all of you who sent concerned messages during the downtime of the last few days. I didn't take the gesture drawing tool down willingly. My host had some kind of server melt down and absolutely everything was lost. While this was annoying for the gesture drawing tool, it was a disaster for my business. I've spent the last several days moving to a new host, recovering what I can from backup,... Continue reading

News & announcements: New photos

7 new animal photos from Vladimir, including some very challenging and adorable groups of kittens. If there's too many, just pick one to focus on for the gesture. And 22 new animal photos of all varieties from Amanda, who had quite the eventful trip to the zoo this summer. Thank you both for your generosity in sharing your animal pictures!... Continue reading

News & announcements: Completely revamped! New features

The gesture tools have been completely revamped!! Check out these new features: CLASS MODE: A "class" will warm you up with quick gesture drawings, gradually ease you into longer poses, and even have built in break times during long classes. Skip past images you don't like Pause Background now goes completely black to reduce distractions And new images: 51 new images from Marcus J... Continue reading

News & announcements: New images from Hong Ly

Hong Ly has agreed to let us use some of his images! I picked a very small fraction of what he had available, and it still came to over a hundred fantastic images for you to study with. His work is excellent. Please visit his site and thank him for allowing us to use his images!... Continue reading

News & announcements: Updated look

Updated the look of the site to make it easier to get around, and added this home page so that updates could be published. I am actively looking for more images to include in the gesture drawing tools. If you are a photographer, or know of a photographer you could put me in contact with, who is willing to provide written permission to use their images in these tools, please contact me!... Continue reading