Those look amazing for a first timer! Great job Jovjo. I was taught a gesture is meant to illustrate movement and weight. Your'e gestures are definitely well on their way to doing just that. A good technique to practice gesture is to look at the pose and find the "line of action" (no pun intended). Start with one big line to capture the main movement and weight, then work from that. A fun question to play with is: If you could only use 2 lines to capture the pose what would it look like? They would probably be long and flowing, right? Expierement with that while you're warming up with 30 second poses. You will only have time for 4 or 5 lines, gotta make em count. With 60 seconds you have time for way more lines, so you will have time to breakdown each limb's line of action, but remember to work from large to small. Big lines first, get that main movement down, then secondary and tertiary.
