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    https://ibb.co/nqmGsxJ9
    https://ibb.co/b5pnPLVX
    Thsese are 1 minute.
    Im struggling to improve. A lot of the time i feel pretty panicked as time progresses through my exercises.
    I may be looking at the reference too much. I know i place the head wrong. 
    I'm wondering if i need to try studying proportions again? 
    My study regimen is to look at reference, do lines to warm up, then i jump into one minute gestures. 
    I watch tons of videos on it and have many books, but i feel stuck.
    • Lexin edited this post on February 27, 2025 12:23pm.
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    #37668
    The gestures look really good here. Nice flow to the figures, plenty of action and expression.

    I don't think head placement is a problem, more size. The head is consistently small in relation to the rest of the body. You can of course do this for effect, but if you're feeling nervous about what the head is doing, I'd suggest doing the good old 7-head measurement both horizontally and vertically and work with that a little while. You're really not far off at all here. Beyond that, you're well on your way to larger poses and longer timeframes, so take on the occasional 30 minute study and just dive into the detail once you get the basic lines down like you have.

    Best of luck!
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    #37670
    Thank you so much!! 
    I didn't even think of the head size. I will be mindful of that going forwards. I decided to do 60 gestures a day, but i think doing some longer studies is what i need too
    #37671
    Your poses are really good. I think you could add some more life and energy to the poses by exaggerating the poses. For example, tilt the shoulders and hips more. The proportions are quite good but really exaggerating could bring lots of energy to your poses.
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    #37716
    Sounds like a classic case of being too hard on yourself/underconfidence. 
    In all seriousness these are really good and you’re also only doing them in one minute which isn’t a ton of time to draw a whole human body. There’s a couple methods you can try if you haven’t already which might help like drawing a stick figure or even drawing the body as the shape it kind of makes like a triangle (if the body looks like one) or square or more complicated shape and drawing the body within that shape. It mostly helps me by giving me extra reference points to help compare body proportions but I don’t always use that method. 
    For working on confidence though, you gotta trust in yourself and in your body to just do what it has to to get the job done. Pretend you have the confidence you need to do this. Pretend you have the confidence to draw like an old master and allow yourself the chance to feel good about it. Art shouldn’t feel overbearing and make you feel panicky. Find ways to have fun with it! Explore techniques that make you feel better and make it feel fun! Also do longer form studies too, that will help to show how much you can do! 1 minute is good for basic construction but sometimes you need extra time to properly place things which you would need extra time for. You’re doing awesome! Keep at it!!
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