>>7776862
personally, i think youre doing pretty good. a good mindset to have with gesture is to try not to be perfectionist about it, but even tho youre studying the energy of the pose more than the anatomy, do try to keep proportions in mind. the one of the bottom right has decent motion, but its kinda ruined by the flawed proportions and innacurate way in which the torso bends.

i will say i have very similar issues when drawing gesture

>>7776973
I always mess up proportions. I was wondering if i should get hampton's course on gesture

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Im no pro, but I think you're doing fine. IMO Gesture is just loose notation that helps you capture your idea of how the pose functions to hold the body up in a particular pose. So the problem isnt really about improving the gesture by understanding the energy, its about how gesture is used to inform your actual drawing of the figure.

Try to develop your understanding of proportion, form and anatomy alongside your gestures. Your proportions here are pretty good, though i'm unsure if it's just coming from observation or being supported by knowledge too (relative head size for instance).

It helps to see poses in real life, or better yet, to do them yourself, if you really want to capture the "energy" in a pose with more detail. You could also use a doll or sculpt some clay on a wire armature (the armature being the gesture). You then understand what it takes to hold the pose up and where on the body the strain is felt to hold it. Your gestures will be more informed then and you'll feel that energy more.

Energetic gesture often requires exaggeration, and its difficult to do that well if you don't have some sense of how the body holds itself up against gravity and how the anatomy can be pushed to its limit.

Carry on though, doing good

>>7777285
a real teacher wouldve charged op 100$ for a critique this good. and they say this board is bad...

vilppu is way better at teaching gesture than hampton

that is if ur a beginner