Some artists tend to start off with the head while others start off with a center line or the spine of the body instead. Are there actually no rules when it comes to gesture, so you just do what feels good for you or is there a structure to it that needs to be memorized just like in perspective with the vanishing points, 1 point, 2 point, 3 point perspective and etc?
>>7991112I’d say just do what’s most appropriate for the specific idea you’re trying to communicate. Some methods will work and others won’t.
>>7991112No rules, no reference, but there's reason:First, because gesture is useless unless you want to draw comic/manga or splash artSecond, most of the time when it comes to drawing character/subject, you draw them in a certain fixed position or simply portrait, not mid-movement like gesture. Third, the reason why theres no specific rules for gesture its because they are highly idealized and specific. Noone draw gesture+perspective from imagination, they use reference, all of them. If they cant find the reference that comes to their mind they asked someone to pose for them before drawing their art from that pose. You cant put a general rule in here
the spine is a good start
>>7991112It always depends on what exactly you’re drawing. Vilppu had an example in one of his videos where he started with spheres and boxes instead of gesture lines because it was a really contorted pose and that’s just what it called for
