Illustrating Fluid Gestures
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Do your characters pose like robots? Turn them human by learning gesture drawing!
Here's a quick definition so we're all clear: A gesture refers to the movement of the human body. A gesture drawing is a quick, simple sketch that captures the motion of a person.
Whether you're drawing an illustration, a comic, storyboard or painting, how good the end result looks heavily relies on how well the original gesture looks in your draft. To give a character life, you have to show them doing a variety of motions from all sides and angles.
Throughout the lessons, we'll learn what principles we need to draw fluid gestures, and practice sketching them using a timer.
More specifically, you’ll learn how to:
All you'll need to take this class is a pencil and paper, or any digital drawing program you prefer. We will also cover how to use different references like videos, movie stills and illustrations by other artists to learn from!
This class is for anyone who wants to develop or refresh their gesture drawing skills, especially for those who want to push their art to look more expressive and fluid.
By the end of it, you'll understand how to draw fluid gestures and be able to express the motion and personality of the characters you draw. Most importantly, you'll be able to create beautiful art with your newfound gesture drawing skills!
Project & Resources:
Let's draw some gestures!
Create gesture drawings according to the instructions given at the end every lesson.
Assignments from Lesson 1 to 2:
Assignments from Lessons 3 to 8:
If you have trouble finishing your gesture drawings in time, remember that you can redraw the reference as many times as you like!
The motto of this class is "Practice makes Progress", which means that the point of drawing gestures is to try, and improve with time. There is no shame in making mistakes, as each bad drawing is one sketch closer to creating a good one. The important part is to analyse and understand how to improve in the future.
Resources
Sketchdaily Timed references
Movie Stills - Film Grab
Movie Stills - Screen musings
Movie stills - Cinema Shots
References for Lesson 7 are attached on the right, under Resources.
More useful resources for general practice:
Quick Poses
Line of Action
Bodies in motion
Here's a quick definition so we're all clear: A gesture refers to the movement of the human body. A gesture drawing is a quick, simple sketch that captures the motion of a person.
Whether you're drawing an illustration, a comic, storyboard or painting, how good the end result looks heavily relies on how well the original gesture looks in your draft. To give a character life, you have to show them doing a variety of motions from all sides and angles.
Throughout the lessons, we'll learn what principles we need to draw fluid gestures, and practice sketching them using a timer.
More specifically, you’ll learn how to:
- Identify the main movement in a reference
- Simplify each gesture to its 3 key elements
- Create visual contrast in a gesture
- Draw quickly using a timer
- Pick and draw keyframes from video references
- Analyse and draw body language
- Simplify and exaggerate your gestures
All you'll need to take this class is a pencil and paper, or any digital drawing program you prefer. We will also cover how to use different references like videos, movie stills and illustrations by other artists to learn from!
This class is for anyone who wants to develop or refresh their gesture drawing skills, especially for those who want to push their art to look more expressive and fluid.
By the end of it, you'll understand how to draw fluid gestures and be able to express the motion and personality of the characters you draw. Most importantly, you'll be able to create beautiful art with your newfound gesture drawing skills!
Project & Resources:
Let's draw some gestures!
Create gesture drawings according to the instructions given at the end every lesson.
Assignments from Lesson 1 to 2:
- Draw gestures following the timed references shown in each practice session
Assignments from Lessons 3 to 8:
- Find and draw 4 - 6 keyframes from a video reference featuring a simple action (1 minute per reference)
- Find and draw 4 - 8 keyframes from your chosen video reference featuring a complicated action (2 minutes per reference)
- Find and draw a movie still featuring a single person (1 minute per reference)
- Find and draw a movie still featuring two people (3 minutes per reference)
- Simplify and exaggerate 5 references attached under Resources (2 minutes per reference, or 1 minute for beginner references)
- Redraw 5 illustrated references by artists you admire (2 minutes per reference)
If you have trouble finishing your gesture drawings in time, remember that you can redraw the reference as many times as you like!
The motto of this class is "Practice makes Progress", which means that the point of drawing gestures is to try, and improve with time. There is no shame in making mistakes, as each bad drawing is one sketch closer to creating a good one. The important part is to analyse and understand how to improve in the future.
Resources
Sketchdaily Timed references
Movie Stills - Film Grab
Movie Stills - Screen musings
Movie stills - Cinema Shots
References for Lesson 7 are attached on the right, under Resources.
More useful resources for general practice:
Quick Poses
Line of Action
Bodies in motion