120 sec gestures. Still difficult, trying not to get frustrated. Tried sketching the gestures based on the "Get to Grips with Gestures," article found in issue 102 of Imagine FX Magazine. I suppose that would constitute progress in itself--the application of new, learned material.

Out of touch, but still sketching here and there over the past week. Here are the newest sets of figure drawings. 60 seconds, newest to oldest, top to bottom.

More gestures. 60 seconds on the top half and 2 minutes on the bottom half. Took a while to warm up tonight, and I didn't really get into a groove until the last 10 gestures. Hard to say if there was any noticeable progress, but at least it's practice.

Spent maybe 30 or 40 minutes on this. Built from a gesture, as with the 60 second and 2 minute drawings. Did this one mainly for fun. Reference used.

60 second gestures on top 2 min gestures on bottom. More practice is needed, but I'm feeling more confident as I go. When attempting to accurately render the entire skeletal structure of the gesture with just a handful of lines, it is important to note that the bones/lines adhere correctly to the anatomical structure of the body, which is to say, that the lines don't necessarily occupy the center of mass 100% of the time. For example, when viewing the body from a frontal, orthographic view, the spine would in fact occupy the center of mass; however, when viewing the body from a lateral point of view, the spine would NOT occupy the center of mass. Often enough, I have noticed that although a 60 second gesture initially seems sound, problems begin to manifest once I move on to rendering out the actual bodily forms, and I know that part of this is due to the aforementioned mistake(s) in my gesture drawing. More patience, practice, & focus are definitely in order.

2 min gestures. More practice is obviously in order, but I started to feel more comfortable and more proficient towards the end. Drawings at the top were the first and drawings towards the bottom were the last. The vast majority were rendered in the same manner as the 60 sec gestures, with the forms filled in after.

More 60 second gestures. Noticeable progress between last night and tonight, which I'm measuring based on pose legibility and consistency.

Legibility -- After approaching the gesture in several different ways, I've found it best (for the time being) to draw a single line through any given body mass (eg. forearm, thigh, foot, head, etc), and with this line, do my best to encapsulate the position, proportion, & even motion of said body mass. Always, I found it easier to work top down, rather than bottom up...even on an inverted pose. Also note, that line breaks at the joints and/or whenever there's a change in the position/rotation of the body mass help with legibility as well

Consistency -- In the past, my ability to successfully generate a readable gesture in any given time frame was sporadic. The past 2 or 3 dozen gestures however, were very consistent both in terms of quality and quantity. I was able to not only produce the same quality of gesture throughout, but also able to produce a couple of lines, which would further detail the form of the body.

I'm now eager to see what I can produce in 2 minutes...will I be able to rough out the entire form of the body? Using the same method, if the 60 second gestures are the skeletal foundation (so to speak), then this would mean I'd have the same amount of time to render out double the amount of lines. For example, viewing the lateral side of the human body, the humerus (gesture) would be a single line and the bicep and the triceps (form) would each be a line of their own. As a side note, learning more anatomical terminology can't hurt