/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

Reposting because I accidentally posted it in the old one.

>>2132749
I was just about to ask this and it ends up being the second post. Neat. It's 5 days old and still hasn't been answered. Not so neat.

So, my gesture drawings don't look nearly as good as this fellow's, although granted I did just pick up the Vilppu Drawing Manual yesterday so I hope I'll get the hang of it with enough patience and practice. What I fail to understand though, is how to draw them "without contours" as they say, however looking at these drawings the contours seem very apparent to me. So I'm unsure what to pay attention to. My failed gestures generally fall into two groups; twisty stick figures that often don't well capture the action of the image, or drawings with attention to the contours making them really formless.

>>2132749
I was just about to ask this and it ends up being the second post. Neat. It's 5 days old and still hasn't been answered. Not so neat.

So, my gesture drawings don't look nearly as good as this fellow's, although granted I did just pick up the Vilppu Drawing Manual yesterday so I hope I'll get the hang of it with enough patience and practice. What I fail to understand though, is how to draw them "without contours" as they say, however looking at these drawings the contours seem very apparent to me. So I'm unsure what to pay attention to. My failed gestures generally fall into two groups; twisty stick figures that often don't well capture the action of the image, or drawings with attention to the contours making them really formless.