/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>after 3+ years I still don't have a process for drawing figures
>even though that's what I've been working on the most
>I've filled entire sketchbooks with gestures, anatomy studies, and master studies
>I'm progressing but every time I make headway in one area, I realize there's something else
>recently I discovered posing (drawing little stick figures that capture the angles and proportions)
>many artists seem to integrate it into their gestures, but others use it independent of that
>it's a simple tool but my figures instantly look a lot better
>it also allows me to create poses from my imagination, which was another thing I didn't understand
>but now I have this sick feeling in my gut: "what if there's some other step I'm missing?"
>it's painful to think I've been drawing for thousands of hours and the mistake is something so simple