/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

what is it called when you draw curves across the surface of a figure in order to feel out its 3d form? I thought they were called contour lines but evidently that refers to something else

My friend critique some of my sketches and commented how I should create cleaner lines.
Am I creating bad habits by drawing sketchy lines in my figure drawings? I find it easier and more natural to let my pencil just flow

QUESTION

REGARDING FIGURE DRAWING

> doing sessions both irl and on pixelovely
> starts with 30 secs, getting longer till the poses are at like 20 minutes

i'm always confused at what point i should do gesture drawings vs more "proper" construction leading to a very accurate but less dynamic sketch.

are those just two different approaches with different uses? should every pose, no matter how long, start with a gesture drawing?

it's kinda awkward because i start with those short intervals where i do gesture, then longer ones where i start with a gesture, then realise it's a longer pose and i sorta start to construct stuff over the dynamic, but anatomically somewhat inaccurate gesture.

thanks in advance, artfriends

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