THIS Improves Your Gesture Drawing

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Drawing shapes is easy, but making them dynamic…that’s another story. In this lesson, I demonstrate my process for identifying the gesture of your subject and then designing dynamic and interesting shapes to support that gesture.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:11 - Demo 1
05:53 - Demo 2
12:13 - Demo 3
15:43 - Outro
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Artist | Instructor - Stan Prokopenko (www.stanprokopenko.com)
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Production Assistance - Hongju Lim, Stephen Clark (www.peppermintgentleman.com), Sean Ramsey
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[@ProkoTV]

If you enjoyed this demo, check out my previous lesson on How to Draw Interesting Shapes - kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3Wbo2OFnc6Mm5Isi=cHNiN9oTSNCt4nUU

[@tamseeltabasum1674]

Thanku so much sir.....💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

[@jeep3r]

Love your teachings!

[@Sara-pk8wv]

"Focus on the gesture not the outlines" one minute in and I know now why my poses are stiff. Your videos are really helpful and easily understood

[@JaysJinxed]

Fr

[@user-zc6rl1vt8r]

yeah that work.dor me.too

[@RezaKaviani11]

Free reference?! It's like the old days of the anatomy course again! man... I love proko

[@ProkoTV]

We do what we can!

[@noxzus3388]

I'm very mad at you Proko. I have gone from wanting to be a concept artist, to wanting to be a seal artist

[@ProkoTV]

Looking forward to all your seal concept art now lol

[@capnbarky2682]

Honestly one of the biggest parts of good gesture drawing feels like the mileage. I've been doing 100 days of timed gesture drawing practice, and on day 50 it's getting very easy to see where the shapes, alignments, and rhythms are.

[@LilChuunosuke]

I completely second this. I've been doing gesture drawing for 7 years now. Probably once a week on average, but I often go through spurts where I do them online 3-5 times per week. The human brain is naturally very good at finding patterns on its own. After a while, you start to notice shortcuts and start taking bigger, more confident risks to get the whole gesture down in timed sessions. I've learned quite a lot about flow, anatomy, and form just from gesture drawing.

[@user-gv1uz2xi2j]

Thank for advice❤

[@onlyfireg3119]

I'm a beginner trying to get into art, sorry but usually how long do you spend on gesture drawing? I'm not sure how long to spend for efficient practice

[@capnbarky2682]

@@onlyfireg3119 2 hour sessions consistently will really level you up. During the week I can only really do 30-45 minute sessions but that just keeps me sharp for 2 hr sessions on the weekends. Focus mostly on 1-2 minute poses.

[@huyphamquoc8923]

as a beginner who has just started drawing recently, gestures affect the result a lot, especially when you try to break an object into simple shapes and fail to organize them based on perspective and break the flow, the outcome is weird, although sometimes it's hard to think about what shape you should break the part into... so art is not just practice but also the long-term of studying about a lot of things....Btw, thanks for sharing

[@TheSantifive]

9:40 And without even trying Stan creates both a sense of depth (which he explains) and a core of shape design in making three distinguishable big, medium and small shapes (which he doesn't go into): Look into the 'triangles' formed by the 'creases'

[@Im_Banana_]

this video helped me with every problem i had with gesture for some reasons. details, for starters i always had a problem knowing what details to add or not to add, i add too much its a mess, if i add too little what i drew made no sense, but thanks to this video i now know to try and look for important details only. accuracy, I've always tried to stick to the image as exact as possible, but now i realized that with gesture you can slightly adjust the shape into something that looks more appealing and interesting. depth, i never knew how to create depth in a gesture drawing, turns out the answer is just creases. Thank you for making gesture fun for me stan. -banana

[@sleeper6548]

That sign at the end truly made me cry

[@Im_Banana_]

@@sleeper6548 I'm not an onion bro -banana

[@metaman1488]

Currently learning about gesture drawings and how to draw them. Perfect timing!

[@AdamV20]

I totally didn't expect that seals would improve my gesture drawing. I was mistaken.

[@littleripper312]

Drawing seals is a brilliant idea!

[@sabersight908]

cant help but feel Proko is truly the junction point for artist and these videos prove it more and more :D great lessons, im definitely getting the course when i have the time to go trough it xD

[@tanquebailarin5817]

El hombre la leyenda el mito Stan prokopiko

[@Pan_De_Seal]

This video is a god send. I love seals (it’s pretty obvious) and I’ve been meaning to learn and practice for my art- specifically gestures and such because I tend to be very rigid with it and it’s so time consuming whenever I draw bodies and poses @_@ I just want to say thank you so much for this video!! And for your existence!! You’re tremendously helpful to everyone here!!

[@StUCaboose]

Is your name a reference to both seals and filipino bread? Because that makes my filipino heart happy

[@varundate4081]

i wanna learn a lot from you.. please keep uploading videos like this!

[@kikolektrique1737]

WHAT PERFECT TIMING!!! I was practicing my gesture drawing right now after looking a mike mattesi force series

[@georgegakere8283]

Good Stuff Proko! Thank you for the brief gesture drawing video. It was helpful.

[@Azidust]

They are really fun to draw thank you for the advice

[@bibi-decaffinated5586]

A lot of love to you from the Beautiful Islands of Trinidad and Tobago 💞. Great content.

[@deathshadowsful]

This is soooo important and sooooo well made by stan I'm getting this course 100%

[@ProkoTV]

Can't wait to see you in there!

[@haystacker420]

Proko's the reason why my drawings don't look mediocre and flat as it used to be.

[@XenoJace]

This helped me out a lot for drawing better gestures. Really sealed the deal!

[@brulmn]

Now this is epic

[@tgash0163]

Exactly, this is how you sell classes. Have me signing up

[@8bitmike361]

Very much so

[@MauricioGarcia-yv2in]

You're easily impressed.

[@brulmn]

@@MauricioGarcia-yv2in Life in general is more fun that way

[@lauraz3124]

The seal theme is brilliant!!!

[@LoriWolfcat]

How has NO ONE made a full series of JUST seals? I feel like this can save people years on anatomy!

[@eru1156]

need more demo like this, where you apply gesture not on figure, but other things like animal, body part, etc

[@Lobstrique]

thank you, this is just what i needed right now!! and thank you for free reference!)

[@sydene54]

so interesting and instructive, thank you.

[@DigitalArtcast]

Another great video out the gate. Love the content @proko you defo should be a guest on the podcast

[@CaCriGuz]

Thanks Stan! Amazing lesson. :) Love it

[@shwetasharma9259]

This is sooo amazing...thank youu !!

[@I0amARES]

I'm grateful for this video

[@Schmidtcreations]

Extremly highly amazingly helpful!!!

[@alexmccaleb2152]

This information is going to be put to some serious use day ONE. This is a fundamental for SURE.

[@fk_amin6535]

This really helped thank you man

[@BigDomski]

15:34 woah I had he exact same thought during this process. I've noticed something that I wouldn't have before, is this what they call progress? 😂 thank you for sharing these videos for free 👊

[@ProkoTV]

YES!

[@Senpaicrusade]

Cant wait for the the free hand perspective! been going through erik Olson's course at new masters academy on technical perspective and its driving me up a wall lol. slowly digesting it, it like 120 hours, but the only in depth source i can find atm.

[@daih8538]

Thank you for the great ideas.

[@tabaldak5184]

Thank you very much everything you said makes total sense to me

[@lotussnake2418]

Isso vai me ajudar num futuro muito próximo😊

[@mufn935]

very helpful and entertaining to watch at the same time

[@damianzieba5133]

I guess I am pretty close to understand what gesture really is. I am that type of person, that loves math, phisics, measuring etc. but has no idea how to do something more advanced. Perspective, construction, anatomy, all of that seems to be easy for me, but gesture is like different type of art, I understand your words, but it never really made any sens for me. Now, I am understanding more and more, but still it's like magic. Thank you for giving me another chance to get a little bit closer to learn gesture!

[@sydene54]

This is great, thank you.

[@Flippygoinginsane]

I've begun to study gesture drawing since I've noticed my basic structures look flat. This video gave me a good direction to take and I look forward to practicing drawing more seals!

[@francescobagatella7087]

Crazy tutorial I learned so much!!

[@HeribertSew]

Hi Proko, your video inspiring me to make the right angle to make video too. I love your work, thank you!

[@ProkoTV]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@reecenaidu6020]

Wow. Coming off the Anatomy course to the present day Proko is kinda jarring. You look and feel so much sterner now, damn

[@pavelsokov]

Great explanation of your thought process!

[@MohammadGolmohammadi-vh4dn]

Thanks for teaching

[@TokaMathetsa-dh7jr]

This video is amazing!!!

[@creative_baka_6044]

I love your videos and my drawing got significantly good with your teachings thank you sir

[@ProkoTV]

Glad they help!

[@robertdufour2456]

Brilliant!!!!

[@MuhammadEjaz-me4gx]

This will also work good as warm up before figure drawing.

[@KINGSOFKANPUR]

Sir I am big fan of you . I love your videos and I have learnt so much from you❤❤

[@MisF1998]

I may do anime art style but your videos gave me a lot of art exp.

[@MrAnperm]

Very helpful

[@zeneto6841]

The Idea of the Seal was smart

[@stefanrapcianu5015]

thx dor the great tips! take some good rest and care of your self! i se tiredness in your eyes! you work a lot, but also don't forget to stop dor moment and enjoy life!

[@rynharokursa9268]

The video editing is very engaging, I hope the Proko premium course is similar!

[@ProkoTV]

The way this video is edited and paced is exactly what the Drawing Basics course is like! This is most of a lesson from that course. If you enjoy it, give the course a look: www.proko.com/basics

[@omkarkudvalkar6937]

Dear sir Your all Videos are very very valuable Respect from India

[@ProkoTV]

Thanks!

[@overtimechef784]

5:30 Auto aim kicked in when drawing the eye on the seal! That was smoooth.

[@bravezoom]

you have good tip in the video

[@slateportraichu5416]

I am so grateful you've chosen animals. For me, it is more comfortable, than humans=) Plus there is a lot of useful information, thank you so much=)

[@ruza6919]

After I wachet dis vid I so good now tanks soo much ❤❤❤

[@ruza6919]

I m so good

[@WaterPuppy]

Yayy for seals!

[@edmundobaca3498]

Amazing channel🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎭🎇🎇

[@Only_art_ok]

I love art

[@mousestachebleur7228]

Proko's stark digital 100% white background scares me.

[@Only_art_ok]

Nice

[@skyhavender]

I have a question for you guys. How long should i focus on seals before moving on to people? Or is this just a form of warmup?

[@teacupanimates]

as a (maybe) intermediate artist, idk if i should be watching this, ik gesture drawing but wanna get better, its not something i touched on much, well i did, but coming out of artblock ive lost a bit of skill, not much but i lost some character design knowledge and gesture drawing knowledge. im relearning the few things i lost skill in so i can get back on track.

[@johnmarday7872]

Hey, important questions, why do you use a caryon color pencil instead of graphite, is it because it gives more control in movement.

[@touankouanila]

cause it helps him stay in the sketching mood. kzbin.infoBh59wG6Of_c?si=BgoxQUvxXxjEGnsM

[@alexmccaleb2152]

Look at this Beard Situation. Stan be stylin 🙃😎

[@nahomshimales3556]

Interesting

[@drewarnold3170]

proko when my art is good enough I wanna be on your channel

[@ProkoTV]

Looking forward to it!

[@kmabfop]

Red and blue pencil

[@user-zr7vk4rq4h]

Where can I find the course he talked about at the beginning of the video?where exactly?

[@ProkoTV]

www.proko.com/drawing

[@cranberrycanvas]

i need a hundred more videos about this by tmo.

[@ProkoTV]

Working on it!

[@cranberrycanvas]

@@ProkoTV the seal was a great choice. Helps me a lot

[@aemafgoku]

Please please make a background foreground and midground please

[@ProkoTV]

This lesson's focused on the character but we'll definitely get there in these basics lessons where we have to incorporate those elements!

[@aemafgoku]

@@ProkoTV I can't believe my favourite teacher reply me thank you for your reply very appreciated sir

[@srob6168]

7:31 looks like his chest is going *POO!* Like *WOW!!* Moving to this direction *flies away*

[@fandeandreaarruti]

Seals. Cool.

[@Underthenightstarysky]

How too create style with gesture drawings

[@rdhawke7256]

What drawing pencil are you using?

[@ProkoTV]

Prismacolor Col Erase

[@thatguyray5517]

Jus out of curiosity what type of pencils is that? I don’t mean brand tho. I see artist use red and blue pencil from time to time and I’m jus wondering if it’s a different type of pencil or jus ur basic color pencil

[@ProkoTV]

It's a Prismacolor Col-Erase. These are great for using as a sketching pencil underneath an ink drawing or markers. These erase if you need that and aren't too waxy so whatever tool you use to draw it can still dry and adhere to the page. You don't need SUPER fancy colored pencils for it but being able to erase and draw over is important.

[@gabitamiravideos]

This has also intrigued me. Can anyone with knowledge pitch in? I can share what I have learned so far, but I am a complete newbie. Stan has stated that he feels more freedom to play when using color pencils. And I find this is also rue for myself: my brain lets go of a the need to super control every line, and erase so much. But I also saw blue and red used by other illustrators, somI wanted to know more. What I’ve read ii that the reason traditionally illustrators and edition correctors used certain blue pencils (“no copy blue”) was because the color doesn’t show up when photocopying. So for illustrators it was a way to make sketches before inking. On the other hand, the red was used for the opposite effect: it showed as very dark in photocopies, and I understand that was useful so they were easier to be a base for tracing. Being amateur, I don’t see the need to concern myself with photocopies in this day and age (if I ever need to print something in the future, it can be cleaned up digitally). But I decided to try using colored pencils to help my brain loosen up and let go my need to control/correct every line. Being broke, I have been using cheap crayola colored pencils of any darkish color for warming up , finding that they are easier to control than graphite pencils, so it gets me pass the first part of the expertise when my lines suck, though I later work with graphite, which I want to use. The one problem with the crayola colored pencils is that they wear out quickly, and the “lead” breaks a lot when sharpening, so that’s annoying. Being curious, though, I want to learn what brand do the professional artists use, though they probably are beyond my budget and need. I looked into checking pencils, the ones some teachers still use when reviewing students work. The blue Ticonderoga erasable ones were too hard and I had to press very hard on paper, leaving noticeable scratches when erasing later. The erasable crayola wood cased pencils show up even less. I tried red/blue (“Vermillion/ Prussian”) Mitsubishi marking pencils, and the feeling of control over lines is there, and they show up pretty well on paper. They also sharpen well enough. Those are my two cents. I wouldn’t be surprised or offended if a pro tells me I got everything wrong. 😅

[@thatguyray5517]

@@ProkoTV tyvm for the reply good sir, I really do appreciate it 🙏

[@ProkoTV]

I use Prismacolor Col-Erase @gabitamiravideos

[@armandobortoluso7302]

Quality? Quality.

[@EntwinedGraces]

This is a lot like the Force method by Michael Mattesi

[@royaebrahim2449]

❤

[@otto5378]

I wonder if these are La Jolla seals. They seem to have that SoCal "look at me" attitude.

[@XelloJello]

I have been told my drawings are a lot like looney tunes. When you said "focus on the gesture, not the outlines" I was like "the outline is the gesture lol".

[@kmabfop]

You use pencil what is it company??

[@madmaster3d]

can someone tell me what is different gesture & skatching? cuz i can see its same in this video only skatching maybe has extra shape

[@ProkoTV]

Gesture drawing focuses on capturing the essence, movement, and underlying structure of the subject. It's typically done in short sessions and with flowing lines to quickly convey the form and motion, regularly without the goal of making a "finished" piece. Sketching can give a bit more time and attention to details, depending on what the artist is trying to achieve. It's usually something artists do to as a basis for a more "finished" work. Here's one of our videos that explains it a bit more with some great examples: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bWWrg2hvrquNbbs

[@madmaster3d]

ty ty @@ProkoTV

[@1SeniorSmurf]

I am still having difficulty discerning between following contours and following gesture.

[@issacclarke5801]

Bro that thumbnail is wilding 😂😂😂

[@kanden27]

The 20 people that disliked this video draw the outlines. Not the gestures.

[@TheRealTurtleMaster]

what about the comicon videos?

[@Doootjeee]

oof I am slacking on the course, time to get back to it D:

[@roger2599]

im being told to draw seals? OH HELL YEAH I LOVE SEALS

[@navneetkumar3027]

You are amazing 🫡

[@ProkoTV]

Hey, thanks!

[@dragonwriterarts]

I am guilty of drawing outlines instead of gestures. Maybe I should take a break from quick gestures until I actually understand how to do them properly.

[@boruhakihakibrou8757]

2nd seal looks like a thumb :D