Increase your ability to draw any pose
Quickposes is a tool for art students, illustrators or anyone who wants to focus on improving their drawing skills. By practicing gesture drawing you will not only get better at recognizing certain aspects of poses, but you will also build a visual library of characters and models.
About
I realized while practicing gesture drawing that usually the model got stuck in my head.
So I figured, drawing poses using photos of interesting models and characters will be much more stimulating
With that in mind I put together a library of images of cool models and poses for people to practice gesture drawing.
~ Verx
  Chiaroscuro |  Femme Fatales |  Hanging around |  Lying Distortion |  Pin-up Pervasion |
 Please Be Seated |  Warriors |
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Challenge accepted!
Procedure
Grab something to draw! Select your desired challenge and interval.
Try to draw the essence of the pose within the time limit. The image will change after the time limit has passed. Each challenge is 20 poses.
Do a challenge each day and you will surely improve a lot !
For random gesture drawing use Gesture drawing
For non time limit mode use Random poses
Examples
I believe Ryan Woodward is one the best artists when it comes to figurative gesture drawing.
Tips
- First focus on the mass and flow. Get the essence of the pose first, and work on details later.
- Don't be discouraged if your results are not good. You will get better each session but it takes time and patience.
- Analyse your mistakes and learn from them. If you do this you will improve much faster.
- Pick your best drawing from the previous session and aim to beat that during this session.
- Challenge yourself and choose a shorter time limit every couple of weeks.
- Try to complete your drawing in time.
- If you can't complete your drawing in time maybe you should change the time limit.
- Don't think while sketching.
- If your drawings are out of proportion try drawing the hips and backbone first.
- Try different drawing materials like markers, ballpoints and charcoals after you get used to pencils.
- Don't forget to have fun.
