I like the dynamism in your poses. You are doing well. Keep it up!

todays practice

had a long day at work today so tried to do use the cylinder shape for a couple objects to make it more entertaining. I'm not exactly sure when i should move on from the cylinders and skeleton portion to the proportions part of the daily practice. Especially since its hard for me to tell progress i make on something like cylinders. if anyone more progressed or further along in their art journey can give me an idea that'd be very helpful. Just so I can set a goal and make sure not to spend too much time on this part of the lessons if its not needed. Thank you :smile:

My personal opinion is that there is no such thing as spending to much time on module 1 or 2. These are the foundational skills that will apply to everything else you do. The better that you get at these the easier everything else will be. If you are not having fun with it, definitely move on but you can always come back. I have been doing this for a bit now and for each character I make I still do a cylinder study for. You might find that enjoyable and challenging to move to the cylinder studies over a character. Basically if you arn't having fun move to something else but always, always come back to practice the basics. In my opinion a cylinder is one of the most important fundamentals you can learn, and understanding it will come back over and over and over and over again. One thing that I would recommend when doing the cylinders over a figure is to draw the contour lines over them, this will help you understand the shape a lot more and it will be challenging I imagine. Keep up the good work! I love how you are thinking about these limbs ans cylinders!

Thanks for the advice, but yeah its not that I'm not having fun it was just something i wanted to get some clarity on. I think ill take your character/cylinder studies on as well. Ill probably spend 2-3 more weeks on just these 2 modules and then add on. ( if I'm staying consistent ) Thanks again for your reply, I appreciate it. It helps me more than you might think :smile:

todays skeletons :grin:

No problem, if you ever have questions don't hesitate to ask me. I'm a beginner and had many struggles in the beginning with these things so they are very fresh in my mind!

and here is todays, anyone know another site besides deviant and Pinterest I can find some more good references? i wanna stock up on a lot. thank you

todays skeletons

Those are the places I get my references besides the reference packs on cube brush. You might try to see if there are any free packs anywhere. I know Rachel Bradley was offereing a free pack for a while, I'm not sure if its on cube brush though.

Okay thank you :smile: , I just wanted to know if there were any places people went to grab more that way I don't miss out on any potential good ones. ill look for the one you're talking about.

todays skellies

felt weird drawing these today for some reason. I'm not for sure how these compare to previous ones.

my skeletons from today