Hey thanks! I'm trying to teach myself that they're not supposed to be very precious, and hopefully in the process get more loose and well, gestural with them.
Term 1 - Week 5 - Nude Figure Drawing Assigment 4
Mannequins done with reference on the side rather than drawing ontop of them. Overall they're OK I think. The pose is there but some of the underlying structures have issues. Mainly the oval for the rib-cage is way to short and the neck is too long.
Term 1 - Week 5 Lineart Study
Term 1 - Week 5 Character Study
Really fine work mate
Looking good, sometimes its really all about discovering the way things look on the body when drawing them, finding fun curves and line combos that look badass, emphasizing some 3D with contour lines or shading what you see - no descriptive anatomy necessary
Learning all that 3D form business is way more useful imo, not that anatomy aint nice or important as well
Cheers
Term 1 - Week 6 - Perspective 1 Assignment 3
A bit behind on week 6 due to a business trip, but finished the 1p perspective room assignment. Wasn't really sure what to do with the values so plopped in 3 different ones where I thought it made sense. Was a fun assignment, and could probably do more with it but it feels like I have to move on.
Term 1 - Week 6 - Environmental Studies
Images referenced from Cyberpunk 2077, Mass Effect 3 and World of Warcraft
8 days later
Term 1 - Week 8 - Perspective 1 Assignment 4
This was mainly done with the line tool in CSP, and a two point perspective grid. As it was done without reference I got kinda stuck on the back-left buildings. Didn't know what to add too them. A mood board/references would've helped a lot here, clearly I don't look at office buildings enough. 
Term 1 - Week 8 - Environment Studies
Tried a different approach on these 3 studies, being less concerned with line accuracy and more focused on finding the point of interest in the piece. I find that outdoor pieces with a lot of organic things are way more difficult. I also tried to zoom less, drawing all over the piece rather than focusing on one area at the time.
Term 1 - Review + Extra from Week 7
The first term has been a lot of the basics, pen-control, perspective, getting used to the medium and daily gesture drawing. The fun parts where when we got to do copies of characters that we liked, as well as some of the design challenges (your dream house, your sci-fi/fantasy room etc.)
When I started term 1 I was on vacation and had a lot more time to dedicate to drawing, and there's a significant drop in output once work started again. (I stopped doing studies for fun, like all the bugs I did the first few days.) I try to do daily gestures regardless, but during week-days I commit maybe 2-3 hours per day.
I had to extend term 1 with one week due to a business trip, during the trip I only did gesture-drawings.
The most important thing Term 1 has given me is a structure and a routine where I prioritize drawing over other things, even if some days are more productive than others, I put stylus to tablet daily. It's also really nice to have a community around you that are also working towards a similar goal, seeing posts both here on the forums and on discord is really motivating.
For the next term I will try too focus on applying what I learn on my own drawings, even if it means It'll slow down the term. I think the people over at Draw a Box call it the 50% rule. That's something I lacked in Term 1, only really drawing for myself during week 7. I think this will reinforce the 'why' behind the skill even further.
10th Dec 2024 -> 9th Feb 2025
I still don't think I "get" gesture drawing, but here's a before and after 8 weeks. First one is only 1m, the 2nd one is a bit of a mix of 30s, 1m and 2m. I can see some improvement in these, even if I still have a long way to go.
Some of the things I did outside of the course and or for Week 7
Was on a bit of a Bloodborne kick, The left one is a study of "Vicar Amelia" by Maria Zolothukina and the right one a friends OC in the gear/pose of Maria of the Astral Clocktower.
"You Died"
