Timed practice sheets, measured proportion charts and line-of-action drills. The daily work that makes everything else easier.

Most people know they should be doing gesture drawing. Almost nobody has a system for it. This is the system.

Print a sheet, set a timer, work down the page without going back to fix anything. Fifteen minutes a day. The boxes tell you how long you get, and the tracker keeps you honest.

Why the proportion charts are different

Every chart is measured in head-heights, because that is the only unit that survives stylisation. Change the head size and the whole figure rescales with it — which is exactly what happens when you go from a realistic character to a chibi. Five systems are included, from 8-head heroic down to 3-head chibi, and the landmarks stay in the right order in all of them.

Who it is for

Anyone who wants their figures to stop looking stiff. Works on paper or on a tablet — every sheet comes as a transparent PNG as well as a PDF.

What's included

• 12 timed gesture sheets (30s, 1min, 2min, 5min and a mixed ladder)
• Line-of-action drill sheet — 12 curves to build figures onto
• 5 measured proportion charts: 8, 7.5, 6.5, 5 and 3 heads
• 30-day practice tracker
• Every sheet as a transparent PNG at 2550x3300 for drawing on digitally
• 22-page guide: the 15-minute routine, weight and balance, proportion without measuring

Formats

• PDF (Letter & A4)
• PNG (transparent, 2550×3300)

Works with

• Any PDF reader or printer
• Procreate
• Photoshop
• Clip Studio Paint
• Krita
• Affinity Photo

Download: ZIP · 1.3 MB · PDF + PNG · Letter & A4