Gesture and Movement by Mary McNerney

Marchionna - gesture sketch

s01231976 — 2025-04-07 17:09:05 UTC

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Gesture Drawing - Chase

fkxqm89bb7 — 2025-04-07 17:09:19 UTC

Gesture Drawing: Jillian

2025-04-07 17:09:50 UTC

4 Gesture Drawings _Jillian

2025-04-07 17:10:52 UTC

In class gesture drawings-Kristen

2025-04-07 17:11:19 UTC

Original Gesture Drawing

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-07 18:59:30 UTC

From in-class on 4/2/2025

Attempt 2 gesture drawing

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-07 18:59:46 UTC

In-class head

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-07 19:08:14 UTC

😬💀

Emotions

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-07 19:08:24 UTC

s01231976 — 2025-04-07 19:10:03 UTC

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marymac44236 — 2025-04-07 19:12:59 UTC

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fkxqm89bb7 — 2025-04-07 19:16:30 UTC

Feelings in color

fkxqm89bb7 — 2025-04-07 19:21:09 UTC

gestures with line of action

marymac44236 — 2025-04-08 00:10:07 UTC

portrait straight on

marymac44236 — 2025-04-08 00:11:16 UTC

Here's a better attempt

2025-04-08 06:23:05 UTC

3 heads attempt (I'll get the reference photos when I ask my sister for consent to post her face online XD)

2025-04-08 06:24:19 UTC

3 Heads

s01231976 — 2025-04-08 21:06:13 UTC

stock references

s01231976 — 2025-04-08 21:06:30 UTC

Looking up Reference

2025-04-08 23:03:05 UTC

Looking up drawing

2025-04-08 23:03:56 UTC

My nose looks weird in this drawing.

Profile Reference

2025-04-08 23:04:30 UTC

Profile drawing

2025-04-08 23:05:23 UTC

I have no Idea how to draw a profile, my forehead is way too long.

Looking down reference

2025-04-08 23:06:09 UTC

Looking Down Drawing

2025-04-08 23:06:28 UTC

Reference Photo 1 - Looking down

fkxqm89bb7 — 2025-04-09 04:31:27 UTC

Reference Photo 2 - Looking up

fkxqm89bb7 — 2025-04-09 04:31:52 UTC

Reference Photo 3 - Profile

fkxqm89bb7 — 2025-04-09 04:32:22 UTC

3 View Portrait

fkxqm89bb7 — 2025-04-09 04:34:02 UTC

Me! (Sideview reference)

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-09 13:34:58 UTC

Me! (Downwards Reference)

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-09 13:35:31 UTC

Me! (Upwards-facing reference)

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-09 13:36:23 UTC

Drawn Sideview (Me...)

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-09 13:37:23 UTC

Drawn Downward-Facing (Me...)

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-09 13:38:20 UTC

I look like I'm plotting some heinous act xD

Drawn Upwards-Facing (Me...)

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-09 13:39:27 UTC

lookin pretty goofy- and probably the most true-to-life out of the three 😅

Extra! - WIP of my Upwards-Facing Pic

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-09 16:39:49 UTC

I liked this picture a lot while it was work-in-progress. while it doesn't look like me, it reminds me of some storybook character... maybe Robin Hood's sidekick 'Little' John?

Adjusted looking up drawing

2025-04-09 16:59:58 UTC

I don't think I move everything enough

Adjusted side profile

2025-04-09 17:00:32 UTC

Scribble Orb!

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-09 17:18:34 UTC

Blue pen makes it interesting... 😅

scribble ball

s01231976 — 2025-04-09 17:22:55 UTC

Xavier Pen Scribble

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-09 17:46:38 UTC

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Scribble Portrait

fkxqm89bb7 — 2025-04-09 17:58:55 UTC

Xavier Pen Scribble Redefined

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-09 18:03:04 UTC

Scribble face

2025-04-09 18:05:08 UTC

Scribble portrait revised

fkxqm89bb7 — 2025-04-09 18:07:37 UTC

Scribble

s01231976 — 2025-04-09 18:09:55 UTC

Better version

2025-04-09 18:16:17 UTC

2025-04-09 18:59:30 UTC

Thumbnail Idea

2025-04-09 19:06:14 UTC

Reference photos of my brother

2025-04-10 22:07:00 UTC

This is the middle head in my thumbnail

Reference photo of my brother #2

2025-04-10 22:07:53 UTC

This is the upper left head in my thumbnail

Reference photo of my brother #3

2025-04-10 22:08:36 UTC

This is the lower left head in my thumbnail

Pippin and Me (1 of 4)

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-10 22:43:48 UTC

These were screenshots taken out of a video from earlier this year- no I did not drop the cat on purpose just to get these pictures xD (This is one of my two cats, Pippin)

Pippin and Me 2

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-10 22:44:00 UTC

Pippin and Me 3

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-10 22:44:09 UTC

Pippin and Me 4

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-10 22:44:25 UTC

New Thumbnail

2025-04-14 12:28:03 UTC

Movement thumbnails Vertical

fkxqm89bb7 — 2025-04-14 17:09:26 UTC

Quick Gesture Sketch - Pippin & Me

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-14 17:10:26 UTC

Pippin and Me Thumbnail

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-14 17:10:40 UTC

Movement Thumbnails Horizontal

fkxqm89bb7 — 2025-04-14 17:10:41 UTC

reference photos

s01231976 — 2025-04-14 17:24:30 UTC

Thumbnail sketch

s01231976 — 2025-04-14 17:24:44 UTC

New Thumbnail

2025-04-14 17:33:47 UTC

Thumbnail?

2025-04-14 17:38:22 UTC

Down ( Depression)

2025-04-14 19:27:19 UTC

Up (Bargaining)

2025-04-14 19:28:24 UTC

Front (Anger)

2025-04-14 19:29:18 UTC

My Attempt at movment lines

2025-04-14 19:31:06 UTC

So, I started by just doing partial lines but it looked really weird, so I did full heads, but now it looks more like the "animation" drawing you showed us and less like the three separate heads with different faces

marymac44236 — 2025-04-14 21:31:38 UTC

marymac44236 — 2025-04-14 21:33:26 UTC

Charcoal Thumbnail

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-15 18:50:33 UTC

I'm conflicted between detail and blur...

2nd Attempt at movement lines

2025-04-15 23:55:55 UTC

Horizontal Thumbnail

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-16 17:08:58 UTC

Right sized thumbnail

2025-04-16 17:20:58 UTC

Another possibility

2025-04-16 17:21:34 UTC

Edited pt 4

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-16 17:57:13 UTC

Another Thumnail!

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-16 18:25:46 UTC

I like how I'm trying to stop the cat in the last position- thinking I'll keep that. I may add motion lines

First attempt on Good 14x17

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-17 20:23:44 UTC

Still struggling with the height and trying to figure out what ways I can make it better. Would love some feedback!

Movement Project (In Progress)

2025-04-20 18:33:09 UTC

They Don't have hair yet and I'm not sure if I am going to add it. With all of the shading lines and coloring lines and reference lines it is almost (to me) starting to look like the scary looking women drawing Professor Mary showed us, and I'm not sure if i should try to blend the lines out.

Movemnt (I'm kinda stuck}

2025-04-21 22:52:58 UTC

I was wondering what I should do. Does It need more? Less? Start over completely?

New progress on a 14x17

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-22 18:28:13 UTC

Having them all start roughly from the same point (the last position being an outlier) works pretty well- I'm going to add more contrast and more movement but I'm a little confused about what else to add

Movement Drawing (Current)

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-22 19:18:31 UTC

Any suggestions? Feels lacking in some way

2025-04-23 00:28:57 UTC

Movment Drawing

2025-04-23 01:02:24 UTC

Movement Progress (Preblurring)

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-23 03:51:14 UTC

I'm going to attempt to do some shenanigans with the rubbing stump now

Post-blurring finished (for now) Movement drawing!

xavierjblazek — 2025-04-23 04:00:39 UTC

I'm not in love with this drawing but I do like the compositional aspect- and I think blurring helped somewhat. Please let me know your thoughts!

Movement Drawing

2025-04-23 05:09:10 UTC

Movement

s01231976 — 2025-04-23 13:53:09 UTC

Gesture

marymac44236 — 2026-04-13 16:44:14 UTC

marymac44236 — 2026-04-13 16:47:41 UTC

marymac44236 — 2026-04-13 16:48:29 UTC

marymac44236 — 2026-04-13 18:59:36 UTC

i'm not very good at poses, i tried

s01357345 — 2026-04-13 18:59:56 UTC

marymac44236 — 2026-04-13 19:00:23 UTC

marymac44236 — 2026-04-13 19:01:06 UTC

Tried my best

apcreativity03 — 2026-04-13 19:06:02 UTC

I'm not good with positions and people

marymac44236 — 2026-04-13 19:25:42 UTC

marymac44236 — 2026-04-13 19:26:04 UTC

they look so bad pfftt

s01357345 — 2026-04-13 19:26:21 UTC

Tried my hardest with these-

apcreativity03 — 2026-04-13 19:32:51 UTC

😭😭😭

Almost stick people

sbahnij — 2026-04-14 17:20:08 UTC

threatening men

stephaniebahnij — 2026-04-14 20:31:23 UTC

s01304358 — 2026-04-19 22:02:51 UTC

s01304358 — 2026-04-19 22:03:39 UTC

these are kinda hard but I am interested in the figures lesson!

s01304358 — 2026-04-19 22:04:06 UTC

im not mad but they def can be better

Tired my best with this Hands are a pain and so is moving-

apcreativity03 — 2026-04-20 15:07:56 UTC

But I had fun and actually like this a little bit

marymac44236 — 2026-04-20 16:53:46 UTC

drawing hands is my nightmare

s01357345 — 2026-04-20 17:11:51 UTC

Hand movement

sbahnij — 2026-04-20 17:46:15 UTC

All my medals

apcreativity03 — 2026-04-20 17:57:06 UTC

The one I won are the big ones to the right-

All the way from 2022-2026

sbahnij — 2026-04-20 17:57:28 UTC

hand.

s01394434 — 2026-04-20 18:05:44 UTC

s01394434 — 2026-04-20 18:16:43 UTC

Face

apcreativity03 — 2026-04-20 18:26:40 UTC

😸😸😸

sbahnij — 2026-04-20 18:26:43 UTC

sbahnij — 2026-04-20 18:39:47 UTC

:)

s01394434 — 2026-04-20 18:40:22 UTC

ear is now bigger

s01394434 — 2026-04-20 18:42:50 UTC

eyeball

s01394434 — 2026-04-20 18:48:28 UTC

Altered placement

sbahnij — 2026-04-20 18:50:11 UTC

i don't like it 😭😭😭

s01357345 — 2026-04-20 18:52:12 UTC

i want a cheeseburger

s01394434 — 2026-04-20 18:57:00 UTC

Final

sbahnij — 2026-04-20 19:05:41 UTC

fix

s01357345 — 2026-04-20 19:10:11 UTC

I'm totally done final

sbahnij — 2026-04-20 19:10:55 UTC