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Having trouble coming up with something to draw? No worries - while you'll eventually learn how to start from a tiny seed of a thought and gradually nurture it into a complex concept to explore through design and illustration, it's perfectly fine not to be there just yet.
For now though, here's an idea that might interest you.
Dead or Alive
Have an character of your own? Maybe someone in your life - a sibling, a teacher, a coworker - who's done you dirty? Well, today's the day they get their comeuppance! … Or at least, the beginnings of it.
Pick a character - whether your own or an existing character - or a person from your life, and design a wanted poster offering a reward for their capture. Consider what crimes they've committed, and how you can frame the poster to best apply to passersby's sense of justice - or perhaps their sense of greed.
Remember - this is all in good fun, so don’t go accusing anyone of anything heinous, or getting political (if you intend to share it with our community).
This one isn't doing it for you? How about this one instead: The Day Balloons Fill the Sky >>>
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Michael Hampton's Gesture Course
Michael Hampton is one of my favourite figure drawing teachers, specifically because of how he approaches things from a basis of structure, which as you have probably noted from Drawabox, is a big priority for me. Gesture however is the opposite of structure however - they both exist at opposite ends of a spectrum, where structure promotes solidity and structure (and can on its own result in stiffness and rigidity), gesture focuses on motion and fluidity, which can result in things that are ephemeral, not quite feeling solid and stable.
With structure and spatial reasoning in his very bones, he still provides an excellent exploration of gesture, but in a visual language in something that we here appreciate greatly, and that's not something you can find everywhere.