Realtime Gesture Video of Pin Up Girl Pack (Patreon)

Hi Barbies!

This month's themed vote was close, but in the end the Pin Up Girl theme won out.

Although the theme was actually Pin Up, I was thinking with Barbie because I just saw it last weekend. Did you go see it? What did you think?

The model wears a cute little outfit of fitted short shorts, a looser fit plaid shirt and a cute bandana head wrap, very Rockabilly. (See playlist links below for inspiration!)

The costume was a bit tricky around the chest because the shirt was so loose, but the tight jean shorts were very fun and showed the box-like angles I was talking about in the Bum + Tums video very well.

I loved the silhouette of the hairstyle/bandana combo. There was lots of design opportunities with this theme to go a bit more animation-y.

I hadn't done any other gesture drawing that week, and oh man, did I notice it. I didn't feel like I had the control I had the previous week. It's shocking how quickly progress can slip away when you don't keep up the practise. 

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Today's video covers:

• creating a character from the model
• using the shorts to help define the volume of the hip and legs
• changing the pose when it doesn't work for you
• not scratching out drawings you dont like!

What was your favourite pose from this video?

Will you be drawing any of these poses yourself?

Pop your thoughts in the comments below...

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Feel free to share your drawings of the same model by tagging me on Instagram @gilliangestures.

- GG

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As always, great reference from Studio Grafit - show them your support, check out their website and consider buying one of their packs so they can keep bringing us more wonderful content!

Alan Stewart Instagram 

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Some soundtrack inspiration for you while you draw!

Rockabilly Playlist

Barbie Playlist

Uh oh...someone learned how to add gifs to posts...