Draw Gestures: Pose Reference

Draw Gestures is a pose reference and timer app for gesture drawing and figure drawing practice. Pick a pose, set a drawing timer, and quick sketch just like a real life drawing class.

Whether you are a beginner learning figure drawing or a pro warming up before a studio session, Draw Gestures gives you the structured quick sketch and croquis practice that animators, illustrators and concept artists use every day.

How it works

1. Choose your pose reference - figure drawing poses, animals, faces, hands, or your own photos

2. Set your timer - 30 seconds to 10 minutes per pose

3. Draw and improve - track your gesture drawing progress over time

Daily drawing practice of 15 minutes builds confidence, speed and flow.

Included for everyone

- Timed gesture drawing sessions with a built-in sketch timer

- Built-in pose reference library, plus your own photos and device folders

- Draw straight onto the reference image, with tracing mode included

- A real sketch canvas with brushes, layers, eraser and undo

- Grid overlay for proportions and line of action

- Streaks, practice heatmap and full session history

- Daily practice reminders to build a drawing habit

- Sessions run up to 30 minutes with up to 20 reference images

Pro features

- Unlimited reference images and practice libraries

- Unlimited session length

- Cloud reference libraries from Pinterest, Google Drive and Dropbox

- Classroom mode to simulate art school life drawing sessions

- Quantity mode and custom intervals

- Relaxed mode to practice with no timer pressure

- Side-by-side and floating reference layouts

- Left-hand mode

- Shuffle your pose reference order

- Export without a watermark

- Import your own paper textures

Built for artists who practice

- Art students studying anatomy drawing and figure drawing

- Illustrators and concept artists warming up with quick sketch drills

- Animators practicing gesture, movement and action poses

- Character designers studying art poses and silhouettes

- Anyone doing daily croquis or 30-second gesture drills

Practice on your phone, tablet, desktop or the web at drawgestures.com - one Pro subscription unlocks every device you sign in on.

Your pose reference, your pace, your practice.

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