The Essence

The word essence to me is almost philosophical in meaning: “That in being which
underlies all outward manifestations ..." Applied to drawing it is the motive, mood or
emotion as displayed through the gestures of the physical body.

Anatomy and mechanics are always present too, but in the end the essence of each pose
must prevail if we want to win the award for best animated scene (’scuse me - scenes).
Lots of things to think about: proportion, anatomy, line, structure, weight, negative space,
angles, squash and stretch, perspective, and more, but you can be off in lots of those areas
if you have the essence of the pose.
A little study each day spent on one or another of them will net wondrous results.
Hopefully, there will soon, suddenly, constantly appear in your drawings all of these
elements in a satisfying blend. You will be pleased and much prospered when they all
start to fit together and the exhausting battle with each separate one is over.