AlexChromy

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    1:29 AM, Tuesday October 20th 2020

    Thanks a lot! I will definitely try putting more time into the ghosting, it felt awkward in the beginning to spend tons of time on a single line but I'm going to have to work on that if I want to get better. I was getting worried that no one will reply so thanks!

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    3:48 AM, Saturday October 17th 2020

    Your superimposed exercise is alright I don't see fraying on both ends. There are a couple wobbly lines so I just reccomend going confidently into each line. The ghosted line exercise I would say requires more ghosting. Some lines are over or under shot and they miss slightly towards the left or right. Same goes for the planes exercise. In your ellipses in tables exercise some of the lines go out of bounds or overlap other ellipses. You should also try going through your ellipses 2-3 times and focussing on tightening them because I see that some of your ellipses are overlapped a bit too much. Your funnel exercise is good, the minor axis cuts all of the ellipses in half. In your rough perspective exercise I see a little bit of guessing in the beginning, but this starts to somewhat die down by the end. I also reccomend making sure that width lines should be parallel to horizon and height lines perpendicular to horizon. On rotated boxes the boxes on the top left aren't rotating. You are also not keeping the gaps narrow and consistent which helps with keeping the rotation as accurate as possible. On the organic perspective exercise, try darkening the lines of sides that are closest to our vision. Otherwise the organic perspective exercise is pretty great. If I were you I would highly reccomend doing the 250 box challenge.

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    Most of this lesson is good enough. I would like you to do the 250 box challenge as it will help you understand rotating boxes in 3D spaces. Keep working on your ghosting method too.

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