Catyoga

https://imgur.com/a/U23P00I

here you go. took a self care break. meant to finish this sooner.

I learned a lot more. I know there were some mistakes,especially with add forms.

thank you.

what kind of animals should i do? does it matter?

I did actually defer to what i thought was the homework requirements. here's what happened : you said I missed a page, I said huh, I looked at the lesson 4 hmework and then clicked on the link saying "2 pages of contours" and it took me to the other lesson instructions and i scrolled down to the bottom to see the homework example and saw two pages, one of elipses one of curves.

this was the mistake i made both times.. so yes I did perhaps go too fast by clicking the link to provide me examples, without reading the link, but i think its an honest mistake.

I was not trying to offend you or assert myself or anything by correcting you. I had thoroughly evaluated the situation by double checking my imgur upload and then also checking the homework examples, and truly beleived you had made a very minor error. i really didnt think less of you for it, or intend to be insolent.

as far as the shading and rendering, I am aware these two terms are synonymous. this whole shading discussion between us is a semantic nightmare and I want to let it die now lol. I am studying other fundamentals that will provide to me rendering concepts.

anyway, i really didnt mean to be abrasive. I really appreciate you and the feedback.

hello, and thank you for the critique.

I'm a little confused because I did actually complete and upload 2 pages of contours. one with full elipses and one with just the visible contours. I do think I paid attention in that regard.

i urge you to look at that original imgur album again. I inspected it after reading your critique, and I found there to be two pages. maybe you scrolled past it?

here is a link to that original album which does actually contain 2 pages. incase you lost it. i dont think this is anecdotal bc i dont think you can add a photo thru edit? I suppose it's neither here nor there anymore though

https://imgur.com/a/mpHIWOz

regardless, i made another page per request and I did find that I was able to learn more, so thank you. here is that album.

https://imgur.com/a/Ztm4L0H

as far as the shading, the semantics were an error on my part. what i meant by shading was colloquial, referring to the sort of form rendering that was demonstrated in lesson 2 and 3, eg the cast shadows meant to convey form and not actually indicate a light source. I was trying to use such technique but was finding myself improperly placing "shadows" without properly eluding to the form. I did also notice that this level of detail was elective and was not a requirement. however, as I noted, I really enjoy being able to convey the shape without getting into the actual lighting. but yes, i do think i was also a little encouraged by not only your videos, but various youtube videos from students dated back as far as I think 2017? cant remember exactly, but they were old, and the insect drawings i saw by some of these students using the shading really made me feel like I wasn't doing enough.

*edit forgot to mention, there's the new page and that 7th sausage turned out really wonky! I think I just ran out of roo m. i just wanted to acknowledge that it was not good, and it was tapered etc.

*I was struggling to represent the shape with those contours but I think I improved a little? i took heed of the instructions and aligned to minor axis and overshot the lines.

*happy to redo it , if necessary. thank you

oops. heres the link https://imgur.com/a/ne0RRhx

thank you for the critique. i really do appreciate it and I do want to improve. it's why I'm here.

I am not sure if the mushroom was correct. I wasnt quite sure if I should draw the knobs. I wa trying to err with the logic of "draw it so where the veiwer understands the shape and dimension" and i suppose the knobs may be in the realm of "the veiwer feeling the object".

I wasn't sure how to draw the buds of the magnolia. I didn't like the way I drew the first one.. I decided to submit anyway because I thought maybe the rest is acceptable.

thanks.

https://imgur.com/a/EK16P8f

here's my revision. looking at my intersection page in photo form, it sure does look crappier than I thought. but I spent time visualizing the forms and such so hopefully it'll pass. maybe not. I am realizing I should have done shorter cylinders to facilitate a smooth line. the longer ones are tricky. or I should not have e done any cylinders maybe..

realize I did not hatch the cylinder properly. I guess I get overwhelmed with all the other forms and I lose control of my line. I think I understand that hatching is meant to be on the front of the object towards the veiwer..I think I used it properly based on that.

I feel like I'm not doing thr contours right. I am having a hard time keeping my elipses or contours aligned to the minor axis.

thanks.

i understand and i do heed critique as I do want to improve. I only felt un clear about the expected quality of my work.

thank you. I understand. I was however trying to add this edit but I don't think it went through. maybe this is neither here nor there at this point, but I did actually take pictures of the organic contour lines before I drew over them. I believe I actually just made new contours for the disections actually. here are the those w images tho just to indicate I am following directions as best I can. I guess it's anecdotal at this point though.

https://imgur.com/a/2V3m4if

i will re do them as i did not do them properly. I did miss the instructional image.

the extra page of intersections was a typo and I was referring to the piece of scrap paper of disections. I honestly had a moment where I thought I was spending too much time on the exercsise and just thought I'd throw in the extra idk.

i did make 4 pages of intersections. obviously i only uploaded 3 and i could make any excuse I want. but I am mostly frustrated at the miscommunication which is mostly on my part and that this is the second time I've lost an assignment sheet I finished.

i tried to edit any snarkyness but I guess I was too late. what can I say other than I reacted instead of responded.

*okay this thread is getting a little ridiculous. my fault. I was confused upon my initial reading as I had thought intersections were the disections. so I thought I had to redo those, and thus my explanation. oh man.

edit sorry about all that. it's starting to click that this is mostly,centered around the missing sheet of intersections*.

*which I can't stress enough I was sure I made 4 and either way I clearly understood the requirements of the submission. I believe I lost it one way or the other which is a problem of organization I will adress.

i was under the impression that I was meant to simply do the exercise and move on.

I included that extra page of the intersections because I was demonstrating that I was exploring the issue. those wre just scrap pages that were not meant to be part of the exercise. I had hoped it would be obvious there was a gradual improvement though the intersections. some like the tree bark, the kiwi, the muscle fibers, the scales #2 (I re did them because I didn't like the first pass).

I abandoned the exercise because I was instructed "not to make pretty pictures" therefore I moved on when I felt I was obsessing with the exercise.

I am having a hard time grasping the shadows and textures, but it would appear that I am progressing more than others who have been critiqued and allowed to move on so I am not sure to what depth I am to explore these exercsises..

edit :I am also seeing here in my submission that I did not label the texture next to the tree ark one as "scales #2". you see I spent a lot of time on the exercsise and I started to kind of get it at the end but I just moved on bc I was spending way too long on it I felt..

did I forget a page of intersections? I made 4. I only see 3..

thanks you.