CheatCodeSam

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    7:02 AM, Tuesday May 25th 2021

    Hello,

    There is a lot of improvement throughout the entire project, each page has a little bit more confidence and accuracy than the last. Around box 50 there is a big jump in quality, I suspect here you really knew what you were in for. Throughout the entire project the boxes you draw are at more and more extreme angles. It's like a timeline of watching you stretch the boxes to explore ins and outs of the 3D space. The last few contain the most consistent and confident lines of the entire project. It's night and day comparing your first page of boxes and your last page of boxes.

    You seemed to run into the issue of getting two sides right and then having the last side diverge or run parallel. This is a very common issue, and you did progressively get better at avoiding it. It's hard to recommend an easy fix for this, but it's something you will naturally get correct the more often you do it. The only suggestion I can give is try to think how every one line you draw affects two different axes at the same time.

    The only real big issue is the way you hatched the front facing side of the box looks a little lazy. Even though it was optional, you should make sure you're ghosting your lines from one edge of the box to another. I don't think it's necessary to redo anything but make sure you're always putting some care and effort into your linework.

    Congratulations, You've gone through the exercise that has ended many DaB careers and finished it with flying colors. There are many obvious improvements in your linework and perception of 3D space as a result. You should be proud of yourself. Catch up on any 50/50 if you have to and get started on lesson 2.

    Next Steps:

    Move on to Lesson 2.

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    3:13 AM, Wednesday August 19th 2020

    For your lines homework it looks pretty good. Everything looks confident and smooth, you can tell everything drawn was done in one swift motion. You did what's expected even there is some missed or slightly wobbly lines, but lines are going to be something that are natually going to get better the more you draw.

    Your Eplisies homwork also looks good. I would ghost a little more and really think about the marks your going to make before you draw them, especially with the Ellipses in Planes excersize it looks like you could have spend a little more time ghosting, but for the most part they are what's expected.

    Your Rough perspective hits all the marks it should be hitting. Nothing is pointing the wrong way and everything looks like how it is supposed to. It takes a while to get those boxes to line up with that vanishing point, but it's something your naturally going to get better at the more you do them, especcially after the 250 box challage.

    Your Rotated Boxes assignment looks pretty well done, nothing on it really sticks out to me as broken. I recommend that students do it bigger so that all of the drawn through lines doesn't look messy, but I can tell that you understand how the boxes are supposed to be rotating.

    Your Organic Perspective is also great! You can see the illusion as the boxed come towards you. You can even see how the confidence in your lines improved a little from when you did the Ghosted Lines.

    You followed the instructions very well so overall it looks great! It is exacly what is expected for a beginner on the first lesson, and I can tell that you understand everything so far as nothing looks too broken or out of place.

    Next Steps:

    Make sure you are including these as a warmup, especially the box exercises and the ellipsis exercises. I would go on to the 250 box challenge.

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