Hi, thank you for your observations :) I'm going to keep them in mind, specially the use of the overlapping, as you mentioned it I have the tendency to add line-weight to full silhouette, other people have mentioned this but seems that I'm always back to the bad habits T_T I'm going to check the lesson before moving to L5.
Thanks again :)
Hello, Quillbee. I hope you're doing well and drawing a lot :)
Let's go to review your homework
LINES
I noticed a bit of arching on your lines, remember that you have to draw from your shoulder pivot, it gives you a wider range to draw (avoiding the arching), also in your planes some lines are a bit wobbly, so try drawing faster and don't forget to use the ghosting method for all of your lines. You can try other stroke for the superimposed lines if you add the, to you future warm ups, like c or s curves and spirals.
ELLIPSES
You went through the ellipses twice, good. On the planes there are some ellipses that aren't touching any of the edges of the planes, this is more notorious in the fist page, which make me believe it might be because of the size of the plane, anyway, remember to also use the ghosting method with the ellipses. Most of your ellipses are smooth and an seems to be executed with confident, so you covered one of the most important points here. On the funnels there are some ellipses that aren't being cut in equal half, this might be a matter of accuracy, and as you tried to be more precise some of your ellipses aren't executed with confidence, first come the confidence and then with practice the accuracy will increase.
BOXES
Plotted perspective is well done. For the rough perspective the only thing I'd like to point out, for future reference, is that the horizontal lines should be parallel to the horizon and the perpendicular lines should be perpendicular to the horizon. On the rotated boxes, you used the neighbor boxes to draw the next one, you drew through the boxes and all of them are close to each other, well done. But the boxes seem to not rotate that well, this could be because of the VP aren't actually moving and the boxes are converging to the same VP, the VPs should be moving as the box rotates, like here I'm just mentioning this, the rotated boxes are a hard-core exercise, the fact that you've followed to your best the instructions is enough to tell you that you have been successful. On the organic perspective youd did a good work, for the boxes that are overlapping you can add a bit of line-weight to make clear which one is in the front, and if you wish to repeat the exercise you can draw more boxes, closer or even one over the other.
Keep working on your strokes, draw from your shoulder, do it fast and remember that before thinking a bout accuracy you need to be confident while you draw. Add some of these exercises to your daily warm ups and soon you will have smooth and nice lines ;)
I hope this can be helpful for you, if you have questions or you don't understand something feel free to ask.
Next Steps:
You have done a good work here. Now you can start with the 250 boxes Challenge
Hi, Yugami :)
LINES
The lines are wobbly, add a bit more of speed while drawing them. Keep in mind that is better to mistake the direction of your lines that drawing them wobbly, you need to build your confidence first, accuracy will come later. The dots used for the ghosted lines on the planes are a bit too big, make them smaller so they would not get noticed after drawing the line. On the planes there are less wobbly lines, you made some progress here. Lastly, on the superimposed lines the longer ones fray a lot in the end so make sure to practice them during your future warm ups, you can also try s curves or spiral.
ELLIPSES
There are some gaps between the ellipses in the tables, they have to be tight within each other and the lines of the ellipses are a bit wobbly, specially small ones. You went through them twice, that's good. On the planes with ellipses there are some ellipses a bit out of the plane but this is a matter of accuracy, which shouldn't worry you right now. On the funnels the ellipses should be cut in symmetrical half so next time you try this exercise make sure to remember this.
BOXES
The plotted perspective looks good. On the rough perspective you used the line correction method, good. This exercise is hard if it is your first time, for future reference remember that the width lines should be parallel to the horizon and the height lines perpendicular to the horizon. On the rotated boxes there are some boxes missing, one on the top left corner and on the bottom there are just two boxes I believe. Also you've could added a bit of line weight to clarify which sides of the boxes are visible. The hatching should be done as other lines, using the ghosting method and being careful to not let them floating on the surface of the boxes, they have to go from one point to other. Could you add the missing boxes, please ? I'm going to put a link here, it might help you a bit.
And the last one, the organic perspective. Here you drew a bunch of boxes, nice! I can see some chicken scratches, that's a no-good. All your strokes should be purposeful, smooth and confident. The boxes are a bit distorted but that's going to change after the 250 boxes challenge. If you repeat this exercise in the future you can add a bit of line weight where the boxes overlap.
I think that's all. Keep working in your confidence, that's one of the most important thing here in DaB, before the accuracy you must worry about your confidence while drawing, it doesn't matter if you make mistakes, try to not worry about them. Draw from your shoulder, do it fast and use the ghosting method for every single line.
Oh, and keep drawing for fun :) (Or you will regret later)
If you have any question or you don't understand something I've said feel free to ask.
Next Steps:
Congratulations, you have completed L1! Go for the 250 boxes challenge
Don't forget to add the missing boxes on the rotated boxes exercise.
Hi, Akaneko~ It's critique time :D
LINES
On the ghosted lines almost all of your lines touched the second dot, but I noticed they are a bit wobbly. It's better to miss the second dot than a wobbly line. Draw with confidence and fast, it does not matter if you fray the second dot. As long as you keep practicing the accuracy will increase.
ELLIPSES
On the planes there are some wobbly ellipses but I see that you progressed in the second page, all of the ellipses touch the four sides of the plane so well done. The ellipses tables are well packed with lots of ellipses, still some of them are quite wobbly. Ellipses in the funnels look less wobbly, which means that you improved in your way ;) If you repeat the funnels in your warm ups remember that ellipses should be cut in two symmetrical half. Keep using the ghosting method to draw the ellipses, draw them fast and as I said before don't be afraid of doing mistakes.
BOXES
Plotted perspective is well done. In the rough perspective there are some wobbly/arching lines but I think that's because your brain is busy enough trying to figure out the perspective and direction of your lines. There are some extended lines really close to the VP and the wight of the boxes is parallel to the horizon while the length is perpendicular to the horizon. On the rotated boxes you should add a bit of line weight to clarify the edges of the boxes (the sides that we can see), there are some wobbly lines but apart from that your boxes look like they are rotating and you keep them really close and used the neighbor corners to draw them. On organic perspective you tried to repeat some of the lines, as much as possible try to avoid doing this. It can be hard but but after doing a mistake just move to the next line.
I think that's all. Remember to do your warm up exercises, draw fast and from your shoulder. If there is something you don't understand or have any question feel free to ask.
Next Steps:
Move to the 250 boxes challenge, it is a bit hard but it will help you a lot ;)
Hi~
One of the most noticeable things in your homework are the wobbly lines. It is better to miss a point than draw a wobbly line. Try drawing a bit faster, it does not matter if you miss the point, when you are starting is good to prioritize the confidence over the accuracy. Also I noticed some arching lines here and there so remember to draw from your shoulder, it is hard at the beginning but you will need it :)
Your ellipses look good for me. In the planes most of them are touching the sides, be more careful with the funnels, if you repeat the exercise. The middle line of the funnel is supposed to cut the ellipse in two symmetrical half and yours are a bit off. Another thing, I am not sure of how many times you went through the ellipses but try to not over do it (three times is good enough).
Plotted perspective looks good. The rough perspective exercise is kind of hard for a first time (at least it was for me). Some extended lines are really close to the VP and the length of the boxes is parallel to the horizon while the width is perpendicular to the horizon. The rotated boxes is a solid work, just some boxes from the bottom are a bit too separated from the neighbor ones and some boxes from the sides look a bit distorted. The hatching is a little messy, even the lines for the hatching need to be done with a lot of care and with the same method used for all of the other lines in your work. In the organic perspective there are some distorted boxes. You can add line weight to clarify which one is in the front.
Overall, good work. Just take in count what I've said about your lines. Draw fast and with confidence, if you do some mistake try to not over-think it just keep moving forward and practice will surely help you with the accuracy ;)
That all, if you have any question or there are anything that you don't understand feel free to ask.
Next Steps:
Move to the 250 boxes challenge
Hi, Gregor :)
Overall, I think you have done a great work in lesson 1.
There is some wobbliness in your lines but it keep decreasing as you move forward in the exercises. Just remember to
draw fast and with confidence. Building your confidence is one of the most important things to learn from lesson 1, the accuracy will increase as long as you keep practicing.
The ellipses are a bit wobbly, you have gone through them three or two times that's a good thing, also most of them are touching the edge of the plane. Try to not reduce the speed while drawing them.
The boxes exercises looks good for me. Some of the boxes in the rough perspective are close to the VP, the boxes aren't distorted ( meaning that the horizontal lines are parallel to the horizon and the vertical lines are perpendicular to the horizon) this exercise it is quite tricky when you are doing it for the first time and I don't like to be picky. The organic perspective has some distorted boxes, you can try to draw boxes out of the frame or bigger to reinforce the illusion of them being closer, also adding lineweight to clarify which is in front of which.
Remember to draw from your shoulder and draw fast, you must to prioritize confidence over accuracy and congratulation on ending lesson 1!
If you have questions feel free to ask ;D
Next Steps:
Go for the 250 boxes challenge
Hi, Vega~ it's nice to meet you here again :D
As you mentioned I kind of think that my leaves were quite stiff most of the time (it was basically a lesson about leaves and a drew them poorly LOL) , I must confess that at the beginning I did zigzag in the leaves but I tried to change it as I was doing the drawings.
I still have some difficult to identify the cast shadows... I saw my homework again and I realize I missed a bunch of cast shadows here and there. I'm going to try to focus just in big shadows and less in minor details.
I usually draw my initial lines with less pressure so I guess that's why you couldn't see my construction, I'm going to change this. And about the line weight, I was using it to reinforce a more "natural look" for the detailed drawings, should a change it? (I mean like just doing it for overlaps and such?).
Thank you so much for taking the time to look at my homework, I appreciate a lot the feedback and I'm going to keep it in mind for the next lesson.
Your boxes have improved, they look nice and clean. The convergence has also improved a lot, there are some lines that are still a bit off but this is just a matter of practice. Time to time draw some boxes as part of your warm ups because the boxes are going to be really important in further lessons.
Next Steps:
Congratulations, you have done a great work.
Move to the next lesson!
Your welcome! It make me feel relief if this can help you even a bit. Keep going and I hope you will improve even more :)
Yep, all the time. Sometimes it is a bit tiring because I spend more time thinking about it that doing the drawing... hahaha
But I think that my lines has improved a lot since I started using it. In further lessons you will need it even more and I find that using it make me feel a bit more confident about the results of my drawings
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