CoconutCake

Hey, thank you for your detailed feedback! Appreciate it.

(I know I am about 2 months late in replying, life has been.... busy. Wanted to show my appreciation anyway.)

Good job on completing lesson 1! Looks good overall. Here is my feedback:

Lines (overall): Great job on starting each line at the first point. Noticed that your lines get a bit wobbly, mostly with curved lines. At this stage (level 1) you should want to be prioritizing confidence over accuracy, and draw smooth straight lines always. Once pen hits the paper after ghosting, you should be following your muscles, not your brain. Over time your lines and accuracy will improve with practice. Don't try to hide them with repeated lines. It's good to be able to see where you made mistakes so you can focus on correcting those mistakes, which will help you improve.

I'd recommend practicing superimposed curved lines as warm-up exercises every now and then, to help build confidence. Also try drawing larger planes as warm-up exercises as well, to get more practice in.

Ellipses: Good job drawing each ellipse 2-3 times, keep it up. You do a very good job keeping your ellipses lined up at a specific angle. Ellipses in funnels exercise looks like they are all symmetrical along the minor axis for the most part, so good job on that as well. A lot of your ellipses are fit snug within their boundaries and looking pretty tight, which is great. However a lot are also wobbly, which is not really what you want.

When you practice ellipses as warm-ups, try prioritizing confidence.

Boxes: Great job on boxes. Did a pretty good job keeping the appropriate lines parallel and perpendicular on the rough perspective exercise. Some boxes are missing their extension lines. Very good job on rotated boxes. Using nearby lines to help construct forms is a useful tool, so keep that exercise in your mind somewhere. (Some of the outer boxes are not drawn through, however. Drawing through your forms is a useful tool for understanding how the object sits in 3D space.) Great job on organic perspective as well.

Overall, good job. Main thing to work on is to prioritize confidence over accuracy.

Congratulations on completing the 250 Box Challenge! Overall, I can definitely see improvement between Box 1 and Box 250. Here is my feedback:

Line Extensions: Most of your lines are extended correctly, so good job. (Some errors I spotted: Box 20, blue lines going wrong way. I... can't wrap my head around Box 87, sorry. Box 88, blue lines are wrong way. Box 109, red lines going the wrong way. Agreed, Box 123 is confusing. I don't know what's even happening with boxes 198 and 200, sorry.)

Convergence:

• Convergence has improved overall, definitely got better on fixing the errors in the front set of lines to get the back corner lines to converge better.

• Some of your initial Y's have angles that are either at or less than 90 degrees, which causes most of your boxes to look distorted. These boxes also have a lot of diverging lines in the front as well. These boxes are also the ones where you tend to have the most convergence issues. This graphic shows how boxes get distorted when angles are off.

• You also have some boxes that look like they were meant to be in 2 point perspective (such as Box 91 and Box 205), but you tried drawing them as you would a 3 point perspective box (with each set of lines converging to a nearby vanishing point), instead of having one set of parallel lines be parallel (described better here.) Your 2 point perspective boxes should look like Box 85 where the green set of lines are parallel.

Variation: Seeing all sorts of boxes. Good job mixing it up.

Lines: Good job! Most of your lines are pretty straight. Some slight curving and wobbles here and there but the majority of the lines are straight. Some of your lines are repeated. Get into the habit of accepting your mistakes and moving on, always. Trying to fix them only draws more attention to the mistake.

Hatching: Decent job overall. Some boxes it seems you got lazy and the hatch lines don't even reach any edge of the box. Plotting and ghosting each hatch line is actually very good ghosting practice.

Regarding comment above Box 216, agreed it is always ok to slow down and take a breather. Don't stress yourself out. :)

Overall, not bad. Definitely see improvements. I think the main thing you should work on is making sure the angles of the initial Y are all greater than 90 degrees. I'd also recommend try practicing more with vanishing points far off the page (but not at infinity) since a lot of your boxes had very close vanishing points.

Howdy. Congratulations on completing lesson 1. Here is my feedback:

Overall: Lines are pretty wobbly, probably because you were prioritizing accuracy over confidence. You should want to be prioritizing confident lines over accurate ones for now. Basically, you should be following your muscles after your pen hits the paper after ghosting. If you miss, just keep going with the flow and don't try to correct it. Correcting it leads to wobbly lines, which you don't want. You can always try being more accurate with your next attempt. Remember, change will come slowly and gradually over time so don't feel bad about making mistakes.

Lines: Some fraying on both ends of the lines for your superimposed lines exercises, don't rush, take your time with each line. You do a better job starting at the first point for your ghosted lines and planes, so good job, keep it up. Also, don't be afraid to try some superimposed curved lines as warm-up exercises as you move forward.

Ellipses: Good job drawing your ellipses 2-3 times through, keep it up. You do a pretty good job keeping each ellipse within bounds, but unfortunately almost all of them are deformed. I recommend revisiting these as warm-up exercises to get more practice in with drawing confident ellipses.

Boxes: You used line extension correctly on the rough perspective exercise, and each line is going towards the vanishing point so good job. Good job on rotated boxes, boxes look pretty tight and the boxes seem to be actually rotating. Using nearby lines to help construct your forms is a useful tool to have, just something to keep in mind. Organic perspective boxes looking pretty good as well. Tip: when you draw your initial Y, try to keep all angles greater than 90 degrees (anything less than 90 or at 90 leads to some distorted looking boxes), just something to keep in mind.

Overall, you did pretty good. Most important takeaway is to prioritize confidence over accuracy.

Howdy. Nice job completing lesson 1, here is some feedback:

Lines: Lines start from first point and seem pretty straight, which is great. Keep it up. Some of your longer lines have some slight arcing just something to keep in mind. Eventually you will want to be able to draw a line through both points, but prioritize always drawing straight lines first.

Ellipses: Lines in tables of ellipses look slightly wobbly, and look a bit more wobbly as you moved on to ellipses in planes, causing them to look a bit deformed which is something you want to avoid. Prioritize drawing smooth, confident lines over something wobbly, you should want to always be drawing smooth lines. Accuracy will improve as you practice more with ghosting. Funnels looking pretty solid, few wobbly lines. Some tend to have a slight angle as you move outward, just something to keep in mind.

Boxes: Starting to see some lines get a wee bit wobbly as you try to draw through both points, prioritize keeping 'em straight. If you slightly miss a point, that is ok. Continue working with the mistake, you can try again on your next attempt. I see some points which you plotted but didn't commit to, which shows that you put thought into each line, which is great! Keep it up. Rotated boxes looking a bit rough in some areas (some boxes do not look like they are rotating), but it looks like you learned from your mistakes and made them rotate in other areas, so good job. Rough perspective boxes, I can see that the 2D boxes are changing size as they move through 3D space, so it gets a pass from me. Don't be afraid to vary up your boxes as you move forward (they don't all have to be cubes). Also, some boxes have initial Y angles at or less than 90 degrees, try to avoid doing that as it causes the boxes to look distorted.

Overall, good start! Keep it up. Ready for the 250 box challenge.

Howdy. Looking pretty good so far. Here's some feedback:

Lines: Some fraying on both ends of the superimposed lines and sometimes miss the first point in ghosted lines exercise, but you seem to have improved upon that in your later exercises. Just keep in mind you always want to land that first point. Otherwise, you do a pretty good job keeping those lines straight, so keep it up.

Ellipses: Not bad on ellipses. Good job on varying up your ellipses. Never hurts to practice different things. You seemed to prioritize drawing confident ellipses (lines are smooth, not wobbly) which is great! Keep it up. Try focusing on tightening up those ellipses as you move forward. On the funnels exercise, your ellipses tend to angle both directions at the center and edges of the funnel, just something to keep in mind.

Boxes: Some repeated lines here and there, try not to do that. Accept the mistake and move on with it, correct it on your next attempt. On your rough perspective exercise, some of your lines (the front face lines) almost seem too straight compared to your other lines... almost like you used a ruler. If that is the case, then you have cheated yourself out of some valuable ghosting practice as only the horizon line needed to be drawn with a ruler. Rotated boxes looking nice, good job keeping 'em tight and using nearby lines to construct your forms. Organic boxes looking nice, don't be afraid to vary up the boxes (they don't all have to be cubes). A lot of angles on the initial Y are either at or less than 90 degrees, which is something you want to avoid because it leads to your boxes looking distorted.

Otherwise, good start. Keep it up!

Howdy. Lookin' pretty solid so far. Here's some feedback:

Lines: Some slight fraying on both ends for the super imposed lines exercise (caused by not starting at the point), but you appear to have improved on that on your later exercises which is great.

Ellipses: Lines get very wobbly here probably because you seem to be focusing more on accuracy (hitting boundaries) instead of confidence (drawing something that is a smooth oval shape) resulting in misshapen ellipses. Remember to prioritize drawing straight confident lines over accurate wobbly ones. You want to train your muscles to draw smooth lines, always. Accuracy will improve with practice, but that practice has to be good practice. Ellipses are hard at first but you will get better at them with practice, so try repeating some of the ellipses exercises as warm-ups as you continue onward. Your ellipses in funnels is looking pretty good, some slight variation of angles as you move outwards, just something to keep in mind.

Boxes: Your lines are a little wobbly here as well (again, confidence > accuracy). Some slight arcing so keep that in mind. Rotated boxes looking pretty solid, using nearby lines to help construct your figures is a useful skill to have, so keep it in mind when doing the 250 box challenge. Organic boxes looking pretty good, don't be afraid to try drawing other types of boxes (not just cubes).

Overall, not bad! Keep it up.

Howdy. Lesson 1 homework lookin' pretty good. Here are my thoughts:

Lines (overall): First of all I want to say good job drawing straight confident lines, keep it up. However, sometimes you didn't plot out some lines (such as for the ghosted planes and organic perspective exercises). It is important that you do, because it gives you more practice with the ghosting method and markmaking. There is some slight curving and some repeated lines on your box exercises, just keep in mind your first priority should be a straight line. Don't worry too much about accuracy, it will get better with practice as you continue training your muscles.

Ellipses: Good start on ellipses. Keep practicing ellipses as warm-up exercises, prioritize drawing smooth lines and tightening up the ellipse over hitting all the boundaries. Your tables of ellipses has some slight angle variation and ellipses in funnels tend to angle a bit as you move outward, so keep that in mind.

Boxes: Good job on the boxes, you seem to have a pretty solid grasp on perspective. You used nearby lines to help construct rotated boxes, which is good. For organic boxes.. don't be slackin' on those ghosted lines ya'hear? Otherwise, looks solid. (I'm not sure you are supposed to be drawing smiley faces on your boxes, just FYI going forward (even though they made me smile).)

Hi there, looks like you are off to a pretty good start. Here is my feedback.

Lines (overall): Wow, you do a really good job at starting each line at the first point. Good job, keep it up. You do have some slight wobbles and arcing here and there, try to prioritize drawing straight lines first. Accuracy will improve as you get more used to drawing straight lines using the ghosting method and shoulder muscles. One minor thing, for the ghosted planes it seems you skipped plotting the lines which cut the plane in half (if ? is your plane then the + lines you draw after the x). It is recommended you plot points and ghost for every line, because it gives you more opportunity to practice the ghosting method, just something to keep in mind. (p.s. I like the numbers in the super imposed line exercise, thought it was neat.)

Ellipses: Good start on ellipses! For ellipses tables, you go a pretty good job of keeping the angle at which they are leaning pretty consistent. They tend to angle slightly more on the funnels exercise, so keep that in mind. A lot of your ellipses were drawn over more than 3 times, which is excessive. Focus on tightening up ellipses first, and then improve on accuracy (hitting the boundaries).

Boxes: Keep up drawing through each box. Nice convergences on your rotated boxes, good job using nearby lines to help guide you. However, your lines start to get more unsure of themselves (wobbly, some discontinuous, some repeated). Again, first priority should be making confident lines. If you miss a point, that's ok. Construct the box using the new line. Don't fall into the trap of repeating over your lines as well. View each mistake as a learning opportunity and correct those mistakes with your next attempt. You will draw better with practice. (Also oooh, organic perspective boxes moving far away and then closer again, that's pretty neat.)

Anyways, you got this, keep it up!

Howdy! Good starting point so far, but still have a lot of room for improvement.

Lines (overall): You do a good job starting your lines at the desired point, which is great! Keep it up. Your ghosted lines and planes exercises look pretty good, but your lines tend to get more and more wobbly beyond that point. I think it is because you were focusing too greatly on drawing a line between your two points. Instead, you should prioritize drawing straight, confident lines. Use the ghosting method to guide your muscles between points A and B and as soon as your pen hits your paper let your muscles take over and draw out the line in one smooth clean stroke. You will probably miss point B, but that's okay. Your accuracy will improve as you draw and practice more. I noticed some repeated lines on your organic perspective exercise, don't fall into the trap of trying to correct your lines. Think of each mistake as a learning opportunity to see your mistakes and correct them on the next attempt.

Ellipses: For the ellipses tables and funnels, you are pretty consistent at keeping the angles of the ellipses aligned, so good job with that. You drew through your ellipses 2 times on your tables and planes, which is great! But then some ellipses on the funnels were only drawn through 1.5 times instead of 2 times. Don't slack on this, drawing 'em through helps train your shoulder muscles. Overall, I'd say you would want to focus on smoothening out the ellipses by drawing confident lines and then tightening them up. Don't worry too much about accuracy until you can consistently draw smooth ellipses.

Boxes: You drew through your boxes on the exercises that required it, which is good keep it up. Rotated boxes are not bad, you seem to have gotten the gist of it. For organic perspective, don't be afraid to try making boxes larger, and at different lengths, widths, heights. Again, not a bad start. Main issue is wobbly lines.