Damian1ilin

Thanks a lot!

Hi! tnx a lot, I appreciate the effort into critiquing, here I have a new drawing as you asked: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qCWWVlvCiIxBD9UFfK6XdlBkF5IhtC2r/view?usp=sharing

I did a dragonfly following your instructions, it was really helpfull to build the legs in this way, both easy and intuitive so thanks a lot. Also, with it being a big drawing it was easier for the arm and hand movements, I feel I was able to draw more confidently.

Also I took care of the line problems you mentioned, it wasn't that I was trying to hide the construction, the pen I did them with was running out of ink, so i bought a new one.

also to mention, I do construction with a 0.3 mm tip and then I do some line weight with an 0.7, (as those are the only one I can buy near my town) And this time I was more conscious about where I was adding the weight, so I could imply the interactions between forms correctly. I don't know if this is enough, but I feel it helped a lot! thank you.

If it stills missing something and need extra work lemme know! thanks a lot.

Wow, this is a pretty solid 250 box challenge indeed. well, congrats on making it this far, your boxer where really good since the beginning, and they only got better and better. It was a little fuzzy until you started marking one side of the boxes, but asides that, this is a really good job. I don't think I have much to say, you know very well how to draw boxes in many sizes and rotations. I really hope this exercise was usefull to your understanding of perspective and 3d space.

hey! hello there! I hope to be helpfull with my critiques.

starting with the arrows and organic forms, these two are really well done, they both flow through 3d space nicely and show good line confidence. Good work! if you want, I could suggest you on trying some weird perspectives just to push your boundaries to new areas.

Next, with the textures:

Both the analysis and dissections are done very nicely, you know how texturing works and you are able to replicate it very nicely around forms and masses. At first they are a little bit stiff and 2d but with a couple more iterations you where able to wrap textures in them in a very good way. Also keep in mind the contour of the masses, here I think you didn't take all of the advantage in them, and some of the shapes may get a lot better with some work on their contour, anyways you did a good job!.

Form intersections: these are good too, the bases for the exercise are well set and you can intersect shapes nicely, congrats!. it'd be good if you try this exercise once in a while, trying to crowd it a little bit more with forms, this helps to sharpen the "3d sense" of drawing.

And finally, organic intersections: these are pretty good too! the bases of the exercise is well shown here and you are able to manipulate the forms really well. One thing that you may find usefull is to push a little bit more the drop shadows, exaggerating them a little just to accentuate the mass of the forms laying around. (don't get me wrong, yours are good)

Hi! ill go ahead and critique your submission, I hope to be usefull

Lines

    Superimposed Lines: These lines are very good, and you show some good progress through the repetitions, wich is really nice. I see you struggle a little bit with the longer lines and curve. This is really a common thing, and it'll get better as you develop muscle memory and also learn wich motion to use depending on the line you are planning. both the longer lines and curve ones show some fraying at the end, that will also get better with practice and repetition, so this is nothing to worry about. keep it up!

    Ghosted Lines: You seem to be doing the ghosting part really well. yes, they are not perfect but they are getting better as you progress. some of the lines have a little bent at the end or the start, which can be caused by some confidence loss or maybe the position of the page, remember that with each line you must plan the movement of all your arm muscles as well as the rotation of the page to make it easier to achieve those sharp and confident lines.

    Ghosted Planes: Here we have the same principles as in the prev point, so I haven't got much to say asides that you did them really good. I recommend on doing this exercise as warm ups before you start drawing each day, because its really helpful both for lines and for the ellipses that you'll be drawing on top.

Ellipses:

    Tables of Ellipses and  Ellipses in Planes: I'll put these two together because they are very simmilar. All the thing I could critique are well developed by the end of the pages, this is really good, because you are able to identify your own struggles and learn to solve them, at the start your ellipses are a little wobbly and loose, and by the end of these exercises you are able to draw them very sharply and with a lot more confidence. they still have some work to do but you are on the right path congrats!

    Funnels: Here the axis are a little bit off in some of them, but the main problem I see is the confidence, take your time and Ghost arround the trayectory you are planing for the ellipse. As I said before, I recommend you to warmup doing the ghosted planes with ellipses so you can develop confidence on both elements at the same time.

Boxes:

    Plotted Perspective: Well, I havent got much to say since its done with the ruler so, as long as it helps you to understand how things work for the next exercises, this one is well done.

    Rough Perspective and Organic Perspective: Here the main issue is where the vanishing points end up being, and for this the only thing I can suggest is to ghost the lines aaaall the way to the vanishing point you are looking for, do a couple ghosting pases from the start of your point to the vanishing point so you can plan it and aim a little bit better, and then when you are confident enough start thinking of the little portion that is going to be your actual box line. Anyways, here you also get better as the pages fill, so I dont think its necessary to ask extra homework, I think you have enough self awareness to get trough.

        Rotated Boxes: These rotated boxes are really hard to do, its not perfect but the main thing is to get how this exercise makes you think about the vanishing points and how they affect the rotation of the box, and I thing you did this part really well so, congrats!

fiuf, here it all ends. As I said, keep the Ghosted planes in mind for your warmups and you'll be in a really good shape, and also try once in a while revisiting the rotated boxes exercise, its a nice challenge that helps you keeping sharp the 3 dimensionality of your drawings.

Hey! hello there, these exercises are really well done, your Superimposed Lines are really good, they show a little bit of fraying at the start but then you manage to get better with this.

Ghosted Lines and Ghosted Planes are really well done too! some of them have a little curvature that may be because of the wrong arm motion, keep in mind this and also that you can rotate the page to make things easier.

The lines you are doing are really really good, and the ellipses start a little wobbly but then they are well developed by the end of the exercises. This is really good because you show the ability to recognize and solve your own drawing problems.

the funnels exercise may be a little off but I don't think its necessary to ask for extra work because of the thing I said previously.

While being simple lines you managed to draw them very sharply, I see you struggle a little bit on the lines when you are building boxes. take your time to Ghost the lines as much as you need and do them quick and with confidence, the wobbly lines tend to appear when you do things slow. And on the other hand, you aim for the vanishing point really well, congrats on that, those lines go really close to the VP.

The organic perspective boxes suffer from the same wobbly lines problem, remember to take your time and planning before doing the lines.

The rotated boxes exercise is really well done, you take advantage of the vanishing points really well and seem to understand how to manipulate them to rotate objects around the 3d space.

Well, here it ends. remember to warm up each time before drawing, and I can suggest doing Rotated planes + ellipses as a good choice to warm up, since it has a little bit of everything on it.

Congrats! You improved those ellipses really well, now I'm able to really see some confidence building up on them. I hope this little step helps you in the next lessons, and in your artist journey.

Hi! next time be carefull with the bubble thing, since there may be some things to improve that you missed. Luckily for you this lesson and the 250 box don't have THAT much in common and errors that could got passed through, so here I go:

Organic Arrows: Some of them are really nice and have interesting flows and shapes, and others look a little bit too flat, although I notice in some of them this is intentional, the others are not a problem, since you shown the ability to control them nicely. Also, I see that some of them are not done with a single continuous stroke. I think this exercise is completed, nonetheless, I'd recommend on doing it as a warm up a couple times so you get comfortable with the continuous lines and weird angles.

Organic Forms with Contour Lines: I really like these shapes, they are solid and you really nail the contour lines, both in angles and quantity. The center line is a little off sometimes, but this is not a major problem. Good job!

Texture Analysis and dissections : Well done, these textures are really good, bot the analyses and dissections, they really show what they are intended to be, I see a nice use of the cast shadows and silhouette. Congrats!

Form Intersections: Well, im speechless, they are really good, you are making my job here really easy here, these are very solid structures intersections. I dont have much to say other than congrats, these are really good.

Organic Intersections: well, same as before, these forms are very well established, have proper mass and shadows.

Well, I'm going to be honest, after seeing your exercises I want to re-do mine. congrats. You have a really nice understanding of 3d spaces and know very well how to represent them.

thank you very much! I appreciate this extreme detail on critiquing! I'll go and have a couple more tries with these you pointed out. have a nice day!

Hello! I hope you found this lesson useful, now, lets get into the critiquing:

1) Organic Arrows: They are nice, they flow continuously, and have nice angles. I'd recommend on doing a few more focusing on the depth, trying to really imply they came from far behind the page, so you start getting used to these angles, later on it'll be very important.

2) Organic Forms with Contour Lines: they are ok, the lines are continuous, wich shows good confidence. I feel they all look a little bit too similar (in the same angles) and you could try some strange ones, but same as before, the bases are well setted. If you desire, I'd recommend doing a few more trying to challenge to think in different situations, maybe more elongated ones, and bent in different angles across the body of the sausage. Also sometimes the minor axis is a little off, but you corrected it across the pages, so congrats on overcoming this problem!

3) Texture Analysis: I liked this one, you did really well on representing the textures, you focused on the cast shadows wich is really good, and the gradient is really well done.

4) Dissections: This one is fine, the first ones look a little bit flat, but then you improve a lot in this aspect and bring very solid and nice looking textures. Nice job!

5) Form Intersections: This one is also really good, there are some complex intersections that you did very well, congrats, there's not much to say about this one.

6) Organic Intersections: These are mostly ok, they flow nicely around each other and have some weight. The shading could have some improvements with the wrapping of the cast shadows, but it's majorly ok.

I think you are ready for the next lesson, all of the exercises are done arround the main focus and fulfill them.

Keep in mind these recomendations in points 1 and 2, if you have some time give them a little try, have fun while doing some weird sausages and arrows, this will come in handy for the next lessons.