DrReverendJ

Hi,

Finally had time to finish the assignments, and I think they're better, though not perfect by any means. My circles still need work, when I do them as warm-ups they seem fine, but when I do them in the assignments I over think them and they get kinda ugly. Also working on not overshooting lines or missing the target, I'm much better at it, but again, not perfect. Anyways, here's the link, I hope it's up to snuff.

Cheers,

Dr. Reverend J

https://imgur.com/a/45u2Bhk

Hi Uncomfortable,

Quick question for clarity's sake; for the 2 pages of organic forms do you want one page with ellipses and one for contour curves, or both be contour curves? In the one page re-do you didn't mention ellipses so that why they weren't included in the last submission (unless I completely misread that part). Other than that, nothing to add, I'll aim to get the submission back to you by mid-month provides things don't burst into flame, or freeze, or both. 

Cheers,

Dr. Reverend J

Edit: No idea why it made that in quote form.

Hi Uncomfortable,

Thanks for the details reply, definitely some good suggestions in there, still a learning process for me as I'm coming into this as a complete newbie. Hopefully the next round of homework will look better still needing to practice the basics like using the shoulder, etc. but even from the first go around of the homework my technical ability is starting to improve. In the future don't worry about giving me harsh critiques, I got my PhD so I'm a pro at beating my head against a wall until it breaks.

Cheers,

DrReverendJ

Hi,

Thanks for the feed back, quick question, you refer to "Symbol Drawing" and my googling is not really telling me much. What do you mean by that and what is a good way to prevent it? I'll just add I've never taken a drawing class in my life, so a bunch of these terms are pretty foreign to me.

Cheers,

DrReverendJ

Hi,

I've attached the 15 more boxes, it took me a lot longer than I would have liked because I was so burned out on drawing just boxes I needed to do *anything* else. I still feel like it's not perfect, but I think I'm getting better, but I'll let you be the judge. Anyways, here's the link.

https://imgur.com/a/xxmeWwY

Cheers,

DrReverendJ

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestions and the link. Sorry about not including the other picture, still figuring out how imgur works, but I think you're spot on with pausing between drawing each ciricle or ellipse. Just a quick question,  do I do the 250 box challange before lesson 2 or do I do it in conjuction with lesson 2? 

Hi,

Thanks for the feedback, just as any FYI for the first 2 pt. perspective, I didn't actually have a ruler, I think I had to use part of a cardboard box to make straight lines, so this homework I invested in some 2500 BC technology. I completed the extra assignments and part of me wants to say "FU" to ellipses. They're terrible and I know it, and I think I'm doing something mechanically wrong in drawing them. It feels like my shoulder locks when I try to make a circular motion and that why, especially with the circles, they get all wobbly. So any insight would be helpful. When I do a single ellipse or circle its not too bad, but as soon as I try to do a second, I make it about half way through and it all falls apart. I'm under the impression that my brain goes off autopilot, but if I go too fast it's a disaster. As an example, one of the boxes which has three lines of circles, I did the first one at my normal speed, then increased it to 1.5 and 2x speed on the next two (fastest on top) and they get worse. My personal thought is that I haven't drawn in decades and it'll just take a while to get good at them, but I also don't want to get in a bad habit now, so any suggestions would be helpful.

https://imgur.com/9Oydr4p

Cheers,

DrReverendJ