No problem. Lesson 6 goes a bit further into form intersections but it mostly comes down to spatial reasoning and that is something that these lessons don't really teach you. But that too becomes easier with practice.
Yes this also goes for cylinders and cones. For those sometimes the side you want to hatch is the flat side on the end and sometimes it's the curved side. It's good to practice with both.
As for the organic intersection, if those thick lines are not intended as shadows then you did fine. Only they are a bit too wide for this purpose. Usually only one or two extra strokes is enough to show which line is in front. Otherwise it may be confused for shadows (as I was).
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Hi Tekashicana, Congratulations on finishing the 250 box challenge. I'll be giving you feedback. Pointing out mistakes you've made as well as things you did good.
Your lineworks looks good from start to finish. The lines are mostly straight and smooth and don't over or undershoot their mark. There are a few slightly bent lines at the start but that is cleared up by the end.
You don't make use of added line thickness for the contour and only rarely add hatching to one of the front faces. I would highly recommend doing these for two reasons. First it means you're drawing more lines which is more practice and as these lines are parallel/overlap you get a clearer picture whether they're straight or not. And second it makes the boxes easier to read for the viewer as it is more clear what the front faces are.
You vary very little in the proportions (length and width) and the orientation of your boxes. I encourage you to experiment with this. A lot of this comes down to changing the length and direction of your starting Y-shape. Look at this diagram of different possible orientations.
The perspective of your boxes is fairly consistent throughout. Good job on that.
You mentioned that you've had a long break I think you did good on doing a few practice pages before getting back in. Doing a few exercises from previous lessons would also work. Anyway there is no visible drop in quality where you've picked it back up.
Overall very nice work. Good luck with lesson 2
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Hello Joserayberth, Congratulations on finishing lesson 2. I'll be giving you feedback, pointing out mistakes you've made as well as thing you did good.
Organic arrows
Your linework is really good. The lines look confident and flow nicely.The arrows also compress well as they get gradually smaller towards the back.
Hatching and added line thickness is also applied properly to which way the arrow is flowing. The line thickness is a bit heavy though. Usually only one additional stroke is enough.
On a few arrows on the first page you've added lines along the length of the arrows. This is sometimes done to show direction/movement. But because we do that with perspective, hatching and line thickness these lines are not necessary.
Organic forms with contour lines
The lines look good. The sausage shapes are drawn in one continuous stroke and the ellipses are drawn through multiple times.
You are also varying the degree of rotation of your ellipses which is nice to see.
Some of the ellipses over- or undershoot their bounds which isn't something to worry about now as we haven't done much with ellipses yet but you may want to pay attention to that with warm-up exercises.
Some of the sausage shapes taper off to the ends while the goal is to keep them a consistent width. Also not much of a problem but something you want to keep in mind doing this or similar exercises in the future.
Texture analysis
You've made a clear analysis of the textures and applied it to the gradients.
Be careful not falling into the trap of using single lines as contours. The goal is to only create shadows and draw them by making black shapes rather than lines.
The black bar on the left is still visible in your gradients. Try to integrate them into the gradient by adding big shadows on the left side so that there is no straight bar left.
Also next time write down what the textures are as it helps with giving critique to know what I'm looking at. This also goes for the Dissections exercise.
Dissections
The textures look very good here as well. It is evident you've put a lot of care in your drawing.
The gradient from light to dark works nicely here to show the round shape of the sausages. And the added silhouette accentuates the texture nicely.
Form intersections
Your linework on the base shapes looks good with clean confident strokes. Even the spheres and cylinders look pretty good, especially because this is the first time they appear in the course and they can be very tricky to get right.
There are only a few obvious mistakes in the intersections: The cubes on the bottom of the first page have corners where two flat planes intersect which shouldn't be there and on the bottom of the second page where de cylinder and sphere meet there should be a corner along the edge of the cylinder. But overall you seem like you have a good understanding in how shapes interact in 3D space.
When adding hatching on these pages it works best if they are all on the same side of the shapes (all on the left for example). This also requires hatching along the long side of the spheres and cones which you haven't done. How this works is explained here.
Much like in the arrows exercise the added line weight is a bit heavy.
Organic intersections
The piles look convincing. The added line thickness help define the shapes. The cast shadows also work well to convey the shapes and how they interact with each other. You've also drawn through the shapes nicely.
On two of the sausage shapes of the first page there are thick black lines on top. If these are shadows they are in the wrong place and if this is added line thickness then much as before they are a bit much.
It was not required for this lesson but in other lessons please add your reference photo's to the imgur file as it really helps with giving feedback.
Overall very good work. Well done. You are ready to continue with lesson 3.
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Hello Krythulu, Congratulations on finishing lesson 2. I'll be giving you feedback, pointing out mistakes you've made as well as thing you did good.
Organic arrows
Your linework is really good. The lines look confident and flow nicely.They also compress well. They get gradually smaller towards the back.
You make proper use of shading and line thickness to identify which lines are in front of which.
Organic forms with contour lines
The lines look good. The sausage shapes are drawn in one continuous stroke and the ellipses are drawn through multiple times.
The of the ellipses have a very similar degree of rotation like this. Shifting this degree of rotation allows for more movement in the shapes you are drawing.
Texture analysis
You've made a clear analysis of the textures and applied it to the gradients. You properly use shapes rather than lines. This helps convey the texture very well.
The gradients from dark to light also looks very good. There is no sudden transition from the black/white bar to texture which is nice to see.
Dissections
The dissections look very good. Most of the textures follow the shape of the sausage nicely and you make good use of the silhouette to show your texture.
However some of the textures don't make use of the darkness gradient towards the edge which leaves them looking rather flat. The wood planks and woven basket are good examples of this.
Lastly when drawing a gradient from light to dark where the middle of the sausage shape is light and it gets darker toward the edge that is because the light source is centered on the middle. As a result shadows move away from the middle towards the edges. In the octopus tentacles textures the shadows of the suction cups are all on the same side while the should be pointing to the edge closest to them.
Form intersections
Your linework on the base shapes looks good with clean confident strokes. You make good use of added line weight on lines that overlap each other to show which is in front.
I don't see major mistakes in the intersections. You look like you have a good understanding in how shapes interact in 3D space. The only obvious mistake I can spot is the cone emerging from the cube on the third page. As a cone is a round shape the intersection line should be curved as well.
The hatching lines you've added to the pyramids all converge towards the point of the pyramid. This is how you add shadow to a cone shape but because the sides of a pyramid are flat you can add parallel lines just like you do on the cubes. Other than that the hatching looks good.
Organic intersections
The linework of the sausages looks good. The shapes lay on top of each other convincingly.
Much like the contour lines exercise you could make more use of the degree of rotation of the contour lines to convey movement in the sausage shapes. When they are more wider/circular they face the viewer and when they get narrower the face away from the viewer.
You haven't drawn through all your shapes. The course asks you to do this because it will help you better understand how the shapes interact with each other which comes back to you in later lessons.
The shadows that are cast on other sausages stick too much to the shape that casts them rather than following the surface they project on.
Overall very good work. You are ready to continue with lesson 3.
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Hello Krythulu, Congratulations on finishing lesson 2. I'll be giving you feedback, pointing out mistakes you've made as well as thing you did good.
Organic arrows
The arrows are drawn with one continuous stroke nicely. It is at times a bit wobbly however. This should improve with practice. Just remember to always use the ghosting method until you are confident the line will come out properly.
This also goes for the added line thickness and shading. Use the ghosting method for every single line. Also the shading lines should go parallel to the line connecting the two strokes of the ribbon like you did in right most arrow of the first page, not along the flow of the ribbon like you did in the bottom arrow of the second page.
The arrows compress nicely. They get gradually smaller towards the back.
Lastly I encourage you to add extra line weight to lines overlapping others to emphasize which one is in front.
Organic intersections
The lines look good. The sausage shapes are drawn in one continuous stroke and the ellipses are drawn through multiple times.
Most sausages have a proper constant width with one obvious exceptions being in the center of the second page.
In a couple of sausages you change the degree of rotations of the ellipses when they move along the sausage which is good to see.
Texture analysis
There is a good gradient from dark to light and the black and white bars are properly integrated so they aren't obvious.
Make sure you only add shapes and don't fall in the trap of scratching lines to fill a texture.
Dissections
Form intersections
The basic cubes look pretty good. There are a few bent lines of lines that don't quite line up to their marks but overall they are fine. This cylinders could use some more work. This mostly comes down to getting more confident in your ellipses but also the minor axes should extend beyond the cylinder. Although I wouldn't worry to much about this as cylinders is the main point of focus of later lessons and this is only an introduction.
I don't see major mistakes in the intersections between cubes. But where a cube meets a cylinder the intersection line should always be bent depending on the angle of the intersection. Unless the intersection is perfectly parallel to the axes of the cylinder in which case it is straight.
Organic intersections
The linework of the sausages looks fine. Your lines could be more confident but it is good enough for this point of the course. The cast shadows work well to convey there shapes and how they interact with each other. You've also drawn through the shapes nicely.
The degree of rotation of the ellipses changes nicely around the organic shapes to show how the bend in 3d space.
Overall very nice work. You are ready to continue with lesson 3.
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Hi Corruptedunicorn, Congratulations on finishing the 250 box challenge. I'll be giving you feedback. Pointing out mistakes you've made as well as things you did good.
Your lineworks looks good from start to finish. The lines are mostly straight and smooth and don't over or undershoot their mark. There is a little hesitation at the start but that is cleared up by the end.
You don't make use of added line thickness for the contour and hatching on one of the front faces. I would highly recommend doing this for two reasons. First it means you're drawing more lines which is more practice and as these lines are parallel/overlap you get a clearer picture whether they're straight or not. And second it makes the boxes easier to read for the viewer as it is more clear what the front faces are.
You vary in the proportions of you boxes (length and width) but the orientation remains very similar throughout. I encourage you to experiment with different orientations. A lot of this comes down to changing the length and direction of your starting Y-shape. Look at this diagram of different possibilities.
There are some boxes where the back corner doesn't work out (like: 16, 91, 127, 159, 187 for example). This is a common mistakes and sometimes can't really be avoided. What helps for some people is to draw the back corner before one of the outside lines. You may want to try if this works for you.
Overall very nice work. Good luck with lesson 2
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Hello Davidsss, Congratulations on finishing lesson 3. I'll be giving you feedback, pointing out mistakes you've made as well as thing you did good.
Organic arrows
You lines are smooth and confident. You also make good use of line thickness to show the hierarchy of lines in your drawing.
The arrows get narrower towards the back and the bends get closer to each other. This is good foreshortening and shows a sense of depth. Nice and clean hatching adds to this effect.
Leaves
The linework for your leaves is looking smooth which helps communicate their shape and movement in space.
Your addition of edge detail is generally looking good but is mostly done subtractive where it is preferred to do this additively.
All your leaves have the same base shape. When doing this exercise in the future try experimenting with more complex shaped leaves of different plants.
Branches
Moving on to your branches they are coming along decently as you're following the instructions for the exercise. There are a couple of visible tails in these branches. This mostly comes down to practice but you can also attempt to mitigate it by limiting the amount of ellipses in the branches. By spacing them further apart you'll allow for a bigger runway between ellipses and ensure a smoother transition between marks.
For ellipses it's good to see that you're always drawing through them twice. However the degree of the ellipses is very similar. They do get wider/narrower along the branches but you can push this a lot further to create more dynamic structures. Remember that as a form shifts in relation to the viewer, so will the degree of the ellipses within that structure also shift.
Plant construction
The plant construction is coming along very well. You use the method as described which results in believable 3d shapes. Leaf construction is also going well in these plants.
There is also a good variety of different types of plants/leaves and even fruits. It's also good to see you've done a plant pot as the cylindrical shape can be tricky to get right
There isn't much left to say. Your plants are really good.
Overall very good work. You are ready for lesson 4.
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Continue with lesson 4
You can start the 25 textures challenge alongside the regular lessons if you haven't already.
Hi Disastermuffin, Congratulations on finishing the 250 box challenge. That is quite a feat. I'll be giving you feedback. Pointing out mistakes you've made as well as things you did good.
Your lineworks looks very good from start to finish. The lines are straight and don't over or undershoot their mark.
Hatching is somewhat inconsistent. The lines are sometimes wobbly and the regularly undershoot their mark. This is easily solved by taking the time and applying the ghosting method.
You vary in the proportions of you boxes (length and width) but the orientation remains very similar throughout. I encourage you to experiment with different orientations. A lot of this comes down to changing the length and direction of your starting Y-shape. Look at this diagram of different possibilities.
Another tip: The horizontal parts of the y-line will always converge to vanishing points that can be connected to each other by a line perpendicular to the vertical part of the y-line. In other words: The center vertical line of the box will always be perpendicular to the local horizon line of the box. You've noted that there are some odd boxes and this could likely be the reason.
Overall very nice work. Good luck with lesson 2.
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