Feldspar

You're welcome! You are on the right track. Accuracy will come with practice, as you work your way with warmups. Hope this critique help you understand your flaws and what you need to aim for. Cool 50% rule art tho ^^

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Hi Sonia_S! I am Feldspar and I will be critiquing your work today. I hope you've been keeping up with your 50% rule and warmups while waiting! Lets start!

Lines

• Superimposed Lines: I see your lines wobbling a little. It can be a hint that you are executing your marks not from your shoulder but I suggest it comes from hesitation and focusing on their desire for accuracy. Keep an eye on this throughout your warmups.

• Ghosted Lines: Confident lines, good work!

• Ghosted Planes: Solid planes!

Ellipses

• Tables of Ellipses: I see some ellipses "float" on the page without any targets. Ellipses need to have two borders that encase them, to check their accuracy. But the vast majority of ellipses are evenly shaped and fit snugly against the borders. Solid work.

• Ellipses in Planes: I notice your ellipses are a bit wobbly. Remember not to be too focused on fitting them against all four borders. But it's nothing some practice with warmups can't fix. Don't forget confidence beats accurate!

• Funnels: Good funnels. Try to vary size and shape of ellipses through warmups and optionally change the degree with every ellipse.

Boxes

• Plotted Perspective: Nothing to add here.

• Rough Perspective: Some of the front/back faces of boxes are not rectangular. This is may be result of guessing but i suggest it is about accuracy as it happens not so often throughout your exercise and sort itself with warmups. Keep that in mind.

• Rotated Boxes: You have a eye for rotations! Solid job.

• Organic Perspective: Most of the edges of your boxes are diverging or parallel to each other. This may constitute a re-do, but I'm not gonna reassign this again, as I believe with 250 Boxes Challenge instructions, you will understand and get better with organic boxes too. I HIGHLY recommend reconsuming the material/ScyllaStew's videos before attempting Organic Boxes for warmup.

Hi Snowguy! I am Feldspar and I will be critiquing your work today. I hope you've been keeping up with your 50% rule and warmups while waiting! Lets start!

Lines

• Superimposed Lines: I see no fraying on both sides or wobbling. Good work!

• Ghosted Lines: Confident lines, good job!

• Ghosted Planes: Solid planes all i can say

Ellipses

• Tables of Ellipses: I see some ellipses "float" on the page without any targets. Ellipses need to have two borders that encase them, to check their accuracy. But i think it not a big deal as i believe it is about accuracy and will sort out itself with warmups, just keep it in mind.

• Ellipses in Planes: Some of the ellipses are wobbling and egg-shaped but i see you trying to put them snugly agains all borders and they are confident so this is the matter of some warmups. Remember, confident but inaccurate line > Accurate but wobbly line.

• Funnels: Good funnels. Try to vary size and shape of ellipses through warmups and optionally change the degree with every ellipse.

Boxes

• Plotted Perspective: Nothing to add here.

• Rough Perspective: I noticed your line confidence took a big hit, remember, confidence beats accurate!

• Rotated Boxes: You have a eye for rotations! Solid job. Although because your left boxes on horizontal line and upper boxes on vertical line aren't actually rotating(having different vanishing points) resulting boxes that stands near them not rotating too. Remember that throughout your future warmups.

• Organic Perspective: In the beginning i see you have problems with converging(some of the edges of corresponding boxes are diverging or parallel to each other) but with every block of this exercise it get better! Edges start to converge correctly and you definitely understand the core principals behind this exercise. I believe with 250 Boxes Challenge instructions, you will understand and get better with Organic Perspective exercise even more and have plenty of time to experiment with boxes. Keep it up!

Hi BreadyReady! I am Feldspar and I will be critiquing your work today. I hope you've been keeping up with your 50% rule and warmups while waiting! Lets begin!

Lines

• Superimposed Lines: I see no fraying on both sides or wobbling. Good job!

• Ghosted Lines: Confident lines, good work!

• Ghosted Planes: I see repeated lines! In DrawABox, you are not allowed to "fix" lines, you only have one shot at a line, and if you miss it, tough luck. This will force you to have a better planning phase, be mindful when ghosting, and will help your accuracy in the long run. Also I see some wobbliness here and there but there is nothing warmups cant fix. Remember dont rush and give time to every line. Don't forget confidence beats accurate!

Ellipses

• Tables of Ellipses: I notice some ellipses "float" on the page without any targets. Remember, ellipses need to have two borders that encase them, to check their accuracy. But i think it not a big deal as i believe it is about accuracy and will sort out itself with warmups, just keep it in mind. On the second page ellipses are evenly shaped and fit snugly against the borders. Solid work.

• Ellipses in Planes: I notice some of your ellipses are a bit wobbly. Remember not to be too focused on fitting them against all four borders. But there is nothing some practice with warmups can't fix. Again Confident but inaccurate line > Accurate but wobbly line.

• Funnels: I see some of ellipses are not aligned to the central minor axis line. Keep that in mind throughout your future warmups.

Boxes

• Plotted Perspective: I see most of the back vertical lines are not perpendicular. Again it's not a big deal as it is the result of all the little mistakes that accumulate as you work through core steps of this exercise. It means you have room to improve. Give yourself more time when lining up ruler.

• Rough Perspective: I see repeated lines again. Try to ghost more throughly when going towards the vanishing point, that may prove helpful. I also noticed your line confidence took a big hit.

• Rotated Boxes: You have a eye for rotations! Solid job. Although your gaps between boxes are not consistent especially on back faces resulting in guessing. But i think its about accuracy and will sort itself with warmups just keep it in mind.

• Organic Perspective: I see a lot of your edges parallel or diverge. Give you more time on the planning phase(during which they place their various points). I recommend reconsuming the material/ScyllaStew's videos before attempting Organic Boxes for warmup. But I believe with 250 Boxes Challenge instructions, you will understand and get better with organic boxes even more.

Hi Izaichan261102! I am Feldspar and I will be critiquing your work today. I hope you've been keeping up with your 50% rule and warmups while waiting! Lets start!

Lines

• Superimposed Lines: I see your lines wobbling a little. I suggest that you're hesitating and not quite giving up control.

• Ghosted Lines: I see your marks wobble a little. It can be a hint that you are executing your marks not from your shoulder but I suggest it comes from hesitation and focusing on their desire for accuracy. Keep an eye on this throughout your warmups.

• Ghosted Planes: I see some wobbliness here and there but there is nothing warmups cant fix. Remember dont rush and give time to every line. Don't forget confidence beats accurate!

Ellipses

• Tables of Ellipses: I notice some ellipses "float" on the page without any targets. Remember, ellipses need to have two borders that encase them, to check their accuracy. But i think it not a big deal as i believe it is about accuracy and will sort out itself with warmups, just keep it in mind. Try to keep ellipses in the similar row in similar orientation as much as possible.

• Ellipses in Planes: I notice some of your ellipses are a bit wobbly. Remember not to be too focused on fitting them against all four borders. But there is nothing some practice with warmups can't fix. Again Confident but inaccurate line > Accurate but wobbly line.

• Funnels: Good funnels. Try to vary size and shape of ellipses through warmups and optionally change the degree with every ellipse.

Boxes

• Plotted Perspective: I see most of the back vertical lines are not perpendicular. It's not a big deal as it is the result of all the little mistakes that accumulate as you work through core steps of this exercise. It means you have room to improve. Give yourself more time when lining up ruler.

• Rough Perspective: I see repeated lines! In DrawABox, you are not allowed to "fix" lines, you only have one shot at a line, and if you miss it, tough luck. This will force you to have a better planning phase, be mindful when ghosting, and will help your accuracy in the long run. Try to ghost more throughly when going towards the vanishing point, that may prove helpful.

• Rotated Boxes: You have a eye for rotations! Solid job.

• Organic Perspective: You are leaning more towards the dramatic foreshortening. I notice on the first page edges of your boxes are diverging or parallel to each other but on the second page it gets better! Edges start to converge correctly and you definitely understand the core principals behind this exercise. Although you boxes are generally the same size, shape and type of foreshortening :p. I believe with 250 Boxes Challenge instructions, you will understand and get better with Organic Perspective exercise even more and have plenty of time to experiment with boxes. Keep it up!

Thanks for taking time and completing this exercise!

About Organic perspective exercise: I recommend to pay attention to the y-method and how edges converge as they go further from the viewer. But, again, i believe with 250 boxes challenge you will have plenty of time to experiment with those methods.

As about the 250 Box Challenge:

Hi Cool_Jim! I am Feldspar and I will be critiquing your work today. I hope you've been keeping up with your 50% rule and warmups while waiting! Lets start!

Lines

• Superimposed Lines: I see no fraying on both sides nor wobbling. Good job!

• Ghosted Lines: Confident lines! Although i want to point out not to worry too much about "levels" of this exercise. In the start we want to pay our attention on how to make our lines confident and accuracy will come with warmups eventually.

• Ghosted Planes: I see some wobbliness here and there but there is nothing warmups cant fix. Remember don't rush and give time to every line. Don't forget confidence beats accurate!

Ellipses

• Tables of Ellipses: I notice some ellipses "float" on the page without any targets. Remember, ellipses need to have two borders that encase them, to check their accuracy. But i think it not a big deal as i believe it is about accuracy and will sort out itself with warmups, just keep it in mind. Try to keep ellipses in the similar row in similar orientation as much as possible. The vast majority of ellipses are evenly shaped and fit snugly against the borders. Solid work.

• Ellipses in Planes: I notice some of your ellipses are a bit wobbly. Remember not to be too focused on fitting them against all four borders. But there is nothing some practice with warmups can't fix. Again Confident but inaccurate line > Accurate but wobbly line.

• Funnels: Good funnels. Try to vary size and shape of ellipses through warmups and optionally change the degree with every ellipse.

Boxes

• Plotted Perspective: Nothing to add here.

• Rough Perspective: I see repeated lines! In DrawABox, you are not allowed to "fix" lines, you only have one shot at a line, and if you miss it, tough luck. This will force you to have a better planning phase, be mindful when ghosting, and will help your accuracy in the long run. Try to ghost more throughly when going towards the vanishing point, that may prove helpful.

• Rotated Boxes: You have a eye for rotations! Solid job. Although you are missing the four corner boxes. I want you to draw, finish them and send it to me (Not a re-do, just finish the remaining boxes)

• Organic Perspective: Most of the edges of your boxes are diverging or parallel to each other. This may constitute a re-do, but I'm not gonna reassign this again, as I believe with 250 Boxes Challenge instructions, you will understand and get better with organic boxes too. I HIGHLY recommend reconsuming the material/ScyllaStew's videos before attempting Organic Boxes for warmup.

Firstly thanks for taking time and completing this exercise!

About your Rough Perspective: Its getting better! You are on the right track. Just remember that your front and back faces of boxes need to be rectangular(composed of horizontals that are parallel to the horizon line, and verticals that are perpendicular to it) and everything should come in place with warmups.

About your question: You already using it, kinda :p. Look, in Rough Perspective exercise your choices ends after you place first of the back corner. Then, comes two rules: first that your box is converging towards your vanishing point, meaning edges that connect front and back faces will go towards vanishing point and second that front and back faces of the boxes need to be rectangular. With those two rules in mind you start to apply ghosting method to find where your remaining corners will go based on the information present on the page so there is no arbitrary guesswork (https://imgur.com/a/eLREsaW). Only after you make sure that two of this rules you think are applied you start to connect corners and make marks. In Organic Perspective exercise, on the other hand, we don't have that much information - we only have three edges of y and besides that we have no only one but three vanishing points. So here comes the negotiating corner when we need to find a compromise of the two pairs of edges in one face of the box to make sure that they converge to corresponding vanishing points. And besides that we have plenty room for our choices: make box with dramatic or shallow convergence. So in Rough Perspective exercise you use a simpler version of ghosting method then in Organic Perspective. Don't worry you will have a lot of time to experiment with those methods in 250 box challenge.

As about the 250 Box Challenge:

Hi Tawny_0wl! I am Feldspar and I will be critiquing your work today. I hope you've been keeping up with your 50% rule and warmups while waiting! Lets begin!

Lines

• Superimposed Lines: I see bit of fraying on both sides. It means that you are not taking enough time to place your pen in correct location. Don't rush and take your time.

• Ghosted Lines: Confident lines, good work!

• Ghosted Planes: Solid planes all i can say.

Ellipses

• Tables of Ellipses: I notice some ellipses "float" on the page without any targets. Remember, ellipses need to have two borders that encase them, to check their accuracy. But i think it not a big deal as i believe it is about accuracy and will sort out itself with warmups, just keep it in mind. Although the vast majority of ellipses are evenly shaped and fit snugly against the borders. Solid work.

• Ellipses in Planes: Some of the ellipses are wobbling and egg-shaped but i see you trying to put them snugly agains all borders and they are confident so this is the matter of some warmups. Remember, confident but inaccurate line > Accurate but wobbly line.

• Funnels: Good funnels. Try to vary size and shape of ellipses through warmups and optionally change the degree with every ellipse.

Boxes

• Plotted Perspective: I see most of the back vertical lines are not perpendicular. Again it's not a big deal as it is the result of all the little mistakes that accumulate as you work through core steps of this exercise. It means you have room to improve. Give yourself more time when lining up ruler.

• Rough Perspective: I notice your back faces of your boxes are not rectangular especially your back vertical edge is falling. It is not about accuracy but more about planning and deciding where lines will go as there is no arbitrary guesswork.I want you to re-consume the material again and follow the instructions. You may check ScyllaStew's video.

• Rotated Boxes: You have a eye for rotations! Solid job.

• Organic Perspective: Most of the boxes are converging correctly although i see some divergence. Hope hatching was applied by ghosting method. I believe with 250 Boxes Challenge instructions, you will understand and get better with organic boxes even more. Keep it up!

Hi Oladushka! I am Feldspar and I will be critiquing your work today. I hope you've been keeping up with your 50% rule and warmups while waiting! Before we start I want to mention that I will point out only exercises that I think have something not right. If I don’t mention it then everything is right in my opinion and you done a good job ^^ Without further ado lets begin!

Lines

• Superimposed Lines: I see bit of fraying on both sides. It means that you are not taking enough time to place your pen in correct location. Don't rush and take your time. Also i dont see the second page for this exercise i assume you forgot to post it and i want to see it throughout a revision.

• Ghosted Planes: One page is absent. Although really solid planes on page you posted!

Ellipses

• Tables of Ellipses: I don't see one page. I see some ellipses "float" on the page without any targets. Ellipses need to have two borders that encase them, to check their accuracy. Try to keep ellipses in the similar row in similar orientation as much as possible.

• Ellipses in Planes: One page is absent. But what i can see your ellipses are confident and you put the snugly agains all borders. Good work!

Boxes

• Rough Perspective: Again one page is absent,

• Rotated Boxes: You have eye on rotations! Good job! Although you are missing the four corner boxes and some edges. I want you to draw, finish them and send it to me (Not a re-do, just finish the remaining boxes).

• Organic Perspective: One page is absent.

Overall i want to point out one thing. You use really bright pen time to time and its really hard to see your lines :p

Lately I started to clear the rubble of old works of Lesson 1. I think you shouldn’t stop just because your lesson wasn’t critiqued for a long time especially after you put your blood sweat and tears in your work, good it or not. If you want to make your work to be critiqued faster you can go to the discord server in critique exchange channel and read pinned massage(for doing critiques for other people you can post your work to the special list and make it more visible for people like you) or simply repost your work. I believe in you!