7:39 PM, Monday May 10th 2021
Thank you. I've looked at the corrections and I now see what you were trying to show me previously. I will continue to work on this.
Thank you. I've looked at the corrections and I now see what you were trying to show me previously. I will continue to work on this.
Thanks for the critique. Here are the revisions. I hope I've understood what you wanted me to do.
Thank you. I will practise the things you mentioned
Thank you
Thank you. I will work on what you said
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Firstly, congrats and well done on completing lesson 1! The first step is often the hardest.
Now onto the slightly long critique, which I hope will be helpful and not too critical.
Lines
1. Superimposed Lines.
Your lines arc so I recommend you try and arc them in the opposite direction to counterbalance it. There's also just a bit of fraying on both ends so try to make sure before you put your pen down that it will land on the same start point every time.
2. Ghosted Lines.
Your accuracy is good on this, but it's causing wobbliness. You should prioritize confidence over accuracy. So once the pen's down, move quickly and don't think. That's why you plan beforehand.
3. Ghosted Planes.
You're arcing the lines quite a bit here. Like I said before, try and arc the other way. It'll take some fine tuning to iron it out, but you'll get there.
Also, this isn't a big deal, but I thought I'd mention it. After you've made the plane and you go to put in the cross (going diagonally) make sure that where the vertical and horizontal lines meet is in the centre of that cross, it'll help with the ellipses.
Ellipses
1. Tables of ellipses/ellipses in planes.
They look a little stiff, so I would suggest ghosting more. I find that I have to ghost the ellipses more than when I ghost lines, to help build up enough rhythm. Also I wouldn't worry too much about keeping them in the boxes. This goes back to the confidence over accuracy thing.
2. Ellipses in funnels.
Your ellipses are better than in the tables and planes, so just keep in mind what I said about them.
Boxes
1. Rough Perspective.
Your verticals are perpendicular to the horizon line which is good, but you need to keep your horizontal lines parallel to the horizon line.
2. Rotated boxes.
Remember this is a hard one, you're supposed to face plant like a baby taking its first steps, so good job on tackling it. Something that might help you is to try and keep the gaps between your boxes narrow and consistant.
3. Organic Boxes.
Good job, it's another tough one. You need to work on getting the same sets of parallel lines to go to the same vanishing point, but you'll get plenty of practise for that when you do the 250 box challenge.
Once again, good job on completing lesson 1.
Next Steps:
I think you should move onto the 250 box challenge as that should help with the lines and boxes. Be confident with your line placement and enjoy the next step :-)
Thank you so much for your feedback and the links, I think they will help me a lot.
Thanks for taking the time to critique my work. I'll work on the things you've mentioned.
Right from when students hit the 50% rule early on in Lesson 0, they ask the same question - "What am I supposed to draw?"
It's not magic. We're made to think that when someone just whips off interesting things to draw, that they're gifted in a way that we are not. The problem isn't that we don't have ideas - it's that the ideas we have are so vague, they feel like nothing at all. In this course, we're going to look at how we can explore, pursue, and develop those fuzzy notions into something more concrete.
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