Imbecil_Anonimo

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  • Sharing the Knowledge
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    1:14 PM, Saturday August 8th 2020

    Congratulations on finishing L1! Here's what I noticed:

    You did your exercises in ballpoint pen(if you did use a fineliner I take that back, but it really looks like so), which is not ideal but I understand a fineliner can be a bit expensive depending on where you live(like in my country, for example. I use a "cheap" stabilo to do the DAB exercises :D). But keep in mind that making use of a fineliner in DAB is not a random decision, and I recommend you get yourself a fineliner as soon as you start the 250 box challenge.

    Superimposed Lines: You did a good job here, your lines are smooth and confident. You're taking your time to place the pen at the start of the your line in a way that the fraying is present only on the other end.

    Ghosted Lines and Ghosted Planes: A few of them look a bit wobbly, make sure you're taking all the time you need to ghost these lines and that you're drawing from your shoulder. Precision is not as important as confidence, and both come with practice. But you did a good job.

    Ellipses: They all look amazing. You're drawing through your ellipses and you didn't rush when ghosting. Sometimes they cross their boundaries but you're doing a great job in general. On the funnels exercise, your ellipses are well aligned to the minor axis but I think you could've changed the degree as you went away from the middle line(like you did with the one on the right), but that's fine.

    Boxes: There are one or two issues that I don't think are worth mentioning, as they're all related to your linework ghosting. Good job overall.

    Good job, but make sure you keep practicing these exercises as warm ups with a fineliner before every drawing session of yours(like the superimposed/ghosted lines and table of ellipses/funnels).

    Next Steps:

    Some would say you should do one page of every homework in this lesson over again with a fineliner, but I don't think that way. It's clear that you got the main idea of every lesson. I think you're good to go to the 250 box challenge, just don't get past 70 boxes without a fineliner(it does make a difference, trust me, I also started with a ballpoint pen). And do your warm ups :)

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    12:44 PM, Saturday August 8th 2020

    Hello, congratulations for finishing L1 :D

    Superimposed Lines: I see the longer lines tend to wobble more than the shorter ones. Remember that this exercise is all about making your lines smooth and confident, as well as getting used to drawing from the shoulder, it's not about making them follow the original line precisely. If you notice it's going in the wrong direction, don't course-correct it as you go, let your arm do it's job to completion.

    Ghostes Lines: Just a bit wobbly, make sure you're drawing from the shoulder and taking all the time you need to ghost those lines. Confidence comes before precision, and both come with practice.

    Ellipses in Planes and Table of Ellipses: You're drawing through your ellipses, which is good too see. It is a bit hard to keep them within the boundaries at first but it gets easier as you do these exercises as warm ups. However they also seem to lack a bit of confidence. As I said before, take your time when ghosting and let your shoulder do the job.

    Funnels: They look really good! They fit snuggly in the funnels and there are no spaces between ellipses. They also look more confident than your previous ellipses and are well aligned to the minor axis. You could have changed the degree of your ellipses as you went away from the middle line, but you did a great job here.

    Rough Perspective: The lines are a bit wobbly and some lines from the back side of your boxes are not running parallel to the horizon line.

    Rotated Boxes: All I have to say is that the boxes that are further away from the center are not going as deep as they should be. Remember that these boxes are tapered so they can actually form that shape.

    Organic Perspective: Apart from your issue with the curvy lines(that can be addressed as a ghosting problem imo), the boxes look like they didn't rotate as much as they could have. However, I think you managed to make them flow nicely through space.

    Next Steps:

    I think you're good to go, but remember to do your warm ups(for example, the superimposed lines, ghosted lines and table of ellipses or any other) before every drawing session(Like, until you finish DAB and after that :D). Go on, there are 250 boxes waiting for you :D

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    12:01 PM, Saturday August 8th 2020

    Hello! Good job overall :D. In addition to what MARIALIMA said:

    Superimposed Lines: The purpose of this exercise was to develop your muscles to draw lines in a confident and smooth way, as well as get you used to drawing from the shoulder, it's not about making a line that starts and ends where the original one does, so fraying on one end is expected. The wobbly lines come from the brain trying to course-correct all the lines as the pen goes. Your muscles are the ones who say where the line goes, without hesitation. It's a good warm up exercise.

    Ghosted Lines: They lack juuust a little bit of confidence, make sure to take all the time you need to ghost your lines and draw from your shoulder.

    Ellipses in Planes and Tables of Elipses: What goes for the lines also applies here: let your arm do the job and don't rush the ghosting.

    Funnels: I think you did a good job aligning them with the minor axis, but all I have to say that many of them are a bit spaced from each other and you could've tried to change the degree of the ellipses as you went further away from the middle line, but good job anyway :D

    Boxes: On the rotated boxes I all have to say is that some edges didn't use the neighboring ones as guidelines, and a few of the boxes were not tapered, but I think you're good to go. I think the boxes suffered the most from the lack of confidence in your lines, but you will get better using them as warm ups.

    Next Steps:

    I don't think you need to re-do any exercises here, as I believe you got the main idea of most of the lessons, but using them as warm ups before you start a drawing session is a must(like the superimposed lines, table of ellipses and ghosted lines or ghostes planes). Go on, there are 250 boxes waiting for you :D

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