12:33 PM, Friday February 26th 2021
Thanks for the many insights. Here are my corrections.
Thanks for the many insights. Here are my corrections.
Thank you for all of the suggestions. This is a great program. Still wrapping my mind around the contstruction drawing concept. I tried to use line weight to show foreground/background but got heavy handed at times in the eucalyptus especially.
I am a newbie on this site, but here is my feedback cuz I know it's a bummer to just hear an echo in the room. :)
Superimposed Lines: Really well done. I'm seeing a slight bend at the beginning of some lines? Is this from starting the line slowly, then increasing in speed. Dunno. My problem is arcing due to slowing down.
Ghosting lines: Well done. I only see a slight arc on the longest of lines. Great.
Ghosting planes: Good job on accuracy here.
Table of elipses: Nice work of staying within margins, accuracy is good. Elipses in planes are nice as well. I see some elipses are fatter at 1 end than the other but all in all really good.
Elipses in funnels: I see a jump from a very narrow elipse in the middle to much fatter. Maybe gradual increase?
Plotted perspective is excellent.
Rough perspective: Perspective is not my strong suit, but I believe the lines should plot back to roughly the same point on the horizon line theoretically? I think your boxes on the horizon line and below are getting there. The boxes floating above could be a practice thing? Huge improvement from 1st rough perspective to last.
Rotated boxes: Hats off to you! Wow! This exercise blew me away and I'd love for you to give me a lesson. Sorry to not have more to say.
Organic Perspective: Believable perspective. I see more boxes with the tops viewable than with the bottoms. I think this is a preference thing. Just thinking of when you're warming up or practicing you could work on the boxes from a different perspective.
Next Steps:
Thanks for letting me view your work. Really nice job, especially on the rotated box exercise. Good luck and hope you get another critique!
This is my first critique and I am a beginner as well. I hope you can find something helpful here.
Superimposed Lines: Your starting points are accurate and clear. There is fraying at the end, but with practice this will probably calm down. From what I see, you might be overshooting the mark? I.e. drawing longer lines more often than shorter? Do you feel this? If so, maybe keeping that final target in mind as you ghost and draw will help accuracy.
Ghosted Lines Exercise: Most lines seem confident. I don't always see the dot to indicate the beginning and end? Maybe keep practicing these with a clear dot at the start and end?
Elipses: In the table exercise you are getting the angle of the elipses, i.e. they are leaning in the same direction. Overshooting the space available is tricky. I struggle with this too. Just using it as a warm-up for my art each day.
Elipses within a funnel or cone: To give the illusion of depth, the elipses should become skinnier or fatter. You've done this in some. Just another thing to warm-up with.
Trapezoids: Good job of getting the diagonal and 1/2 way lines to intersect in the middle.
2 pt perspective: Really nice. Clear lines. Boxes are well drawn.
Rough Perspective: Make sure corners meet and then take care in drawing the red lines to measure your work. Even a millimeter or 2 could make a difference.
Next Steps:
In general, keep practicing ghosted lines as a warm-up. Look for your target. This will help with the box drawing too, to connect those corners and improve accuracy. Thank you for letting me view your work. As a beginner it helps me.
Thanks so much for the thorough critique. I'll keep practicing and will definitely do the 250 box challenge.
Does this link for Imgur work? https://imgur.com/a/1b34Lht I show 14 pages on the Imgur site.
Here we're getting into the subjective - Gerald Brom is one of my favourite artists (and a pretty fantastic novelist!). That said, if I recommended art books just for the beautiful images contained therein, my list of recommendations would be miles long.
The reason this book is close to my heart is because of its introduction, where Brom goes explains in detail just how he went from being an army brat to one of the most highly respected dark fantasy artists in the world today. I believe that one's work is flavoured by their life's experiences, and discovering the roots from which other artists hail can help give one perspective on their own beginnings, and perhaps their eventual destination as well.
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