Hello! Thank you for taking your time for the comment.
Good point! I don't think I was doing that when I darken the outlines of the branches. (Instead opting it to do it in one fell swoop). That certainly does explain why my lines look off.
Thank you! Hatching is a really bad habit of mine. I'll definitely be more mindful and opt of hard shadings in lesson 4.
Cheers! :)
Congratulations on completing the first lesson. I shall take a look at your homework.
Lines
Overall your lines are good and confident. There's minimal wobble and you mained a consistent flow throughout the exercise. Good job!
Take note that there should be minimal fraying at the starting point. It's not overtly glaring, but do keep this in mind moving forward.
Ghosted lines - There's slight wobbles near the ending of your lines. Slowing down or uncomfortable shoulder position is what usually causes wobbliness. Experiment with speeding up your strokes, irregardless of accuracy, at different shoulder positions. Accuracy will naturally come with practice.
Planes - Your lines are looking better here. I notice some of your lines are breaking/halting in the middle, hence breaking the flow of the line. Try to avoid turning this into a habit, as these lines can create the "chicken scratchy" effect, which lacks energy and flow.
Elipses
Good effort on exploring size variations in your table. Be sure to draw through your elipses 2 - 3 times to solidify the shape. Likewise, to avoid wobbliness in your elipses. Build up speed while ghosting your elipses before putting down the line.
Funnels - Same as your table. Be sure to draw through your elipses
Boxes
Rough perspective - Be sure to plot your converging lines to the horizon line and not the vanishing point. Plotting back to the horizon line shows how far your converagence are "drifting" from the VP, and makes for good learning to see how far your lines are off.
Rotated boxes - Strong attempt here. Be sure to push the "back face" of the first box a little further behind into space. So that the rest of the boxes will be more proportionately correct. If the back face of the box is too close to the front face, it'll create boxes which are thin.
The boxes around the edges are the hardest for our brain to wrap around as it foreshortens very sharply. You will get better at this as you tackle the 250 box challenge. I highly recommend closely observing the homework examples provided by Uncomfortable as references when doing the challenge as well. Also as a means of acquainting yourself with the harder, trickier angles.
Organic perspective - Good attempt here. Be sure to keep the confidence and flow of your lines when doing boxes as well. Using dots to pre-plan (just like the ghosted line exercise) is a good method to premeditate your lines before drawing.
You can also darken the edges of your boxes to show overlapping between boxes which are infront and behind.
Next Steps:
Good job on lesson 1!
Table of elipses
1 page of table of elipses - be sure to draw through 2 - 3 times for each elipses. Build up speed while ghosting your lines to avoid wobbliness in elipse shape.
Rough perspective
1 page of rough perspective. Be sure to plot back to the horizon line and not the vanishing point.
Thank you! I have rectified the ellipses mistake on CITRIUX's critique. :)
Hello! Thank you so much for your time on the feedback! It was very helpful.
Here are the revisions as requested. :)
Hello, and congratulations on completing your first lesson!
I'm a beginner myself, looking to polish his knowledge through feedback giving. So do excuse my less than expert opinions on the matter. :)
== LINES ==
Super imposed lines: Overall, good job on the exercise! Do watch out for wobbling in your longer lines. They are a lot more challenging as our arms are not used to making lines that long in a consistent manner. Remember that this exercise is all about confidence over accuracy. Avoid course correcting half way as it will wobble the line. With practice you'll defitnitely get better.
Ghosted lines: Good! There's a lot of confidence and consistency with your strokes. Most of your lines starts and ends exactly at the dot, which is a very good! Take note of the very slight wobbles at the ends of the dots. Sometimes it's better to draw through the dots in order to achieve very smooth confident looking lines.
Planes: Good job here! Again your lines are very consistent and flows well.
Summary: Your lines are very consistent and confident! Do note the slight wobble that occurs in some of your lines. Which might be due to slowing down or course correcting half way.
== ELIPSES ==
Tables of elipses: Watch out for deformed and wobbly elipses. Be sure to use ghosting to build up momentum and speed as you ghost the shape of the elipse. And when committing to line, trust your instincts and let the speed carry the drawing through. It's also a good idea to turn the paper at an angle where your arm is most comfortable making the motion, depending on the axis of the elipse you're making. Good job on varying up the sizes of your elipses.
Elipse planes: Your elipses show improvements here! Good job on containing the elipse within the planes with accuracy. Some of the elipses still show wobbliness, so definitely continue practicing your elipse ghosting and drawing throughs.
Funnels: Similar to the previous exercises. Ensure to build up speed during ghosting to avoid wobbliness.
Summary: Prioritize confidence and smoothness over accuracy. Once your elipses are looking smooth, accuracy can be developed more strongly ontop of it.
== BOXES ==
Plotted perspective: Overall a good job! Very cleanly executed.
Rough perspective: Make use of as much space as possible within your frame. This ensures that you have breathing space for your lines. And allows you to explore a wider range of angles. Keep up the good habit of using dots to plot your ghosted lines.
Rotated boxes: https://imgur.com/a/iauByeR
The boxes near the edge are a real challenge for sure. As the boxes rotate away from us, the front face ought to get smaller and more squashed into perspective. I highly recommend closely observing Comfy's homework example on how the peripheral boxes are done and learn from referencing it. Being able to hit those tricky angles will really develop your understanding of boxes and perspective.
Organic perspective: https://imgur.com/a/Nhnr7DD
Good attempt at this! This is one of the hardest exercises in lesson 1, so good job on finishing this. Don't worry too much about perspective mishaps as this point. As you will have ample time to practice it when you move onto the 250 box challenges. A minor feedback would be to experiment more with the sizing of your boxes as it recedes back into space.
Summary: Overall pretty good. Do work on learning the trickier angles as it'll be tremendously helpful in developing your perspective sense.
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That's all! Once again congratulations of finishing your first lesson! I apologize if my feedback is a little crude as this is my first feedback. :)
I recommend revisiting the rotated box lessons (NOT TO REDO THE ASSIGNMENT) but to work on the box angles (ones near the edge) which you were having troubling drawing.
Your next step would be to move on to the 250 box challenge and lesson 2!
A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.
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