JJ_Anim8s

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    7:07 PM, Thursday May 28th 2020

    Hey, Sumich

    This is some really good work and your lines are generally very smooth and confident.

    With the ghosted planes excercise, you didn't follow the directions. It states to draw the elipsis so that it is touching all four sides, as seen in the example homework. I'd reccomend doing at least one more page of these but done correctly.

    The tables of elipses are really well done. The majority of the time the elipsis are packed tightly in with the others, with a few exceptions here and there. However, some of the elipses don't look drawn through, which you should of done for every one at least 2-3 times max.

    The funnnels are very good. They are tightly packed and fit perfectly. If you end up using this as a warm up, you should try to make the elipses get wider as your go outward, like this.

    The free hand perspective is also quite well done. Just avoid going over your lines more than once! Use the ghosting method to get a clean confident stroke.

    The rotated boxes aren't quite rotating.But don't worry! This is just the first step. And good call on redoing it after the 250 boxes to see if you have improved.

    The organic perspective excercise is generally good. With the bottom on on the first page, the boxes stay the same sixe throughout the loop. They should be getting smaller, or if the loop is coming closer, they should be getting bigger and then smaller again.

    This is a great start. I'll mark this as complete but make sure to redo a page of the ghosted planes!

    Next Steps:

    Use these exercises as warmups!

    Redo a page of the ghosted planes with elipses, then move on to the 250 box challenge before lesson 2.

    Also, now that you've completed lesson 1, I highly encourage you to join others in critiquing other Lesson 1 community submissions. Not only will it help the community members receive feedback, but it will also help you strengthen your understanding of the concepts covered in this lesson. It's optional, of course, but would be greatly appreciated among the community.

    Don't forget to draw for fun! :D

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    1:10 AM, Saturday May 23rd 2020

    Hey!

    Overall, this is some great work. However ther are some things to look out for.

    The lines in the ghosting exercise are smooth and confident. The elipses you put in the plane exercise are generally well shaped and confident. However, some of them are not drawn through at all, while others seem to be drawn through far more then 2. Remember, draw throuhg your elipses 2-3 times max. No more, no less.

    The tables of elipses are actually really good. There are some areas where it seems extremly loose, maybe because of the speed at which you drew them. With the funnels, the outside elipsis should be far wider then the ones more near the center. They should be almost like a circle, rather than just a scaled up verson of the center elipsis.

    With the freehand perspective exercise, the lines seem sctatchy. Use the ghosting method for each line, for a clean and confident stroke. Also, the red lines, should not be going back to the vanishing point. The point of the exercise was to see how good you are at freehand perspective, so you should of followed the direction each line was going, and extended it to the horizon. That way, you can see how close you were to the vanishing point. Like the blue lines.

    Kudos on completing the rotated boxes! The boxes aren't quite rotating, so you are left with more of a diamond shape rather then a sphere. But don't worry! This is just the first step.

    With the organic perspective, the boxes are very sctratchy, like the boxes in the free hand perspective. Use the ghosting method to get a nice clean stroke. And if you made a mistake, don't reinforce it with more lines! It tends to make it more noticable. The boxes almost always follow the line and get smaller. But sometimes they start to get smaller and then halfway through they might stay the same size. The boxes are moving away from the camera and should be getting smaller!

    The next thing you should do is the 250 box challenge. This should help you gain a better understanding of objects in 3D space. I'll mark this as complete :)

    Next Steps:

    Use these exercises as warmups!

    Feel free to do the 250 box challenge before lesson 2.

    Also, now that you've completed lesson 1, I highly encourage you to join others in critiquing other Lesson 1 community submissions. Not only will it help the community members receive feedback, but it will also help you strengthen your understanding of the concepts covered in this lesson. It's optional, of course, but would be greatly appreciated among the community.

    Don't forget to draw for fun! :D

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    6:48 PM, Friday May 22nd 2020

    https://imgur.com/a/TDfG3Cq I did these on seperate pieces of paper and forgot to include them.

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