8:48 AM, Monday September 6th 2021
Awesome, cheers!
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Jezraka
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jezraka's Sketchbook
5:42 PM, Sunday September 5th 2021
Hi there,
Thank you so much for taking your time and giving me your detailed feedback! It helps a lot.
I totally forgot to include the other page of the first excercise (which I did ages ago) but here it is!
Thanks again!
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7:42 PM, Thursday September 2nd 2021
hi, good work. i think you did a good job doing most of the homework, i can see you had a bit of trouble (same with me) with the rough perspective, some of the vanishing points aren't landing on the horizon line. the rest of it is good!
Next Steps:
either revisit rough perspective OR continue to the next challenge!
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7:31 PM, Thursday September 2nd 2021
i think you should move on after this. this is looking really good for a start and youre clearly getting the point of these homework. perhaps the only criticism i would say is try to use the ghosting method in drawing your boxes so you produce a much neater line, otherwise, well done!
Next Steps:
well done, on to the next one ~ 250 box challenge. Good luck!
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