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    3:23 AM, Thursday March 19th 2020

    I agree! I am currently focusing on my basics more, thanks for the advice :)

    7:29 AM, Wednesday March 11th 2020

    Thanks

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    12:56 PM, Wednesday February 19th 2020

    Drawabox newbie here, pretty consistent so far

    1. Super-imposed lines and ghosted lines, these are good, go up he level ladder by pursuing accuracy and then focusing on not overshooting or undershooting them

    2. Ghosted planes, these look very clean, focus some on not overshooting them

    3. Table of ellipses, it got better as it goes and it will get even better in the future too!, don't do pinches in your ellipse and you should be okay

    4. Ellipses on planes, these are good, make those lines tighter as you go on

    5. Ellipses in funnels, these are good, keep it tight and be sure to match their degrees

    6. Plotted perspective, yep it good.

    7. Rough perspective, not bad, suggest ghosting some more from the vp to yout marked point

    8. Rotated boxes, it's fine, some boxes popped out bit too much making it seem like you missed a box, bottom planes seem consisstent which is good

    9. Organic perspective, overall it's okay, but i see some boxes with egdes poking outward too much, just remember your outer lines should eventually converge rather than diverge away, since most of them are from 3rd perspective

    Good luck on your journey

    and sorry for bad spelling

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    12:38 PM, Wednesday February 19th 2020

    Just a drawabox beginner dropping by...

    sorry for the poor spelling

    1. Super-imposed lines, very good, but don't arch your longer lines, it's okay if it isn't accurate, focus on making it straighter

    2. Ghost lines, these are pretty clean, advance on to the next level by focusing more on not undershooting it or overshooting it

    3. Ghosted planes, that's pretty clean, good job

    4. Table of ellipses, drawing ellipse is hard, you would get better by practicing more, as for the vertical ellipses the size is bit too incossistent from the others, don't be afraid to push it out a little

    5. Elipses in planes, some of them picnhes, specially when plane comes toward, don't be afraid to push out a little

    6. Ellipses in funnels, these are good, i suggest you should draw bigger ones in the future

    7. Plotted perspective, yeah it's good.

    8. Rough perspective, you would get better at perspective guesswork as you draw more, i personally suggest gosting from your marked point to vp, to prepare your arm for the line

    9. Rotated boxes, it's deformed bit, your axes should've been square, it's bit too longer than it's wide causing incossistences through the boxes, eventually derailing them

    Another thing to focus on is the bottom plane of your boxes, don't forget about them, even if you are drawing from the top plane, keeping bigger picture about the shape in your mind will help to indentify such inconsisstences

    1. Organic perspective, it's good, just keep in mind your drawing mostly from 3rd perspective, which means outer lines should eventually converge rather than running parralel

    Good luck on your pursuit

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    12:07 PM, Wednesday February 19th 2020

    Fellow drawabox beginner here!

    It seems to me that you know your little flaws here and there well, but i will try to cover most of them

    1. Super-imposed lines, fraying at the end is very minimal, good job, if you want to improve it further maybe try even more complex curves

    2. Ghosted lines, good so far, i see some tendency to arch your lines a bit, try to avoid that and if you want to advance, try not to overshooting or undershooting your lines

    3. Ghosted planes, pretty good, your lines are better here, personally i just think you drew bit too lightly that's all, good execution overall

    4. Ellipse table, don't worry, your ellipses aren't that bad! drawing ellipse is naturally quite difficult, keep those lines tighter

    5. Ellipses on plane, it's bit deformed, don't be afraid to curve out, i think you are rushing your lines a bit thus causing edges or pinches in a ellipse

    6. Ellipes in funnels, good, degrees matchup but for the future, i suggest you practice bigger ellipses just be sure

    7. Plotted perspective, yeah this is good

    8. Rough perspective, you really tried hard here, drawing the other boxes to the vp with red pencil or something else should've been easier for me to see things but it's okay XD, it's actually not that bad, those lines are good!

    You'll get even better at doing guesswork as you draw more perspective

    I guess i can suggest you should ghost all the way to the vp to your marked point, preparing your arm for the direction in which the line should be pointing at

    1. Rotated boxes, it's fine, but wheres the boxes at the end of each axes? it's quite useful for keeping consistent scale as it's size equals to the smaller box inside your center box, meaning everything going to there shouldn't be too smaller than it and also it's useful for keeping distance too

    2. Organic perspective, it's good

    In the future i suggest you should draw the organic perspecive from various angles, bit more at the faces or the edges rather than just drawing the corner side over and over again

    Also i noticed that you tend to push your corner into the cube bit too much, it's better than making them poke out too much and i tend to do it too but this effect is more plausible for wide angle lenses, try to keep it minimal

    Gotta admit that i am jealous at your lines XD anyway, Congrats finishing lesson 1!

    Happy drawing

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    4:04 PM, Tuesday February 18th 2020

    Another drawabox beginner here, overall it's not bad.

    1. Super-imposed lines, good, keep it tighter

    2. Ghosted lines, okay, first work on accuracy, after that don't over or under shoot

    3. Ghosted planes, above should be appiled here too but accuracy is better here, so you should focus on not overshooting it and undershooting it (meaning drawing too long or too short lines)

    4. Table of ellipses, it's okay, when drawing vertical ellipses keep the gap less, i think you should rotate the page more and find a better side, also in an addiotinal note, don't do pinched elippses where top and bottom have edges

    5. Ellipses on planes, it's better, keep those lines tighter!

    6. Ellipses in funnels, it's good, the degrees matches, good job

    7. Plotted perspective, yeah it's good

    8. Rough perspective, ghost more, i ghosted from the point i placed to the vanishing point to prepare my muscles, of course doing partly the way isn't bad

    9. Rotated boxes, top planes are okay, it makes sense, just note that the whole things could be wrapped around an ellipse, meaning nothing shoud be poking out than the rest, should follow the rotation and shriking along the way

    About the 4 boxes at the ends of the axes, they are ment to match the smaller box inside your box at the center, this will help you shrinking things, because the overall box size shouldn't be smaller than it

    Finally, about the bottom side of the box, i think you worked from the top first and then made your way down, which isn't bad, just try to keep the bigger picture in mind when drawing, and remember they should always fit nicely within a ellipse, or the direction in which the neighboring boxes fall into

    1. Organic perspective, I think you are aware of the little flaws here and there, somethings taper upwards when it should be falling back, specially at the top plane, think about how the interior lines would go when you place each of your lines, just to provide a good tumb of rule, to put it in simplistic words, some corners poke out too much

    I like how they spiral toward down, why i didn't think of that while doing it!

    Overall, congrats

    I may had an oversight but i hope you embark on your journey diligently and improve even more in the future!

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