Lex

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    6:44 PM, Tuesday January 5th 2021

    I will start by saying that your work has me impressed, all of these exercises look like they have been done to perfection and it is really satisfying to see! Honestly, the only minor error I can see is that you haven't drawn the minor axis through the entirety of your funnel on the funnels exercise, but that is just nitpicky of me to mention, because honestly, the elipses still look correct. Very well done! I wish I could help more but there is really no errors for me to point out to help you improve hahah! Keep the good work up :D

    Next Steps:

    Move on to the 250 box challenge you god tier artist :D

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    9:42 PM, Monday January 4th 2021

    I will keep doing those as warmups... And I will find a way to upload links... Trying again like this (expect edits as this prolly won't work! xD)

    https://imgur.com/a/fW2OQeL

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    6:40 PM, Monday January 4th 2021

    Hello, good of you to realise and actually seek feedback on your homework for lesson 1! Feedback is how we all improve after all!

    Lines

    Superimposed lines are looking good, although I am missing some curved lines. While straight lines were absolutely the main thing here, it was stated that you should try some curves as well, so I'd encourage you to try and do that!

    Your ghosted lines are looking sharp! Very straight, no wobble, no arc, but you are overshooting your lines quite a lot, and it's not an issue here but...

    Your first page of ghosted planes is were overshooting your lines becomes an issue, it is a bit difficult to make out the individual planes as there are so many lines, you seem to have gotten this sorted by page two though, so I won't ask for a revision on it, just be mindful of it. If it is difficult for you to halt the line, try just lifting the pen instead of stopping the movement, it might be easier for you!

    Elipses

    Your tables of elipses are looking good to me, in some segments though they are not fully touching the sides of the tables but since this only sporadically, I won't tell you to redo this either, keep it in your mind just!

    Elipses in planes are looking good, the elipses are even and drawn through the correct amount of times, but here you are once again overshooting your lines a bit, making it a bit difficult to separate the planes. A slight tendency to redraw lines canalso be seen, and I get it, trust me Ireally do, you want the lines to be correct but that is not the main focus here. If a line is wonky that is not the end of the world, but trying to correct it will not make things better.

    Funnels are looking good to me! One of them has the elipses not quite touching eachother but it is only one of them so not a major problem!

    Boxes

    Plotted perspective looks good to me, you have some quite heavy distortion of the boxes above the horizon and most to both of the sides but the perspective is correct! However, you have not drawn through your boxes as stated in the exercise, if you add it to this one or redo it completely is up to you, but please make sure to read the exercises thourougly!

    Rough perspective I'm afraid is incomplete. In the lesson it is stated that you should draw the lines back to the horizon to see how far off you were. Since this has not been done I cannot properly critique this. You also seem to have hairy lines here, lines need to be one swift stroke, just as in all other exercises. These boxes are not drawn through either, re-read the exercise, look at the example homework and revise this please! Trust me, it'll help immensely for the 250 box challenge!

    Rotated boxes, the boxes are barely rotating, this is an issue that Uncomfortable brings up in the exercise text and I encourage you to go back, read it and revise this. Also, again, draw through your boxes, trust me, it will help!

    The organic perspective looks good to me, though in the exercise it seems to be more than one panel per page (same with rough perspective). Since this looks good though, I will not ask revisions of this.

    TL:DR, please, read the exercises. You draw well, but there are many faults in not completing the exercise as it is described to you making it difficult or impossible to critique some of this.

    Next Steps:

    1 Page of ghosted lines (be careful not to overshoot the lines)

    2 Pages of Rough perspective

    1 Page Rotated boxes

    When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
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    6:07 PM, Monday January 4th 2021

    I will start by saying that I am super impressed with your work, all of these do look very well executed to me and the things I'm about to mention are minor things that I am sure that you will be able to sort out really quickly. Well done completing lesson one! Now, onto the actual critique

    Lines

    Your superimposed lines do have some fraying, but as stated in the lesson, this is not an issue for now! A few of your curves have fraying at both ends but it does not look like a consistent issue to me, maybe just try to be aware of it in the future. Though, most of the time you likely won't be going over the same line that many times so it's not really an issue.

    Your ghosted lines are really smooth but some of them arc slightly, mainly towards the end, like they are trailing off a bit. I'm going to be honest in saying that I do not know what causes this and therefore can't give that much solid advice other than be mindful of it, and keep your eyes on your target point.

    Your Ghosted planes (and the planes part of the elipses in planes) do show a slight arc in your lines as well, but, it seems that you are improving much along the way, the last two planes are better than your first two, so again, not really a major issue, just something to be wary of.

    Elipses

    Your tables of elipses are honestly goals. I bow to you and applaud you!

    Your elipses in planes are generally good, there are a few that are floating, not touching all sides of the plane, and a few that are a little bit uneven but it is nothing I'd spend too much time on trying to perfect. They are absolutely fine and good!

    The funnels do look great to me, both minor and major axis seems to be correct in every single one, great job!

    Boxes

    Plotted perspective looks amazing to me, you clearly got a good grasp of perspective!

    Rough Perspective is looking a little shaky, the perspective is absolutely okay, you're doing better than I did with actually making the perspective work, however, your lines here do arc quite a lot and I suspect that is what is throwing you off. While I won't say "redo this" or assign you a revision (because you have shown earlier that you do know how to, and can do, lines that arc less) please be mindful of this in the 250 box challenge!

    Your rotated boxes is giving me major art envy, and your lines are back to being nice and un-arc-y again. Really well done!

    Organic perspective looks really rather well done to me, the first page has some wonky boxes but you had that sorted out by page two so I will just repeat myself and say Well done once again!

    Congrats on completing your homework! I would say move on to the 250 box challenge now, just keep in mind to try and not arc your lines and I think this will be smooth sailing!

    Next Steps:

    Go on to the 250 box challenge! Good luck, I believe in you!

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    4:58 PM, Sunday January 3rd 2021

    Hi and thank you for your critique! I am aware of the wobble, and did, throughout the 250 box challenge work on it. It is not fully gone yet though so I should definitely practice that more, and it helps hearing it from someone else as well. Now let's see if I can get the link to the reupload to work lol

    https://imgur.com/a/fW2OQeL

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