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Hello Ralph74, I'll be critiquing your 250 box challenge but first I wanted to congratulate you on your accomplishment, it was definitely no easy feat.

• First off, I wanted to comment on your linework. Throughout your boxes you've displayed solid and confident linework with little to no wobblyness. You've clearly taken the material presented in lesson 1 to heart!

• Throughout your boxes, you displayed confident hatching and clearly indicated which side of the box is facing the viewer. However, I have noticed that the hatching in a few of your boxes either fall short of their bounds or tend to arch a little bit. You should always take your time when hatching and make sure they're ghosted in a straight line from one end to another.

• Throughout your box challenge, you did a good job at having your boxes vary in size and you did experiment a lot with both shallow and dramatic forshortening. That being said, the orientation of many of your boxes did appear same-y, I suggest looking over this image as a reference to keep in mind for the future!

• When it comes to perspective, I did notice that some of your boxes tended to be either be parallel or have a few of their lines diverge but this became less of an issue as you progressed through the challenge. I will say to always remember that even if it doesn't appear that two lines converge, they always will even if slightly.

Overall, you've shown a consistent quality of work throughout the 250 box challenge with several mistakes becoming less apparent towards the end and whatever improvements that need to be done can be remedied through warmups! Great work!

Hello Pphoeniz, I'll be critiquing your lesson 1 exercise!

Lines

• Your superimposed lines show an understanding of the lesson material with no fraying on both ends. However, while many of your lines show confidence, I noticed that your longer superimposed lines tend to wobble. You should always prioritise confident lines over accurate lines as you'll get better at them with more practice! https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/5bcda336.jpg

• Your ghosted lines and ghosted planes are excellent! You clearly took the time to plot out your lines and ghost them with confidence!

Ellispses

• The ellispses in your ellispse table are clearly drawn with confidence and drawn through at least twice. Your ellispses also adhere to staying within their bounds with very few of them overlapping. The same applies to your ellispses in your ghosted planes, your ellispses adhere to making contact with each side of the plane as much as possible.

• Your funnels are looking pretty good as well. Your minor axis clearly cuts your ellispses into two equal halves and all your ellispses stay within their bounds as much as possible without being spread far apart.

Boxes

• On your plotted perspective exercise, you did pretty well! Only nitpick I have is that a couple of your boxes have your back edge not parallel to the other three edges, this is no cause to worry as you'll have plenty of time to practice this via warm-ups and the 250 box challenge!

• In your rough perspective exercise many of your lines, while confident should always be parallel/perpendicular to the horizon line. Many of your plotted lines from the back of your boxes suffer from this!

• In your rotated boxes exercise, the corners of your boxes are kept as close as possible! I will say that you should look out for the issue of your boxes not converging toward a vanishing point, while your boxes do converge, you should try to make it more apparent as from a distance, they appear not to! https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/d73eea49.jpg

• Looking at your organic boxes exercise, you got the gist of the lesson material! Only thing I can say that your boxes in each of your rows appear same-y. However, this isn't a concern as you'll have plenty of time to experiment with dramatic and shallow forshortening of boxes during the 250 box challenge!

Overall, your lesson 1 exercise shows a clear understanding of the lesson material given and through pratice your understanding will only improve from there, great work!

Hello Misterlevis, I'll be critiquing your lesson 1 exercise!

Lines

• First off, your superimposed lines are drawn with confidence and don't show any fraying on both ends. Only issue I can think of is that a few of your lines on your second page tend to arch a little bit but for the most part, great job!

• Your ghosted lines and ghosted planes are executed perfectly! You clearly took the information to heart and took time into planning out both your start and end points and ghosting them.

Ellipses

• Looking at your ellipse table, your ellipses are smooth, confident and drawn through multiple times! The same can be said for your ellipses in ghosted planes, however I have noticed that a couple don't have their ellipses touching all corners of the plane, make sure to ghost your ellipses as much as possible to ensure they touch each corner but you're well on your way!

• Your funnels are looking pretty good. You clearly defined the minor axis and your ellipses are kept close together and well within their bounds.

Boxes

• When observing your plotted perspective exercise, I noticed that the back edge of several of your boxes aren't parallel with the other three edges. This is a common mistake many tend to make but you'll plenty of opportunities to correct it during your warm ups and the box challenge.

• On your rough perspective exercise, you seem to understand the gist of the lesson material which is great. However, I have noticed that several of your lines are lacking in confidence, you should always plot your points and take your time in order to ghost them properly. Another thing to note is that your lines should always be parallel/perpendicular to the horizon line and not converge toward it.

• Your rotated boxes exercise is excellent, all boxes are kept as close as possible and are rotating towards a VP on the horzion line.

• Looking at your organic perspective exercise, your lineweight is ghosted confidently and you clearly indicate which lines of the box overlaps another. Only critique I can say is that your boxes mostly appear same-y and lack any shallow or dramatic forshortening but you'll have plenty of time to learn more about that in the 250 box challenge!

Overall, aside from a few common mistakes that can be easily remedied, you have shown a clear understanding of the lesson material and a willingness to follow the instructions laid out to you. Great work!

Hello Theharbro, I'll be critiquing your lesson 1 exercise!

Lines exercise

• Your superimposed lines are confident and show no signs of fraying on both ends, I did noticed a few of your lines tend to arch a little bit so be sure to use your shoulder when drawing!

• Your ghosted lines and ghosted planes are plotted excellently with very few of them overshooting or missing one of the end points.

Ellispses

• Your ellispses are looking pretty good, they're clearly drawn with confidence and drawn through multiple times! A few of your ellispses fail to stay within their bounds but you'll get better at this with more milage and through warm ups!

• Same advice applies to your ellispses in ghosted planes, make sure your ellispses are touching each corner of the plane

• For the most part your funnels look good. However, your ellispses aren't aligned with the minor-axis and/or are spaced too far from each other. I recommend re-reading the common mistakes students tend to make when tackling the funnels exercise of this assignment. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/18/purpose You'll have plenty of time to correct these mistakes when incorporating them into your warm up routine.

Boxes

• You nailed your plotted perspective exercise, I noticed only one instance where your back edge didn't line up with the other parallel edges but this is no big deal.

• While it seems like you understand the lesson material for the rough perspective exercise, many of your lines are lacking in confidence. Make sure to plot your points and ghost your lines as much as possible.

• Your rotated boxes are clean and easy to read. Your corners are kept as close as possible and your boxes show clear rotation.

• On your organic perspective exercise, I feel like you could've drawn some more boxes in a few of your rows without making things too cluttered.

Overall, your homework shows you have a clear understanding of the lesson 1 material, great work!

Hello Zokalyx, I'll be critiquing your Lesson 1 exercise!

Lines exercise: Superimosed Lines, Ghosted Lines & Ghosted Planes

• Your superimposed lines are excellent! Your lines are confidently drawn and show no signs of fraying on both ends.

• For your ghosted lines exercise, I noticed that several of your lines aren't drawn accurately as some lines either miss both points or overshoot one of them. I recommend watching this video for more information on using the ghosting method: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1HAVipdsZM You'll have plenty of time to incorporate this advice into your warm ups!

• Same advice applies to your ghosted planes exercise, lines are confidently drawn yet a few either overshoot or undershoot one point.

Ellispses

• Like your lines, your ellispses are drawn with confidence and are drawn through multiple times! However, I have noticed in your ellispse tables that you have the common mistake of not keeping several of your ellispses within their bounds. Make sure to use the ghosting method to make sure your ellispses are kept within their bounds as much as possible. The same advice applies to your ellispses in ghosted planes.

• For the most part your funnels are very good, just make sure to remember that the minor axis should split the ellispes into two halves. https://i.imgur.com/f8vcg3H.jpg

Boxes exercise: Plotted Perspective, Rough Perspective, Rotated Boxes & and Organic Perspective

• For your plotted perspective exercise, the back vertical line of a few of your boxes aren't parallel with the other edges, this is a common mistake that you'll have plenty of time to correct in your warm ups!

• Your work on the rough perspective exercise is good but make sure that the lines connecting your boxes are always parallel/perpendicular to the horizon line as some of them aren't.

• Your work in the rotated boxes exercise is great! Your boxes are rotating correctly and their corners are kept as close as possible!

• As for your organic perspective exercise, a few boxes in your first couple rows are bigger than they should appear but it seems like you corrected this mistake in your second page of rows!

Your work shows a clear understanding of the lesson material and whatever mistakes that have been made can easily be remedied through warm ups!

Thank you for your feedback, it is much appreciated! I'm still learning the ins and outs of perspective but of course, practice makes perfect! I was curious as to feedback regarding my ellipse exercises and if I am clear to move onto the 250 box challenge. Any other comments or feedback is welcomed!

Thank you for your time!