Morgann

Okay, so I like to run critiques exercise-by-exercise, noting possible improvements along the way and possible things you may need to work on. With that in mind:

1. Your superimposed lines are really good! A few of the curved lines could be improved slightly, as they fray on both ends, aside from that your straights are solid.

2. Your ghosted lines start a little rough, with noticable wobbling and missing the endpoint. But...

3. Your ghosted planes improve upon your ghosting ability massively! This is some very clean and solid work, and it is great that you do this as a warmup because I find this is one of the most valuable exercises there is! The only thing that could be worked upon is the ellipse inside the planes, as quite a few don't touch all sides of your planes. What I do is make a ghosting motion over my plane and make absolutely sure I have a clear view of my ghosting motion going over all points, and then make my ellipse!

4. Your table of ellipses (and funnels) is nice work! Not much to say here aside from that your problem may just lay in placing ellipse in distorted places like the planes exercise.

5. Nothing much to say about most people's plotted perspective exercise. It seems you got the point and can visualize two-point perspective. Good stuff!

6. Your rough perspective is good at a distance, but on closer inspection it seems like your line wobbliness in your ghosted lines is returning. Just remember, the stakes of making a box are no higher than the stakes of making a plane, and to make your strokes swiftly with your shoulder. You can do this!

7. Your rotated boxes are surprisingly solid for a first attempt (this exercise is particularly rough for beginners). Just remember that those boxes at the ends of your axes are supposed to represent fully rotated boxes (you can only see one plane) and that they serve as a good reference point for when to end your box-sphere.

8. Your organic perspective is good work, honoring vanishing point rules with very solid lines, but it is very cluttered which messes with the illusion of depth. What's important right now is that you got the exercise, but in the future remember to leave some breathing room for the critic's eyes.

Okay, so I like to run critiques exercise-by-exercise, noting possible improvements along the way and possible things you may need to work on. With that in mind:

1. Your superimposed lines are pretty good. You've got good control of your straights, but some of your curved lines have a "fat" starting point. Remember to firmly place your pen on the starting point and have a clear view of the starting point plus endpoint when making lines!

2. Your ghosted planes start off a little rough just because a lot of your lines are overshot, but you improve upon that with the second page! I had a problem with overshooting, too, and it's mainly practice that keeps overshooting under control. Although a tip, when I ghost I like to have a clear view of my start point and end point, and I ghost in one direction making sure that my ghosting motion does not go super far past that endpoint. This way you train the length of your stroke along with the straightness. Also, one more thing, I don't know how big that paper is but I'd recommend making bigger planes so you can exercise that shoulder movement more, as that's some crucial muscle memory to build!

3. Your ellipses are good, with especially notable boundary control! There's only a few of these ellipse that look like you hesitated. Nice work. This same note goes for your ellipses in planes.

4. Your funnels could use a little bit of work. Your ellipses, as it seems are a theme in your work, are very controlled and that's good, but part of the point of the funnels exercise is to practice degrees with your ellipses! Basically, the closer to the center of the funnel the ellipse is, the shorter the degree (the shorter the height of the ellipse, basically).

5. Your plotted perspective looks good. Not much to say about this exercise in particular for most people.

6. Your rough perspective is overall okay, but rough in a few places (pun fully intended). It's mainly that in a few places you make multiple marks to reinforce a line or correct a mistake. Avoid this!

7. Your rotated boxes are pretty alright for a first attempt. Don't worry, this exercise treats everybody horribly lol. One thing that is useful to remember is that those boxes at the end of the axes are supposed to represent fully rotated boxes (you can only see one face) and serve as your end of the box-sphere. Also a few of your edges are a little weird, but again, that happens to a lot of people.

8. Your organic perspective is good! You've got a nice understanding of depth, although you might have put in a little more effort than necessary because you draw through the boxes. It's a little too late to say because you've already done the exercise, but save the drawing through for the 250 box challenge.

Okay, so I like to run critiques exercise-by-exercise, chronologically, noting possible improvements along the way and possible things you may need to work on. With this in mind, let's get into this:

1. Your superimposed lines are good! Not much to say here aside from nice job.

2. Your ghosted lines could use some slight improvement. I notice in your initial exercise that you miss the endpoint on a few lines, and I don't know if that is still a problem right now for you but I would recommend having a clear view of both your start and endpoint when ghosting to minimize this. I also notice a slight arc to a few of your lines, even later down the line (pun fully intended). What you could try to do (and Uncomfortable notes this very briefly) is imagine yourself curving the line the opposite direction you tend to be arcing (upwards, it looks to me, unless you're rotating the page) and then make your stroke. Apparently that is supposed to slightly correct any arcs that may occur. I personally just like to practice ghosted planes as a warmup, often, and I found that that fixed my arcing problem.

3. Your ghosted planes are good, again, just some lines are arcing in places. Your ellipses are for the most part also pretty good, with a very good accuracy! The only thing I would say that needs to be worked on is the boundary control (although it looks like that you later improved on that with funnels and ellipse tables)

4. This covers both funnels and ellipse tables because the only real note here is that you did really good at these! Your lines are confident, you're clearly using a good pivot, and your control improves a lot. Good stuff.

5. There is not much to say typically about the plotted perspective. It looks like you understood the point of two point perspective. Again, nice work.

6. Your rough perspective is a little rough, although that's quite common in these. Just remember to ghost, to the best of your ability, towards your vanishing point, and you will get a lot more convergences! The line confidence here seems to be a little strange in some places, with wobbly lines, just make sure to practice ghosting and bring in your best ghosting game to the 250 box challenge!

7. Wow! Your rotated boxes are really good. This exercise is pretty rough often. The only thing I'd really say here is that remember those four boxes at the ends of your axes are supposed to be where your box-sphere stops. This can serve as a good reference to make a better spherical shape. Your turned out a little football-looking because you didn't use the boxes at the ends of the axes, but this is still great work!

8. Your organic perspective is nice, you have a good understanding of depth. Just remember that Y method, it will come in handy for the 250 box challenge!

1. Your superimposed lines are good, not much to say here as they're generally not to complex to grade.

2. Your ghosted lines could use a little bit of work. They occasionally miss the intended end point. Remember to lock your wrist and use your shoulder as the main pivot point! Your elbow will move a little bit to compensate for this, just make sure that the elbow doesn't turn into it's own pivot. Also make sure that you have a clear view of your start and endpoint when ghosting!

3. Your ghosted planes look good, thank you for adding ellipses to them. You draw through the ellipses in the planes a few too many times, leading to a rough read. Remember to watch out for your boundaries when making ellipses.

4. Your funnels look good, still drawn through a few too many times. You should draw through your ellipses twice.

5. Good plotted perspective, not much to say here.

6. Your rough perspective is mostly good, although your boxes have very hairy lines. Remember to ghost and use one swift stroke for your line! You don't want to get into the habit of reinforcing your lines by dragging the pen over them again.

7. Your rotated boxes are really good! Nothing much to say here, which is rare, good job!

8. Your organic perspective could use some work. You have a good understanding of depth, but your lines again come off as scratchy in places like your rough perspective. You will have more tools at your disposal to draw good boxes with the 250 box challenge.

1. Your superimposed lines are really good! There are a few instances where you seem to draw up-to-down or down-to-up. Remember to rotate your page for your own comfort.

2. Your ghosted lines are also good. A few of them slightly wobble, this is why ghosting practice is crucial.

3. Not much to say on your ghosted planes, ellipses, and ellipses in planes. All good! I find that ghosted planes are a really good exercise to improve ghosting, though!

4. Your funnels are a little off. While you have some really good boundary control (not having your ellipses go outside of a specific boundary) the degree of the center ellipses should be very small, increasing in degree as they go up and down the funnel.

5. Nothing to really say about your plotted perspective, good stuff.

6. Your lines for the boxes in your rough perspective are a little wobbly. Again, line confidence is crucial and I'd recommend anybody practice it! Your rough perspective is, well, rough at first but it improves by the second page massively, good job!

7. Your rotated box exercise is a little strange. The boxes are well drawn, but the overall shape comes across as more cubish than spherical. Remember, the squares at the end of the axes are supposed to serve as a reference point of where to stop. Otherwise, a very good first try!

8. Your organic perspective is also good. Some of your boxes are slightly misshapen, with your lines diverging towards no vanishing point instead of converging. Don't worry though, you will learn more tools towards the 250 box challenge.

1. Your superimposed lines are rough in a few places, remember that you're trying to start from one somewhat precise point and branch out.

2. Your ghosted lines are alright. Just remember that if you're overshooting, to lift your pen off the paper as you execute the stroke.

3. Your ellipses are rough, but that's okay because they take a lot of work. Just remember that they need to be touching all four edges of the box/plane they're in, and also that they depend a lot on the shoulder pivot!

4. Your one point and plotted perspective is alright. Some odd shading you use though

5. Your rotated box exercise is a little messy, although pretty natural for most first attempts at this exercise. Just remember those boxes at the end of the axes are supposed to be completely rotated boxes where you can only see one side, they come in handy as a good reference point for how far your "sphere" needs to go.

6. Your organic perspective is also a little messy. Remember the Y method that is shown along with it, and that most lines will converge on a vanishing point. I can send you a video that helped me with boxes.

All this being said, I'd recommend that you add some ghosted planes with ellipses or some short organic perspective into your warmups. Remember lesson 0, don't grind these things out! Just a small warmup is all that's needed.

Overall, a good set of homework, but it needs just a little practice on cleaner lines is all, you got this