Odingrey

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    5:09 PM, Tuesday July 7th 2020

    Thanks, now for a few thousand more steps down the journey

    3:40 PM, Saturday July 4th 2020

    https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DghNgrWJNbHcWQSvMnMkWuqCMLUQJ_ib/view?usp=drivesdk

    this is my repeated organic perspective. definitely have a struggle with line termination. that so when I slow at the end i start to get some wobbling. something to keep working on for sure.

    6:23 PM, Tuesday June 30th 2020

    Thanks for the feed back! I definitely struggle to aim for confidence but will keep that in focus in future exercises. I'll keep using the organic perspective exercise for warm up and work on consistency through repetition.

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    1:38 PM, Tuesday June 30th 2020

    Lines:

    --Ghosted Lines:

    There is some fraying on both ends, so put some emphasis on being more deliberate in the pace of the exercise and lines going forward. It would appear you have the technique for steady confident lines but I see a forced hastiness that adds more inconsistency that could be easily avoided with a deliberate patience.

    --Ghosted Planes:

    same as above

    Ellipses:

    One thing that does jump out is the relative consistency of all the ellipses in terms of their degrees. Practicing a great variety will be more helpful to push your advancement. The key things to think about and focus on going forward will be to strive for tighter ellipses. Your consistency is noted throughout all the exercises, which is great. Time is on your side. I would recommend saving either the sheets or at least the pictures for awhile and repeat down the road and then do a comparison to see how you've improved and what are some of the repeated issues that would direct furture focus.

    Boxes:

    --Plotted Perspective:

    Not much to add here. Looks good, now just focus on free hand box construction.

    --Rough Perspective:

    1st page is decent, the 2nd page is incomplete. Also there are numerous lines that have been reworked that makes the exercise confusing to critique. I'm mixed on recommending a need to repeat it as making more boxes will be a main stay going forward but doing this exercise occasionally for warm-up might be useufl.

    --Rotated Boxes:

    Unfortunately there is very little rotation throughout the boxes. I would strongly recommend repeating this exercise and go back and watch the video as well as re read the instructions because it will help point out a few techniques on ways to think about space and the boxes that gets lost during your execution. Based on the other exercises, I is obvious you can do this exercise even if it is tough but it will be worth it.

    --Organic Perspective:

    Same line issues as noted before. Lots of reworked lines, and the appearance of trying to go too quickly. I would use this exercise as a warm-up from time to time but you'll do lots of this in the 250 box challenge so no need to repeat this exercise deliberately.

    Next Steps:

    I would repeat the Rotated boxes exercise. Then work on slowing down your strokes for a better balance of deliberate confident marks with a strive towards consistency and then accuracy.

    When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
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    12:02 PM, Tuesday June 30th 2020

    Lines:

    --Ghosted Lines:

    There is still some visible hesitency in your lines. Aim to inject the confidence of a solid quick and smooth stroke, faster but no too fast to help smooth the stroke. Overall decent accuracy. Keep the same technique and aim for more consistency, which will naturally come with milage.

    --Ghosted Planes:

    same as above

    Ellipses:

    Set up for the ellipses is done quite well. One thing that does jump out is the relative consistency of all the ellipses in terms of their degrees. Practicing a great variety will be more helpful to push your advancement. The key things to think about and focus on going forward will be to strive for tighter ellipses. Your consistency is noted throughout all the exercises, which is great. Time is on your side. I would recommned saving either the sheets or at least the pictures for awhile and repeat down the road and then do a comparison to see how you've improved and what are some of the repeated issues that would direct furture focus.

    Boxes:

    --Plotted Perspective:

    Not much to add here. Looks good, now just focus on free hand box construction.

    --Rough Perspective:

    As mentioned about line work, focus on planning out your box with dots, use the ghosting method and aim to have quick confident strokes. Overall good estimation of the VP. The variance of the traced back lines demonstrates good estimation. Keep a strong focus on that construction and it will become second nature.

    --Rotated Boxes:

    Its a strong attempt. A little tight. Some of the final row of boxes, while forshortened, don't atually rotate much as the estimated VP doesn't really shift much. But good effort overall.

    --Organic Perspective:

    Good size variation and display of depth. Even by this point some of the strokes already demonstrate improvement from the eariler exercises.

    Next Steps:

    Keep pushing forward and think try to improve strokes with every mark.

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    11:52 AM, Tuesday June 30th 2020

    Lines:

    --Ghosted Lines:

    Good confident strokes and decent accuracy. Keep the same technique and aim for more consistency, which will naturally come with milage.

    --Ghosted Planes:

    same as above

    Ellipses:

    Set up for the ellipses is done quite well. The key things to think about and focus on going forward will be to strive for tighter ellipses. Your consistency is noted throughout all the exercises, which is great. Time is on your side. I would recommned saving either the sheets or at least the pictures for awhile and repeat down the road and then do a comparison to see how you've improved and what are some of the repeated issues that would direct furture focus.

    Boxes:

    --Plotted Perspective:

    Good start, would recommend varying the vanishing points some, but also the horizon line to give you more variety in your practicing. Not really necssary to repeat this exercise unless you find you are struggling with box construction from more extreme angles above and below the eye line.

    --Rough Perspective:

    Decent line work and overall good estimation of the VP. The variance of the traced back lines demonstrates good estimation. Keep a strong focus on that construction and it will become second nature.

    --Rotated Boxes:

    Its a strong attempt. A couple of notes, you could rely on near by cues more. Each adjacent box should line up right next to the previous box at both the more proment face and edge, but also on the through lines. This exercise allows you to take some guess work out by just making them parallel then adding the rotation to the far edge. Some of the final row of boxes, while forshortened don't atually rotate as the estimated VP doesn't really shift much.

    --Organic Perspective:

    Good size variation and display of depth.

    Next Steps:

    Definitely ready for the 250 box challenge. Keep those estimated VP as you have thus far and you will do well.

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    2:15 PM, Monday June 29th 2020

    It's a good starting point. Working on building confidence in your lines when making boxes will come with time and can be a focused on during the 250 box challenge.

    Next Steps:

    Move on to the 250 box challenge. I would keep doing some ellipses as warms ups.

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    1:58 PM, Monday June 29th 2020

    Overall it's a great start. Practicing becoming more consistent with ellipses would be one area to focus on and continued work to make confident lines.

    Next Steps:

    Moving on to the 250 box challenge. Good luck!

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    1:54 PM, Monday June 29th 2020

    It's a good starting point. You seem to have a decent grasp on the orientation and concept of 3d space. I would recommend working on practicing line work some to get more deliberate confident lines. The ghosting planes is a good one. But perhaps some others might be helpful as well. A lot of it will come with just repetition.

    There is a lot of good info in Lesson 0 but also some other exercises that might be worth checking out:

    https://youtu.be/Ub7gsWV92kY

    https://youtu.be/s72RpWJjfgg

    and

    https://www.youtube.com/user/MyDrawingTutorial

    Next Steps:

    Nothing hard and fast but it might be good to hear just alternatives to try and see what might be helpful. Working on your lines and moving on to to 250 box challenge sounds reasonable to me.

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