Tawny_0wl

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    12:54 PM, Friday May 3rd 2024

    Thank you! :)

    5:41 PM, Wednesday April 10th 2024

    Ooh, I get it now. Thank you for your time!

    7:59 AM, Wednesday April 10th 2024

    Thank you for the feedback, Feldspar! I really appreciate it!

    Here's the Rough Perspective page redone https://imgur.com/a/FD0eFwL

    Also, I have a question. I know the Negotiating corners method was explained after the Rough perspective homework, but can I still use it in the future for this type warm-up? When working on this I often caught the mistakes early, but I tried to commit to the marks I already made.

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    2:37 PM, Sunday April 7th 2024

    Hello! This is my first time giving a critique, sorry in advance for any mistakes ???

    SUPERIMPOSED LINES

    I see some fraying on one end of your lines, which is normal, and very little fraying on both sides.

    I think it's fine.

    Your lines wobbled a bit while drawing the arches. Try focusing on the end point and don't let your brain steer your hand!

    Overall, I think you grasped the purpose of this exercise.

    GHOSTED LINES

    The lines are smooth and don't arc, which is very good.

    Slight overshooting/undershooting but it's fine as you weren't terribly far from your marks and you maintained the correct trajectory.

    GHOSTED PLANES

    Your ghosted planes look fine. I don't see any major problems.

    I do notice some doubled lines as you tried to correct your mistakes.

    I don't think this is an issue, but I will remind you that it's ok to make mistakes and that you will improve over time as you keep working.

    Doing things perfectly is not realistic anyway.

    TABLES OF ELLIPSES

    The ellipses fit snugly against the borders.

    There is slight wobbliness on some of them. Make sure you engage your whole arm from the shoulder.

    Overall, this exercise is fine.

    ELLIPSES IN PLANES

    I see that you tried to fit the ellipses snugly while also keeping the form consistent.

    The second page looks even better. Good job!

    FUNNELS

    This page looks good to me. Ellipses touch the sides of the funnel and they align with the minor axis line.

    I see also that you also tried to draw the ellipses bigger as the funnel widened, that's good.

    Slight wobbliness, but it's not an issue.

    PLOTTED PERSPECTIVE

    One or two verticals are not perpendicular to the horrizon line, but I don't think it's an issue.

    You used a ruler and vanishing points correctly.

    ROUGH PERSPECTIVE

    I noticed that some of your edges are doubled again.

    What I recommend is to not commit to drawing a line immediately, instead, choose your two marks and ghost through them until the line and movement feel right.

    If you feel like your mark is in the wrong spot, move it to a spot that makes sense to you, ghost through it again and draw a single line confidently.

    Other than that, you have used line extensions correctly.

    ROTATED BOXES

    Gaps between boxes are consistent, boxes are rotating. A few mistakes here and there with the shape and rotation of the boxes, but you got the hang of this exercise and that's more important.

    This is great, good work!

    ORGANIC PERSPECTIVE

    I think this one came out well. I don't really have much to add besides making sure you employ the ghosting method correctly and try to not redo lines (good observation btw I saw your note on one of the pages)

    (EDIT) Don't mind the random ???, I tried using emojis and they don't show up :)

    Next Steps:

    You're on the right track ???? I believe you are ready to move forward and start the 250 box challenge.

    Don't forget to add these exercises into the pool for your warm-up routine!

    This community member feels the lesson should be marked as complete, and 2 others agree. The student has earned their completion badge for this lesson and should feel confident in moving onto the next lesson.
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