6:53 PM, Sunday January 8th 2023
Thanks! Here they are: https://imgur.com/a/aapaQzl
Thanks! Here they are: https://imgur.com/a/aapaQzl
Thanks a ton for all the feedback!
Here's my big ol' shrimp: https://imgur.com/a/RqcvHDx
Here's my latest branches focused specifically on doubling up on my ellipses and the line instructions you provided.
Thanks Comfy - The feedback is always appreciated,
I get the impression you feel as if I really missed the mark on my branches, which is somewhat of a surprise to me. While I'm aware my branches have obvious issues, your response does create some confusion on my end.
I definitely have some outstanding questions which pertain to both your feedback and approaching the course as a whole, I was wondering if you could provide some clarity/guidelines in this regard, and my latest branches attempt is a good example.
I definitely read through both your feedback and reread the exercise instructions for this latest attempt. Here was my approach from my perspective:
1) Read through your feedback and focus of the points raised. In this case, specifically the nature of my lines
2) Reread the exercise instructions to see if theres anything I overlooked
3) Attempt the exercise again (to the best of my current ability) while focusing on the following points
- be sure to draw through my ellipses twice
- be mindful of their degree as it relates to how they sit in 3d space
- take more time when creating my lines to focus on flowing them into one another as described in the lesson
4) Be disappointed in my results but submit anyway.
This last point is where the heart of my question is, should I have redone the exercise until I got a page I felt was worth submitting? Or should I submit anyway because it is "to the best of my current ability"
You mention this often, how students will do an assignment over and over until they get it perfect, how this is a waste of time, and how they should simply do the assignment to the best of their ability so they can move on. So what would have been the appropriate action for me in this case?
It is obvious to me that my branches (more than my other exercises) lack depth and sturdiness, something I usually do relatively well. However I can't seem to get them to feel solid.
Is there an issue with the degree of my ellipses? That wasn't in your feedback so I would think thats not the main issue
Do I just need to practice flowing lines into one another so I don't have any chicken scratchiness? I'm not sure given that you say that this issue is almost unavoidable and bound to happen to an extent.
I genuinely want to succeed in this course and want to follow its methodologies, but I sometimes struggle to know the right next step. I hope that is clear if nothing else. Any thoughts or guidance in regard to both my approach as a whole or the branches exercise specifically would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for the time you've invested, I'll be sending over more branches.
Hey Comfy,
Here are the revisions you requested. I definitely understand what you mean about "space" now. I was struggling to decide how much space I needed for each plant.
I especially struggled with construction for the dragon fruit as the "branches" are almost more like big leaves? But in my reference the "branch" is cropped due to its length. Due to the flowy nature of the leaf-branch I went for a leaf shape, but it doesn't quite match. How would you approach this one? Reference included.
That makes infinitely more sense. Thanks for the clarification.
Thanks Comfy,
This all makes sense for the most part. One question I do have is around your comment pertaining to space and time. I'm not surprised by you mentioning space as that makes up so much of what this course is about via construction and perspective, but what do you mean when you bring up time? How does effectively conveying time manifest itself in these exercises?
Okay. I think these feel a lot better. I have a few where my lines are converging in pairs but overall I feel better about these. My cross hatching isn’t as neat as I would like. I’m having trouble controlling the length of each line with my my arm and tend to overshoot. I’ll be interested hear what you think. Thoughts?
Thank you for being patient with me. I missed "You effectively have until you're finished Lesson 1's homework to decide which track you'd like to take (without redoing anything)."
However this is fine as it's a long journey anyway so redoing a lesson doesn't seem that bad in the grand scheme of things.
Thanks again for everything
Thanks Comfy, I was wondering how this would work as I started out without official critique to try Drawabox out for free to make sure that it was something I could stick with. After completing lesson two, I felt that it was time to start investing in official critique.
Was there another way I should have gone about this? I genuinely love your service and want to be the best student I can be for you all.
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