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Hey, nice job completing lesson 1! Instead of organizing my critique by lesson, I'm going to group it by things I've noticed:

1. Overshooting and undershooting lines - This one is a common theme through a good chunk of your homework, starting in ghosted lines, then ghosted planes, then rough perspective, then distinctively tapering off in rough perspective which is good, that means you're getting better at it. Confidence over accuracy was mentioned a lot in the lesson, which you have done well, but now that you have those smooth lines, try to get them to line up while maintaining that confidence in the strokes. A tip that was given to me was to focus on deliberately lifting your pen off the page when you reach the ending dot, instead of kind of flicking it.

2. Lines with slight wobbles or bending at the ends - Most of your lines look they're drawn confidently, but there are still a few with some wobbles, and a few with bends in the end as you tried to make it line up with the final dot, both of which I'm mostly seeing in the ghosted planes and the rough perspective. Again, I'm seeing these less in the later two: rotated boxes and organic perspective, which is good. Just make sure you're drawing from the shoulder, ghosting, and committing to the line, even if it isn't going exactly where you want.

3. Wobbly ellipses - Particularly in the table of ellipses homework, your thinner ellipses seem a little more wobbly than the circular ones, particularly on the edges with a sharp turn. Also a lot of them look like they have one wobbly pass and one more confident pass, which is definitely ok, it'll get better with practice. Again, just make sure you're drawing from the shoulder and ghosting enough before putting the pen on the page.

4. Rotated boxes - The fronts of these look pretty good, but some of the backs have started to float away from each other. This was meant to be a difficult exercise, so it's not a big deal, but remember that the back lines should be relatively parallel to the boxes adjacent, and the little sections where you see four different box corners next to each other should have those corners line up a bit more.

Conclusion - All in all, very good! Definitely ready to move on to the 250 boxes, there was a distinctive improvement throughout the homework which is cool =). Just keep some of this in mind and make sure you do your warmups, they really do help with the 250 box challenge!

Ahh for sure! Yeah, I mentioned in Discord, but that is completely ok! I've just edited it and removed pencil from it since it's not relevant then, nice job! Also yeah, 250 boxes is separate from lesson 2, and usually done before, that makes sense though XD

Hey, nice job completing lesson 1! I'm going to be doing some critique for your lesson, but I only have a couple of minor things to point out, your homework is very strong in general.

1. Ellipses in planes - The planes and ellipses both look very good, with confident smooth lines, but the ellipses are tending to float off the edges of the planes, so maybe use just a bit more ghosting, but I do want to reiterate that this is minor, and only because the ellipses already look very good.

2. Rough perspective - Again, very good lines, the only thing I have to note here is actually the shading, I think the shading is meant to be done with evenly-spaced hatching instead of more solidly filling it, so you don't need to do quite that many lines. Again, this is minor though.

3. Rotated boxes - The fronts of the boxes look good, but the backs tend to be a little less clean. Since the lines in the back are drawn through, they're not mean to have any extra weight to them, so make sure each one is only done once, even if it didn't go exactly the direction you wanted it to the first time. The angles look good too, the only other thing I would note is lining up the corners on the backs of the boxes might help them look a little cleaner, but again, minor, in general your rotated boxes look very good.

4. Organic perspective - The line weight from near to far is very good here, and the boxes in general, the only thing I have to note is some scratchy lines, though it's only in a few places. Make sure each line is drawn fully, don't stop halfway on them, it gives them that scratchy look.

Again all of those were minor things, this looks very good! I saw you mentioned lesson 2, but I think the next step is meant to be 250 boxes, but I don't think that's necessarily required for community critique. Regardless, keep up the good work moving forward!

Hey, I'm going to be doing some feedback for your lesson 1. Nice job completing Lesson 1! Instead of going by homework assignment, I'm seeing some general things across all of them, so I'm just going to note them here:

1. Wobbly lines - This starts to be very noticeable in the rough perspective exercise, make sure even if the lines are shorter you're still drawing from the shoulder and ghosting the lines. Also remember to prioritise confidence over accuracy, though accuracy is definitely still a good thing, don't sacrifice smooth lines for that. Your lines up until that point look good though, in the superimposed lines, ghosted lines, and ghosted planes, so keep that up!

2. Rotated boxes - So this exercise is hard, but keep in mind that the backs of the boxes should also be parallel to the adjacent boxes, not just the fronts.

3. Scratchy lines - Make sure you draw each line once, and all the way through. Some of the exercises allow for adding line weight, but you still should make sure it's one line all the way through. I'm seeing this a lot in the rough perspective, rotated boxes, and the organic perspective. Take your time with the ghosting, draw from the shoulder, and draw the line in one motion.

4. Ellipses - These look pretty good, there's some smooth confident strokes here. A lot of them aren't touching the edges of the frames in the table of ellipses and the ghosted planes, but that accuracy comes with practice, so that's ok. Make sure you make sure you're not hesitating on those strokes and squishing the ellipses too, most of them look pretty good but there are some here and there that have squished sides.

All in all, looking pretty good! You should be good to move on to the 250 box challenge, and I'm marking this with complete, just make sure you're working on those smooth confident lines going forward in the box challenge and in your warmups =)

I'm marking agreement that you should move on to the next lesson, but I want to note that I agree with the not rushing part, make sure you're ghosting each line/ellipse and trying to draw each with confidence and less hesitation so they don't wobble as much =) It's definitely more noticeable from rough perspective onwards, the earlier ones like ghosted lines specifically were pretty clean. That stuff will come with time and practice too, but it's good to be aware of it! Also quick side note, I don't remember what the instructions were for hatching boxes in the first few lessons, but it's a good idea to try to draw those lines like you do the others, with ghosting and clean lines, instead of squiggling them =)

Edit: Oops I think I should have replied to OP not to you Narquelion, that's my bad haha

Hey, nice job completing lesson 1! I'm going to separate critique by homework items:

1. Super imposed lines - The confidence in your lines is good in the straight lines, but the arced ones are looking a little wobbly. Those are optional and a bit harder though, just make sure you still draw them with confidence, even if they end up diverging. You did a good job with the accuracy on all the lines, they're still pretty close at the end, but there is some fraying at the start of some of them, just make sure you're starting your pen off in the same spot each time.

2. Ghosted lines - The confidence in these is also good, there are some slight arcs in some of them, but they look pretty clean. Some of them end a little short and some end a little long, but the accuracy comes second and is something you'll end up working on by default in later exercises with boxes.

3. Ghosted planes - The planes look very good. There's some overshooting again, so just make sure you're lifting your pen off the page at the end there instead of flicking at the end, but the lines look confident, and they're converging in the right places.

4. Ellipses in planes - The edges are touching the sides of the planes, but there's a lot of wobbling in the lines. Keep in mind that Uncomfortable notes in the lessons that confidence is first and accuracy is second. When you do warmups later I would definitely recommend focusing on drawing the ellipses a little faster and worrying a bit less about accuracy with them.

5. Ellipses in tables - From ellipses in planes to this one there is definitely some improvement, a lot of your ellipses in this one are more confident and smoother, but there are still some wobbly ones, especially the little ones. On the second page a lot of them are floating off the guidelines too. Make sure to take your time with the ghosting, then draw each ellipse confidently, even if it will end up outside the lines.

6. Funnels - These ellipses are also a bit wobbly, and in the exercise the ones in the center are meant to be more narrow than the ones on the outside. The sizes in yours differ a bit, but not quite as much as in the lesson. Again, make sure you're focusing on confidence first, and accuracy second.

7. Rough perspective - There's more wobbling in your lines here than in the earlier lessons, it looks more pronounced with the smaller boxes, make sure you're using your whole arm for all of the lines, even the short ones. The lines back to the VP are definitely going in the right general direction, the ones farther away diverge more, but that's expected, just make sure you're using ghosting to estimate those lines.

8. Rotated boxes - The rotation on these looks pretty good, but keep in mind that the backs of the boxes should have lines that are more or less parallel to the ones next to them too. There are a few drawn-through lines in the bottom left that are out of line, though the fronts look good. Also make sure each line is just one confident line and avoid chicken-scratching or drawing over lines in the back one more than once, even if they didn't go the direction you wanted the first time.

9. Organic perspective - Make sure you're drawing full, confident lines. I think line weight is ok for this one, but some of the extra lines are particularly wobbly and chicken-scratchy. The boxes themselves look pretty good, but the lines look a little hesitant. Again, make sure you're drawing from the shoulder, ghosting for each line, and drawing a full line each time, instead of just part of one.

Conclusion - Again, nice job completing lesson 1! In general I think you mostly need to focus on line confidence and making sure you're drawing from the shoulder. Just don't rush it too much! Your straight lines were good in the first few exercises and got more hesitant later when more parts were added, so take your time =). But I think you're good to move on to the 250 box challenge, just make sure you do your warmups and focus on that confidence as you move forward!

Awesome, thank you! I did notice I was having quite a bit of trouble with my lines pairing off, so I'll keep that in mind during warmups. Also thanks for the heads up about the winter promptathon, I missed the last one and hadn't seen that post yet, I'm going to try it this time ^.^

Awesome, I really appreciate the feedback, I'll keep that in mind moving on to the box challenge!