blue_winters

no worries.

so from my experience of doing the excercise a few weeks ago and from the examples given on the website, i'd say, it's better to vary the sizes of the forms a bit and add around 8-10 (12 would be fine too) forms in a page. too many can be confusing and make things more difficult.

thank you for the feedback. greatly appreciated!

hi

you might do some 10-15 minutes warmups with the exercises from the previous lesson (as is recommended in lesson 0). in this case practicing superimposed lines, ghosted lines and ghosted planes might be helpful. do not grind however. just pick one or two exercises for the day and you'll be fine.

good luck!

hello

congrats on finishing the 250 boxes challenge. i'll be handeling the critique for your hw submission.

starting with the positives -

• you seem to be properly using the ghosting method for each of your lines so that's great.

• the hatching lines are placed neatly and with patience so well done on that too.

• also, i like that you're making an attempt to add line weight from the very beginning of the challege.

• and you have a good understanding for the line extention method. so good job on keeping them away from the viewer.

some things that stand out to me is that-

• you're drawing over some of the lines. if a line turns out off then leave it and move on to the next one. if you try to fix lines it only makes things messier.

• whild line weight isn't a necessary requirement in this challenge it's good seeing you attempting it as i mentioned. however, we need to be more careful of how we're placing line weight and only add it in certain places vatying the same thinness/ thickness and not on all four sides of the box. this diagram shows an example for this.

• in some cases the lines if the boxes are congerving in pairs in stead of the same vanishing point. there are a few instances of some divergences too. so i recommend checking this out here.

• most of your boxes have dramatic foreshortening (vp on the page) instead of boxes with shallow foreshortening (lines almost parallel and vp outside of the page).

• one more thing i'd point out is that you have similar orientations for how you're drawing most of the boxes. you can refer to this example here for how boxes rotate in different orientations.

overall, you seem to understand most of the concepts for how to draw a box. you will be overcoming the few issues that you have in the future. so keep practicing boxes along side the contents of previous lesson as part of the warm up.

that being said, i'd mark this as complete and say you may move on to lesson 2.

hello

i'll be handeling the critique for your 250 boxes challenge. congrats on finishing it.

• starting off with some positive- you're propely using ghosting method which is good. and your hatching lines are mostly looking neat as well despite some wobbliness in few instances.

• what you seem to have most trouble with is understanding the line extentions. you need to extend the lines away fron the viewer as explained here. this might not make a lot of sense as a beginner but if you extend your lines following the initial Y shape used for drawing the boxes it'd turn out correct each time. this part of the lesson explains it here. while, sometimes you got the extentions correct.

• another recurring issue with your boxes is the lines are having divergences (moving away from each other) instead of convergences (heading towards the same vanishing point). check this part for reference.

• one more thing to note is that most if the boxes have a similar orientation. it's a good habit to build to start experimenting with different orientations for your boxes as this will help develop your 3D perception and how things are placed in a 2D space.

• what i'd also point out is that you have attempted very few boxes with shallow forshortening and most of them have quite dramatic foreshortening. a few are also in isometric perspective.

• and lastly, adding line weight isn't a required part if this challenge but it's good to start at least making an attempt at it as this will be needed in the later lessons. check out this example for line weight in the context of a box.

so, i'd say you made a good attempt. however, before you're ready to move on to the next lesson i'd like to see you take your time with going over the text of the challenge once more and draw 10 more boxes. this time with correct extention lines and mostly having line convergences. do not worry about having the inner corners wrong or perfecting a box with line-weight and everything though, because those improvements will happen over time with further practice. (as boxes and previous lessons become part of the warmup).

best wishes!

hello

i'll be handeling the critique of your lesson 1 hw submission.

lines

starting off with superimposed lines (the page seems to be upside down) good job on keeping the fraying towards the end. there's mostly no fraying at the starting point and this is exactly what we need to be doing here.

with ghosted lines you seem to be focusing on confident mark making and planning out the lines quite nicely. well done. there's some arching in some cases however and to avoid this try ghosting in the opposite direction. also rotate your paper as necessary.

pretty much same goes for the ghosted planes. the one thing i must call out here is that you're keeping empty spaces around the page. try to add as many planes in a page of various sizes to utilise the paper better.

ellipses

moving over to ellipses, the tables of ellipses look good as you're trying to draw ellipses in different degrees. we should aim to draw over an ellipse no more than 2-3 times (preferably 2 times).

i'd say the same would apply for ellipses in planes. some ellipses here lost their shape and got slightly deformed as you tried to make them touch the edges of the planes. getting an even elliptical form is the main goal here, drawn with confident mark making over focusing on accuracy.

not much to critique on funnels as you kept most of the ellipses aligned to the minkr axis. well done.

boxes

in the rough perspective section, horizontal lines should be parallel to horizon and vertical lines perpendicular to horizon. you got this right mostly. what i'll be calling out here is you're drawing over lines at times. if they turn out a bit off keep it as is instead of trying to correct it as it makes thing look messy. also be a bit more careful with hatching lines. hatching should also be placed with planning and ghosted method.

on rotated boxes the same thing applies here about line drawovers and hatching lines. also making the boxes bigger in size will allow you to place the next box easier as well as planning with the shoulder pivot.

in the organic perspective some of your boxes have divergenges instead of having convergence. you could aslo have exiperimeted a bit more with the rotations here.

overall, you seem to be following most of the instructions. you'll be overcoming the few shortcomings with practice and dilligence. so best of luck. i'd say move over to the 250 boxes challenge.

hi

i'm here to critique you lesson 1 homework. congrats on completing this lesson.

lines

• starting off with superimposed lines, good job in keeping fraying mostly near the end and minimal at the starting point. the longer lines have more arching to them so try to conciously arch to the opposite direction, this is explained here.

with ghosted lines and ghosted planes section you seem to be plotting out the lines first which is good. some lines have the arching issues but you can improve these by following the method mentioned before. also use the shoulder pivot for each lines.

ellipses

• in tables of ellipses section some ellipses are a bit wobbly. we should aim here for even elliptical forms and confident mark making. some of the ellipses are placed snuggly next to each other and nice drawn over 2-3 times so well done.

with ellipses in planes some of the ellipses got a bit deformed as you tried to make them touch the four edges of the planes. the goal here is to get nice even elliptical forms. the funnel exercise is looking pretty good as you managed to keep ellipses aligned with the axis line in most cases.

boxes

• not much to critique in plotted perspective section other than you made some of the boxes a bit narrow and added no hatching lines.

i consider rough perspective one of the toughest to tackle in lesson one. you made the major mistake here with ignoring this rule. we're not suppose to draw the lines exactly back to the vanishing point. instead we should make a rough estimation towards the vp.

in the rotated boxes you're drawing over lines a lot. even if a line turns out a bit off keep it as is instead of trying to correct it, this only make things messier. the hatching lines should be placed using ghosting method and with bit more care. same goes for the lineweight.

in organic perspective section each lines should be plotted out with dots. you seem to be doing this some instances but the smaller boxes are looking free handed. also the same thing goes for the lines here as well, no drawovers.

overall, i'd say your attempt was pretty good. you'll continue to improve as these exercises will be part of the 15 min warmup sessions. so i'd recommend moving over to the 250 boxes challenge. good luck!

hello

congrats on completing lesson 1. i'll be handeling your critique of this section.

lines

starting with the superimposed lines, the mark making looks confident and it will continue to improve over time with practice. you seem to be keeping fraying mostly towards the end and minimal at the beginning which is good. what must be called out here is that there's quite a bit of arching in most of the lines. to avoid this try to conciously arch in the opposite direction.

in the ghosted lines section the lines have a bit of wobbliness and arching. this can be lessened by rotating your page, using the shoulder pivot each time and also ghosting in the opposite direction (of an arch). it's mentioned in this part of the lesson.

with the ghosted planes you're clearly plotting each lines with the dots. however, the previous issues are also appearing here but , this will also improve with the technique mentioned above.

ellipses

tables of ellipses - you did a good attempt in keeping most of the elliptical forms even but the narrower ones turned out a bit deformed at times. try to go over with confident lines and don't draw over more than 2-3 times. you can ghost in the planning stage before making the mark on paper. what i'd also call out is that the ellipses should be placed snuggly next to each other while you are leaving some gaps between two ellipses.

the funnels turned out a bit narrow which resulted in not utilising the full page. sometimes the ellipses aren't aligned with the minor axis. other than that not much of note here. just keep in mind the method of drawing ellipses memtioned previously.

ellipses in planes, i'd say not to go over an ellipse more than 2-3 times, 2 times would be ideal. besides, some ellipses look even and have nice shapes. a few however, got slightly deformed as you tried to make them touch the edges of the planes. it is a common misconception in this section. what's the main focus should be is, drawing a nice and even elliptical form even if it doesn't make contact with the edges. you did this really well with the ellipse on the bottom right corner of the second page.

boxes

plotted perspective - in this part of lesson 1 the full excercise is to be completed with a ruler/ straight edge including the hatching lines. and try to keep the hatching evenly spaced and more neat. another thing i'd point out is the lineweight. only the outer edges of a box might have some lineweight but adding lineweight inside the box breaks the uniformity. also try not going over lines more than once.

rough perspective is one of the complex exercises to tackle, so i'd say, it's a good attempt. the horizontal lines are looking mostly parallel to the horizon. there are quite a few wobbly lines and you're drawing over some of them. that being said you will get better at those with further practice.

now for the rotated boxes you might make the boxes bigger to use the maximum space on a page. i can see the you're prioritising the rotations so great job. the way you added hatching lines on the front plane of the boxes (instead of the space between the boxes as shown in the demo ) make it a bit difficult to read. another main culprit here is drawing over lines multiple times.

in the organic perspective section you need to be plotting each line with a dot as in the ghosted method and again some of the arching and wobbliness can be seen here too as well as you seem to correct a line with drawing over it. however, with more and more practice in the future, you will become more strategic with how you place the lines and line variations. also avoid the drawovers.

overall, you seem to be doing good for the most part and these exercises will be part of the 15 minutes warm up routine, which means you will only be getting better over time. so i'd say move on to the 250 boxes challenge. good luck!

thank you for the feedback, greatly appreciated! and alright, i will be paying more attention to line-weight, boxes orientation and so on during warmups and the next exercises.