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Hello TempoRogue!

Overall, you have done a pretty decent job.

Lines:

Your lines start off a little hesitant and wobbly, but this is pretty much expected in this early stage, especially as you work on developing your shoulder muscle memory.

In the superimposed lines, be careful that you start at the same point. Though infrequent, there are moments of fraying on both ends.

As you move through your lines exercises, your lines generally demonstrate confidence with a smooth and continuous flow. There are a few arcing lines, so remember to draw with your shoulder and rotate the page so you're drawing at one angle.

In the ghosted planes, there are some lines that overshoot way beyond their end points. The moment you reach the end point, try to lift the pen up. You have plenty of examples where you are on or close to the trajectory’s end point.

Also, I am seeing repeated/corrected lines in the ghosted exercises and throughout the box exercises. No matter how tempting it is to fix an errant line, do not redirect or repeat over a line to correct it. It’s important to develop a habit of planning and thinking about every mark you make on the page – each mark should be intentional. So even if it’s a mistake, stick with it.

Ellipses:

Ellipses are off to a good start and are generally confident. There are a couple of exceptions, where the ellipses wobble.

They don’t always fit their allotted spaces, but you didn’t sacrifice confidence for accuracy – this is great because confidence should always take precedence. You’ll get to focus more on accuracy as you continue to practice.

Some ellipses in the funnels are aligned to the minor axis, but some are not and in turn loses it symmetry on either side of the minor axis.

You are mostly drawing through your ellipses, which is great. However, be careful to draw through fully 2 times through (3 is also acceptable, but no more than that).

Rough perspective:

A couple of things to keep in mind for this exercise:

• Horizontal lines should be parallel to the horizon line

• Vertical lines should be perpendicular to the horizon line

While there is evidence you are doing this (which is certainly a challenge in itself!), there is a mix where some lines stray off diagonally.

Rotating boxes:

First, congratulations on getting through this exercise! The boxes are generally rotating along the vertical and horizontal axes, so nice job with that. The boxes moving toward the outer edges, however, aren’t quite rotating (meaning they are sharing a similar or the same vanishing point). There are some perspective issues, which may have thrown off where the next box will be. Otherwise, the boxes are pretty well neighbored to each other, and you are drawing through your boxes (with a couple of exceptions), which is great.

Organic perspective:

For this exercise, there should be 2-3 frames for each page, just as with the plotted and rough perspective exercises. Nevertheless, as the boxes move along the path, there is some rotation occurring. On the first page, the boxes somewhat get smaller as they move along the path and pushed further into space (away from the viewer), but the second page doesn’t quite have this conveyance.

There are quite a bit of instances of dramatic foreshortening, which should be reserved more for very large objects (e.g.-looking up at buildings) or objects that are very, very close to the eye. But you’ll get to work on boxes more in the 250 box challenge.

One final thing I’d like to reiterate and for you to keep in mind: don't correct the lines. Continue to plan (e.g.-place dots), ghost, and draw the lines with your shoulder.

With that, congratulations on completing Lesson 1!

Hello staingg!

Overall, you have done a nice job!

Lines

Your lines are overall pretty confident with smooth and continuous flow. There are some that waver a bit as you draw towards the targeted point. To note, confidence should take precedence and be prioritized before accuracy. It’s ok that the lines aren’t fully accurate, as it is imperative to first develop the shoulder muscle memory to draw out smooth, confident strokes. So continue to ghost and execute every line with your shoulder. Essentially, a confident stroke that is slightly inaccurate is better than an accurate but wobbly line.

You mentioned going a bit too fast initially in the ghosting. One thing I notice is you are generally hitting the trajectory with smooth confident strokes, but they do overshoot the target point quite a bit at times in the ghosted planes. It’ll take time to find the speed that will work for you, but continue to experiment. If you find that the initial speed worked well to maintain smooth strokes, then you can instead try to work on lifting the pen as you hit the target point (but maintain the arm motion along trajectory path past the point) so that overshooting becomes less and less. Just make sure to take the time to align your pen right at the starting point.

Ellipses

Ellipses are off to a good start and are generally confident. There are a couple of exceptions, where the ellipses turn sharply as you fit your ellipses in their allotted spaces. This causes the ellipses to be [misshaped]. Just as with lines, focus first on confident smooth strokes. Then work on maintaining its roundedness, and then accuracy last.

Ellipses in the funnel are generally aligned to the minor axis.

Nice job drawing through each ellipse appropriately (2-3 times).

Boxes

As you continue to go through your boxes, I notice your lines remain mostly confident, which is awesome! There is just a couple here and there that wobble.

Also, some lines are repeated/corrected. No matter how tempting it is to correct an errant line, do not correct or repeat over it to correct it.

Rough perspective

With the exception of a couple of lines, you’ve done a pretty nice job maintaining horizontal lines to be parallel to the horizon line, and vertical lines perpendicular to it.

Rotating boxes

First, kudos on getting through this exercise! The boxes are generally rotating along the vertical and horizontal axes, so nice job. The boxes are also well neighbored to each other, and you are drawing through your boxes, which is great.

Organic perspective

As the boxes get slightly smaller on the path, you’ve conveyed a sense that they move slightly away from the viewer. In terms of perspective, there are some sets of parallel lines that diverge away, making planes that are further away appear to get larger instead of slightly smaller. But no worries, you’ll have plenty of practice in the 250 Box Challenge!

With that said, congratulations on completing lesson 1! Keep up the good work.

Hello Chuddy!

Overall, you have done a nice job!

Lines

Your lines are overall pretty confident with smooth and continuous flow. There are some that waver/wobble a bit as you draw towards the targeted point. To note, confidence should take precedence and be prioritized before accuracy. It’s ok that the lines aren’t fully accurate, as it is imperative to first develop the shoulder muscle memory to draw out smooth, confident strokes. So continue to ghost and execute every line with your shoulder. Essentially, a confident stroke that is slightly inaccurate is better than an accurate but wobbly line.

In the planes exercise, you do a great job of plotting (placing dots) down the corners. However, the bisecting lines are not always plotted out. The dots are a powerful tool to help establish the trajectory, and best yet you can move the dots before you commit and execute the line.

Ellipses

Ellipses are off to a fairly decent start with a good share of confident ellipses. There are some that wobble, and other times they turn sharply as you fit your ellipses in their allotted spaces. This causes the ellipses to be misshaped. Just as with lines, focus first on confident smooth strokes. Then work on maintaining its roundedness, and then accuracy last.

Ellipses in the funnel are generally aligned to the minor axis.

Nice job drawing through each ellipses appropriately 2-3 times (just a couple that were short of 2 times).

Boxes

As you continue to go through your boxes, I notice your lines remain mostly confident, which is awesome! There is still a couple here and there that wobble, so just to reiterate because it’s so important – remember to ghost and draw through with your shoulder.

Also, some lines are repeated/corrected. No matter how tempting it is to correct an errant line, do not correct or repeat over it to correct it. To help prevent this, take your time with planning with dots. The great thing about dots is you don’t have to commit to the very first dot(s) you place. They can be moved around as you see fit before you commit to a line. Once you draw the line though, stick with what you have even if it’s wrong. With that said, however, I only really noticed this in your rough perspective exercise with no further evidence in the other exercises, so keep on that path!

Rough perspective

With the exception of a few lines, you’ve done a pretty nice job maintaining horizontal lines to be parallel to the horizon line, and vertical lines perpendicular to it.

Rotating boxes

First off, congratulations on getting through this exercise! The boxes are generally rotating along the vertical and horizontal axes, so nice job. The boxes are well neighbored to each other, and you are drawing through your forms, which is great.

Organic perspective

As the boxes get slightly smaller on the path, you’ve effectively conveyed a sense that they move slightly away from the viewer. In terms of perspective, you’re off to a good start. More notably in the smaller boxes, there are some sets of parallel lines that diverge away, making planes that are further away appear to get larger instead of slightly smaller. But no worries, you’ll have plenty of practice in the 250 Box Challenge!

With that said, congratulations on completing Lesson 1!

Hello kctsang!

Overall, you have done a decent job!

Lines

Your lines are overall confident with smooth and continuous flow. There is just a couple that waver a bit as you draw towards the targeted point. To note, confidence should take precedence and be prioritized before accuracy. It’s ok that the lines aren’t fully accurate, as it is imperative to first develop the shoulder muscle memory to draw out smooth, confident strokes. So continue to ghost and execute every line with your shoulder. Essentially, a confident stroke that is slightly inaccurate is better than an accurate but wobbly line. But really, overall you’re off to a nice start.

Ellipses

Ellipses are off to a good start and are generally confident; just a couple have a little wobble. They have a pretty good roundedness to them. With that said, there are some that are quite loose compared to your other ellipses. This could mean you’re drawing the ellipse a little too fast. As you continue to practice ellipses in your warm ups, experiment with the speed such as slowing down a bit (not so much that they will create wobble) to see if that will work for you. Also remember to ghost each ellipse before drawing them.

Ellipses in the funnel are generally aligned to the minor axis.

Nice job drawing through each ellipses appropriately (2-3 times).

Finally, there are a few instances where you end the ellipse with a straight tail or hook away from the original form. As you’re coming to the end of drawing the ellipse, lift your pen while you continue to motion the ellipse instead of away from the ellipse.

Boxes

As you continue to go through your boxes, I notice your lines generally remain confident, which is awesome! However, there are repeating/corrected lines. No matter how tempting it is to correct an errant line, do not correct or repeat over it to correct it. To help prevent this, take your time with planning with dots. The great thing about dots is you don’t have to commit to the very first dot(s) you place. They can be moved around as you see fit before you commit to a line. But once you draw the line, stick with what you have even if it’s wrong.

When applying lineweight, draw over the original line confidently (just as with superimposed lines) and just once. It’s ok that it is subtle.

Rough perspective

With a couple of exceptions, you’ve done a pretty nice job maintaining horizontal lines to be parallel to the horizon line, and vertical lines perpendicular to it.

Rotating boxes

Great job getting through this exercise! The boxes are generally rotating along the vertical and horizontal axes. Focusing on the boxes along these axes, the boxes adjacent to the center box have very subtle rotation, so don’t be afraid to exaggerate it a little more and push the VP a little further out. As the boxes move outwards, there are some that aren’t quite rotating, meaning they are sharing the same or a similar VP. Otherwise, the boxes are fairly well neighbored together; though a few could be packed in a little tighter (but I’m just nitpicking). Nice job drawing through each box.

Organic perspective

As the boxes get slightly smaller on the path, you’ve conveyed a sense that they move slightly away from the viewer. In terms of perspective, there are some sets of parallel lines that diverge away, making planes that are further away appear to get larger instead of slightly smaller. But no worries, you’ll have plenty of practice in the 250 Box Challenge!

With that said, congratulations on completing lesson 1!

Hi there carlytoon!

Overall, you have done a nice job!

Lines

Your lines are overall pretty confident with smooth and continuous flow. There are some that waver/wobble or sometimes arc a bit as you draw towards the targeted point. To note, confidence should take precedence and be prioritized before accuracy. It’s ok that the lines aren’t fully accurate, as it is imperative to first develop the shoulder muscle memory to draw out smooth, confident strokes. So continue to ghost and execute every line with your shoulder. Essentially, a confident stroke that is slightly inaccurate is better than an accurate but wobbly line.

In the planes exercise, you do a great job of plotting (placing dots) down the corners. However, the bisecting lines are not always plotted out. The dots are a powerful tool to help establish the trajectory, and best yet you can move the dots before you commit and execute the line.

Also, some lines are repeated/corrected. No matter how tempting it is to correct an errant line, do not correct or repeat over it to correct it.

Ellipses

Ellipses are off to a good start and are generally confident. There are a couple of exceptions, where the ellipses wobble. Also be careful of ellipses that turn sharply as you fit them into their allotted spaces. This causes the ellipses to be misshaped. Just as with lines, focus first on confident smooth strokes. Then work on maintaining its roundedness, and then accuracy last.

Ellipses in the funnel are generally aligned to the minor axis.

Nice job drawing through each ellipses appropriately (2-3 times).

Boxes

As you continue to go through your boxes, there are some nice confident lines. However, there is still a fair share of hesitant lines. Remember to plan, ghost, and execute the line confidently with your shoulder for every line. As previously mentioned, don’t correct any lines.

Rough perspective

A couple of things to keep in mind for this exercise:

• Horizontal lines should be parallel to the horizon line

• Vertical lines should be perpendicular to the horizon line

There are plenty of evidence you are doing this (which is certainly a challenge in itself!), but there are a couple of lines that stray off diagonally.

Rotating boxes

Great job getting through this exercise! The boxes are generally rotating along the vertical and horizontal, so nice job. I won’t go too much into the perspective as this will be covered more in the 250 box challenge, but there is occasionally some lines diverging away from their vanishing point. Otherwise, you are drawing through all of your boxes, which is great!

Organic perspective

As the boxes get slightly smaller on the path, you’ve effectively conveyed a sense that they move slightly away from the viewer. In terms of perspective, there are some sets of parallel lines that diverge away, making planes that are further away appear to get larger instead of slightly smaller. But no worries, you’ll have plenty of practice in the 250 Box Challenge!

With that said, congratulations on completing lesson 1!

Hello vanechika!

Overall, you have done a nice job!

Lines

Your lines are overall confident with smooth and continuous flow. There are just a few instances where they waver a bit as you draw towards the targeted point. To note, confidence should take precedence and be prioritized before accuracy. It’s ok that the lines aren’t fully accurate, as it is imperative to first develop the shoulder muscle memory to draw out smooth, confident strokes. So continue to ghost and execute every line with your shoulder. Essentially, a confident stroke that is slightly inaccurate is better than an accurate but wobbly or wavering line.

With that said, you are off to a solid start.

Ellipses

Ellipses are generally confident. There are some that wobble, and other times they turn sharply as you fit your ellipses in their allotted spaces. This causes the ellipses to be misshaped. Just as with lines, focus first on confident smooth strokes. Then work on maintaining its roundedness, and then accuracy last.

Another thing to note is there are a few instances where you end the ellipse with a straight tail or hook away from the original form. As you’re coming to the end of drawing the ellipse, lift your pen while you continue to motion the ellipse instead of away from the ellipse.

Finally, you are mostly drawing through your ellipses appropriately 2-3 times. There are a some moments where they are drawn through more time, though, so be careful with that.

Boxes

As you continue to go through your boxes, there are some nice confident lines. But there is still a fair share of hesitant lines. So remember to plan, ghost, and execute the line confidently with your shoulder for every line.

Also, some lines are repeated/corrected. No matter how tempting it is to correct an errant line, do not correct or repeat over it to correct it. To help prevent this, take your time with planning with dots. The great thing about dots is you don’t have to commit to the very first dot(s) you place. They can be moved around as you see fit before you commit to a line. But once you draw the line, stick with what you have even if it’s wrong.

Rough perspective

You mentioned messing up because you were annoyed with yourself. The result is not as bad as you think. With a couple of exceptions, you’ve done a pretty nice job maintaining horizontal lines to be parallel to the horizon line, and vertical lines perpendicular to it. The convergences aren’t too bad, and this is a good start.

These exercises are meant to be challenging (and yes, can make for frustrating times). It’s ok to take breaks/walk away to clear your mind (and don’t forget the 50% rule!).

Rotating boxes

First, kudos on getting through this exercise!

The boxes along the vertical and horizontal axis are actually not quite rotating, meaning the boxes are sharing a similar or the same vanishing point as the box adjacent to it. Otherwise, the boxes are well neighbored to each other, and you are drawing through your boxes, which is great.

Organic perspective

As the boxes get slightly smaller on the path, you’ve conveyed a sense that they move slightly away from the viewer.

In terms of perspective, there are some sets of parallel lines that diverge away, making planes that are further away appear to get larger instead of slightly smaller. There are some dramatic foreshortening occurring in the smaller boxes. But no worries, you’ll delve into this more in the 250 Box Challenge!

With that said, congratulations on completing lesson 1!

Hello WingRiddenAngel!

Overall, you have done a good job!

Lines

Your lines are overall pretty confident with smooth and continuous flow. There are some that waver/wobble, particularly in the ghosted lines as you draw towards the targeted point. To note, confidence should take precedence and be prioritized before accuracy. It’s ok that the lines aren’t fully accurate, as it is imperative to first develop the shoulder muscle memory to draw out smooth, confident strokes. So continue to ghost and execute every line with your shoulder. Essentially, a confident stroke that is slightly inaccurate is better than an accurate but wobbly line. With that said, I do see improvements in your ghosted planes exercise!

Ellipses

Ellipses are off to a good start and are generally confident. There are a couple of exceptions, where there is wobbling and a couple ellipses that turn sharply as you fit your ellipses it their allotted spaces. Just as with lines, focus first on confident smooth strokes. Then work on maintaining its roundedness, and then accuracy last.

There are a few instances where you end the ellipse with a straight tail from the original form. As you’re coming to the end of drawing the ellipse, lift your pen while you continue to motion the ellipse instead of away from the ellipse.

You are mostly drawing through each ellipse appropriately (2-3 times). However, some are just short. Always just through the ellipses in full at least 2 times, but no more than 3 times.

Boxes

As you continue to go through your boxes, the lines generally remain confident. But there are still occasional hesitant lines. So remember to plan, ghost, and execute the line confidently with your shoulder for every line.

Also, some lines are repeated/corrected. No matter how tempting it is to correct an errant line, do not correct or repeat over it to correct it. I see you are using dots to plan out your trajectory, which is great! But once you draw the line, stick with what you have even if it’s wrong.

Rough perspective

A couple of things to keep in mind for this exercise:

• Horizontal lines should be parallel to the horizon line

• Vertical lines should be perpendicular to the horizon line

While there are plenty of evidence you are doing this (which is certainly a challenge in itself!), there are some lines that stray off diagonally.

Rotating boxes

First off, congratulations on getting through this exercise! The boxes are generally rotating along the vertical and horizontal, so nice job.

Organic perspective

As the boxes get smaller on the path, you’ve effectively conveyed a sense that they move away from the viewer. In terms of perspective, there are some sets of parallel lines that diverge away, making planes that are further away appear to get larger instead of slightly smaller. There is also some distortion occurring in some of your boxes. But no worries, you’ll delve into this more in the 250 Box Challenge!

With that said, you’re off to a nice start!

Oh, also! You mentioned you are drawing a page of ghosted planes with ellipses every day. I think it’s fine to do part of this in your warm ups (10-15 minutes), but be careful not to grind by doing full exercises more than what is required. I’d like to encourage you to mix up the warm ups of the various exercises in this lesson.

Hello mhsh1122115!

Before I delve into the critique, a couple of friendly notes for future consideration:

• You have more than the necessary number of pages for some of the exercises. While it’s ok to do parts of the exercise in your warm ups (about 10-15 minutes), be careful not to grind by doing full exercises more than what is required. I did notice, however, that some of the pages in your submission also appear to be duplicates, so please take a moment to double check that you have just the necessary assignments uploaded. This will certainly help those of us reviewing your work :) I take it that the ones that have your username attached are the ones meant for the submission, so I’ll be focusing on those.

• When scanning, please refrain from increasing the contrast or using the Black/White setting. The high contrast unfortunately loses some of the detail, and the subtle detail helps with the critiques.

Now then, onto your submission!

Lines

Overall, you are starting off with smooth strokes in your superimposed and ghosted lines. They tend to waver a bit and arc as you draw your line towards the targeted point. When it comes to your ghosted planes, there is a mix between confident lines and broken, wavering lines that are corrected.

To note, confidence should take precedence and be prioritized before accuracy. It’s ok that the lines aren’t fully accurate, as it is imperative to first develop the shoulder muscle memory to draw out smooth, confident strokes. So continue to ghost and execute every line with your shoulder. Essentially, a confident stroke that is slightly inaccurate is better than an accurate but wobbly line.

Regarding the aforementioned broken and corrected lines -- no matter how tempting it is to correct an errant line, do not correct or repeat over it to correct it. To help prevent this, take your time with planning with dots (which I see you use a couple, but others may have been lost in the contrast). The great thing about dots is you don’t have to commit to the very first dot(s) you place. They can be moved around as you see fit before you commit to a line. But once you draw the line, stick with what you have even if it’s wrong.

Ellipses

Your ellipses are starting off fairly decently. While there are generally smooth strokes and there are some nice confident ellipses, there is a fair share of loose ellipses. This may mean you are drawing the ellipses quite fast, so try to experiment slowing down a bit to gain better control (but not to the point where there are wobbling strokes).

Also, some ellipses turn sharply as you fit your ellipses in their allotted spaces. This causes the ellipses to be misshaped. Just as with lines, it’s ok if the accuracy is a bit off. As you continue to draw with confident strokes, focus on maintaining the ellipses' roundedness, then accuracy last.

There are a few instances where you end the ellipse with a straight tail or hook away from the original form. As you’re coming to the end of drawing the ellipse, lift your pen while you continue to motion the ellipse instead of away from the ellipse.

Ellipses in funnels are mostly aligned to the minor axis. Some do shift off the minor axis and loses symmetry on either side of the axis.

Lastly, you are mostly drawing through the forms appropriately (2-3 times), which is great. However, be careful to not draw through them any more than 3 times or any less 2 times.

Again, you've demonstrated some nice confident ellipses in here, so you can do this!

Boxes

I’m noticing a few things with your line quality -- they admittedly are very sketchy throughout the box exercises and decline quite a bit in your organic perspective. Don’t rush through any of the lines, as it will sacrifice the quality of your work. To reiterate, don’t correct any lines; use dots to plan your trajectory, ghost with your shoulder, then draw each line once and confidently. This also applies to hatching lines (except perhaps the use of dots). Hatching lines should be tight, parallel, and consistent. Moreover, they should start at one edge of a plane and end at another edge of a plane.

Plotted perspective

This exercise should have been done with a straightedge/ruler without freehand. Hence, some of the boxes gets skewed.

Rough perspective

A couple of things to keep in mind for this exercise:

• Horizontal lines should be parallel to the horizon line

• Vertical lines should be perpendicular to the horizon line

While there are plenty of evidence you are doing this (which is certainly a challenge in itself!), there are some lines that stray off diagonally.

Rotating boxes

You mostly got through the exercise! Don’t be afraid to tackle the boxes on the corners and edges. With that said, the boxes are actually not rotating, particular along the horizontal and vertical axes -- meaning the boxes are sharing a similar or the same vanishing point as the box adjacent to it. Otherwise, the boxes are well neighbored to each other, and you are drawing through your boxes, which is great.

Organic perspective

As the boxes get slightly smaller on the path, they appear to move slightly away from the viewer, so nice job with that. In terms of perspective, there are some sets of parallel lines that diverge away, making planes that are further away appear to get larger instead of slightly smaller. But no worries, you’ll have plenty of practice in the 250 Box Challenge!

Before I mark this complete, I would like to see one more page of ghosted lines.