KamiyaSora

I am glad you finished it. It doesn't matter how long did it take as long as you keep doing it, so good job! Also, I am happy to see that this new page helped you understand the exercise better. I just realized one of the links I gave you in my review wasn't working. I am sorry. I am going to add it here one more time. Uncomfortable's explanation will help you figure out how to layout your boxes and how to use the neighboring lines to draw your new box's edges. You can try drawing horizontal boxes first and then the vertical boxes. Then you can use those existing boxes to figure out where will your new boxes going to be. Don't forget to keep an equal and small distance between every box. This way your drawings will appear more clean and accurate. Also, I suggest not to draw through your lines. If one line doesn't go the way you like it, don't try to fix it. It will only make your drawing messier. I like how you made a better rotation this time. It is a good improvement. You can start the 250 Box Challenge now. Just don't forget to include Lesson 1 homework in your warm-ups. Good Luck! :)

Thank you!!

Thank you for uploading it. I liked the second frame. You created a nice illusion of 3D space. In the last frame, you can make the middle ones a little bit smaller to make them look like they are going further away in space. Also, try to be more confident with your lines, draw them a little bit faster, or use the ghosting method more. This way, your lines will be smoother. Other than those, it looks good. Congratulations on finishing Lesson 1. You can go ahead and start the '250 Box Challenge'. I suggest you take your time with the challenge as it might become tedious. If you feel bored, take a break and draw for fun for a while.

Thank you for this critique. I will try to be more patient in each step and keep your advice in mind to get more accurate results. I want to ask one thing. I had started Lesson 2 because I couldn't get a critique before, and I finished it a couple of days ago. Should I do it again, or should I post it?

Lines

Your 'Superimposed Lines' look good. There is no fraying at the beginning so that means you took your time planned your lines and then drew it. Although there are frayings at the end, this will be fixed with more exercises.

In 'Ghosted Lines' there is a lot of wobble and arching. Try to focus on more straight and confident lines and less about accuracy for now. Our main purpose is here to draw more straight and confident lines. The accuracy comes with more practice. Don't worry about over or undershooting lines. And don't forget to apply the ghosting method and draw from your shoulder (if you are not doing already). In your planes and boxes, your lines improved but, still, there are wobble and arching so try to be more confident.

Ellipses

Your ellipses look good, they are confident, sitting snuggly in their allotted space and evenly shaped. 'Ellipses in Planes' was done well. They are inside the boundaries. You made a good job aligning your ellipses with the minor axis in 'Funnels'. Keep drawing through your ellipses 2 or 3 times like this, and they will tighten up. Don't forget to apply the ghosting method here as well.

Boxes

In 'Rough Perspective', it is important to remember that horizontal lines should be parallel to the horizon, and vertical lines should be perpendicular to the horizon. While drawing through your boxes, pay attention to the vertical and horizontal lines. Take your time with the lines that should go to the vanishing point and use the ghosting method to find their angles. I saw that you repeated your lines, and kept fixing them. Try not to do that. Even if the line you drew seems off, don't draw it again. It draws more attention to the mistake.

In 'Rotated Boxes' try to keep the gaps between the boxes equal. Don't forget to use the neighboring edges to figure out the angels of your new box's edges. To do that, you should keep the gaps between the boxes even and close together. The neighboring lines of different boxes, when drawn very close, they run parallel to each other. This way you can determine where will be your new box by using the already existing ones. You can look at Uncomfortable's explanation and see it more clearly. Your vertical and horizontal rotation looks good. In the middle part, your lines seem more confident and straight, but as you reached the corners, they look a little bit rushed. Try to take your time with them.

I liked your Organic Perspective in general. But the size of the boxes was close together. Start with larger boxes, and as they go further, make them smaller and smaller. You can also add more boxes and overlap them. There are some perspective issues that you can work on in the '250 Box Challenge'.

Overall, your homework was good. Keep doing them as your warm-ups. Good luck. :)

Thank you for answering my question. I have been doing critiques with the help of the guidelines as you suggested, and finally finished my fifth review. I would be glad if you can look at my Box Challenge.

Hi, GHOST1804. I am glad you finished Lesson 1.

Lines

Superimposed Lines looks good. There is no fraying at the beginning, so good job on planing your lines. Although there is a lot of fraying towards the end, especially on the curved lines. But it will be better as you keep doing it.

There are two pages for Ghosted Lines. The homework suggests one page only. You don't have to make more pages; as you go on, there will be plenty of times you can work on them in your warm-ups. There are wobbling and arching in your lines. Try to be more confident and draw from your shoulder. Also, you can try doing longer lines.

Some of the lines in your planes arching a lot. If you tend to draw arching lines, then try consciously archin your line slightly in the opposite direction. You can check Uncomfortable's explanation about arching.

Ellipses

I liked that you draw through your ellipses. With more practice, your ellipses will tighten up, so keep drawing through. In Tables of Ellipses there are overlappings. Try to draw ellipses sitting snugly in the boundaries without overlapping. I like how you draw various angles and how the ellipses follow the form of the boundaries.

In Ellipses in Planes, the ellipses are inside the planes and touching all four edges most of the time, so well done. There are some ellipses with pointy edges. Don't forget to apply the ghosting method here as well.

In Funnels, there are some alignment issues. Don't forget the minor axis should cut the ellipses into two equal, symmetrical halves. I liked that you changed the degree of your ellipses towards the middle. Also, it is good that there are no overshooting or overlapping; they are all fitting nicely.

Boxes

In this part, as you said so yourself, there are a lot of repeated lines. But you are already aware of that, and you seemed to work on this. :)

In Rough Perspective, you seemed to paid attention to the vertical and horizontal lines; good job. Some converging lines missed the vanishing point, but most of them were well planned.

I liked your Rotated Boxes in general. The space between the boxes consistent and close to each other most of the time. I believe you understood quite a bit about 3D space with this homework. Some of the boxes are not rotating enough, especially the ones in the corner. Don't forget, when a box turns, the vanishing point slides, and the convergence of lines changes. You used the neighboring edges to figure out the angles of your new box's edges well in the middle part, but when you got to the corners, the distance between the boxes got bigger, and the edges didn't follow the existing ones, so pay attention to those parts.

In Organic Perspective, the page below looks a little messy, but the page above looks good, especially the last frame was well done. There is a bit of confusion in the second frame on the page below. I believe you drew two different swoopy lines, which broke the illusion of 3D space. Stick with only one line. There are some perspective issues, but you can work on them on 250 Box Challange. My advice for box challenge is that take your time with them and do a lot of drawing for fun as drawing boxes might get tedious and boring sometimes.

All in all, your homework was good. Don't forget to include all of them in your warm-ups.

Hi REXTHEBOI.

Lines

Superimposed Lines looks good. There is no fraying on both ends, so good job. The fraying at the end can be fixed with more practice. The only thing that caught my attention is that your lines are a bit short. You can try to draw longer lines, it will help you get more comfortable with them so try to do that as you include this exercise into your warm-ups.

In Ghosted lines, I found the number of the lines a little small, you could've drawn more. And I see that you fixed some of your lines by drawing them multiple times. Try not to go over your lines even if the line is wrong as it draws more attention to the mistake. Your lines are a bit woobly. You can look at Uncomfortable's explanation about woobly lines, and how to make them smoother.

I liked you Planes. There are still some aching and woobling in your lines but they started to look more confident.

Ellipses

In this part, especially in the Tables of Ellipses you seemed to forgot drawing through your ellipses at least two times. You can look at here to understand the importance of drawing through. Other than this they looked nicely shaped, they are not overlapping, and they are sitting snugly in their allotted spaces. I also liked how the angles are consistent with each other. But I am not sure about the pattern where you go with a big ellipse and then with a small one. As I saw in Uncomfortable's example, the sizes of the ellipses change with the shape of their border so maybe next time try to arrange the size of the ellipses by using the borders of the shape that surrounds them.

In Elipses in Planes you seemed to draw through some ellipses more than three times which is the recommended number But you made a nice job staying in the border of the planes, they are fitting nicely, and touching all four edges.

In Funnels, the alignment of the ellipse with the minor axis is good but some of them weren't aligned perfectly so be careful about that. One of the funnels looked a bit rushed, take your time with them.

Boxes

In Rough Perspective your lines seem more wobbly and they don't converge to the vanishing point. Try to use the ghosting method and plan your lines before drawing them. This way they will be more smooth and their direction will be more accurate. Also don't forget, the vertical lines should be perpendicular to the horizon and the horizontal ones should be parallel to the horizon as this is one point perspective.

InRotated Boxes I like that you kept the boxes close together and kept the gaps between them consistent. Also, it seems like the boxes on the corners on the lower half not rotating enough. Check this part to make sure you are rotating your boxes enough. And don't forget to keep doing this exercise as your warm-up.

Your Organic Perspective has only two frames on each page, where it should be three. The boxes at the front are a little smaller. Try to start with bigger boxes and then go smaller as they move away. Also, you can draw more boxes, overlapping them with each other. There are some perspective issues but you can easily work on them with 250 Box Challenge.

Thank you. Good luck to you too :)

Hi BAUMO. Good job on finishing Lesson 1.

Lines

Your lines look really good in general. In Superimposed Lines there are frayings at the end but it will be fixed with more practice. All of your lines started at one point. It is good that you took your time to plan your lines and then drew them.

Your Ghosted Lines looks pretty confident and accurate. Some of the lines were arching a little bit, but overall they are confident and straight.

Ellipses

Your ellipses were good. In the Tables of Ellipses, your second page looks more confident and well constructed. There are some overlaps that you can work on. And some of them looked a little bit rushed, especially the little ones. Take your time with them and be careful not to draw from your wrist. It is hard to use your shoulder when you draw smaller ellipses but don't stop using your shoulder. It will get easier with time. I like how they were inside the boundaries, especially in planes.

In Funnels, some of the ellipses weren't aligned with the minor axis but most of them were good. Your wider ellipses were constructed a little better than the narrower ones in the middle. Just like the small ellipses, take your time with those as well.

Boxes

Your line in this part looks really great. I loved how you didn't repeat your lines in Rough Perspective, they look clean and confident. You did a good job keeping your vertical lines perpendicular to the horizon and horizontal ones parallel. However, your correction lines are not very visible, and in one panel, there were no correction lines at all. It is really important to draw them as they help you see and understand your mistakes. Sometimes with all the correction lines, drawing can get messy but remember, our job here is not to draw pretty drawings, but instead understanding the concepts that are introduced in the lessons. The last panel on the second page is really good. Not all the correction lines are visible, but from what I can see, the lines are all converging to the designated vanishing point.

I liked your Rotated Boxes. The gaps between boxes are even, and the rotation is well done. I saw you repeated some of your lines. Try to draw your lines only once and not fix them even if they come out wrong. Other than this, it looks great and clean.

Organic Perspective was well done. Your boxes created a good illusion of 3D space. There were few repeated lines here as well, but overall they look clean. There are some perspective issues, but you can fix them with 250 Box Challenge.