keriah

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    9:46 PM, Tuesday January 3rd 2023

    Thank you for the critique! I will do my best to focus on all of the points you mentioned. Thank you!

    10:40 PM, Friday November 25th 2022

    Thank you!!

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    2:51 AM, Friday November 25th 2022

    Hey!! Well, if you have done the 250 box challenge, then a lot of what I'm about to say are probably already things that you've been working on and improving, but I'll go ahead and state them anyways!

    First of all, this is a very good submission! You're lines are looking straight and your curves are smooth and you did a great job with the organic perspective excercise. I'll list a few areas where you can improve!:

    • Some of your ellipses are looking a little lopsided or egg-shaped. This is something that comes with repetition, but just be aware of it and do try to make sure that you're making both sides equal.

    • Also, try to reach both the top and bottom of the grid with your ellipses!

    • Although your rotated boxes exercise is mostly very solid, there are some lopsided and stiff parts. Again, this is something that happens with practice and you've already done the 250 box challenge so you're probably alread well on your way, just watch those rotations!!

    I won't ask for a revision as you've already moved on and these things come from repetition, but make sure you're really focusing on those ellipses! In fact, I would recommend doing a grid of ellipses every day for warm-up for a little while! Those ellipses become real important real fast in lesson 2 and onward, so it's really important to be getting consitent shapes that are the size you need them to be! Besides that, wonderful job!!

    Next Steps:

    On to lesson 2!

    This community member feels the lesson should be marked as complete, and 2 others agree. The student has earned their completion badge for this lesson and should feel confident in moving onto the next lesson.
    3 users agree
    2:36 AM, Friday November 25th 2022

    Hey, this is an excellent submission!! I love your attention to detail, there's so much variety in your ellipses, planes, and organic perspective boxes, it's obvious that you're not afraid to play around and that's such a valuable skill to have!! Here are a few things that I noticed from scrolling through your submission:

    • Some of your ellipses are on the wobbly side. This is perfectly natural and repeated practice will start to iron them out, just be sure to focus on smooth lines and curves

    • It looks like in a few sections of the organic perspective excercise, and especially in the rotated boxes, you re-did a few lines. As in, you re-tried some lines that may have been wonky. I noticed it especially in the corners of the rotated boxes where the lines get sketchy and kind of chaotic. Again, totally natural, but also, fight against the urge to redo! We've got to keep plowing ahead! Often, re-doing lines causes more confusion and visual noise! Just something to watch out for in the future

    • Some of your boxes in the organic perspective excercise are a little wonky, but you did a great job varying size for perspective, and you'll very soon be working on boxes a lot in the 250 box challenge

    • Also in your boxes, I see that your lines are often longer than they should be, sticking out a little. Again, totally natural, this is something I struggle with a lot, but just be cognizant of when you're lifting your pen up and really aim to end the line as soon as it hits your desired spot.

    As Uncomfortable states in the lesson, all of these excercises should be tossed into your "warm-up pool" so you should be revisiting them time-to-time. I would recommend especially the table of ellipses as getting those ellipse curves as smooth as possible is important. But, as all of the areas I mentioned are areas that simply require continued practice, I am going to mark this as complete! You're lines are looking well-ghosted, you've got the perspective concepts down, and despite some of the sketchy areas, your rotated box excercise is very good! There's a real sense of dimension and the rotations are excellent. Continue to focus on ellipses and lines in your warm-ups, and you'll be swell!! Wonderful job!!!!

    Next Steps:

    On to the 250 Box Challnge!

    This community member feels the lesson should be marked as complete, and 3 others agree. The student has earned their completion badge for this lesson and should feel confident in moving onto the next lesson.
    10:03 PM, Monday June 28th 2021

    Thank you for the critique! I was struggling with the ellipses but while working on the revision, it did feel better, hopefully that reflects (the accuracy is pretty off, so of course, let me know if I need to do it again. In the mean time I'll practice it on my own.) Thank you! Here is my revision of the Table of Ellipses

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