njengat

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    12:11 PM, Sunday March 21st 2021

    Hey! Congratulations on completing lessons 1!

    You have done a great job!

    I'll be going over each exercise individually, if at the end you're left with any questions don't hesitate to ask.

    Superimposed lines

    These look pretty good, but there's the slightest bit of fraying going on on both sides, so make sure to place the pen carefully at the starting point when putting down your mark.

    Ghosted lines

    These are great, there's a bit of wobbling here and there but with time that'll go away.

    Ghosted planes

    It's great, but I can still see little bit of wobbling here and there.

    Table of ellipses

    In general these are well-drawn, the problem, however, is that the position some of these is off. You want your ellipses to fit in snugly between each other and touch but remain within their boundaries. Make sure to take your time ghosting not only the shape of the ellipse, but also in the right position.

    Ellipses in planes

    There's a lot of improvement here! However, I can still see the position problems like the one in Table of Ellipses. It's okay tho because this will go away with time!

    Funnels

    These look good.

    Plotted perspective

    These look great.

    Rough perspective

    In this exercise you want to make sure to keep your width/height lines parallel/perpendicular to the horizon respectively, which is something I don't see being done continuously, and is something to keep in mind. The perspective looks accurate and is well done.

    Rotated boxes

    These look quite accurate, and in the box challenge you'll improve even further.

    Organic perspective

    There are great, but there some of the boxes perspective are off. This can be remedied in the 250 box challenge tho.

    You did an excellent job here, you're definitely ready for the box challenge. Good luck!

    Next Steps:

    Continue with 250 box challenge!

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    9:35 PM, Sunday February 21st 2021

    Hey thank you so much for the input! It's very thorough and helpful. I will continue to the box challenge but I'm gonna redo the first lesson as a warmup so that I get better at accuracy, haha!

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