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I typically do 1 full 8.5" x 11.0" page of warmups before any homework. I fill up the page with ghosted planes, ellipses, cylinders and boxes. I find that doing that for 10-15 mins dramatically improves the boxes I draw in the challenge. I'm about halfway through the 250.

Waaahahahaha this is hilarious. Very well done.

Your mark making is an inspiration! Such clarity of shape and perspective and masterful use of negative space. Thank you for sharing :)

Your use of light in the first image is so masterful - it creates a sense of suspense and wonder. Just brilliant. Thank you also for leaving some of the original lines that you used to construct the drawing in the image - that's super helpful for folks like me who are jsut starting out. Thanks for sharing :)

Wow this is awesome, it literally made me laugh out loud! The surprise on the characters' faces, the obvious struggle to grab the statue's sword...brilliant. Thanks for sharing :)

It's really neat how you captured the stairway disappearing down. My attention is instantly drawn to that, and wondering - what's down there?

This is super cool! Very Avatar-esque. Love the idea, too.

Lines:

• Your superimposed lines are great, single origin point and some divergence as expected

• Your ghosted lines show start and end points and don't wobble, all good

• Your ghosted planes look a little rushed - some lines have start and end points, others look like you went for it without plotting the end point, causing you to over- or -under draw. Always plot the end point of your line first, and use the ghosting method before committing pen to paper to make the mark. Accuracy will come quicker this way.

Ellipses

• Ellipses look great, you confidently drew through them 2-3 times even if they weren't accurate, which is as intended.

• The same is true for ellipses in planes - good confident mark making! Accuracy will come with practice.

• Funnels - great job keeping inside the guide curves, but remember each ellipse should be bisected by the minor axis with equal size on either side of that axis. Something to practice in warmups going forward.

Boxes

• Plotted perspective turned out great!

• Organic perspective looks like you did generally nOK with the boxes below the horizon but had more trouble with estimating the lines to the vp above the horizon. Somthing to work on in your warmups for sure.

• Rotated boxes - great job keeping the gaps small and using the adjacent boxes as guides for new lines. Might be easier to draw this a bit bigger next time, it'll make rotating the boxes easier too.

• Awesome job on the organic perspective exercise with relative size of boxes, even if the box construction is sometimes a bit wonky.

Congrats on finishing lesson 1!

Lines: On the superimposed lines exercise, good job oveerall but do try to have each line start from the same point. That way they all begin from the same place, even if they diverge later on. Your ghosted lines are great. Your ghosted planes are solid.

Ellipses:

Your ellipses show good 2-3 passes on each one, excellent. On the funnels, remember that each ellipse needs to be equally bisected by the minor axis. Practice makes perfect on these, they're good warmup exercises. Your ellipses in planes show confidence in making the line even if its not yet 100% accurate, which is what we're supposed to do. Again, practice makes perfect, these are great for warmups.

Boxes:

Your plotted perspective looks awesome! Great job onyour organic perspectives, it looks like you had a few moments of confusion where a few llines didn;t go towards the vanishing point but they're easy to spot and learn from. Practice will make perfect on these! Great job on keeping the gaps narrow on the rotated boxes exercise - it looks like you had a bit of trouble with the rotation and the way the vanishing points move on these. Next time, try using the lines of the previous box as a guide to help keep the next box's shape from getting wonky. Your organic perspective shows you udnerstood the concepts of near and far and relative size, even if your box construction needs some work.

Thank you for this critique! Lots of good actionable advice and things to think about. I will stick with my first line going forward and I'm really looking forward to seeing how my brain develops and coordination improves with the 250 box challenge!