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    3:39 PM, Saturday May 4th 2024

    Hello, I'm r0m1 and I'll critique your lesson 1. Overall, you did a very good job, so congratulation!

    Superimposed Lines

    You are executing your mark confidently, and maintain a confident, consistent trajectory for your strokes. The lines do not wobble. There are some wobbles at the beginning of some lines (the longest on the 2nd page), so remember to place your pen properly when you start to draw. It's minor, though. Other than that, it seems correct to me.

    Ghosted lines

    It also seems correct to me: you are drawing the lines without hesitation. They do not wobble nor arc or bow, and you are close to hit the end. Your precision will increase with practice. You can include this exercise in your warmup routine to train.

    Ghosted planes

    The lines are still drawn confidently and precisely, so the planes are correct. Again, the precision of the end of the lines will increase with time and practice, so nothing to worry about. And you definitively used the ghosting method. Nice job!

    Tables of ellispes

    You draw through your ellipses 2 full times at least, and they are evenly shaped. They do fit snugly against the border of the tables and between each other (with a few exceptions, but very minor), so once again, good job.

    Ellipses in planes

    You draw through your ellipses two or three times, and most of them touch the four edges of your planes. They all are evenly shaped. But a couple are a bit too big for the planes. It's a minor issue though, because I think you got the purpose of the exercise.

    Funnels

    Everything is ok : you have drawn through your ellipses at least twice, they are touching the edges of the funnel and you attempted to align them to the central minor axis line.

    Plotted perspective

    You used a ruler, as stated in the instructions. The verticals are perpendicular to the horizon. All the edges plot back to the vanishing points. Well done!

    Rough perspective

    You are working with a single vanishing point, in the middle of the frame and both the front and back of the frames are rectangular (there are some imprecision in the stroke but I don't think you misunderstood the exercise). Do not forget to use the ghosting method to draw the line confidently, some of them wobble a bit!

    Rotated boxes

    You followed the instructions and the core steps of the exercise: this is referring to laying out the vertical and horizontal axes, as well as adding the squares at the end of each axis (this helps remind the 180 degree rotations). The gap between the boxes are consistent.

    You used different vanishing points for all boxes. You draw through your boxes and all the boxes are drawn. Nice!

    Organic perspective

    You did a solid work: you used the ghosting method to draw your boxes and most of the the boxes sets of parallel edges do not diverge as they move farther away from the viewer. You did not leaned into particularly dramatic foreshortening.

    The few remarks I made are details: you did a solid work, so you can move to the next step.

    Next Steps:

    The 250 boxes challenge. Good luck with it! And do not forget to include the lesson 1 exercises on your warmup routine.

    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.
    3:05 PM, Saturday May 4th 2024

    Hello Kotla, thanks so much for your very detailed critique, and for the time you took to draw the example where I failed. That's very encouraging.

    Good idea for the feathers, I'll give a try :)

    3:52 PM, Monday March 18th 2024

    Thanks so much for the very valuable feedbacks!! They are very helpful, and I'll pay special attention to the points you raised in the future :)

    12:51 PM, Monday February 19th 2024

    No problem ! Have a great day :)

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    7:51 AM, Friday February 16th 2024

    Hello, I'am r0m1, beginner, but I will try to make a critic. First, congratulations for finishing the assignment :) Indeed, it's a bit hard to see the photos, but overall you made a good job.

    Superimposed Lines

    You are executing your mark confidently, and maintain a confident, consistent trajectory for your strokes. You place your pen where the mark should start. The lines do not wobble (a couple of them do, but it's minor), and there are no fraying at the begining of the lines. It seems correct to me.

    Ghosted lines

    It also seems correct to me: you are drawing the lines without hesitation. They do not wobble (again, a couple of them do, but it's minor) and you hit the end almost every time. Be careful to not bow or arc!

    Ghosted planes & Ellipses in planes

    The lines are still drawn confidently, and precisely so the planes are correct.

    You draw through your ellipses two or three times, and they all touch the four edges of your planes. They all are evenly shaped. Well done!

    Tables of ellispes

    You definitively draw through your ellipses 2 full times, and they are evenly shaped (there are a couple that are a bit irregular, but I think you understood the exercise). They fit snugly against each others and against the borders, so it's a solid good work!

    Funnels

    You have drawn through your ellipses at least twice and they are touching the edges of the funnel. But some are not really aligned with the minor axis! That said, you tried to align them and it's a difficult exercise, so no worries.

    Plotted perspective

    You used a ruler, as stated in the instructions. Most of the verticals are perpendicular to the horizon. All the edges plot back to the vanishing points. Well done!

    Rough perspective

    You are working with a single vanishing point, in the middle of the frame and both the front and back of the frames are rectangular. Your strokes are confident and the extensions seem correct to me. Good job!

    Rotated boxes

    You followed the instructions and the core steps of the exercice: this is referring to laying out the vertical and horizontal axes, as well as adding the squares at the end of each axis (this helps remind the 180 degree rotations). The gap between the boxes are a bit inconsistent though: be careful to this next time you do it.

    You used different vanishing points for all boxes. You draw through your boxes and all the boxes are drawn. Nice!

    Organic perspective

    You used the ghosting method to draw your boxes and most of the the boxes sets of parallel edges do not diverge as they move farther away from the viewer. There are some foreshortening, but nothing too dramatical.

    From my beginner point of view, you did a pretty good job :) There are only a couple of details that could be improved, so you can be proud of yourself for completing this!

    Next Steps:

    The next step should be the 250 boxes challenge.

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    7:33 AM, Friday February 16th 2024

    Hey, thanks so much for the feeback! Have a great day!

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    5:20 PM, Wednesday February 14th 2024

    Hello, I'm r0m1 and I'm beginner, but I will try to make a critic :) First, congratulation for finishing this assignement!

    Superimposed Lines

    You place your pen where the mark should start, but a lots of lines do wobble, at least on one of the 2 pages (the 2nd one is way better). From the moment you start executing the stroke, focus only on the end point and draw confidently enough not to allow your brain to steer the stroke. I suggest you redo a page.

    Ghosted lines

    It seems correct to me: you are drawing the lines without hesitation. They do not wobble nor arc or bow. Good job!

    Ghosted planes & Ellipses in planes

    The lines are still drawn confidently and precisely, so the planes are correct.

    You draw through your ellipses two or three times, and most od them touch the four edges of your planes. Yhey all are evenly shaped. That's good.

    Tables of ellispes

    Solid work: the ellipses fit snugly against the borders, you definitively draw through your ellipses at least 2 full times, and they are evenly shaped.

    Funnels

    You have drawn through your ellipses at least twice, they are touching the edges of the funnel. Some are misaligned to the central minor axis line, but I think you understood the exercise. Good work.

    Plotted perspective

    You used a ruler, as stated in the instructions. The verticals are perpendicular to the horizon. All the edges plot back to the vanishing points. Well done!

    Rough perspective

    You are working with a single vanishing point, but it should be around the middle of the frame! I suggest you fix this before goind further.

    Both the front and back of the frames are rectangular. Do not forget to use the ghosting method to draw the line confidently, some of them wobble a bit!

    Rotated boxes

    You followed the instructions and the core steps of the exercice: this is referring to laying out the vertical and horizontal axes, as well as adding the squares at the end of each axis (this helps remind the 180 degree rotations). The gap between the boxes are consistent.

    You used different vanishing points for all boxes. You draw through your boxes and all the boxes are drawn. Nice!

    Organic perspective

    You used the ghosting method to draw your boxes. Most of the the boxes sets of parallel edges do not diverge as they move farther away from the viewer. You did not leaned into particularly dramatic foreshortening. Nice job!

    From my beginner point of view, you did a pretty good job :) There are only a couple of details that could be improved, so you can be proud of yourself for completing this! You can train a bit on the point I mentioned, but I think you can move the 250 boxes challenge.

    Next Steps:

    250 boxes challenge

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    4:59 PM, Wednesday February 14th 2024

    Hello, I'm r0m1 and I'm beginner, but I will try to make a critic :) First, congratulation for finishing this assignement!

    Superimposed Lines

    You are executing your mark confidently, and maintain a confident, consistent trajectory for your strokes. You place your pen where the mark should start. The lines do not wobble, and there are no fraying at the begining of the lines. It seems correct to me.

    Ghosted lines

    It also seems correct to me: you are drawing the lines without hesitation. They do not wobble nor arc or bow, and you hit the end almost every time.

    Ghosted planes & Ellipses in planes

    The lines are still drawn confidently, and precisely so the planes are correct.

    You draw through your ellipses two or three times, but they do not all touch the four edges of your planes: do not forget to follow all the instructions! That said, they all are evenly shaped.

    Tables of ellispes

    Same remarks that for the Ellipses in planes: they do not fit snugly against the border.

    But you definitively draw through your ellipses 2 full times, and they are evenly shaped.

    Funnels

    Everythings ok : you have drawn through your ellipses at least twice, they are touching the edges of the funnel and they are aligned to the central minor axis line.

    Plotted perspective

    You used a ruler, as stated in the instructions. The verticals are perpendicular to the horizon. All the edges plot back to the vanishing points. Well done!

    Rough perspective

    You are working with a single vanishing point, in the middle of the frame and both the front and back of the frames are rectangular (there are some imprecision in the stroke but I don't think you misunderstood the exercise). Do not forget to use the ghosting method to draw the line confidently, some of them wobble a bit!

    Rotated boxes

    You followed the instructions and the core steps of the exercice: this is referring to laying out the vertical and horizontal axes, as well as adding the squares at the end of each axis (this helps remind the 180 degree rotations). The gap between the boxes are consistent.

    You used different vanishing points for all boxes. You draw through your boxes and all the boxes are drawn. Nice!

    Organic perspective

    You used the ghosting method to draw your boxes and most of the the boxes sets of parallel edges do not diverge as they move farther away from the viewer. You did not leaned into particularly dramatic foreshortening.

    From my beginner point of view, you did a pretty good job :) There are only a couple of details that could be improved, so you can be proud of yourself for completing this!

    Next Steps:

    250 boxes challenge.

    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.
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    4:40 PM, Wednesday February 14th 2024

    Hello, I'm r0m1, and I will try to make a critic of your work. First, congratulation for completing the 1st lesson! Well done!

    Superimposed Lines

    You are executing your mark confidently, and maintain a confident, consistent trajectory for your strokes. You place your pen where the mark should start. Some of the longest lines wobble a little so make sure you draw them confidently. There are no fraying at the begining of the lines. It seems correct to me.

    Ghosted lines

    It also seems correct to me: you are drawing the lines without hesitation. They do not wobble nor arc or bow.

    Ghosted planes

    The ghosted planes look good to me. The lines are still drawn confidently, so it's correct.

    Tables of ellispes

    You definitively draw through your ellipses 2 full times. They fit snugly against the borders. They are evenly shaped. Correct again :)

    Ellipses in planes

    You draw through your ellipses two or three times, and they all touch the for edges of your planes, with a couple of exceptions, but that's because they are deformed. Overall, it's a good job!

    Funnels

    You have drawn through your ellipses, so It seems correct. I think everything's ok: the ellipses are touching the edges of the funnel and they are aligned to the central minor axis line (a couple are a bit missaligned but that's minor). Well done again!

    Plotted perspective

    You used a ruler, as stated in the instructions. The verticals are perfectly perpendicular to the horizon. All the edges plot back to the vanishing points. Good!

    Rough perspective

    You are working with a single vanishing point, in the middle of the frame and both the front and back of the frames are rectangular. You applied the line extension correctly. Good!

    Rotated boxes

    You followed the instructions and the core steps of the exercices: this is referring to laying out the vertical and horizontal axes, as well as adding the squares at the end of each axis (this helps remind the 180 degree rotations). The gap between the boxes is consistent, with a few exceptions for the four boxes at bottom, top, left and right.

    Do not forget to use different vanishing points for each boxes, as they are rotating.

    You draw through your boxes and you did not forget any. This is pretty good overall.

    Organic perspective

    You did not leaned into particularly dramatic foreshortening, but some of the parallel edges diverge as they move farther away from the viewer (I think that's not the majority, though).

    Don't forget to use the ghosting method when you draw the edges!

    From my beginner point of view, you did a pretty good job :) There are a couple details that could be improved, but overall it's good! Well done!

    Next Steps:

    250 boxes challenge.

    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.
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    6:37 PM, Tuesday February 13th 2024

    Hello, I'm r0m1, and I will try to make a critic of your work. First, congratulation for completing the 1st lesson! Well done!

    Superimposed Lines

    You are executing your mark confidently, and maintain a confident, consistent trajectory for your strokes. You place your pen where the mark should start. The lines do not wobble, and there are no fraying at the begining of the lines. It seems correct to me.

    Ghosted lines

    It also seems correct to me: you are drawing the lines without hesitation. They do not wobble nor arc or bow.

    Ghosted planes

    The ghosted planes are are missing (I assume you re-used them for the ellipses in planes). I think should have presented them without the ellipses but anyway, they seem correct to me. The lines are still drawn confidently, so it's correct.

    Tables of ellispes

    You definitively draw through your ellipses 2 full times. Remember to make them fit snugly against the borders, some are not! They are evenly shaped. Correct again :)

    Ellipses in planes

    You draw through your ellipses two or three times, and they all touch the for edges of your planes. A couple of them are a bit deformed, but that's minor. Good job!

    Funnels

    You have drawn through your ellipses, so It seems correct. I think everything's ok: the ellipses are touching the edges of the funnel and they are aligned to the central minor axis line (one is a bit misaligned, but that's minor). Well done again!

    Plotted perspective

    You used a ruler, as stated in the instructions. Note that some of the verticals are not perfectly perpendicular to the horizon. All the edges plot back to the vanishing points.

    Rough perspective

    You are working with a single vanishing point, in the middle of the frame and both the front and back of the frames are rectangular (there are some imprecision in the stroke but I don't think you misunderstood the exercise). You applied the line extension correctly. Do not forget to use the ghosting method from the shoulder, as some lines are a bit wobbling.

    Rotated boxes

    You followed the instructions and the core steps of the exercices: this is referring to laying out the vertical and horizontal axes, as well as adding the squares at the end of each axis (this helps remind the 180 degree rotations). The gap between the boxes could be more consistent, but it seems ok to me.

    You used different vanishing point for all boxes, so they really rotating.

    You draw through your boxes and you did not forget any. This is pretty godd overall.

    Organic perspective

    Your strikes are done confidently and and you did not leaned into particularly dramatic foreshortening.

    The boxes sets of parallel edges do not diverge as they move farther away from the viewer.

    From my beginner point of view, you did a pretty good job :) There are a couple details that could be improved, but overall it's good! Well done!

    Next Steps:

    The next step is the 250 box challenge.

    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.
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