rachaelgray1999

Heya, so sorry, I've been away and didn't see this until now.

Your ellipses are getting better, but there are still quite a few that don't have 4 points of contact where they should. It seems like you may be rushing through them. Having enough speed is important for good line quality, but too much speed can lose you accuracy. Take your time to find that middle ground that you're comfortable with, plan where you want your mark to go accounting for each contact point of the ellipse, then execute. But, there is improvement between your first go and this one, well done.

For your organic perspective, I think it's a case of, again, taking your time to plan where the lines should be going, as there are a lot of duplicate lines that are correcting for misplaced marks. I can see that you're planning where you want your marks to go with dots, which is great. Just remember to use the ghosting method to get a good feel for placing your line, then execute.

The rotated boxes is hard, I also struggled with it. It really challenges your ability to see things in 3D space, manipulate them, then translate that 3D image onto a 2D surface. Plus, all the boxes are sitting on top of each other, so there's lots of converging and intersecting lines to think about and keep track of. If you have a cube you can hold in your hand and rotate about, that could be helpful. Is there anything specific in this exercise you're struggling with?

Super solid work!

Just a couple pointers:

Some lines so curve slightly, make sure you are drawing from your shoulder and not your elbow.

Some of your ellipses do overshoot their bounds, but this is marginal. And ellipses are hard to draw.

A few of the lines in the organic perspective boxes don't quite converge away from the viewer. Take care and take your time in planning, but again, this is marginal.

Heya, I hope you find my critiques helpful :)

Lines

In general, the lines do follow the planned trajectory planned out, and are mostly straight. Some lines to have a bit of wobble and course correction, especially towards the end. Make sure to execute your lines with confidence and enough speed to create a smooth and straight mark. Some lines also curve a bit, which can happen when drawing from the elbow instead of the shoulder. But overall, pretty good lines.

Ellipses

I think this is where you may have started to struggle. Not all of your ellipses are drawn fully two times, with some only being drawn through once, and others, three times. There are also some accuracy issues, with some wobbling and course correction to compensate, and with some ellipses not touching its neighbouring edges. These could be corrected by taking your time and ghosting where your ellipse should go, drawing from the shoulder, and confidence in your marks.

Boxes

In the rough and plotted perspective, you've should a good understanding of 1 and 2 point, respectively. The rough perspective boxes have rectangular faces and they generally converge to where the vanishing point should be, with a marked improvement between pages 1 and 2. Just take care to follow the correct lines during the analysis stage.

It looks like the rotated boxes exersise wasn't completed, as there should be 2 rows of boxes from the centre. The organic perspective exercise also show a few of the boxes not converging to a vanishing point, however, there is an improvement in this between pages 1 and 2. There's also some issues with wobbling in the marks that make up the boxes. There also seems to be an issue with constructing the boxes in perspective, as some of your lines seem to have been placed without thinking about what that line means for the overall box.

Overall, I would suggest a few things:

Confidence! There are some marks created that show this, but it doesn't happen in all or most of your marks. Don't be scared to create marks that miss the mark slightly. Accuracy comes with time and practice.

Planning. I think there's some instances where you've rushed into creating the marks before thinking about what mark it is you're making. Remember to use the ghosting method, especially for ellipses, and to think about how to construct your boxes in perspective instead of guessing where the lines should go. Also, take your time in planning where marks should go.