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Thank you Uncomfy for your feedback! I'll work on being more intentional with my lines, specially in the texturing phases, and focus on cast shadows and separste strokes on the sillhoette.

In the fern drawing I tried representing the water droplets on the surface of the plant with shadows, but the refractive nature of water made it a bit hard to understand the diffuse shadows around it. But I remember I studied a similar wet surface back in lesson 2, in which the shadows cast around the droplets. The little protrusions on the plant really did feel form shaded, I'll look into that. Maybe starting the 25 textures challeneg would benefit me on the cast shadow problem!

Anyway, thank you so much for your insights

Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it! ^^ I might come back to the rotated boxes for warmups

Thank you so much for your input! ^^ I think I didnt put enough thought on the orientation of the boxes before putting the points on the paper, so I'll try out imagining their orientation when I practice then in warmups.

Also sorry for the image service inconvenience q.q

Hello Bronto! First of all, congrats on conquering the 250 box challenge! I'll be giving you some feedback on it!

• At the beginning, the lines were being extended in the wrong direction, or in both directions, and even though you started figuring that out, the mistake is still present in some of your later boxes. The lines should always be extended away from the central point on the Y, in such a way that they converge. Like this: https://imgur.com/a/bWLFC4g. If they're not converging, either you're extending them the wrong way or the box sides were not planned out correctly. Always keep that in mind ^^

• This is most noticeable in your first boxes, but some of your lines are diverging. The box consists of 3 groups of 4 lines, and in each group, the 4 lines will always converge. The convergence is not expected to be perfect, but please make sure they all intend to converge, and never diverge or lay parallel to one another.

• I think you did a good job on the hatching! It looks better than mine honestly ^^. Same thing for the line weight, it's pretty good!

• All your lines are confident and straight, even when making mistakes. That is excellent, and proves that you nailed the premise of lesson 1, and applied it here!

• You tried many different boxes and many orientations, good job! And keep challenging yourself like that!

• I see you've faced some problems with the inner corner of the box at times, it is very tricky. If you haven't tried that yet, it can help if you try changing the order in which you draw the corner so that you don't leave the inner corner for last. Like this: https://imgur.com/a/DHlA3Jh (image by Elodin)

You did an overall great job at it! Be proud to have faced the challenge! You can move now to lesson 2, keep it up! Cheers :3

Hello Dangandanpa! I'll be taking a look at your homework.

Lines

• Superimposed Lines are great, you clearly prioritized confidence over accuracy, great job

• The ghosted lines are awesome, you are nailing the confidence, starting at a point and ending on the other one. I couldn't tell if some of lines were "correction lines", as if you were trying to fix a mistake. If so, don't worry about making mistakes. It's more important you nail the confidence and do better at the next one as you realize a mistake, than to try to fix it.

• The ghosted planes are beautiful! Watch out for wobbly lines though! Other than that, the lines are straight and accurate, it's excellent ^^

Ellipses

• I see you had some interesting ideas on the placement of the ellipses on the tables exercise. But since the focus of the exercise is drawing confidently, with the ellipses snugged against each other, it'd be best to stick with simple patterns, and focus on keeping them close to each other. Most of your ellipses are confident and smooth and that's great! But remember to draw through them 2-3 times (preferably 2 times) as it's a requirement for the rest of the course as well.

• The ellipses on planes are great! They're on the right place, drawn through, and are well oriented. Some of them seem wobbly though, so make sure to prioritize smoothness over accuracy.

• On the funnels exercise, keep in mind that the ellipses must be symmetrically divided in 2 parts by the axis. Also remember to draw through your ellipses. Other than that, you did a good job on the smoothness of your ellipses!

Boxes

• On the plotted perspective, even though the boxes themselves are pretty great, you should draw through them, even if they overlap, so you can see all the corners of the box. Also, separating the boxes on "vistas" is important to acknowledge each different perspective and horizon.

• Its seems you've done only 1 page of the rough perspective exercise. You should go do one more page before moving on. The boxes that you did are great, and I love that you put the line weight and also studied the light sources, though shadows will be tackled on lesson 2. There's also the same problem as in the plotted perspective: you should fully draw all the lines of your boxes, even if they overlap. Also, I can't see some of your line extensions on the first vista, they're important to spot mistakes!

• The rotated boxes look very convincing! You sure have a good eye for perspective. But the problem persists on not drawing through your boxes. Also, try not to repeat your lines when you make a mistake. Remember: own your mistakes!

• On the organic perspective, the boxes are well positioned and consistent. One thing you should work on is keeping the line weight more confident and less frayed, also keeping in mind not to exaggerate it. Keep your lines confident and straight, and don't be afraid to make mistakes. Other than that, the boxes follow an organic sense of perspective, good job on this one! And you started drawing through them, which is great!

Be sure to come back to that missing Rough Perspective exercise page before moving on. You did a great job! Cheers ^^

Hello Crowdrawing! First of all, congrats on finishing Lesson 1! I'll be reviewing your homework today

Lines

• The superimposed lines exercise is nicely done, and you understood its purpose

• The ghosted lines are neat

• You did a good job on the ghosted planes too, but the lines are a bit wobbly. Be sure to continue drawing from your shoulder with a single, confident mark, even if you overshoot/miss the end point.

Ellipses

• The ellipses are smooth and confident, nice! In the table of ellipses, they're also pretty snugged against each other and the borders. That's stellar! Keep it up

• I noticed you lost a bit of that smoothness in the ellipses on planes exercise. Always try to keep them round and smooth, before thinking about accuracy.

• The ellipses on the funnels are very well positioned and symmetrical, but some of them look chunky. Again, prioritize confidence over accuracy, and you'll nail that ^^

Boxes

• The plotted perspective exercise is perfect ^^

• The convergence of the lines on the rough perspective is also pretty good. Remember that in that exercise, since we are working with 1 point perspective, width lines show always be parallel to the horizon and height lines, perpendicular to the horizon. It's a bit hard at the beginning to nail that. Also, don't draw over the lines you got wrong. Embrace your mistakes and do better on the next one! ^^

• The rotated boxes exercise is nicely done! The boxes are rotating in space, drawn through, and close to each other. But again, you're drawing over your mistakes!

• In the organic perspective exercise, I noticed some chicken scratching ^^;. I'm not sure if you weren't confident with the perspective of the boxes, but if you aren't, there's no need to draw perfectly convergent boxes right now, you'll get a lot of practice on the 250 boxes challenge. But right now, you need to nail that confidence, and embrace your mistakes. It's part of learning!

Overall, you did a good job. But do focus on that confidence, both in the ellipses and in the boxes. Don't be afraid to make mistakes!

Good luck on the 250 boxes challenge!

Best of wishes ^^

Hello Darnotor! I'll be reviewing the homework you submitted.

Lines Section:

• The superimposed lines are nicely done, I can see you're placing the pen carefully on the starting point and drawing from your shoulder. Good work!

• The ghosted lines are also pretty good! You don't need to worry too much about overshooting by this point, but if you have trouble with that, try lifting your pen as soon as you hit the end point.

• The ghosted planes are great, I think you nailed the lines section pretty well ^^

Ellipses

• The table of ellipses are nice, but I can see your ellipses are still a bit wobbly. Remember to prioritize confidence and smoothness over accuracy, and just like with the lines, always use your shoulder pivot. Then afterwards you can work on keeping them tight and snugged against each other.

• You did an excellent job on the first page of the ellipses on planes! The second page is also good, but the problem of wobblyness on the ellipses gets more evident.

• The funnels are pretty good in terms of positioning, the ellipses are all drawn symmetrically along the axis. But again, prioritize the smoothness of your ellipses over positioning! Developing confidence is really important in the first lessons, the rest will come with time. ^^

Boxes

• The plotted perspective boxes are neat, good work

• You also did pretty good on the rough perspective, the lines are converging well towards the vanishing point. The lines are a bit wobbly though. Remember to use your shoulder and the ghosting method with confidence in mind.

• You missed the Rotated Boxes exercise. Be sure to go back to tackle that one before moving on!

• The organic perspective exercise is nicely done, you clearly understood the purpose and worked with confidence. Don't worry too much about the perspective of the boxes, you'll have plenty of time to practice them in the 250 boxes challenge.

Overall, that's some good work! You just need to go back to the rotated boxes exercise before moving on. And if you can, practice some more ellipses, or even 1 more page of the table of ellipses, just to get the hang of drawing them confidently.

Best of wishes! ^^

Hello Bogueeman! First of all, congrats on finishing Lesson 1! I'll be giving your homework some feedback to the best of my abilities.

In the lines section, I noticed some of the lines are arching. Remember to use your shoulder pivot when drawing the lines, and keep your elbow and wrist straight and fixed, and execute it with a single, confident stroke. If you're already doing that, you may want to try to purposefully arch the lines on the opposite direction to see if it makes the lines more straight. I noticed some improvement in the lines on the planes exercise, so good job ^^

On the ellipses, it's good you are prioritizing confidence and smoothness over accuracy, but as a next step, you may want to think about how to keep the ellipses more snuggled against each other (in the case of the ellipses tables exercise and in some of your funnels). I noticed, too, in your funnels, that the ellipses on both ends lose their orientations, so that's something to watch out too.

Now for the boxes, keep in mind that in the rough perspective exercise, width lines should always be parallel to the horizon and height lines, perpendicular to the horizon. It's a bit hard, I had trouble with that back then too. I think you did a pretty good job on the rotated boxes, and the boxes in the organic perspective will get better as you'll practice them (a lot) in the 250 boxes challenge.

I believe you can move on to the 250 boxes challenge. Good luck!