8:17 AM, Sunday May 1st 2022
Thank you for the critique!
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samuele_caldini
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The Indomitable (Spring 2022)
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6:30 AM, Sunday April 17th 2022
Hi Interlight, I will be critiquing your work!
Lines
They are well executed: they're smooth and they maintain a pretty much constant trajectory, the quality is also good as you moved forward with the others exercises (it didn't decrease as sometimes happens).
Ellipses
You did a nice job in the tables of ellipses and in the ellipses in planes; the ellipses in the funnels are also quite well executed, but there are some that don't have the minor axis aligned and don't touch the funnel, not a big deal, but keep that in mind, so you can fix that in the future as you move on.
Boxes
Well done also here, there are of course some mistakes in the perspective, but you will gradually fix them in the 250 box challenge. You seem to have tried to correct a few edges by adding some correction lines, which makes the mistakes even more visible. Try to draw an edge only once and add line weight only to the outer edges to make the form clearer (do some superimposed lines in your warms up to practice that).
Next Steps:
I think you're ready to move on to the 250 box challenge, good luck!
Keep in mind to do a warm up every session with a couple of exercise from this lesson (very important are superimposed lines and ghosted planes, to gradually improve your line quality).
1:34 PM, Thursday April 7th 2022
Thank you very much for the critique :) I'll work on the mistakes you've pointed out!
1:32 PM, Thursday March 31st 2022
You did a really nice job, I like the effect you've achieved with the brush for the background.
1:04 PM, Tuesday March 29th 2022
Thank you :) Also yours are pretty cool!
4:47 PM, Tuesday March 15th 2022
Thanks a lot for your feedback!
I made that mistake with the contour ellipses because I wasn't yet full aware of how the organic form sat in space; I started understanding during the contour curves and mostly during the dissections and the organic intersections.
5:04 PM, Saturday February 12th 2022
Thank you very much for the critique, it's really appreciated :)
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10:02 AM, Sunday January 30th 2022
Hi, I will be critiquing your work!
Lines
They are mostly smooth and they maintain a constant trajectory, some of the are slightly curving near the points(in the ghosted lines) but they got better as you moved foward withe the others exercises.
Ellipses
You made a good job in the tables of ellipses and in the ellipses in planes; the ellipses in the funnels are confident (which is mostly what you're aiming for), but there are some that don't have the minor axis aligned, not a big deal, but keep that in mind, so you can fix that as you move on.
Boxes
Really good job also here, there are of course some mistakes in the perspective, but you will gradually fix them in the 250 box challenge. You seem to have tried to correct a few edges by adding line weight, which makes the mistakes even more visible (especially on the inner edges). Aim to draw an edge only once and add line weight on the outer edges only to make the form clearer.
Next Steps:
I think you're ready to move on to the 250 box challenge, good luck!
Remember to do a warm up every session with a couple of exercise from lesson 1.
1:35 PM, Friday January 14th 2022
Hi, thank you very much for the review :) I'll work on the mistakes you have underlined.
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