tinyelephant

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The Indomitable (Winter 2023)

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    1:46 AM, Thursday January 4th 2024

    It really should be fine as long as you use the ghosting method and dedicate to each line. Don't rush yourself! Great job :)

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    1:44 AM, Thursday January 4th 2024

    Lines: Good, slight wobble which is fine but can improve over time.

    Ellipses: Don't overdraw on some ellipses, try to go 2 times around.

    Boxes: Overall pretty good, looks like they will improve with practice.

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    1:41 AM, Thursday January 4th 2024

    Superimposed lines: Your lines show abnormal amounts of fraying, please try to make them converge a little more. You can take a look at this link for drawing lines more confidently, https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/superimposedlines/wobbling

    Ghosted lines: Your lines wobble a little, check this out. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/ghostedlines/wobbling. You also don't want to redraw lines. There's also some slight bowing of lines, try looking at this link, https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/ghostedlines/arc.

    Ghosted planes: Some lines don't quite reach their intended point, some overextend also. You don't need that many planes on a page if that helps declutter too.

    Ellipses in planes: Don't overdraw the ellipses, keep them confident.

    Table of ellipses: Same thing as in ellipses in planes.

    Funnels: Same thing.

    Plotted perspective: Should have slightly more boxes, 4-6. Make sure you're drawing through forms also.

    Rough perspective: Plot lines back to VP. Good confident lines.

    Everything else that Tempestsnow said looks good now as well. Just remember to keep these things in mind. Also use a fineliner if you can :D

    Next Steps:

    250 box challenge.

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    1:25 AM, Thursday January 4th 2024

    Superimposed lines: Good.

    Ellipses in planes: You're overextending for some lines, try picking up your pen at the endpoint rather than slowing down. Otherwise, your ellipses seem great and your lines look confident.

    Ellipse table: Good.

    Funnels: Good.

    Plotted perspective: Good.

    Rough perspective: Good, please don't draw back to the VP with crayons try to use red pen or any different colored pens. Makes it kinda hard to see.

    Rotated boxes: Good.

    Organic perspective: Good, don't redraw lines.

    Overall you did great, ellipses good and lines improved over the lesson. You'll learn a lot more about boxes in the 250 box challenge :)

    Next Steps:

    250 box

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    1:18 AM, Thursday January 4th 2024

    superimposed lines: some fraying, which is ok and to be expected.

    ghosted lines: a little bit of wobble, but nothing major, should get better with practice

    for ghosted planes, you shouldn't need to take pictures of it by itself, just ellipses in planes

    Make sure your lines are confident, check this link out for more information. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/ghostedlines/levels

    It looks like you're correcting just a little bit, just try to correct it.

    Your table of ellipses is looking good, make sure to draw through every ellipse two times and to draw them confidently, some of them have an egg shape.

    Your funnels are looking great!

    Plotted perspective is also good.

    Rough perspective: Try to make all irrelevant lines perpendicular or parallel to the horizon line and then think about going back to the VP. There's also major wobbling, try being more confident. You can try reviewing the ghosting method and drawing with the shoulder more.

    Rotated boxes looks good.

    Organic perspective looks good.

    Overall you have good lines, your lines from organic perspective improved a lot from rough perspective, see if you can replicate that when warming up. Great job overall!

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    1:54 PM, Sunday December 31st 2023

    happy to help, lemme know if you have anymore questions

    12:30 AM, Sunday December 24th 2023

    These look better, just make sure to do two complete rotations. good job!

    Next Steps:

    250 box

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    3:22 AM, Saturday December 23rd 2023

    Superimposed lines: Some fraying, but overall pretty good.

    Ghosted lines: Pretty good.

    Ellipses in planes: Good, some lines stop before they hit the vertex, which isn't a major problem, just something to notice.

    Table of ellipses: Good.

    Funnels: Good.

    Plotted perspective: Good.

    Rough perspective: pretty good, notice that edges should never be parallel. You've done really well with drawing straight lines.

    Organic perspective: Notice how some of the boxes look like parallelograms, try to use the same rate of foreshortening on all sides of a box. Good job otherwise.

    You've done a pretty good job on this lesson, you can try looking for boxes in everyday objects to look at rates of foreshortening and how they affect each side. This'll surely improve with the 250 box challenge. Great job!

    Next Steps:

    Move on to 250 box challenge.

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    3:15 AM, Saturday December 23rd 2023

    Superimposed lines: Looking pretty good, nothing to say here.

    Ghosted lines: Try more confident strokes, your lines are minorly wobbly which'll improve with time.

    Ellipses in planes: Again, try to be more confident with your strokes, some of the ellipses don't quite reach.

    Tables of ellipses: Remember to draw ellipses two times around!

    Funnels: Also remember to draw ellipses two times around.

    Rough perspective: Looks good.

    Organic perspective: Try to have a more gradual decrease in size of boxes, don't try to draw super small boxes.

    Overall, pretty good, I think you could use some redo on some of the exercises, but you're doing pretty well so far. I think it's cool that you wrote down what you used on the funnels exercise! Good job, you'll definitely get better!

    Next Steps:

    Redo 1 table of ellipses, and 1 funnel.

    When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
    2 users agree
    3:08 AM, Saturday December 23rd 2023

    There's some minor fraying on superimposed lines which is to be expected, don't be dismayed!

    Your ellipses look good for the most part but there's some minor deformations. You can try practicing some more by yourself, but they're pretty good, you'll improve with practice.

    Some lines on rough perspective look a little wobbly, which can obviously improve with practice, your second page shows clear improvement.

    Organic perspective looks really good.

    Your lines are improving and looking straighter! Great job, move on.

    Next Steps:

    Move on to 250 box challenge.

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