Thanks for the feedback! Your apartment flooded?! I am sorry. I hope youre doing okay. Your content is still really amazing even if some of it is outdated. Anyways, here is my third revision. I tried setting the viewer to directly look at the contour ellipse at the pole. I understand what you mean now by varying degrees:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jredKnjht_RVhJ_YXPTlUZ2FUj1xcvx1/view?usp=sharing
So, I understand that. What I don't understand is where the viewer is positioned. I was looking at the videos for the lesson again, and here is an example below. For that photo, is the viewer positioned to the right because those contour circles are narrower? How did you know that the viewer was positioned there? There is a pole on the left, doesnt that mean the left side of the form is facing the viewer? If that is so, why aren't the contour circles on the left narrower instead?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1T2bJIab1vghA0aQCbEfFxfIxn4tjZdmI/view?usp=sharing
Ultimately, if we are the ones drawing the form and essentially controlling the 'illusion,' then dont we get to dictate where the viewer is looking at the form? If the viewer was always looking at the form dead in the center, then both the left and right side of contour cirlces of that form would be wider than the center.
Sorry, I just feel confused. Can you give me an example I did in the homework that was really incorrect?
Hi! Thanks for the feedback. I am confused on how we know when a form is sliding away from the viewer? If we are the ones constructing a form (essentially the illusion) on 2D paper, then can't any side of an organic form face the viewer?
Also, if I make an organic form and it is facing the viewer but turns around in space, then can't the organic form have a wide contour curve and then as it turns have a narrower one? Like for example a half donut? Both ends will have wide contours, but the middle would be narrow since that is the point where it turns.
Here is my second revision: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hmg_XJLtwq1k7bcJpCzs-32er8c8zGf2/view?usp=sharing
Thanks again for your feedback. Ill redo this as many times as necessary until I get it right. I also realized for the contour curves that I cusp the ending lines pretty terribly since they dont really align well with the entire shape. I can redo those if you think I should.
Hi! The reason why I traced back over the silhoutte was to add line weight. Does this mean that I shouldn't be adding line weight, or at least very little?
Also, what constitutes something as its own complete, separate form? You said I added partial shapes. Are those shapes in the wasp diagram around the abdomen and thorax not their own complete and separate form?
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YgCvZNPYWiuZmI0DGITADV7iRatvtuIN/view?usp=sharing
Thanks for your constructive feedback! Sorry it took a bit.
Ah, I see. Thanks! I'll follow the instructions more carefully in the future. Just out of curiosity, a lot of drawing fundamentals focus on the shoulder. Does this change when people have to draw smaller things e.g. poses or characters? I feel like you can't use your shoulder that much if you are trying to draw an eye or arm or face, etc...
Thanks so much for your feedback and addressing my frustration. Sorry about forgetting that instruction. Sometimes there are so many that I forget a few of them. Here is the link to my redo:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DIyIUEksguv9F-pF1fXMzV0Omu_sZDMb/view?usp=sharing
For the branches, I tried to start from the previous ellipse like you mentioned. I realized in some of them that I had tails. I tried to fix that by not extending so far to the next addjacent ellipse. I think it shows when I drew branches for my plant constructions.
I also tried drawing some plants that were not in the demos and using different references for the ones that were.
Thanks for your help! Let me know if I still have to redo something.
Thanks for all that constructive feedback! Dang, drawing is really hard. I am not really a creative person, so thanks for all the advice you are giving me. Here is my redo of the organic forms with contours:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/13lLU439CEp7LumTwJCzqWZ2jazVJTL08/view?usp=sharing
I tried making the contours wider in areas that the viewer directly face. I also tried to change angles more with the contours for the second page. Please let me know if I messed up and need to further improve on this exercise.
Thank you for giving me a lot of helpful feedback during this whole submission :)
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