hi thanks for helping so many newbies like me
my biggest difficulty was having the patience to connect the dots, at a certain point I just scribbled in the air and then created a line
another difficulty was creating cubes that were above the vanishing point and imagining the rotation of the cubes in the last exercise
Greetings fellow Brawler!
I will be offering you a guiding hand! Hopefully, we can correct some mistakes (if you've made any). Let's have a look!
Lines
-Superimposed Lines - First thing I can notice right off the bat on the first page is that a substantial amount of your lines are wobbly. See here. Make sure you execute the marks with confidence and with your shoulder. The wobble may be a result of you drawing from your wrist. I can see this improved on your second page though, so good job! Next, I'm quite impressed about how good those curves look, so props to you there!
-Ghosted Lines - Most of them look good and smooth, though I can notice on some of them a bit wobble towards the end. Try not to course-correct them as they approach the end. A smooth, confident line, even if it doesn't fully manage to hit the end point is better than a wobbly line. And your accuracy will improve over time.
-Ghosted Planes - These look good.
I would recommend adding one of these exercises to your warm-up routine.
my biggest difficulty was having the patience to connect the dots, at a certain point I just scribbled in the air and then created a line
Placing the dots is really important. First off, it makes you think before you apply any mark to your drawing. Placing marks without hesitation is generally a bad idea. Next, if you don't place your dots you won't be able to use the ghosting method.
Ellipses
-Tables of Ellipses - Ellipses look nice, they are touching the borders and each other nicely. They could be a bit smoother but for a beginner, they look really good! I would like to see more variation between them.
-Ellipses in Planes -Ellipses are touching borders and most of them look quite good!
-Funnels - Kept within bounds, good.
Boxes
-Plotted Perspective - Nice.
-Rough Perspective - Alright.
-Rotated Boxes - Corners are kept close and the boxes seem to have some rotation to them. Don't worry about this exercise too much, you can try to revisit it later after you're done with the 250 box challenge and see how you will have improved!
-Organic Perspective - First thing I can notice is that you're not overlapping the boxes. I think it was mentioned in the video for the lesson, but essentially this helps the illusion of those boxes appearing closer and further away. Next, I can notice that they have some perspective issues, you will improve on this so don't worry. Though I hope you thought about those lines converging as mentioned here.
Overall I would really recommend adding some of the lines exercises into your warm-up routine and maybe consider ellipses as well, you are going to use them in the upcoming lessons and definitely taking a go at the 250 box challenge.
Good luck Brawler!
Next Steps:
I recommend adding the lines exercises to your warm-up routine. Next, I really recommend tackling the 250 box challenge.
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