Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

5:42 AM, Thursday September 5th 2024

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Hello to anyone reading this. I have finished the exercises for Lesson #1, and was looking for some confirmation for me to progress and finally do the 250 Square Box Challenge. Any and all comments are greatly appreciated, be as open and transparent as you can get with me.

And to anyone who witnessed beforehand, I forgot to submit the ghosted lines assignment during my initial submission. Apologies, but here I am, a submission with ALL of my assignments.

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7:19 AM, Thursday September 5th 2024

Welcome to drawabox, and good work seeing Lesson 1 through to the end! I’m Kort3 and today i’m who will correct your exercises, Let’s take a look at it, shall we?

Superimposed lines.

They are looking great! I love how many there are. Great job including a varied array of line lengths and curves. It looks like you started making woblier lines, but in the second page is visible that you corrected it, good job, you are in the right way. Remember that in draw a box each exercise has a concrete objective, so try to follow the instructions, don’t worry if your job isn’t perfect, is not suposed to be.

Ghosted lines.

Your ghosted lines exercise has also been done well, each mark begins correctly on one of the dots and follows through confidently. Accuracy is just a matter of mileage, so as you continue with this exercise in your warmups you'll find you can hit the mark more precisely, and more often, over time. I would have like to see longer lines, like passing through the page, because it may help draw from the shoulder, but i’m not gonna make you repeat this exercise for that reason. Just make sure you change the lenght of your lines in yor future warmups.

Ghosted planes.

Be careful, however; right now you have a habit of course correcting, as you approach your end points, if your spot your line being off. This is not something we like to see! More than an accurate line, we’re interested in a smooth, straight line, so prioritize accordingly.

Table of ellipses.

Your table of ellipses includes a variety of ellipse degrees and angles, the space was used well and your ellipses are drawn through. Again, excellent focus here on keeping the movements confident.

Ellipses in planes.

The ellipses in planes, too, look good. The most of them touch 4 edges of the planes and looks like you did them with confident.

Funnels

Your funnels looks good but you didn’t draw the minor axis in any of them. Be careful, also, that the ellipses either maintain the same degree throughout, or increase as they move away from the center, not decrease.

Take a look to the mistake: https://imgur.com/a/54gUD6b

And here you have the link to the correct way to do the exercise. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/funnels/notaligned

Plotted perspective

Nothing to say here. Good job!

Rough perspective

i really like the first page, you did it the best you could, but in the second page it looks like you started to aply te line extension in the wrong way, here you have an example: https://imgur.com/a/ypjq7Pg

You should take a look to this. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/roughperspective/extendinglineswrongYou started right!!

Rotated boxes

This exercise looks good. Your boxes here are big, snug, and properly rotating. There’s a slight resistance to that same rotation in the back, but that’s entirely expected at this stage, so nothing to stress over.

Organic perspective

These boxes look fantastic, the boxes themselves are well constructed, and flow well as a result of their foreshortening. Nice work, overall. I would like to see smaller and bigger ones, but don´t worry about that, you can try it again in your warmups.

In summary, Good job BuRoBa, you did it pretty well and look like you understood the mayority of the exercises, anyway i will send you some homework just for be sure that you get it at all. i hope it's not too much for you. Do it and send it to me replying this message, i will be alert.

Next Steps:

1 Page of funnels

1 page of rough perspective

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
6:53 PM, Thursday September 5th 2024

Hey Kort3, thanks for the response.

I'm grateful for the considerations you have. Looking over my work, and finding myself agreeing with some of your statements, I have gone ahead and did my due diligence, reworking the Rough Perspective and Funnels exercise with a little more care and attentiveness to the instructions, also keeping your notes in mind. Thank you for pointing those out by the way.

(https://imgur.com/a/SbKLt1q)

Once more, be as transparent as you can with me. With these activities being integrated into my warm ups, I can hope to only do better at these exercises over time, but what do you think? Am I ready to tackle the boxes?

6:45 AM, Friday September 6th 2024

Hey BuRoBa!! Thanks for taking the time for complete de exercises, I just wanted to make sure that the exercises are done with a real understanding of how they should be done. You were ready since the begining to make de challenge so go on!! Good luck in your way and don't hesitate, I hope see more of your homework in a future!!

Next Steps:

Start the 250 box challenge

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