4:08 PM, Monday February 7th 2022
Lines
Super Imposed Lines:
Your super imposed lines are off to a fine start. You've done a good job of placing your stylus down carefully at the start of each line so they are only fraying at one end, well done. There are a couple of lines that get a bit wobbly, especially the longer ones, but if you keep practicing drawing these confidently from your shoulder this should improve.
Ghosted Lines:
It looks like you're showing a good understanding of this exercise. You have some smooth, straight confident lines here, well done. You do also have some lines that show signs of hesitation (wobbling) In drawabox you should always prioritize confidence over accuracy. A wobbly line is a mistake, no matter how accurate, and a confident line will be correct, as with practice the accuracy will get better.Please check out the information on this from the lesson note here: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/10/wobbling
Ghosted Planes:
These are similar to the prvious exercise, and the above feedback applies. Also, don't forget to place dots for the final two lines cutting accross your planes. This is part of the planning phase of the ghosting method. Having a visual aid for where your aiming to place your lines is important here.
Ellipses
Tables of Ellipses: The main problem here, and unfortunatley it persists throughout your ellipse exercises, is you're not drawing through them. you should be drawing through every single ellipse you draw for these lessons. That is, draw around the ellipse two or three times before lifting your pen. Please read the explanation on why here: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/12/drawingthrough
You've done a decent job of keeping your ellipses orientation and degree consistent within each section of your tables, and have shown an understanding of keeping your ellipses snug against each other and the boundries of the table.
Ellipses in Planes: As above, not drawn through. You've done well at getting your ellipses to hit the target points at the edge of the planes, but it is actually more useful to draw them smoothly at the expense of accuracy. Just like with your lines, use the ghosting method and draw these confidently, from your shoulder. Some of these ellipses I see you actually broke down into two stokes, making pointy ends to your ellipses, you want to draw them with one continuous movement, all the way around twice before lifting your stylus. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/13/deformed
Ellipses in Funnels: Your ellipses are well aligned and snug against each other, which is good. All the above comments on your ellipses being hesitant and not drawn though apply here as well.
Boxes
Plotted Perspective: This is excellent, great job!
Rough Perspective: Well done keeping your horizontal lines parallel to the horizon and your verticals perpendicular to it. You have managed to maintain your line quality too, good job. Sometimes you don't extend the depth lines that you drew, but rather, place a line that corresponds to what you should have drawn. https://imgur.com/a/vYrqOBn see this image where I've extended some of the lines for you. It looks like you only experience this problem with boxes that are above the horizon line. When a box is above the horizon line, all 4 depth lines will recede downwards towards the horizon, because that is where the vanishing point is located.
Rotated Boxes: Good work! You've got all the boxes in there and you've drawn through them all. They're rotating well and you've mostly managed to keep the edges of your boxes lined up close to one another, well done. It looks like you got a bit confused about where to place the hatching lines, but that's just a nitpick really.
Organic Perspective: You've done a good job of varying the size of your boxes to give a sense of depth within your scenes. I'm a little concerned that you drew all your boxes at the same orientation though, you're supposed to be exploring drawing them at different rotations as they move through space. That's not too big of a deal though, as you'll get plenty of practice with that in the 250 box challenge. What is a big deal is the noticable drop in quality on the second page. You start chicken-scratching and scribbling your lines, and your last panel only has two boxes in it. You can do better. While there is no expectaion to nail these exercises or do them perfectly, you are expected to complete them to the best of your current ability
Unfortunately you've missed some key instructions for some of these exercises so I'll have to ask you for some revisions before marking this as complete and sending you into the box challenge.
(edit made for typos)
Next Steps:
Please submit the following:
1 page of the Tables of Ellipses exercise. Draw through all your ellipses 2 full times before lifting your stylus.
1 page of Ellipses in Planes. Use dots to plan all your lines, draw through your ellipses. Prioritize confidence ofver accuracy.
1 page of Rough Perspective. Extend the depth lines you draw, not arbitrary extensions. Be mindful of how you draw boxes above the horizon line.
1 page of organic perspective. Don't rush. Use the ghosting method to draw each line with one clean stroke. Try drawing boxes in a variety of orientations.