Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

4:15 PM, Wednesday September 16th 2020

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4:28 PM, Wednesday September 16th 2020

Howdy. Nice job completing lesson 1, here is some feedback:

Lines: Lines start from first point and seem pretty straight, which is great. Keep it up. Some of your longer lines have some slight arcing just something to keep in mind. Eventually you will want to be able to draw a line through both points, but prioritize always drawing straight lines first.

Ellipses: Lines in tables of ellipses look slightly wobbly, and look a bit more wobbly as you moved on to ellipses in planes, causing them to look a bit deformed which is something you want to avoid. Prioritize drawing smooth, confident lines over something wobbly, you should want to always be drawing smooth lines. Accuracy will improve as you practice more with ghosting. Funnels looking pretty solid, few wobbly lines. Some tend to have a slight angle as you move outward, just something to keep in mind.

Boxes: Starting to see some lines get a wee bit wobbly as you try to draw through both points, prioritize keeping 'em straight. If you slightly miss a point, that is ok. Continue working with the mistake, you can try again on your next attempt. I see some points which you plotted but didn't commit to, which shows that you put thought into each line, which is great! Keep it up. Rotated boxes looking a bit rough in some areas (some boxes do not look like they are rotating), but it looks like you learned from your mistakes and made them rotate in other areas, so good job. Rough perspective boxes, I can see that the 2D boxes are changing size as they move through 3D space, so it gets a pass from me. Don't be afraid to vary up your boxes as you move forward (they don't all have to be cubes). Also, some boxes have initial Y angles at or less than 90 degrees, try to avoid doing that as it causes the boxes to look distorted.

Overall, good start! Keep it up. Ready for the 250 box challenge.

Next Steps:

Move onto the 250 box challenge. Don't forget to revisit some lesson 1 exercises every now and then as warm-up exercises (about 15 minutes before each box drawing session). I'd recommend also doing ellipses as warm-up exercises too to get more practice in drawing them confidently and then tightening them up. Also, on the box challenge plot and ghost each hatch line, it will help you improve your linework by giving you lots and lots of practice with ghosting, so don't slack on those hatched lines!

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5:08 PM, Wednesday September 16th 2020

Thanks for the critique, it was truly in-depth and I'm sure it will be helpful in improving my linework. I will follow you advice and keep to those exercises in my warmup routine. Hatched lines are surely a weakness of mine and I should work on them harder since, as you pointed out, they are a very good training practice for the ghosting method.

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