I tried my best and really enjoyed doing these. I found some quite difficult yet in a fun way. I really enjoyed the plotted perspective one and actually did another page just because it was enjoyable. The second looks better but I included the first. I'm looking forward to progressing onwards!
Please let me know if you see any issues.
Thanks a bunch! :)
Hello!
I'm Ignite, and I’ll be critiquing your submission using Elodin’s rubric. If a section has not been satisfactorily completed, I’ll request a re-work of a portion in order to help you understand the concept better. Here are my thoughts:
LINES:
1.Wobble in lines. In drawabox you should always prioritize confidence over accuracy:
You did this AMAZINGLY well for the superimposed lines... but didn't do it well for most of the rest of the exercises. For Ghosted Lines, Ghosted Planes, and even the boxes homework, it looks like almost every line connects one dot to another.... but wobbles along the way. What you should be aiming for is confidence first, then accuracy - so we should be seeing your lines NOT ending up at the second dot... but the line should be straight (ish). This is my biggest critique for every exercise you did.
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2.Fraying on both ends: Pass!
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3.Arching lines: Pass
4.Not plotting lines: Pass
5.Repeating lines: Pass
ELLIPSES:
1.Ellipses must be drawn through ellipses 2 to 3 times, (2 times preferably): Pass! Nice work.
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2.On the ellipse tables, keeping the ellipses should be kept within the bounds, each
ellipse touching each other, without overlapping: Pass!
3.Just like with lines, the ellipses must be drawn confidently, prioritizing confidence and smoothness,
over accuracy. Even in ghosted planes with ellipses: Pass, but can be improved. I would definitely test out running some ellipses faster, to see if you can smooth things out. Some of yours look like you are overthinking the shape a little, and it is causing distortion.
4.On funnels, the minor axis (the line in the middle) should cut ellipses in 2 symetrical halves: Pass
BOXES:
2.On all the boxes exercises the student should draw through boxes, except on the organic perspective, in which it's optional: Pass!
3.On rough perspective, width lines should be parallel to horizon and height lines perpendicular to horizon: Some of your lines are a little off from perfectly parallel, but that's to be expected as you learn to estimate these things. It's not a graded criteria, just something to keep in mind.
4.On rough perspective, they must use the line correction method: Pass!
5.On rotated boxes, corners between boxes must be kept close: Pass!
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6.On rotated boxes, some boxes aren't rotating: Pass!
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8.Lineweight should be added with confident ghosted lines, and solely to the part of lines to overlap, not to whole lines: Pass!
Bottom Line: You worked very hard to complete all the exercises, and only missed one principle; however, it's one of the core concepts of the course: Draw your lines confidently first, THEN worry about accuracy - I am requesting a small revision to help you work on more confident lines.
Awesome job following the rest of the instructions carefully, and completing the lessons correctly. Keep up the great work!
Next Steps:
2 pages of Ghosted Lines, focusing on CONFIDENCE first, then accuracy. Work on removing the wobble from your line by drawing faster, from the shoulder, and worrying less about accuracy. If needed, re-read and/or re-watch the Lines lesson.
1 page of Ghosted Planes - Same thing, focusing on CONFIDENCE, then accuracy. Great work, looking forward to seeing your progress my friend.
Thank you so much for your kind and encouraging reply. I appreciate the time you took to review my homework.
My account is much younger than the homework I completed here so I’ve practiced a lot of these exercises for my warm ups before starting one of my own drawings making me much better at them now. It's been fun seeing the progress actually, especially with ellipses, but I remember ghosted lines being my least favorite. I think learning to execute confidently will be a big growth point for me so I'm happy to redo it.
I completed the requested pages and have attached them. I found it helpful to make the connecting dots bigger than before because then I stressed less about finding the end so I could focus more on executing.
I'm looking forward to getting lesson one marked as complete so I feel comfortable critiquing others. :)
Thanks again!
Well done! Marking as complete.
Where the rest of my recommendations tend to be for specific products, this one is a little more general. It's about printer paper.
As discussed in Lesson 0, printer paper (A4 or 8.5"x11") is what we recommend. It's well suited to the kind of tools we're using, and the nature of the work we're doing (in terms of size). But a lot of students still feel driven to sketchbooks, either by a desire to feel more like an artist, or to be able to compile their work as they go through the course.
Neither is a good enough reason to use something that is going to more expensive, more complex in terms of finding the right kind for the tools we're using, more stress-inducing (in terms of not wanting to "ruin" a sketchbook - we make a lot of mistakes throughout the work in this course), and more likely to keep you from developing the habits we try to instill in our students (like rotating the page to find a comfortable angle of approach).
Whether you grab the ream of printer paper linked here, a different brand, or pick one up from a store near you - do yourself a favour and don't make things even more difficult for you. And if you want to compile your work, you can always keep it in a folder, and even have it bound into a book when you're done.
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