Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
12:12 PM, Wednesday February 26th 2020
I finally finished lesson 1, it took about a month but it was worth it! Looking for Critiques :)
Hello there!
Getting right into the review -- your superimposed lines are looking good, maybe a tad bit wobbly. You do seem to be missing 1 page in the superimposed lines part of the exercise, it may have gotten misplaced. Ghosted lines are looking great as well, there is only a tiny amount of arcing. The arcing continues into ghosted planes, so I do recommend you revisit these as warm ups down the road with that in mind. I want to also mention that there is no need for going over your lines. I know how tempting it is to fix the line that just didn't go as you wanted it to, but in the end you're just drawing more attention to your 'mistake'. But, all in all, good work!
When it comes to table of ellipses, draw through your ellipses preferrably 2 times, 3 is acceptable. You've drawn through yours many times more than that. You can read more on that here, this bit of text in particular:
That is, draw around the ellipse two or three times before lifting your pen. Two is ideal in my opinion, but three is also acceptable.
Additionally, in some of your frames your ellipses 'float' inside the frame, not quite touching the edges of the frame, and seem to be placed randomly (specifically 2nd page, bottom right-most and left-most frames). Try to keep to the borders you've drawn out for yourself -- either the frame, or an additional line cutting through the frame -- as your guideline for where the ellipse should be placed. More on that here. Aside from that, the ellipses look clean and smooth, so good job with that. :) Ellipses in planes have the same drawthrough issue as previously mentioned, but they also turn a bit wobbly and deformed. See here -- you prioritized touching the borders over drawing a smooth ellipse. Just another bit to keep in mind in the future. :) Funnels look good (aside from drawing through too many times), the minor axis looks well aligned in all but one of your funnels (top right side). You can read up on this here, but since the rest of your funnels are good I'd say you've done very well here too.
Moving on to rough perspective, your line quality deteriorates a little bit here. This is to be expected and is okay, but do try to not draw over your lines again after the first one is down. Put your line down and stick with it. Rotated boxes look good, but once again, in this exercise especially, you want to keep your lines clean. The exercise is very busy with lines as is, and adding more than necessary makes it even more confusing. Same for organic perspective. Aside from the lines, it's very well executed.
All in all, solid submission! I'd recommend doing a bit of the exercises you went through as warm up to reinforce your line quality, and then moving on to the 250 box challenge. Great job and good luck! :)
Next Steps:
250 boxes challenge.
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