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Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

10:35 PM, Saturday October 3rd 2020

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I am left-handed. I took photos of my submission because my scanner is annoying to work with and I believe these are higher res. I took a photos of the ghosted planes, then drew the circles, and took a second set of photos.

I have always been very interested in drawing and animation. I tried over the years to draw, but was never very good and decided it was because I didn't have that natural talent. I am much older now and finally getting treatment for ADHD. I have realized that so many things I thought I wasn't any good at actually just take patience, practice, and dedication. Drawing is the first one I have given any real/consistent effort to. I see myself improving over the last month or so of drawing every day, but I decided to try Drawabox to help me with fundamentals. I really appreciate that this website/program/community exists and am excited to see how it goes!

Thank you in advance to anyone that looks at my submission to provide feedback.

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10:54 PM, Sunday October 11th 2020

Hey DISO, I think your venture in drawing is starting off well, and I hope you keep going.

Thing I noticed in all your submissions is a 'shaky line' particularly evident in any of the straight planes/boxes that you did freehand. Not asking for ruler-straight precision, but I would suggest doing more superimposed lines when your warming up. You may already be doing this but I'll reitorate to rotate the page to a comfortable drawing angle. Confidence in line and strokes is something that I think you could benefit from before moving onto the next lesson.

Don't stress too much about it though, I think if you do the revisions + read up on the first part of lesson 1, you'll get where you need to be.

-estaban

Next Steps:

Superimposed lines 1 pg

Ghosted lines 1 pg

Ghosted planes 1 pg

Try adding more lines in the page.

Good luck!

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
8:58 PM, Sunday October 18th 2020

Hello, I'd like to add to your feedback, specifically to Diso's ellipses.

You're drawing over them twice so that's good, but overall they're not touching most of the lines they should be touching, or touching other ellipses without overlapping the other. It looks like you have realized this in your ellipses in planes and funnels, but I recommend feeling the space they're going to be drawn in and to confidently draw in them, making sure you're touching the funnel or the tables, and do the same the second time your draw over it.

On another work, some of the guesswork in your organic perspective is bad, and you repeat your lines in some of them, and I'd like if you tried it again, just one page, so you can get used to it.

Thank you, good luck on your journey.

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