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2:31 AM, Wednesday July 5th 2023
first and foremost
congrats on finishing L2!
without further a do:
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good job you did well here, it seems that you understand how things flow in 3d. lines are clean, a bit of messiness here and there but clearly the exception and not the norm so that's okay.
organic forms
varying degrees of ellipses, solid forms, drawn with hooks, done so confidently axis are alligned. you did very well tho, great job! tho some of the curves do look a little off, nothing you can't improve on in the future tho! demo
texture analysis:
awesome job! These look great and from your notes I can tell that you took your time to understand the textures and execute your marks properly! a clear transition from sparce to dense, and very very dense darks!
dissection:
great job here as well, they are very well drawn, I can tell you took your time to understand and draw these textures. you did a "retry" which i do not recommend, as it goes against the mindset of letting things be.
However, I do see some common errors.
with your soap textures, soap is transparent and it's explained in the exercise that you should ignore any type of colour in the texture itself and interpret it as if it was solid concrete, this includes transparency like glass. With your gold and copper examples as well, it's not recommended that you try and tackle things that reflect light, as the main focus of this lesson is to understand forms and shapes, not light and reflections. This is just as a reminder in case you were to study textures in the future. it isn't mentioned in the site itself but pretty agreed upon in the discord.
you also lack some transitions between sparse and dense with these textures. the textures can transition between sparse in the middle to dark and dense around the edges. most of the textures drawn here seem to have an even coating all over. this isn't explained in the site but is touched on in the video here.
but overall, you pay much attention to your textures and clearly show understanding. they wrap around the form, you focus more on cast shadows than outlines, they are well executed, you break the silhouette and there is a lot of textures here. overall awesome job!
intersections
good job here, forms are clean and shapes are well drawn
however your boxes are very dramatic, this should be avoided, there's even a box that almost has a trapesium shape in it. (dramatic perspective image), your cones are also very long and dramatic, this should be avoided as is demonstrated here
the intersections for the shapes with curved edges seem to not be entirely correct. when two curved edges intersect they form an "s" shape as opposed to a "c" shape as it would with a flat surface as i've demod here . this is of course an additional part of the lesson so it's okay. i just wanted to point it out for future reference. good job here too!
organic intersections.
good job here, drawn through and they feel somewhat solid. however you seem to have forgotten to draw your curves hooked on the ends for most of the forms drawn. there are also a lot fo forms that seem like they are floating without much support under them example here. especially the ones on the outer edges. you don't have to fill the entire page in, it's alright if the forms stack up to a more triangle like mass shape.
Conclusion:
overall i think you did very well! some mistakes in the exercises but non that would render the need for a revision. i think you are free to move on to lesson 3! i think you can add organic intersections as a warm up every now and again just to improve on it!
Additionally, you do a lot of crossing out for lines that didn't turn out well (with the x marks), this is just minor but i think it's a habit that should be avoided, mistakes are to be made.
and it also seems like a lot of these forms aren't fitting in the page nicely. to avoid this you can try and dot out roughly where a shape or form will lie in the paper before drawing it. this is vital for future lessons to make sure that your drawings fit into the page. if you are worried you won't get the most out of it always remember that you can revisit these exercises as warm ups to improve on them!
Keep up the great work!
Next Steps:
-Move on to Lesson 3
11:34 AM, Wednesday July 5th 2023
Thanks a lot for this feedback! It helps a lot!
I had one question- what do you mean exactly with that I forgot to draw my "curves hooked on the ends" for the organic intersections? Is that to do with the fact that they seem like they are floating? (and thus not hooked/resting on anything on one end) or is it something else?
1:10 AM, Thursday July 6th 2023
ah sorry for the confusion, i neglected to add a demo image.
all the rules that apply to the curved sausages still apply to the organic intersections exercise.
what i mean by hooked curves are the little overshoot on the contour curves as is explained here
in some of the exercises submitted there are a lot of these sausages that have curves that are not overshot like here
again, i apologise for the confusion, if you have further questions do ask away!
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