Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
2:24 PM, Friday July 9th 2021
WASSUP BABIES I have completed my quests as requested and now I AWAIT YOUR DIVINE JUDGEMENT! critique them to your hearts content!
Hello there :D here's my attempt at giving you a critique:
LINES
Superimposed lines: I can see that some of the longer lines arch, so you could try to focus on your shoulder movement more. Overall you did good, especially on the shorter lines. Feel free to experiment with even longer lines
Ghosted lines: They look fairly straight and accurate, good job
Ghosted planes: Same here, good job
ELLIPSES
Tables of ellipses: They fit in the frame very nicely, and you properly went through them 2 times. Though I can see that there is quite a good amount of wobbly lines, so you could try to focus more on keeping the line smooth rather than accurate.
Ellipses in planes: Your ellipses are smoother here, so good job. Again, they fit very nicely in the frame.
Funnels: Even smoother, goodgood. You executed the symmetry very well which I personally found difficult to do, very accurate, great job
BOXES
Plotted perspective: All according to the instructions, goodgood
Rough perspective: Some lines wobble just a bit, and a few of them are noticably not perpendicular/parallel compared to the horizon line, but generally you followed the instructions well :>
Rotated boxes: nicenice, quite symmetric, and as far as i can see you drew all the lines behind.
Organic perspective: The boxes properly get smaller gradually, a little wobbly here and there, overall nice job
Next Steps:
I'd say you're good to go and give the 250 boxes challenge a shot :D
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PROFESSIONAL CRITIQUE! and yea i think my main problem is wobbly lines lol XD and again thank you for taking the time to critique my work! I wish you the best of the best! :DD
My pleasure and I wish you the best on your quest as well, traveler!! :]
Lines:
Your superimposed lines are great, single origin point and some divergence as expected
Your ghosted lines show start and end points and don't wobble, all good
Your ghosted planes look a little rushed - some lines have start and end points, others look like you went for it without plotting the end point, causing you to over- or -under draw. Always plot the end point of your line first, and use the ghosting method before committing pen to paper to make the mark. Accuracy will come quicker this way.
Ellipses
Ellipses look great, you confidently drew through them 2-3 times even if they weren't accurate, which is as intended.
The same is true for ellipses in planes - good confident mark making! Accuracy will come with practice.
Funnels - great job keeping inside the guide curves, but remember each ellipse should be bisected by the minor axis with equal size on either side of that axis. Something to practice in warmups going forward.
Boxes
Plotted perspective turned out great!
Organic perspective looks like you did generally nOK with the boxes below the horizon but had more trouble with estimating the lines to the vp above the horizon. Somthing to work on in your warmups for sure.
Rotated boxes - great job keeping the gaps small and using the adjacent boxes as guides for new lines. Might be easier to draw this a bit bigger next time, it'll make rotating the boxes easier too.
Awesome job on the organic perspective exercise with relative size of boxes, even if the box construction is sometimes a bit wonky.
Next Steps:
Definitey tackle the 250 box challenge!
Thank you so much for the feedback! And I'll do as you said and make sure to take it easy and do some warm up LOL. Best of luck on our journeys!
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.
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