Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
10:08 PM, Wednesday July 29th 2020
Any feedback appreciated. Thanks.
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8:34 AM, Sunday August 23rd 2020
Feedback for your Lesson 1 homework.
Lines:
Excellent work - I can see your lines are strong and confident, especially in Ghosted Lines and Ghosted Planes. Well done with hitting the points accurately.
Ellipses:
Excellent too - you've kept them snugly inside the tables/funnels/planes, and the linework is also tight and accurate. No issues here!
Boxes:
This is where the rubber hits the road. The linework starts to wobble a bit in Rough Perspective, but that is completely normal, and your linework will tighten up again when you do 250 Boxes. Just remember that a box is a collection of lines, and just as you've been making confident lines in the Ghosted Lines/Planes, you can do the same with boxes. Otherwise, well done with Rough Perspective. In Rotated Boxes, the boxes are tightly packed and rotating nicely; IMHO it's the hardest exercise in Lesson 1, so great work with doing and finishing it. Likewise, the boxes in Organic Perspective are rotating in all directions, which is the purpose of the exercise. You've weighted the lines nicely too. It appears that you may have done-over some lines a few times; it's OK for this exercise, but for 250 Boxes, I encourage you to just do them over once to keep the weighting more subtle.
I don't have a lot to say because your homework is quite good and I see you've taken care with doing it. Lesson 1 is all about building confidence first and accuracy second, and I think you've a great job in both areas. Congrats on finishing Lesson 1! Don't forget to use these exercises as warmup when you sit down to do the 250 Boxes challenge -- Tables of Ellipses and Ghosted Planes with Ellipses are good practice.
Next Steps:
Proceed to 250 Box challenge.
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6:56 PM, Friday August 28th 2020
Thanks for your reply and feedback!
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