7:50 PM, Sunday May 16th 2021
Hey punbbun! I have taken a look at your work and I've also noticed your really wobbly lines. To give you a little heads up: It's really cool that you really want to improve and I can see in your overall work that you've put quite the effort in it! But now just one thing at a time: Your wobbly lines:
It is crucial for you to remember and believe the fact that a confident and smooth line triumphs an accurate one any time here. It doesn't matter for now if your line is way off, just own it and be proud that you executed it confidently. You might have noticed yourself that your Superimposed Lines look a bit more like waves. If you want you can look at my and yugenyada's Superimposed Lines. They fray quite a bit at the end unlike yours and they also arc and aren't perfectly straight at all but it doesn't matter for now. What matters is that we managed to understand that while we surely do wanna draw on top of the lines, it is our first and foremost priority that the line we draw is confident and smooth (no wobbling!). Confidence is something Drawabox wants to teach you so you need to learn that. The very first exercise, the Superimposed Lines, is only about confidence! That is the purpose of that exercise. No one wants you to draw a beautiful line on another line. We want to see you aiming for confidence. I believe you certainly tried to through Lesson 1! It looks to me you are too result-orientated (and oohhh, I know that feeling). You can certainly make more confident lines, look at some of your swoopy lines in the Organic Perspective exercise and the hatching you did on your boxes in the Plotted perspective exercise for instance.
Next Steps:
Additonally do 1 page of Superimposed Lines
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don't forget to use your shoulder even if it makes your lines more inaccurate at this point
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apply ghosting method, take your time
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don't make so long lines too soon when you haven't managed to confidently draw short ones yet. Also leave larger gaps between your lines. Both of these things allow for more room to potentially mess up and can take away pressure and anxiety