Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

6:16 PM, Sunday February 28th 2021

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I did my best.

The ghosted planes and the ellipses in planes are on the same page. I reused the planes for the ellipse homework.

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1:58 PM, Monday March 1st 2021

congratulations on finishing lesson 1 let's see what you've got here.

Lines

Super Imposed Lines: You did correct, your lines are straight and you've focused on their flow, their accuracy will get better with more practice, the only problem I noticed is that you are fraying in both ends, it's okay to fray in one since accuracy comes with time but try to start the line from the designated point. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/8/fraying

Ghosted Lines: Nice job with the ghosted lines, with time and practice they'll become straighter and more accurate, but you are doing very good for now

Ghosted Planes: Again I feel like you did a good job in here as well, nothing much to say.

Ellipses

You did an overall good job on the ellipses flow, the only major problem that I noticed in your exercises is that many of your ellipses ware escaping the bounds around them I'll give it an example of the Ellipses in funnels exercise but that happened a bit in other exercises too: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/13/loose

Boxes

Plotted Perspective: Looks correct to me, nothing to mention here.

Rough Perspective: I feel like some of your lines are a bit wobbly, remember to try to prioritize confidence over accuracy (accuracy itself will come with time). https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/9/wobbling

Rotated Boxes: I feel like some of the boxes aren't rotating that much and some of the internal lines of the box in the middle ware missing, but overall well done. https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/notrotating

Organic Perspective: some of the lines ware overshooting a little but the exercise was well done.

Next Steps:

Very nice, I feel like the bigger part of your mistakes are common and will be solved with practice, but I can see you did your best and you are ready to start the 250 boxes challenge if you didn't already.

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10:48 AM, Friday September 3rd 2021

I think you did well at the superimposed lines because there is is very little fraying especially at the beginning end!

I would recommend to keep in mind to draw from your shoulder with one confident movement and not too slowly. The reason I say this is because, especially in later lessons like rough perspective and rotated boxes, some of your lines become wobbly or arced, so its something to keep in mind.

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11:22 PM, Friday April 29th 2022

Hey there, I'm happy you did your best and will be critiquing you today :).

Lines:

a).Superimposing lines - You did a good job following the instructions. You were very thorough with your markmaking. Perhaps one or two lines ended up tunnel fraying, but that's okay. You did really good. Good job!

b). Ghosted lines - You met target to target, that's good but I noticed that some of the lines arced a bit. I can also tell you attempted to reconnect lines. You can easily eliminate this issue if you imagine you're driving from point A to B and use your shoulder a bit more to commit to the stroke. Otherwise, it's all good. You did a great job on the superimposing lines but perhaps the goal made you overthink?

c). Ghosted planes - This one had a lot of confidence and you had fun drawing these. 

Ellipses:

a). Table of Ellipses - Your ellipses weren't as confident as the ones you drew in the planes, try to ghost them more and use the shoulders to assist. Otherwise, this one is good.

b). Ellipses in Funnel - This exercise can be intimidating because of the shape of the funnel. You lost a bit of confidence here, there are a lot of border breaking circles that were a bit wobbly. Also, you didn't correctly align most of the ellipses. However, I DID see that you straightened up your funnels and ellipses in the latter editions, which I'm guess are the smaller ones. It shows you were able to understand where you went wrong. The second furthermost left, and the one above it are good examples of you making corrections. Still, try to keep the ellipses within the borders. Some of these ellipses were not drawn over. I think this one could use some improvements.

Boxes:

a). Plotted perspective - This one is good. No complaints.

b). Rough Perspective - You also followed the instructions well. 

c). Rotating boxes - This one gives EVERYONE trouble but you managed to do it. You drew through your boxes, you kept them within the same space, though some boxes didn't appear to be rotating. This is probably an issue with interpreting where to lead back into your vanishing point. Otherwise, this is good. The lesson never called for us to nail this, so I say you got this one.

d). Organic boxes - this one is good as well. your lines here are a little bit curvy, try to ghost them a bit. Otherwise, nice job.

Next Steps:

My next step I recommend is for you to practice your superimposed and plotted strokes in your spare time. The reason is that I noticed a common flaw in a lot of your line work - your lines are wobbly and feel uncommitted. You have to trust your eye and your arm and follow through. So practice those two exercises to help you get into the rhythm of following through. Do it slow, then do it fast. Start with small lines, then build up to larger. Each line you attempt you use your shoulders to glide your pen. Let you lead the pen.

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