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11:09 AM, Tuesday October 27th 2020

Hey

Overall, it's a very good submission!

  • The lines extend in the right direction so you understand the perspective of the viewer.

  • Rare divergences. Your lines are either parallel or converge correctly, making your boxes look right.

Things to improve

  • You overshoot your target sometime and you haven't done any hatching lines for one side of the box. I would recommend to do some hatching for the final 5 pages for practice. Just like in lesson 1 ghosted lines, you should place the pen carefully at the start of each line (in the line of the box) so it can only fray in one end in the worst case.

  • Sometimes the third line for one VP doesn't meet the VP defined by the first two lines. Try defining the VP in your mind and ghosting the line properly before drawing it. This should also help with the fourth and final line.

  • Wobbly lines: All lines have to be drawn by drawing first by ghosting it and then drawing it confidently with the shoulder prioritizing confidence over accuracy. Your lines sometimes wobble or are curved.

I think you have done the important things correctly enough to mark this lesson as complete.

Next Steps:

Please practice the "Things to improve" as a warm-up before each drawing session you do.

You can go to Lesson 2.

This community member feels the lesson should be marked as complete, and 3 others agree. The student has earned their completion badge for this lesson and should feel confident in moving onto the next lesson.
2:54 PM, Saturday November 14th 2020

Thank you so much for your critique! Sorry for responding so late. Your criticisms were well thought out and I think you hit the mark perfectly on the things that I need to work on. Not only that, you were every polite in your wording.

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