Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
12:29 AM, Sunday June 20th 2021
Used a sharpie fine point marker for the first few then switched to a staedler pigment liner.
Hello yung_pistachio congrats on completing L1. Here are my thoughts and comments regarding what can be improved in your submission:
Superimposed Lines: It is very common that in lines that expand most of the page arching will be visible. Just remember that you can consciously arch in the opposite direction if you want to counter this effect.
Ghosted Lines: Some wobble/curviness can be perceived in some lines. As you keep practicing drawing with your shoulder, this will be decreased but do keep it in mind.
Funnels: Minor axis is misaligned in some attempts
Rough Perspective: Usually as the focus of the exercise shifts, student's line quality will drop significantly, especially on this exercise. This is not the case with yours and I want to highlight that fact. Your line confidence stayed mostly intact, good work.
Rotated boxes: Most boxes aren't actually rotating and are still following the same vanishing point. I'd also suggest that you employ the use of hatching lines to help create a visual hierarchy.
Organic Perspective: Good work, just make sure that the rate of foreshortening is kept consistent. For example, in the first attempt the closest 3 boxes are significantly bigger than the rest. Try to keep the rate at which the boxes grow more consistent.
Conclusion: Good work, you are definitely on the right path and I'm marking the lesson as complete. Remember to incorporate these exercises as warm ups during the next lessons and I'd encourage you to try your hand at the rotated boxes exercise considering the points remarked above. If you haven't already I suggest that you join the Drawabox discord server for further assistance.
Best of luck in the 250 box challenge.
-Slyx
Next Steps:
Conclusion: Good work, you are definitely on the right path and I'm marking the lesson as complete. Remember to incorporate these exercises as warm ups during the next lessons and I'd encourage you to try your hand at the rotated boxes exercise considering the points remarked above. If you haven't already I suggest that you join the Drawabox discord server for further assistance.
Best of luck in the 250 box challenge.
-Slyx
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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