Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
4:05 PM, Friday August 14th 2020
Apologies for quality, i'm restricted to my phone camera atm
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5:19 AM, Sunday August 30th 2020
Overall its good work, your lines are smooth and confident. I don't really know what to say but good luck on the 250 box challenge.
Next Steps:
250 box challenge
1:07 AM, Friday September 4th 2020
Thanks!
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3:30 PM, Wednesday September 2nd 2020
Congratulations on finishing lesson 1! Overall, you did a great job on all the assigments.
Lines: Your lines are looking very good to me, straight and confident. I think I notice some arcing in the ghosted lines on some of the longer lines, so go back to the lesson to see advice on how to correct arced lines. Make sure you are drawing using your shoulder for each motion, that tends to help with arcing.
Ellipses: Your ellipses have a good shape but they're a little wild. Try working on the shoulder motion you're using to make them and don't forget to ghost before drawing each one. In the tables they should be touching on both ends, never floating in space. Some of the ellipses in funnels look like they've been drawn through more than 3 times, so try to limit your draw throughs to 2-3 times.
Boxes: Great attempt at the organic perspective exercise. You have some issues but they will be addressed when you do the 250 box challenge. The only thing I would say you could work on for this exercise would be adding line weight to the boxes that are supposed to be closer to make them feel closer to the viewer and enhance the illusion of depth in the image.
Next Steps:
Move on to the 250 box challenge, making sure to draw from your shoulder. Ghosted lines and ghosted planes make great exercises to warm up before your drawing sessions. I would also recommend practicing your tables of ellipses, although you won't need to draw ellipses for the challenge - but it will prevent you from getting rusty on them and let you practice drawing with your shoulder.
Now that you've gotten your lesson 1 feedback, try giving feedback to other students!
1:06 AM, Friday September 4th 2020
Thanks a lot for the critique. I will go on then!
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