Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

10:43 PM, Friday September 11th 2020

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I've recognized a fair number of mistakes on the way, most of them after I've already finished the given number of pages. I could've taken more time in doing some of these. Anyway, here it is-

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2:21 AM, Friday January 1st 2021

Lines

  1. The superimposed lines tend to divert, specially the long ones. Something to consider when doing this exercise in the future

  2. Your ghosting is curvy. Mine improved when I really focused on using my shoulder as the pivot. Good job and keep practicing

  3. The lines on your ghosted planes look more straight. When the preasure of hitting the final dot goes away it tends to make it easier to draw a staright line. Try to do that first and then later work on precision

Ellipses

  1. The ellipses in the plane sis a tough exercise. You tried hard and there is more plractice here needed but for the starter they are ok

  2. The cones look pretty good and you stayed true to the 2 loops max goal

Boxes

  1. Good job with the rough perspective

  2. The corners of the rotaing boxes are not complete, they are missing the lines behind, but youy had a good try

  3. Good job with the fading boxes

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6:26 PM, Friday July 9th 2021

Thank you for the critique, appreciate it :D

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