Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
4:30 AM, Wednesday March 8th 2023
Took forever but I'm glad I finally finished lesson 1. Would really appreciate critique on the ellipses and boxes section. Thanks!
Hello, I'll be critiquing your work
Lines
Your superimposed lines are off to a great start, as you have drawn them confidently and from a clear point, keeping wavering to one side. Fraying usually disappears with more practice.
Ghosted lines and planes are both turning out well, so I don't have much critique to offer
Ellipses
Moving on to tables of ellipses, you are keeping them mostly tidy and confidently drawn, but I do have a few issues I want to mention. In regards to tidiness, some of your ellipses are a bit spaced out and should be drawn closer to each other. Your ellipses are also turning out uneven in some areas, so it's important that you keep them symmetrical and well rounded out on both ends.
Ellipses in planes are turning out well, but like I said above, your ellipses should be symmetrical and well-rounded.
You do not have to worry about making the ellipse touch all contact points of the plane, but rather focus on the width of the ellipse and which position it is in.
Next, with your funnel exercise, it seems that they are turning out a lot more tidy and very symmetrical. There are, of course, some mistakes with the alignment of the ellipses to the minor axis, but overall these have improved.
Boxes
On the rough perspective, your linework is turning out nice and confident. The estimations for the vanishing points are a bit off but will improve with practice. Also, I believe that you are only supposed to extend the line correction to the horizon line and not further. I only say this because it will make it look less cluttered, but it is not something to worry about entirely.
Rotated boxes are turning out well, as it looks like you are keeping the gaps narrow and consistent along with thinking about the rotation of the boxes.
Lastly, organic perspective is confident in most areas, and I notice that you are making good attempts at the perspective of the boxes, but any issues here will be addressed in the 250 Box Challenge. I also recommend adding some lineweight over the overlapping areas.
Alrighty I believe you should be able to move on to the next lesson. Good job and make sure to practice all of this in your warmups!
Next Steps:
250 Box Challenge
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