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5:58 PM, Saturday September 2nd 2023
Hi, I'll be critiquing your work.
LINES
Your superimposed lines look to be made confidently, with fraying only on one end. Good work.
It seems that you have prioritized making confident marks in your ghosted lines, with minimal arching, nice job.
ELLIPSES
I notice that your ellipses are looking a bit wobbly, I also see that they are escaping the bounds of the plane. Do take care to be patient, and take as much time as you need to ghost to create an ellipse.
I like that in your tables of ellipses you seem to have prioritized drawing more confident ellipses, however they are still escaping the bounds of the table.
The ellipses in your funnels appear to be aligned with the minor axis, good work. There are just a few cases where they escape the bounds.
BOXES
I noticed that the boxes at the end of the middle row in your rotated boxes page are not continuously rotating away, other than that small error, it looks good!
https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/5f4fef59.jpg this is an example of the boxes rotated away correctly from the rotated boxes homework page.
It looks like you have correctly used the line correction method in your rough perspective work, however, I noticed some more wobbly lines.
In your organic perspective work I noticed a lot more arching in your lines, do remember to be patient, and take your time when ghosting before you confidently execute your mark.
Next Steps:
Make sure to do some ellipses in planes exercises with your next warmup.
250 box challenge, good luck!
8:54 PM, Sunday September 3rd 2023
Thanks!
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