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4:40 PM, Wednesday August 19th 2020
Firstly, congrats and well done on completing lesson 1! The first step is often the hardest.
Now onto the slightly long critique, which I hope will be helpful and not too critical.
Lines
1. Superimposed Lines.
Your lines arc so I recommend you try and arc them in the opposite direction to counterbalance it. There's also just a bit of fraying on both ends so try to make sure before you put your pen down that it will land on the same start point every time.
2. Ghosted Lines.
Your accuracy is good on this, but it's causing wobbliness. You should prioritize confidence over accuracy. So once the pen's down, move quickly and don't think. That's why you plan beforehand.
3. Ghosted Planes.
You're arcing the lines quite a bit here. Like I said before, try and arc the other way. It'll take some fine tuning to iron it out, but you'll get there.Also, this isn't a big deal, but I thought I'd mention it. After you've made the plane and you go to put in the cross (going diagonally) make sure that where the vertical and horizontal lines meet is in the centre of that cross, it'll help with the ellipses.
Ellipses
1. Tables of ellipses/ellipses in planes.
They look a little stiff, so I would suggest ghosting more. I find that I have to ghost the ellipses more than when I ghost lines, to help build up enough rhythm. Also I wouldn't worry too much about keeping them in the boxes. This goes back to the confidence over accuracy thing.
2. Ellipses in funnels.
Your ellipses are better than in the tables and planes, so just keep in mind what I said about them.Boxes
1. Rough Perspective.
Your verticals are perpendicular to the horizon line which is good, but you need to keep your horizontal lines parallel to the horizon line.
2. Rotated boxes.
Remember this is a hard one, you're supposed to face plant like a baby taking its first steps, so good job on tackling it. Something that might help you is to try and keep the gaps between your boxes narrow and consistant.
3. Organic Boxes.
Good job, it's another tough one. You need to work on getting the same sets of parallel lines to go to the same vanishing point, but you'll get plenty of practise for that when you do the 250 box challenge.Once again, good job on completing lesson 1.
Next Steps:
I think you should move onto the 250 box challenge as that should help with the lines and boxes. Be confident with your line placement and enjoy the next step :-)
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9:16 AM, Tuesday August 11th 2020
your lines are not smooth enough, straight, try to practise more on ghosting of planes
Next Steps:
do planes again with straight as much possible
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