Partial Lesson 1 Submission (3 / 10 exercises)
10:40 PM, Tuesday April 7th 2020
Any comments or critique will be greatly appreciated!
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5:46 AM, Wednesday April 8th 2020
Overall, they’re a little lacking in confidence. This is particularly noticeable in the ghosted planes exercise. Remember that, despite the big picture, all you’re doing is drawing the same line, over and over. Try not to get overwhelmed.
I’d like to see one more page of the ghosted planes exercise, where you spend as much time on each line as you did on the ghosted lines exercise. If they can be confident there, they can be confident here, too. I won’t request a redo for them, but I’ll quickly remind you that in the superimposed lines exercise, lines should maintain a consistent trajectory. That is to say, the line shouldn’t course correct back and forth, but rather continue onto the same direction.
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5:29 PM, Wednesday April 8th 2020
Like the previous post mentioned. I'd redo the ghosted planes. The lines are too wobbly. I can you see aiming your lines, as you're drawing them. I don't believe that correct. just practice the path, 3-4 times, and just go for it. It's okay to mess up. That's the point! It will get better and better.
Despite everything, try to not worry about making the perfect shape. It's more about straight lines.
It's okay if it over extends, or if the line goes into another polygon. The exercise is to retrain our brain into being intentional about every line we draw.
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