Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
10:22 PM, Monday August 16th 2021
I am looking forward to drawing these boxes. You guys think there is anything I should work on before I tackle the 250?
TY
Hi Kungfufrogz! Congratulations on finishing lesson 1! I'm Gady and i'll be reviewing your work, so let's get to it.
Lines
On superimposed lines: good job not fraying on both ends.
Lines: no wobble, but quite a bit of arching. This could be because you are pivotting more on your elbow than on your shoulder. Be aware of that and try different approaches so you'll understand how your arm works best.
Ghosted planes: not so much arching but more wobbling. I'd speculate you were here too worried about accuracy and this leads to lack of confidence. Remember: confidence > accuracy.
Ellipses
Table of ellipses: on some quadrants you left space unexplored by ellipses. Ellipses were frequently deformed to reach bounds. Same on ghosted planes: try to strike ellipses without worrying too much about accuracy first, ghosting properly but when you put ink on the paper you already gambled and there's no going back.
Funnels: ellipses don't vary angles as they get away from the center, also not drawing through 2 or 3 times some of them.
Boxes
Perspective: pretty good job. Be careful with parallel and perpendicular lines to the horizon. Be aware that on rough perspective width lines should be (and in your work sometimes are not) parallel to horizon, and height lines should be (and in your work sometimes are not) perpendicular to horizon. This is a hard task, but it's good to keep in mind so you can get better at it.
Rotated: good job at keeping edges close, main thing is boxes are almost not rotating. See diagram: https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/d73eea49.jpg
Organic: good variety and overlapping, but very scratchy lines, don't repeat them, no matter how off they come.
Final thoughts
I think you did a decent job on this lesson. You clearly understood the main goals of the excercises, except for funnel page. That's why I'll request only a revision of that page before you move on to the next part of the course.
Next Steps:
I reccommend you to do:
Just attach your revision to the reply and I'll mark this lesson as complete.
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