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Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

12:07 AM, Friday July 9th 2021

Direct Link: https://i.imgur.com/JKgEF3h.jpg

A small side note : I used the sakura micron 08 for all of lesson 1 but seemingly after i completed the super imposed lines excercise the pen started to die out. I had to hold it at a 90 degree angle for the ink to come out. I probably damaged it some how.

Also I did do all the assigned pages of homework i just didnt take pictures of both copies. For the ghosted planes i didnt take a picture of the second page before doing the ellispes.

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4:27 AM, Saturday July 10th 2021

Hello KTHEARTIST,

  • Good job on completed the lesson 1 and hope you are doing good?

  • Good Job on superimposed lines and ghosting lines. Your lines are fairly neat and clean. Although i can see few waves in ghosting lines which should be avoided. It seems like you were going a bit for precision but at this point just focus on confidence and precision will come naturally.

  • I see you have put points when drawing planes and those lines are fairly straight and confident so it got better. Good job on ellipses.

  • It appears that your second round of drawing circle sometimes flows out of the plane so this can be made better again with ghosting method which im sure you already are doing. With more practice this will improve.

  • Your boxes are good to. Although in rough perspective boxes you should have drawn more boxes. But no matter. The next section is full of that.

  • Now the only proper criticism i have is of Rotated Boxes. Here firstly

    1. Each of those boxes should be tightly sitting next to each other as if there's only small space left between them.

    2. Plus make sure to rotate those boxes slightly as you move. For example: you have the middle box, below that box you have a slight rotation but again below that it has the same rotation. It only gives the impression that your box is more in the front. Remember, You will see less of the box's face as they move away from the center.

    3. The boxes also have huge distance between them in left side of the drawing.

  • Overall you have done really good job on lesson 1 on understanding what needs to be done.

Next Steps:

I would ask you to do the rotated box exercise again. This is important because your next exercise would be the 250 box challenge and hence you should be clear about the box mechanics. Do the exercise again and really pay attention to the following:

  • The boxes should have very little space between them in all direction. Up, down, left and right.

  • As the boxes move away from center they should be rotated and moved. You'll see less of the box's face.

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
6:56 PM, Tuesday August 24th 2021

https://imgur.com/a/28XBtZh

Thank you for the critique. I'm still having a hard time with understanding how to rotate them. I think I was able to get the gaps a bit narrower this time but the top is still wonky.

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