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1:37 PM, Sunday May 5th 2024
Looking good! Here some ideas
- Superimposed lines
It looks like the longer lines become a bit arched. This can happen when drawing from the elbow instead of the shoulder for example. Check if your elbow is leaning on the table while you draw. It should be hovering for these long lines. Not sure if that's what's going on but you could try to counter it by trying towards the other direction on purpose. Often that already helps but if you went too far you need to find the middle ground.
- Ghosted planes
Overall not bad. I notice two things here:
1) the lines overshoot the points in most cases which could mean that you are going too fast or that you are not paying attention to the target point. Speed is good and your lines are mostly straight but you also wanna hit the target as much as you can.
2) Some of the lines are very curvy and not straight. This could mean different things. Maybe you're not holding the pen without enough grip and it starts to wobble. It could also mean that you don't ghost enough and just go for first attempts. Or you go so fast that you don't have control over the pen anymore. But it could also mean that the paper is slipping for some reason. Or you press too hard into the paper. Not entirely sure.
- Rotated boxes
The boxes that follow the cross are a great start. It's just the boxes that fill the 4 quarters to complete the circle that got a bit out of hand. I would go back to the lesson and pay attention to the part where he explains that you can simply line up the edges with the previous boxes. That way you have a guide to follow and just need to draw new lines for the vanishing points. Those vanishing points also move around at various speeds. It also looks like you chose a thicker pen for the rest of the boxes which makes the lines a bit hard to read. Stick to a .5 fineliner if you can.
Great job so far
Next Steps:
I would suggest you attempt the rotated boxes exercise again. I know it seems daunting but you could just do a quarter of the circle. Just so you know you understood the concept.
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