Hello LORD_DARDON,
So glad to have you part of this community and hope you are doing okay?
Here are my thoughts on your homework.
Very good superimposed lines. There's very less fraying on the opposite side and good job on the curves too.
Now as for ghosting lines, the number one thing that this exercise requires is confidence. (meaning straight confident lines). But i see lot of wobbling here and there on many lines. Upon seeing you are VERY good at connecting the lines properly to the points and MAYBE thats why some of your lines came out wobbly. At this stage it is okay if your lines are not precise but it should be confident straight lines.
I like your lines in ghosting planes. Very straight and confident. Also like the ellipses inside of it. Even then there are few wobblying for ellipses here and there but its not lot.
In the funnel exercise, In few of the funnels at the side, the line does not cut evenly in between those circle. the line is meant to represent how the circles are placed and hence it should be splitting those ellipses in the middle. In the future do pay attention to that.
In rough perspective, SINCE there's only one vanishing point on the page the face of the box would always face the viewer. And because of that the verticle lines would always be perpendicular to the horizon line and horizontal lines would always be parallel to the horizon lines. I see couple of boxes where this rule is not followed. Get familiar with this concept since this will help you in 250 box challenge.
Loved your rotated box exercise as well.
Overall, good job on your lesson 1.
Next Steps:
I would like to ask you to do just one page of ghosting lines where you try not get your lines wobbling. Place two points, start at one point and using ghosting method just draw a line up to the end point. Its okay to not be precise (meaning not connecting to the points) but mainly focus on getting a straight confident line. With practice as you go forward precision will come naturally.
Thank you Heiwa,
Sorry that it took so long to reply and I greatly appreciate your feedback. I'm so happy to be part of the community again and completed one page of Ghosting Lines for your recommendation.
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