Alrighty~

The lines section is fairly good. I notice 2 issues, both minor. The first is in regards to the shorter superimposed lines- they’re a little wobbly. Remember that our priority here is confidence, not accuracy. This means that it’s perfectly fine for our lines to miss our guidelines, end points, etc., so long as this is in pursuit of confidence. Similarly, it’s okay for them to run off course, too. It’s more important for our lines to maintain a consistent trajectory, than course correct. The ghosted lines look good, but be a tiny bit more mindful of your starting point, and try to maintain a consistent speed throughout, rather than decrease it as you approach your ending point. Finally, the planes look really good, but be careful not to correct an incorrect line, and plot some start/end points for the non-diagonal center lines, too.

The ellipse section is a little sloppier, in comparison, but improves nicely throughout the set. My #1 recommendation is to rotate around all of your ellipses a consistent number of times. 2-3 times is the suggestion- I recommend 2. Secondly, I’ll recommend spending a little longer on the ghosting stage, as that’s the difference between matching and non-matching rotations. If you do this, and find that they’re still not particularly tight, don’t worry- it’s one of those things that improves over time (this is no excuse to put it off, however.) Finally, I’ll recommend lifting your pen off the page at the end of your rotations, rather than flicking it off, so as to get rid of their tails. Let’s talk specifics! In the table of ellipses exercise, your ellipses are snug, and those that share a frame also share a degree/tilt. I’d have liked to see a little more experimentation in regards to their degrees, however- try some thinner ones, too, next time. The ‘spend a little more time on the ghosting stage’ advice is particularly useful for the ellipses in planes exercise. Consider ghosting at different speeds, too, to find the one that best suits you. As for the funnels, 3 of them seem to be missing their minor axes. This is a bit of a problem, since aligning your ellipses to them is the entire point of the exercise, but, thankfully, it’s present in the others, and it does indeed cut them into two equal, symmetrical halves- just be a little more careful, next time.

Now, let’s talk about your boxes. The plotted perspective exercise looks good, though I’d have liked to see more than 5 boxes. All 5 of them are correct, though! The line quality, and especially the convergences of the rough perspective exercise improve considerably throughout the set- nicely done. To take them even further, remember that because of the rules of perspective, the back face of each box is similar in shape to the front face, only smaller. So, if your points suggest a different shape, like in some of the earlier examples, simply ignore them, in favor of others. Ultimately, the majority of our time here is spent planning- to do even better, spend even longer. Solid attempt at the rotated boxes exercise. It doesn’t quite rotate, likely because you forgot about the 4 reminder boxes on each corner..., but the boxes are, for the most part, snug. Finally, the organic perspective exercise is quite nice, save for one issue: its foreshortening. You’ll remember from these notes that dramatic foreshortening is used to suggest that an object is either really large, or really close to us- neither of which are the case here, particularly when looking at the far off boxes. As such, the recommendation is to stick to shallow foreshortening, for this exercise. Other than that, I’d have liked to see some more exaggerated scale, and perhaps some overlaps, too, but that’s alright. There’ll be plenty of time to play in the box challenge- your next stop.