Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
6:54 PM, Tuesday February 1st 2022
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5:39 AM, Wednesday February 2nd 2022
Good job on completing Lesson 1! I'll review your work and see if you need to improve on anything.
Lines: I see on your Superimposed Lines that there's some fraying on both ends of your lines. Make sure you take the time to reposition your pen after every line you draw. There's a bit of wobble in your Ghosted Lines and Ghosted Planes, but that'll improve with practice. Plus you did a good job in prioritizing confidence over accuracy. Good work!
Ellipses: On Tables of Ellipses, you did a great job on making confident ellipses. Yeah, some are little wonky but that'll improve over time. I'd suggest you practice different varieties of ellipses, too. On Ellipses in Planes, you did a good job retaining the shape of each ellipse inside each plane. Funnels look great as well, and you even started narrow in the middle of the funnel and slowly increased the degree.
Boxes: You did a good job on Rough Perspective by keeping the horizontal lines parallel and vertical lines perpendicular to the horizon. You made a good attempt on the Rotated Boxes by making sure the boxes were rotating and kept close together. On Organic Perspective, I feel you could have done a better job on letting your boxes overlap and exaggerating the scale of the boxes that are up close. These things really sell that there is a sense of depth in the drawing. But, these are things that you can improve upon when you do the 250 Box Challenge.
I think you're ready to tackle the 250 Box Challenge. Just make sure you come back to these exercises when you warm up to stay sharp! Best of luck to you! :)
Next Steps:
Move on to the 250 Box Challenge. :)
9:25 AM, Thursday February 3rd 2022
You're completely right about the organic perspective thing, I was hesitant to make lines overlap on my first page, and I found it is hard to imagine the swooping line to be in a 3d space
Thank you Shrunk, looking forward to the 250 box challenge :)
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