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6:22 PM, Friday September 4th 2020
Hello
I'll be reviewing your homework.
It seems that you are fairly comfortable with the pen, but that starts to collapse as soon as you move into drawings you arent familiar with. Rough perspective, Rotated Boxes etc.
This lesson is mostly meant to teach you how to draw confidently and with less wobbly lines.
It seems you have struggles quite a bit with rough perspective which i won't assign extra work for because it does seem that you have understand the main idea of how the lesson works. You try and keep your boxes as normal looking as possible while trying to get your red lines to go straight to the VP. You will get more practice on this in the 250box challenge.
I can also see improvement on your organic perspective, your first page is off looking but you steadily improve on the 2nd page.
Please keep at drawing with your shoulder during your warmups and stay confident even in lessons you aren't comfortable at. Overall i consider this lesson finished even.
Please move on to the 250 Box Challenge next before tackling lesson 2. Good luck ???
This community member feels the lesson should be marked as complete, and 2 others agree. The student has earned their completion badge for this lesson and should feel confident in moving onto the next lesson.
12:04 AM, Tuesday February 16th 2021
Thank you Maxxburn! I'm only signing into this after finally (finally!) finishing the 250 box challenge, and I had no idea this first assignment ever got critiqued. Thank you for the feedback, it's much appreciated!
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