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2:43 PM, Tuesday April 25th 2023
Hello there! Firstly, I see your work hasn’t yet been critiqued in a while. I hope I am not too late and that my feedback can be of some help. Congrats for getting through the lesson, and the 250 Box Challenge before that. Here is my critique:
ORGANIC ARROWS:
Generally smooth lines, while some have a slight wobble. Try to draw a line in a single stroke instead of connecting segments together. Also try keep the consistency from larger to smaller, as the arrow gets further away.
ORGANIC FORMS WITH CONTOUR LINES:
Well done with the ellipses, I can see you have given thought to the angle of the ellipses along the axis. Try going slightly slower with a bit more of a controlled motion and remember the ghosting method. The contour ellipses look great, although there is a sight wobble at times. Try sticking to larger organic forms as they are easier to work with (like 5 to 7 a page!).
TEXTURE ANALYSIS:
Your textures could do with a bit of work! Try analyse the shadows cast. Your transition from dark to light could be a bit more of a smooth transition.
DISSECTIONS:
Try make the edges darker where the form wraps around towards the back. The area facing you should have the least detail as its being hit by the light and therefore has little cast shadows. Adding detail to certain areas also helps draw the eye to those areas. The silhouette was also broken which helps add the form and the feel of texture.
FORM INTERSECTIONS:
Try changing the angle in which your boxes are rotated in a space, instead of having the corner always face the viewer head on. Try have the boxes intersect more with each other.
ORGANIC INTERSECTIONS:
Try drape the organic forms on each other. Thet are not ridged objects. These organic forms will dip into crevices and fall across other forms. Your contour lines are generally smooth with a few wobbly lines. Really look at where the shadow will fall. Some organic forms might have larger shadows depending on how it falls onto another object.
Else, well done on this exercise. Of course, keep doing Lesson 1 warmups as you are heading through the next lessons.
Next Steps:
Practice boxes and ellipses as warm-ups! Continue to Lesson 3 - Applying construction to plants.
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