Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

3:47 AM, Wednesday October 11th 2023

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Been giving myself time to work on this every Monday and I'm more than happy to hear what you all think of how I fared when working on this!

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3:56 PM, Thursday October 12th 2023

Superimposed lines:

your lines are curved in an arc, perhaps you draw with your elbow when it needs to be done from the shoulder, the lines diverge greatly towards the end, do not forget to use the ghost method

Ellipses in planes:

You drew too large planes, and therefore when your ellipses could not fit, you bent them, try using smaller planes.

Organic perspective:

To complete this task, I recommend watching this video to better understand the boxes in space

https://youtu.be/bv3Yvfouf2o?si=_upIGRrM4cc-xp7-

I am a beginner myself, so I will not put this task as completed so that more experienced people can check it, but I think you can start the challenge in 250 boxes and do not periodically perform "Superimposed lines" and "Ellipses in planes" for 15-20 minutes a day

I don't speak English, I hope the text is clear

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11:12 PM, Wednesday November 8th 2023

I agree with the previous feedback, but think this should be marked complete.

Some boxes in the organic perspective have diverging lines, but you'll work on that in the 250 box challenge. You'll work on that a lot.

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I agree with the previous feedback, but think this should be marked complete.

Some boxes in the organic perspective have diverging lines, but you'll work on that in the 250 box challenge. You'll work on that a lot.

Keep practicing your lines and ellipses as warm ups, and go ahead to the 250 box challenge!

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1:40 PM, Thursday November 16th 2023

Hi Dracinna! I'm Cakes and I'll be giving feedback on your submission. Overall this is a solid submission and I think you are ready to move on to the box challenge! Before you proceed, I would like point out what you did good so you can keep that up as well as mistakes & other suggestions for future warm-ups.

1. Lines

What you did good:

  • In Superimposed Lines, you incorporate lines at various length from short to long. Fraying at the start of a row is a common mistake I see in this exercise so you have done a good job avoiding this!

  • In both Ghosted exercises, you carefully plot out start & end point of a line before drawing it. It's easy to forget this step in Ghosted Planes, especially for the plus (+) lines of the planes.

Mistakes/Suggestions:

  • You should incorporate more S curves & C curves into Superimposed Lines exercise.

  • In Ghosted exercises, your lines are slightly wobbling. You should review the three levels of ghosting exercise from time to time and always prioritize smoothness over accuracy.

2. Ellipses

What you did good:

  • You always stick to the recommended rounds for each ellipse (1 round + 1-2 extra rounds over). The markmaking also looks confident.

  • In Table of Ellipses, you are able to keep ellipses within bounds. Ellipse's degree & tilt within a frame also consistent.

  • In Funnels exercise, you properly space out the bound of the funnel so the minor axis cut the funnel into two symmetrical halves.

Mistakes/Suggestions:

  • In Table of Ellipses, the shape of some ellipses isn't smooth. For example, ellipses with narrowest degree of this page have spiky ends at the top & bottom, which makes them look like a rugby ball instead.

  • In Ellipses in Planes, sometimes you try too hard to make ellipses touching all four sides. This results in deformed ellipses. Take the bottom left corner plane of this page for example, you can see the ellipse has a noticeable protrusion at the bottom whereas both top & bottom portion should have the same roundness. Comfy talks about this mistake in this video from 0:45-1:50 so make sure to rewatch it. Always make sure the ellipse turn out smooth with no bumpy surface.

  • In Funnels exercise, ellipses with wider degree misalign a great deal with the funnel's minor axis (see this image, ellipse's minor axis is represented in red). Ellipses with narrower degree align decently with the minor axis so in future warm-up of this exercise, I suggest focusing more ellipses with wider degree as they appear to be what you have more trouble with.

3. Boxes

What you did good:

  • Your markmaking is smoother & more confident than that of Lines exercises.

  • In Rough Perspective, you manage to keep width lines parallel and height lines perpendicular to the horizon. Depth lines will come later with mileage and you will have a great deal of practice in the box challenge for it.

  • The right half of your Rotated Boxes "ball structure" look pretty close to the example homework. Great job!

Mistakes/Suggestions:

  • You tend to undershoot your lines in Rough Perspective. I suggest going for overshooting lines instead in order to close off every gap, which gives the box a stronger silhouette. Hope this image can help illustrate my point.

  • For Organic Perspective, in the second frame of this page, the first 5-6 smallest boxes appear to have the same size. You should exaggerate size difference a bit more. The first frame of the same page is a good example.

  • For Organic Perspective, you should add line weight to the larger box to show better overlap. You will learn a great deal about line weight in the box challenge so be sure to incorporate it into the challenge.

Next Steps:

  • 250 box challenge

  • Add Lesson 1's exercises into the warm-up pool

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