Hello,
Arrows: the linework is very wobbly - it looks like you're using your wrist to draw those, you should use your shoulder instead
Contours-ellipses: OK
Contours-curves: too wobbly again
Texture: OK
Intersections: OK, shadows should follow the forms more though
Next Steps:
You got the concepts from the lesson and can move to Lesson 3, though I suggest working a bit on better line quality first
I agree! You could also make the shading of your arrows an opportunity to practice lines between two points. If you're looking to advance more, you could make the line weigth less as the arrows move farther away
Also on the form intersections be careful that the intersection line stays on the surface closest to the viewer. For example, the box in the top left of https://i.imgur.com/p1TC1fX.jpeg has an intersection that ends on the back edge.
Also nice ellipse contours!
If you're willing to take a look at my submission https://drawabox.com/community/submission/BM06QITQ, I'd appreciate it!
Thanks guys for taking a look at my work.
I do agree with you, the arrows are not something I would be fond of, though I redid a part of the lesson (arrows included) and they seemed to improve.
Thanks your feedback and have a nice day!
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Now, we're not a big company ourselves or anything, but we have been in a position to periodically import large batches of pens that we've sourced ourselves - using the wholesale route to keep costs down, and then to split the savings between getting pens to you for cheaper, and setting some aside to one day produce our own.
These pens are each hand-tested (on a little card we include in the package) to avoid sending out any duds (another problem with pens sold in stores). We also checked out a handful of different options before settling on this supplier - mainly looking for pens that were as close to the Staedtler Pigment Liner. If I'm being honest, I think these might even perform a little better, at least for our use case in this course.
We've also tested their longevity. We've found that if we're reasonably gentle with them, we can get through all of Lesson 1, and halfway through the box challenge. We actually had ScyllaStew test them while recording realtime videos of her working through the lesson work, which you can check out here, along with a variety of reviews of other brands.
Now, I will say this - we're only really in a position to make this an attractive offer for those in the continental United States (where we can offer shipping for free). We do ship internationally, but between the shipping prices and shipping times, it's probably not the best offer you can find - though this may depend. We also straight up can't ship to the UK, thanks to some fairly new restrictions they've put into place relating to their Brexit transition. I know that's a bummer - I'm Canadian myself - but hopefully one day we can expand things more meaningfully to the rest of the world.
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