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Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

10:53 PM, Wednesday May 8th 2024

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On a few of the tasks, notably on the rough perspective one, i almost needed to get through the first couple with mistakes to then fully understand what I needed to do. I also wasn't ENTIRELY sure of the logic underneath the organic perspective.

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6:23 AM, Friday May 10th 2024

Hello! Congrats on your first submission in Drawabox. I'm Meap and I will critique your work today :3.

Lines:

Overall, your lines are consistent, not wobbly, very clear signs of confidence! After you have nailed the first two level for your lines, another small tip that can help you improve the accuracy (can be applied for all the lines you make in the future): First, take as much time and attempts needed for your ghosting method. Next, when you're confident enough to execute the line, focus your eye on the end point and shoot your line instead of following your eye along with the pen. This is just a personal tip so you can try to see if it works for you as well.

Ellipses:

I would recommend you in the future warm-ups to draw through the ellipses either 2 or 3 times only. More than that would cause your finished work seems unnecessarily messy and scratchy. Other than that, overall, nice job! Your ellipses are mostly evenly shaped and consistent. I can tell you did thrive trying to fit the ellipses against the borders, the funnels, and the planes.

Boxes

1. Plotted Perspective

• The lesson requires one page only for this exercise. So remember to take your time reading the instructions and the requirements carefully. Beside that, you did great on this one.

2. Rough Perspective

• Based on the lines that you shown in this exercise, I assume a few lines are being drawn over again to improve your previous stray lines. This may happen due to not applying the ghosting method as thoroughly as you could be. It's better to take as much time as you need before committing one, confident line. But everything else looks good.

3. Rotated Boxes

• You did a great job on this one! Clearly shown you follow the core steps of the exercise. Some lines are a bit wobbly so remember to always prioritize confidence over accuracy and draw from your shoulder. The gaps between your boxes are tight and consistent. Not to mention your boxes are rotated very nicely. You seem to be missing 4 boxes in the corners though.

4. Organic perspective

• I assume a few lines of the boxes are being drawn over again to improve your previous stray lines in this one too? If so, then the critique will remain the same with the Rough Perspective exercise. There are some cases of divergence and overly dramatic foreshortening. You may need to give yourself more time to think through the planning phase of their lines (during which you place your various points). Highly encourage you to do so when moving onto the 250 box challenge. A nice attempt of hatching here; however, the lines are bunched together pretty tightly. This isn't a huge problem, but it might be resulting in uneven spacing and/or wobble on the box planes. Spreading those lines out a bit could help achieve smooth lines and give yourself enough space to work with to establish uniform hatching. Remember to apply the ghosting method for the lines of the hatching as well.

Overall, I can tell you have a pretty decent grasp on perspective. Your lines are gradually more confident and consistent over each exercise as well. You can definitely start incorporating these exercises as your warms-up and moving onto the 250 boxes challenge now!

Next Steps:

Incorporating these exercises as warm-ups

Move onto the 250 boxes challenge

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.
11:32 AM, Friday May 10th 2024

Appreciate this feedback so much! Incredibly helpful insight on all points. Thank you

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