Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
10:18 AM, Saturday November 2nd 2024
glad such course exists! im looking forward to improving with everyone!
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1:48 PM, Tuesday November 5th 2024
Hi, I'll try to evaluate your work. Good job on completing the lesson!
I can't help but notice that you are using an A5(I think?) notebook. Bigger formats would mean longer lines to better practice drawing from your shoulder. Also the notebook pages are a bit curved so this may affect your lines a bit. I'd switch to printer paper, but the choice is yours.
Anyway, the exercises look mostly correct, but:
Ghosted lines - I feel like you focused more on connecting the dots rather than creating a straight line. I can see some lines there that missed the mark but are straight and confident. Try doing that more, accuracy will come naturally with practice.
Table of Ellipses - Remember to draw through your ellipses 2-3 times, you miss that sometimes
Organic Perspective - Some of the edges of your boxes don't converge to their vanishing points correctly. But this is still ok because....
... you should move on to the Box challenge - you'll have a lot of practice there.
Remember those points when revisiting those exercises in your warm-ups.
Best of luck!
Next Steps:
Move on to the 250 Box Challenge
6:20 PM, Friday November 8th 2024
thank you for taking your time to give me some tips! i will be sure to use them throughout and after 250 box challange. good luck on your journey aswell!
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