Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
2:57 PM, Thursday July 1st 2021
here i go!
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4:57 PM, Thursday July 1st 2021
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Superimposed Lines. These are a great start. However i notice some wobble and fraying fairly early in some of them. Make sure you do the ghosting motion several times and be confident and accept the result. Dont worry as mcuh about missing as having confidence.
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Ghosted lines. You rememberd to designate a start/end point. Good. They are a fine start. However same as before you have a bit of wobble and arching. Make sure you use your shoulder and keep ghosting many times to get a feel for it. Confidnece is key. Super imporant. But good work overall.
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Elipse Table. I think you have done a good job at keeping them snuggly/together and inside the border. A few stand outs here and there but overall it is a great start!Keep taking note and watch out for the border and you will get them all to fit within perfectly in no time! As for the elipses themselves they are a bit varied but you did a good job overall. The bottom ones on page 1 and page 2 show great improvment then from the start. However i notice a few of of them break down/clear yo ugave up mid way or lost confidence. Additonaly a few of them seem to not have been done with the repeated/2/3 time motion. Keep that in mind. However overall you did a good job with them.
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Ghosted planes/elipses. Good work on these! Many of them look a lot more confident and fit quite well within the ghosted plane. A few stil ldo miss the mark and dont quite fit or touch the edges so just keep that in mind and ghost as mcuh as you feel you need.
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Funnels. I think your funnels are good.A few of the elipsesa re not cut 50/50 by the minor axis so keep that in mind but other then that i think you have kept them fairly nice and snuggly with each other.A few of them dont quite touc heach other but just keep practicing and you will nail it.
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Plotted perspective. Looks good. Good lines and hatching
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Rough perspective.Your main struggle here appears to be ghosting. Your boxes are very wobbly and lack confidence. Just keep the advice i gave for ghosting lines in mind and keep practicing. Your extension lines/boxes are also off by quite a bit at some of them but that is normal for this exercise. You will get plenty of practice later on with boxes and oppertunies to understand dhow boxes are constructed and how vanishing points work.
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Rotated boxes. LOoks solid. Neatly stacked and appear to rotate. The hatching is also well done and helps show the side of the box etc.
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Organic perspective looks good. However you could stand to use a bit fewer boxes and increase the difference in size to give more depth to the boxes and perspective. Some of the lines also look a bit wonky/woobly so keep that in mind.
Overall good work! I think you are ready for lesson 2 as you appear to get the lines etc and just need more practice. You will have plenty of time to work on your boxes. Just keep doing warmup with lines to improve your confidence.
Remember to keep this in mind for the boxes as well. Take your time. Clearly plant your end/Starting point and ghost as many times as you need to. Confidence above accuracy. Always.
Good luck!
Next Steps:
I think the box challenge is the ideal next step so you can learn to understand boxes and get practice in constructing them, bothin a theortical/perspective sense and making your lines on the boxes more confident.
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