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11:23 AM, Tuesday September 8th 2020
Hi there!
In general it's not bad. Here and there I can that some lines are arching or wobbly, with time and practice you'll definitely draw them with more confidence.
with the ellipses, I would probably try to do some more, trying to get a "better ellipse-y shape", since they seem quite wobbly...
The boxes are good, except for the rotating ones, which many have problems with. The rotation is not too consistent between the various boxes, the "bases" are too far apart and not aligned, and put some emphasis on the lines would help to make the boxes more visible (try to vary the angle of your hatching too)
Next Steps:
Maybe you could try so accustom yourself with the ghosting and drawing with confidence in general.
Find a way suitable for you to get better lines and ellipses, ghosting in different ways, different positions... Experiment a little untill you fill confident enough and you fill you're doing good.
I would probably redo the rotating boxes (together with some more general practice)...
Try to keep the bases not too separated (especially the farthest ones), they need to be more compact...
A little emphasis on the visible lines and vary the hatches to make easier to distinguish the boxes...
11:22 PM, Tuesday September 8th 2020
Hello,
Thank you for taking the time to critique my work. As you saw, I was struggling with the ghosted lines and not having the confidence to follow through. I have been warming up with some of the exercises like ghosted planes and have seen a bit of improvement from where I started on that front. I started feeling a lot more comfortable with it while I was completing the organic perspective exercise.
As for the rotated boxes, that was far and away the exercise I had the most trouble with. The whole concept didn't fully click until I went back and redid the boxes as you suggested. While I still struggled a lot the second go around, I think generally I was able to figure out how to get the bases to rotate with the rest of the box. Rotated Boxes. I'd still appreciate it if you gave feedback on this second go around.
Again, thank you for your feedback.
11:39 PM, Tuesday September 8th 2020
Yeah, that's great looking...
The bases now closer, more consistent sizes, aligned and everything is better.
Next Steps:
Now that you have a better understanding of the rotating thing and everything is in order, you can go on and have fun with the 250 boxes challenge...
Good luck :)
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