Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
3:01 PM, Monday July 8th 2024
28.VI.24 - 4.VII.24
Hey there AlwinWren, congratulations on your submission of Lesson 1! My name is Mickey and I'll be providing your critique this round. Let's get to it!
Your superimposed lines exercise was completed to satisfaction, great job including a varied array of line lengths and curves.
Your ghosted lines exercise has also been done well, each mark begins correctly on one of the dots and follows through with confidence and accuracy.
Good job on your ghosted planes and ellipses in planes, it's clear that each stroke has been executed with confidence and care, and the ellipses have been drawn through and fit within the bounds of the plane.
Your table of ellipses includes a variety of ellipse degrees and angles, the space was used well and your ellipses are drawn through. Well done.
Your funnels exercise is similarly well-executed. For an extra challenge, I would recommend that for future iterations of this exercise, you try varying the degree of your ellipses to create the illusion of expansion as you move out from the center (see: https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/18/step3).
Your plotted perspective exercise is also satisfactory. Each box traces back to its appropriate vanishing points, and the vertical edges are parallel and drawn to the appropriate corners.
You've got the concept down for your rough perspective exercise, but I see several doubled / drawn over lines in your boxes. Whether this is due to the pen drying out mid-stroke or an undershot mark, I'm not sure; keep in mind that overshooting your lines is perfectly fine as long as the stroke is confident. I'd also give the Lesson 0 materials page (see: https://drawabox.com/lesson/0/4/pens) another look to make sure you've got the properly sized 0.5mm fineliner for this course, or posting in the #drawabox-pens channel in the Discord, if the issue is with your pen. While there's some slack for Lesson 1, you're expected to have the proper materials to continue with official critique beyond this point.
Rotated boxes is an (in)famously challenging piece of homework, and it looks like you've properly grasped the concepts of edge alignment, rotation, and mirroring your boxes.
For your organic perspective exercise, I see a great variety in Y shapes and sizes. You tried drawing some boxes much larger (closer to the viewer) and some much smaller (farther) -- very nice! Implying depth through size is a foundational perspective trick.
In all: great work! I'm very pleased to mark your Lesson 1 as done and give you the go-ahead for the box challenge. Keep these exercises in your warmup rotation, I like to recommend this handy tool (https://mark-gerarts.github.io/draw-a-card/) to help you choose a warmup. Congratulations!
Next Steps:
Proceed to the 250 Box Challenge.
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