Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
2:40 PM, Thursday March 18th 2021
Tried my best but some of the later exercises are probably mostly wrong, appreciate any helpful critique.
Hey there and congrats on completing Lesson One!
You already said it yourself and you were right, there are definitely a few things I think you should go over before going onto the next section. Don't worry though, we'll go through them together!
Lines
Your Superimposed Lines were a bit wobbly but I feel like you got better around the second page. Still wobbly but progress is progress, congrats!
For the Ghosted Lines, they all have either an arch to them or even end up wobbly. This comes either due to not ghosting enough beforehand and/or getting insecure around the end of your stroke. It's okay if you shoot over your point of destination, the essence of this particular lessons is confidence in your stroke. And believe me you will need it in the upcoming Challenge. They're also pretty short and few on that big paper.
Same goes for the Ghosted Planes. Since you have way more lines in this exercise, so this is the first thing I'd like for you to redo! Ghost your lines as many times as you need and then place one confident stroke. Also try to really fill up the page. I know it's a lot and difficult but the practice and patience will pay off and you'll thank yourself later. You can look at Uncomfortable's Example Sheet in the Homework Section as Reference too! (I do that to, so often haha)
Ellipses
Ellipses are mostly well done! Congrats! They feel more confident and smooth than your lines and you always draw through them twice, like Uncomfortable said in his explanation. Not everybody does that sadly haha. But! In the Tables of Ellipses your Ellipses are sometimes floating randomly in the air which is what you're not supposed to do. Your Ellipses are supposed to be stacked neatly beside each other, touching each other or the border of the tables. No floating around randomly.
You'll need that skill of aiming your ellipses later as well so redo this exercise as well, please. Again, you can look at Uncomfortable's example homework and even sneak a peek into the already completed Lesson One Homeworks of other students. Aside from that, your Ellipses are pretty smooth, good job on that one!
Boxes
First exercise is totally fine and okay. Good job here :D
For the second one, Rough Perspective, it seems like you haven't quite understood the theory behind vanishing lines. However they're the very basis and everything you have to know to continue working on the Lessons. I'd advise for you to reread and maybe watch the videos of the entire section regarding vanishing points in particular and the page for the assignment. If you still don't feel like you can really understand what it's all about, feel free to join the Discord Server, there are a lot of people willing and free to help and explain everything in detail!
The Rotated Boxes and Organic Perspective are both difficult assignments, so congrats on completing them! Don't worry about them being off, you'll work on perspective and boxes later on.
All in all, I think if you really want to complete the lessons in this course, you should definitely revisit the assignments I've mentioned. I know it's hard and tedious work but trust me, it will be a 100 times harder if you don't learn them now. I wholeheartedly believe in you though. You did the entire thing already, I think you'll be able to redo a few pages.
And like I said, if you have any questions you can answer to this comment or hop onto the Discord Server where a lot more people are available for questions!
Down below I have a summary of the pages I think you should redo before hopping onto the next Challenge. Don't forget to post them here so I can mark you clear when you're done! Lots of luck!
Next Steps:
1 page of the Ghosted Planes
1 Page of the Tables of Ellipses
1 Page of the Rough Perspective
Good luck and I believe in you :D
Hi, thank you for the critique, I finished the redos and I feel there has been a big improvement: https://imgur.com/a/HdRapn0
Hey Hey!!
I went through it all and I think you did improve, which is super great, good job!
Your Lines don't arch as much anymore and overall seem more confident than before. Your Ellipses also have less room in between each other and the border. Good job! You can continue doing these assignments as a warm up. They'll help you impove your overall art skills a lot!
However for the Rough Perspective exercise it seems you still didn't quite understand the gist and theory behind perspective, vanishing points and vanishing lines.
I won't force you to do it again but I tried explaining it in my own words one more time for you and if you want to you can always try again on your own. You will need this skill in the upcoming 250 Box Challenge where you will basically do nothing else but this, so I heavily recommend trying to understand this if you don't wanna suffer throughout the next section haha. It's super rewarding to understand this as well.
In addition, here's the link to Uncomfortable's explanation on this site as well:
https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/6/vanishingpoints
AND the entire half an hour explanation via video, if that helps you learn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfHKJLir1yE&ab_channel=Uncomfortable
I hope it helps you! Obviously always feel free to ask, here or online in the community :D Aside from that I'm clearing you as Done with Lesson One and you're free to continue with the 250 Box Challenge, though I recommend definitely revisiting the Rough Perspective Assignemt at least as a Warm Up!
I wish you lots of luck and patience in the upcoming 250 Box Challenge and hope the links provided help you understand perspective a little bit easier.
Good luck and have fun!
-Lerin!
Next Steps:
250 Box Challenge + Rehearsing the Rough Perspective
Hi, thank you for giving me the clear! I tried the 250 box challenge now a few times and i want to know if I'm doing it right: http://imgur.com/a/VikleOb
Right from when students hit the 50% rule early on in Lesson 0, they ask the same question - "What am I supposed to draw?"
It's not magic. We're made to think that when someone just whips off interesting things to draw, that they're gifted in a way that we are not. The problem isn't that we don't have ideas - it's that the ideas we have are so vague, they feel like nothing at all. In this course, we're going to look at how we can explore, pursue, and develop those fuzzy notions into something more concrete.
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