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12:06 PM, Friday August 20th 2021
Hi Brumcrumbs! Congratulations on finishing lesson 1! I'm Gady and i'll be reviewing your work, so let's get to it.
Lines
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On superimposed lines, there's almost not fraying on both ends, that's good. But keep in mind you should place your fineliner carefully on only one point and then strike your lines as they come.
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The main issue on this stage is that lines are wobbling and arching. This improves on ghosted planes, but I'd speculate you are too worried about accuracy and this leads to lack of confidence. Remember: confidence > accuracy.
Ellipses
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On table of ellipses you did a very good job. You have variety, you are reaching for bounds; but still, the main issue is all your ellipses are not very confident.
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Funnels, same thing. Ellipses being bisected by minor axis, wider angles as they get away from the center; still, wobbliness. Again, mileage and making mistakes will solve this.
Boxes
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Rotated boxes: all in all, fine job. One thing i'd point out: you didn't keep the edges close on the corners, so that leads to accumulated deformation.
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Perspective: good job at keeping width lines parallel and height lines perpendicular to the horizon line. Considering the things I have pointed out about your lines in previous sections, I found this curious; in this excercise it is common to have a excessive wobbly line, because you are worrying not only about nailing lines but also perspective: this is not your case at all. Although they still lack a bit of confidence, you managed to draw believable boxes in perspective. So yeah, mileage doing its work already.
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Organic perspective: excellent job, lots of overlapping, this adds up to your box mileage for sure.
Final thoughts
I think you did a very decent job on this lesson. You clearly understood the main goals of the excercises, and although you still need to approach lines with a confident-focus mindset, this is something that can only be achieved with more and more practice, so I'll be marking this lesson as complete.
Next Steps:
Incorporate these excercises to your daily 15 minute warm-ups and move on to 250 Box Challenge. Good luck!
3:21 PM, Friday August 20th 2021
Thank you for your feedback, Gady! It took me a while to find a way to hold my pen correctly (also had issues with hand cramps/shoulder movement), which probably contributed to my focus on accuracy as opposed to confidence. I initially found myself constantly resetting my posture and grip, which was really frustrating. I'm still needing to be mindful to be in a comfortable drawing position, but it's not as often thanks to mileage. I think this helped shift my mindset to focus more on confident lines in the Boxes section, so I'm happy you saw a bit of progress! I look forward to practicing confident lines in future lessons & warm ups outside of Draw a Box; I'll also work on those ellipses. Next time I attempt the rotating boxes, I'll make sure to keep box edges close! Thanks again!
8:38 PM, Friday August 20th 2021
I'm glad you found it useful, good luck!
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