Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

4:15 PM, Monday September 21st 2020

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I finally done it, lesson 1 completed! There were a good number of exercises that could have gone way better, but did not want to grind them, but I'm still doing some of them as warmups. Thank you for the critiques and be as harsh/honest as you can.

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5:00 PM, Monday September 21st 2020

Hey there,

Lines

Superimposed Lines - Looks great however there are some bowing which usually means you arent using shoulders.

Ghosted Lines - There are instances where your line arches. Same with superimposed lines, it is possible you are not using your shoulders.

Ghosted Planes - Looks good, lines here were confident.

Ellipses

Tables of Ellipses - Ellipses look nice, they dont overlap and it is kept within the boundry.

Ellipses in Planes - Some ellipses has wobble, this usually happens when you focus on accuracy on keeping the ellipses inside of the planes. Keep in mind its better to have confidence than accuracy

Funnels - The line is there so that the ellipses are symetrical and it is in your drawing. Good job

Boxes

Plotted Perspective - Good job on this one.

Rough Perspective - Im not sure if you corrected your lines or just added line weight but it was not accuracte. If you did try to correct your lines it is advicable not to do this. Just keep it as is and move on.

Rotated Boxes - Looks good, the rotations on some of the boxes are not consistent however i wouldnt worry about this right now

Organic Perspective - Looks good, some problems with perspective but 250 box challenge will help fix that.

Next Steps:

Overall you did great, proceed with the 250 box challenge and do not rush this. Have fun!

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5:26 PM, Monday September 21st 2020

Thank you very much for the critique. It was very detailed and gave me more perspective on my work.

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