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5:01 PM, Sunday April 3rd 2022
You did very well!
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you should move on to the 250 boxes challenge
3:06 AM, Monday April 4th 2022
Thanks :>
6:32 PM, Monday April 4th 2022
While we appreciate those who take time out of their day to offer feedback to others, it does take time to provide feedback that is useful, and unfortunately encouraging statements alone do not provide enough - while also making the system think that the student has received feedback, and thus bumping them further down the list and making it less likely they'll receive any further follow-up.
If you're interested in learning how to give more actionable feedback, you can take a look at the checklists prepared by one of our teaching assistants, Elodin:
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Lesson 1: https://pastebin.com/dYnFt9PQ
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Box challenge: https://pastebin.com/dbjR9MFj
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Lesson 2: https://pastebin.com/ggmPxnzF
If however you do not have the time (as many people have busy lives), it's best that you not comment at all so the submission remains in a position to be seen by others.
9:59 AM, Tuesday April 5th 2022
Oh alright.
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11:08 AM, Thursday April 7th 2022
Hello Vinomino! I went over your homework and although you have done a really good job I would like to point out a couple of things that you can work on.
Firstly, your lines are a bit wobbly. What's causing this is most likely not using the shoulder pivot. Before making a line, try planning or ghosting more to achieve better accuracy, but your priority should be confidence ( this applies to all of your exercises). There is a couple of cases where you repeat lines, so try working on that by reminding yourself while doing the work.
Moving on, your ellipses tend to deform in certain cases. Ellipses must be symmetrical and have the same shape, so the only thing you can change is their position and size.
In the funnels exercise some of your ellipses are not going straight through the minor axes. ( because of spacing! )
Now about your boxes :
In the exercise plotted perspective, it is not necessary to put your vanishing points off the page because we are just learning about perspective and you were not really sure about where your lines go.
Further on, in the rough perspective homework try using dots instead of just executing the lines to keep your work clean. Overall looks good!
Next exercise, rotated boxes, has the same mistakes I already mentioned, I would just add that you are missing a box in the top right corner.
Organic perspective looks good and again, I would suggest using dots before putting down the line on the page.
Overall you have done well, so I will mark this homework complete. Pay attention to these mistakes in the future and good luck with the 250 boxes challenge!
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250 boxes challenge
12:36 PM, Thursday April 7th 2022
Hello Shinkai!
Thank you for your explicit feedback on my exercises. However I need to say that I did use points for drawing the lines. Also drawing some lines twice results of touching the paper slightly by accident when ghosting. Other than that, I will work with what critique I got, thank you :>
7:55 PM, Thursday April 7th 2022
Alright then, my bad! I'm quite new to critiquing others work so hopefully you don't take it wrong. Also, you're welcome :3
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