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5:22 AM, Thursday August 31st 2023

let's see, it's not important that you get them totally right, you just need to show that you've followed the instructions correctly

4:47 AM, Friday September 1st 2023

First revision of the 3 exercises :

  • Rotated box

  • plotted perspective

  • rough perspective

https://imgur.com/a/rnxCUl0

4:03 PM, Friday September 1st 2023

I don't know why you did those extra rough lines in the plotted perspective, you just needed to make the lines thicker by applying a bit more pressure on the fineliner, but it's fine

rough perspective: some lines are a bit wobbly but it's ok, try to make the lines faster, place the pen on the starting point (after doing some ghosting) and then BAM towards the destination

rotated boxes: ok here it really shows you were trying hard to be precise on some lines in fact those are very wobbly and not straight, remember to focus on straight lines rather than precise ones.

Try to place the boxes closer to each other, it will help you construct the neighbouring boxes edges, so the boxes will rotate more correctly. In fact top left box is flying away. Shading is optional, but it helped me distinguish the lines because as you draw boxes it gets hard to see which line is which etc

Overall good job :D

Next Steps:

start the box challenge

before each session try to do around 10 min of warmup exercises especially ghosted lines and super imposed lines

Also while doing the challenge don't worry if it takes you a long time to draw boxes, it's better to not rush them and carefully plan each line to get a feel for the perspective

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