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10:06 PM, Sunday July 5th 2020
edited at 10:07 PM, Jul 5th 2020

Hello Nikovertus! It looks like you are missing your Superimposed Lines Homework pages. I will critique the rest of your homework, and you just need to reply with a link to the rest of your work.

Lines

Your lines look smooth and confident. There are times where you sacrifice some of this confidence for accuracy, so just keep in mind that confidence and smoothness should always be prioritized over accuracy.

Ellipses

Again, most of your ellipses look smooth, just remember that making a smooth ellipse should always be a priority. When ghosting an ellipse, remember to keep in mind its width, length, and tilt. Especially in the funnel exercise, you can see how the minor axes of the ellipses, which should line up to the central line that you draw at the start, can sometimes drift and start leaning to the side over time.

Boxes

A few of your boxes end up diverging away from the vanishing point. Keep in mind during the 250 Box Challenge that instead the lines should always converge towards the vanishing point. Don't forget that you can use the ghosting technique to help plan these convergences.

Reminder

Don't forget that grinding isn't something that is encouraged, and instead we should move on to the next exercises. I'm just mentioning this because it looks like you did 4 pages of Rough Perspective rather than the recommended 2 pages and 3 pages of Table of Ellipses instead of 2.

Next Steps:

Please provide your Superimposed Lines Homework. Otherwise, well done!

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
edited at 10:07 PM, Jul 5th 2020
2:54 AM, Monday July 6th 2020
edited at 2:55 AM, Jul 6th 2020

Hello Ma'am/Sir, 

 Thank you for your critique. However, I think I still am not ready to take on the 250 box challenge for the lack of skills despite reading and watching through all of the lessons. Can I ask for more tips before I do the boxes? Perhaps I need to reread the whole of Lesson 1. Once again, thank you for your time.

https://imgur.com/gallery/BsY4orI

edited at 2:55 AM, Jul 6th 2020
5:24 PM, Wednesday July 8th 2020
edited at 5:25 PM, Jul 8th 2020

Hello Nikovertus. My apologies on a late reply.

One thing you need to look out for in your superimposed lines is at times you don't do a fluid motion and try to correct it midway. When you do these in future warmups, focus on a confident stroke and only then start worrying about accuracy.

I understand that you feel that you're skills aren't to the level that you want them to be, but similar to the message in the grinding article, I will suggest that you accept that your skills aren't perfect for now and move on the the 250 box challenge. The quality will come with time as you continue to work on these exercises in your warmups.

Next Steps:

I'm gonna go ahead and mark this as complete and good luck on the 250 Box Challenge.

This community member feels the lesson should be marked as complete, and 2 others agree. The student has earned their completion badge for this lesson and should feel confident in moving onto the next lesson.
edited at 5:25 PM, Jul 8th 2020
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