25 Wheel Challenge
10:38 PM, Monday October 5th 2020
top left is where I started
Overall I'd say these are pretty good. Notably you're getting how the turning of the tread around the tire changes the its spacing. You also seem to be competently drawing the various spokes evenly through the cylinder (though there are a few minor mistakes there).
There are two things I want to point out here though.
You're a little light on the detailing, particularly on the front wall and spokes of the tire. I expect this is probably because you're drawing small due to limitations of an ellipse guide, but I would still try to fit a bit more detail in there. Particularly, make sure that you're giving depth to the spokes for the tires. A lot of them are quite flat as drawn.
Watch the angle of your ellipses for the back edge of the tire. The degree of the ellipse is always going to be larger for the further side of the cylinder. On some of these (eg 3rd row, 3rd from the right) you're either making them the same or making the degree smaller on the back side.
The last thing I want to note here is that there's very little variation on these. You're drawing them all from the same vertical perspective and they're all fairly similar tires. I would recommend attempting a few more before or during L7 from higher/lower perspective and differing wheel types (eg bicycle, moped, airplane, wagon, etc...) just to get a bit more variety of exposure to how wheels can differ.
Next Steps:
Move on to L7. I'd recommend trying a few more wheels with a bit more variety for more practice.
A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.
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