Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

1:55 PM, Friday September 3rd 2021

Imgur: The magic of the Internet

Direct Link: https://i.imgur.com/xSJUcx4.jpg

Find, rate and share the best memes and images. Discover the magic of th...

finally i finished lesson one

you guys allowed to say what ever you want

3 users agree
2:45 PM, Friday September 3rd 2021

Hey great work on finishing your attempt at lesson 1. I will be taking a look at your submission.

Your superimposed lines exercise is done well with a clear starting point and fraying at only one end of the line. A bit of shaking in your longer lines, but this is likely because you are still getting used to drawing from your shoulder. Your ghosted lines and ghosted planes exercises are looking great! You are applying the ghosting method well and keeping your lines smooth. There does seem to be some hesitation near the end of the line however, seeing as they bend a bit, likely due to you slowing down your arm to hit the end point. As always, make sure you draw each line confidently through it and rely only on muscle memory after ghosting.

Your table of ellipses are looking solid here. You kept them aligned to the same angle and kept the degree consistent through the cell, plus drew most of them confidently. You do have issues with symmetry and occasionally some wobbling. One bit of advice I like to give is to try speeding up after ghosting to prevent yourself from slowing down while drawing the ellipse, and starting and ending at the minor axis; a good way to improve on the symmetry of the ellipse. Sometimes you don’t draw through your ellipses two to three times, in those cases you end halfway through the second encircle. No matter, this is a mistake you can work on in your warm-ups. Your ellipses in planes look good as well, you kept the ellipses tangent to the planes edges and drew them confidently still. Your funnels are done well too. One main issue is not aligning your minor axis with the ellipse’s and a bit of shakiness with the major axis or the tip, likely a result of hesitation. Still, you did well tucking them nicely inside the funnel and snugly against each other.

On to your boxes. For your plotted perspective, aside from that small mistake with the vertical line in the last box on the third cell to the right, likely caused by human error, this here is done well. Your rough perspective looks well. One common issue I see is not keeping your vertical lines parallel to one another. In one point perspective, your vertical and horizontal lines must remain parallel to one another since their corresponding vanishing points are at infinity, so make sure you keep them parallel and not guess too much to avoid any tilting lines there aside from the ones converging towards the vanishing point. Your rotated boxes are done pretty well. Seems like to the left of the sphere you run into the issue of not rotation your boxes well as shown here, plus some issues with the bottom of the boxes. I understand the struggle that is drawing through the rotated boxes, it is very difficult to pull off. You can try looking at the top planes for guidance, the bottom planes are essentially the top shifted down somewhat, while still adhering to the vanishing points the lines converge towards. You kept the boxes close to one another and drew through them as instructed, so I say this is a job done well. Finally, your organic perspective looks good. One thing is that I think you shouldn’t have draw your boxes rotated to one of the length corners looking at the viewer too much. No issues with it, but I think practicing with the Y method would’ve given you a bit of mileage before starting the box challenge. Aside from that, your lines look smooth here still, your boxes have a consistent amount of shallow foreshortening, and finally there is depth to the scene.

You have shown that you understood all exercises in lesson one and are ready to move on to the 250 box challenge. Congratulations on completing lesson 1! Don’t forget, each previous exercise should be done as a short warm-up for 10-15 min. Take care and good luck! I will mark your lesson as complete.

Next Steps:

250-box challenge.

This community member feels the lesson should be marked as complete, and 3 others agree. The student has earned their completion badge for this lesson and should feel confident in moving onto the next lesson.
2:56 PM, Friday September 3rd 2021

thank you so much for the critique

The recommendation below is an advertisement. Most of the links here are part of Amazon's affiliate program (unless otherwise stated), which helps support this website. It's also more than that - it's a hand-picked recommendation of something we've used ourselves, or know to be of impeccable quality. If you're interested, here is a full list.
How to Draw by Scott Robertson

How to Draw by Scott Robertson

When it comes to technical drawing, there's no one better than Scott Robertson. I regularly use this book as a reference when eyeballing my perspective just won't cut it anymore. Need to figure out exactly how to rotate an object in 3D space? How to project a shape in perspective? Look no further.

This website uses cookies. You can read more about what we do with them, read our privacy policy.