Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
4:06 PM, Monday September 7th 2020
Lesson 1 Homework
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4:44 PM, Wednesday September 9th 2020
Hi there!
your lines are quite good in general and drawn with confidence... some are a little arching (but really imperceptible) so it's not a problem... But I can see especially in the planes and the boxes that you tend to be a little scarce, finishing the line before your point...
The ellipses have a good ellipse-y shape and not wobbly, drawn through not too many times... I can see though that some time are overlapping with each other, or maybe they doesn't "fit fight" in the planes (too big or too small) at times... (and as said before the lines are too short at times)
In the rough perspective you got the idea right, but here too you're not ghosting enough and the boxes have lines too short and not connecting at all almost everywhere...
With the rotating boxes I can see you had problems with the bases... they're definitely not consistent in sizes (they vary too much) and spaces, and having ao much depth really didn't helped you (you get smaller bases and it's more difficult to go from there)...
Next Steps:
If I were you, I would try to do some more planes+ellipses, to get a little more practice with the lines to correct your tendency of stopping too soon and not connecting to the point... and to get the ellipses more fitting...
Try maybe to ghost slower/faster/longer... experimenting until you find your way to get improvement...
(Since you're at it you can correct the rough perspective ones where the lines definitely didn't connect, so you get some more practice)
after that I would re-do the rotating boxes. Maybe read carefully the instructions, watch the video... Then try and do it again (maybe keep a reference around to help you).
At the end a little hatching will help to make the box easier to distinguish...
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