For the first few pages I brain farted and kept restarting the numbers for the boxes, after rereading the instructions I corrected myself. Also in the beginning, when I used to draw less than 5 boxes/day, I would add multiple dates to show I worked on different days, hope that is not a problem.
Hi again, Tawny_Owl! I am Feldspar(apparently you already know me :p) and i will be critiquing your submission today. Without further ado lets start!
First and foremost congratulations on getting through this tough challenge! It’s definitely a long marathon, but the quality of work between the start and end pages really demonstrates overall improvement. Now let's begin with the critique.
Things you did well:
your boxes smoothly and confidently executed. You're doing a good job of drawing the lines
You're doing a great job of experimenting with orientations, proportions and rates of foreshortening. Experimenting is an important habit to build when learning any new skill, it helps form a more well rounded understanding. I hope you'll continue to display and nurture this habit in the future.
Things you can work on:
There are times when your lines converge in pairs or you attempt to keep your lines a bit too parallel which results in them diverging. This is an example of lines converging in pairs, and this shows the relation between each line in a set and their respective vanishing point. The inner pair of lines will be quite similar unless the box gets quite long and the outer pair can vary a lot depending on the location of the vanishing point. Move it further away and the lines become closer to parallel while moving it closer increases the rate of foreshortening. The key things we want to remember from this exercise are that our lines should always converge as a set not in pairs, never diverge from the vanishing point and due to perspective they won't be completely parallel.
I not sure if hatching was done using the ghosting method. Don't forget to take the time to plan each of your hatching lines and space them evenly. This helps keep your boxes looking tidy rather than looking like they were rushed on to the page.
Keep practicing previous exercises and boxes as warm ups, and good luck!
Next Steps:
I give greenlight to Lesson 2.
Add these exercises to your warmup pool and don't forget about your %50 rule (I will advise if you haven't followed it, you should go ahead and pay your 50% play debt before the challenge)
Have fun!!!
Hey, Feldspar! Thanks for the critique! :)
I agree with you. I noticed my lines converging in pairs while drawing, but wasn't too sure how to fix it. The second image you shared helps, I'll try to keep in mind while practicing.
Good luck to you as well!
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