Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

6:19 PM, Tuesday November 16th 2021

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Here's lesson 1, I hope having Ghosted Planes and Ellipses in Planes is not bad, if so, I'll pay more attention next time.

Thanks for your attention.

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5:36 PM, Monday November 22nd 2021
edited at 3:35 AM, Nov 23rd 2021

Hi Pgcools i will be reviewing your homework!

Lines: it looks great. but there's some issues, your ghosted lines seems pretty nice however some of them are wobbly or arched. i will recommend you to make sure you're drawing from the shoulder and to try to arch consciously in the opposite direction to prevent arching lines. i also notice that some of your lines in the ghosted lines exercise are not touching both ends, your lines should touch the starting dot, take the time to place your pen carefully at the begining of each lines.

Ellipses: good job with your ellipses they look confident, are drawn through, they're not overlapping so much on the ellipses table exercise and your funnels are pretty great you got that!

Boxes: i have not much to say about your boxes they're pretty great i would just advise you not to be afraid of making things cluttered in your practice, i think you could have fit more boxes and make them overlap more in the organic perspective exercise.

Next Steps:

move on to the 250 boxes challenge! and don't forget to apply the 50% rule!

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edited at 3:35 AM, Nov 23rd 2021
10:16 PM, Wednesday November 24th 2021
edited at 5:26 PM, Feb 3rd 2022

Thank you very much, you're absolutely right. I definitively have to work on my Lines so I'll take that into account in the 250 boxes challenge.

edited at 5:26 PM, Feb 3rd 2022
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