Hey Zetsy! Let's see here:
Did you do all of the homework on paper with a 0.50 mm pen? My first impressions are these are digital because your strokes seem pretty light on every page. If so, I would suggest doing these again traditionally as this course focuses on that medium. If these are on paper with a pen, just make sure you're using a 0.50 mm pen before moving on.
Looks like a lot of your lines for the planes excercise are overextending past their points. Be sure to be using the ghosting method and not make your stroke too fast: You want each line to be made confidently and carefully (It takes time to find the right flow of making a stroke, dont worry).
The rotated boxes excercise is good! The top half looks a little shakey, but this assignment is really tough, so I'm more just letting you know then critiquing you. Be sure to tackle it every now and then as a warmup.
Your ellipses are good! Nothing much for me to say there.
Overall, I think you're ready to move on to the 250 Box Challenge*! Be sure to pace yourself and have fun while your grinding through it to avoid burnout (50 percent rule).
*If Lesson 1 was done on paper with a pen (I believe Uncomfortable says he allows ballbpoint for this lesson alone if you can't find a fineliner pen)
** For the revisions just respond if you did Lesson 1 traditionally or digitally
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Did you do all of the homework on paper with a 0.50 mm pen?
Hi, thanks a lot!
I am indeed doing these digitally, as it is the medium I am most comfortable with. I do understand it won't be as efficient as pen and paper for these lessons, however since I am not submitting for official feedback, I figured I'd go with the option that suits me best for now (digital is allowed for community feedback as per Uncomfortable). I'll make sure to revisit those exercises on pen and paper if I decide to make a more serious attempt. In the meanwhile, I'll try to find a configuration that represents a 0.5 mm pen more closely.
I can see how I may be mixing up confidence with speed when dropping lines. I'll try to pay more attention to that. I see that the upper corners are popping out in the rotating boxes exercise too, it's going to be interesting to see how my next attempts turn out.
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