Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

2:35 AM, Saturday January 30th 2021

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it's a twitter photo thread, let me know if there are any issues with the link! i am self taught artist who has mostly painted, and i want to get into fundamentals since i've never taken any drawing class, but i've been doing art for a few years, so i'm not a complete beginner. thank you in advance to anyone who critiques!

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2:40 PM, Saturday February 20th 2021
edited at 2:42 PM, Feb 20th 2021

Hello! I know it's been awhile since you posted your homework but anyway I hope you're still with us wwww

Let's first divide your submissions into 3 Sections: Lines, Ellipses & Boxes Section to organize the feedbacks that I will give.

Lines Section

Superimposed Lines

 Overall good job! Since most of them doesn't have fraying on both sides. Line is smooth and wobbly too.

Ghosted Lines

 Lines are smooth and no wobliness can be seen, which is good. Though do mind in the future that you should gradually transition from smooth short lines to smooth long lines.

Ghosted Planes

 Same as the others, your lines here are clean and smooth too. I think you already got the hang of this! Though I noticed that some of your bisecting lines missed their end points, practicing ghosting more can help improve this.

Ellipse Section

Tables of Ellipses

 Ellipses are tight, aren't sloppy, lines executed perfectly and ellipses are made with 2 revolutions only. Good job! But in future if you will make this as one of your warm up exercise, you should do your best to keep the ellipses touch the side of the ellipse besides them.

Ellipses in Planes

 Ellipses should hit the four sides of the planes, ghosting your ellipses will help you nail those sides. On the other hand, no wobbliness and lines are clean, so kudos for that.

Funnels Exercise

You shouldn't put an ellipse inside the line in the middle of the funnel (horizontal). The perspective in here is shallow since you didn't varied the degrees of your ellipses that much (you will learn more about this in lesson 2.) Anyways good job for making clean ellipses.

Boxes Section

Plotted Perspective

Nice boxes.

Rough Perspective

Most of your boxes hit the VP that you put, which is good. Though you didn't put depth lines after you completed making your rough boxes. You should do this as this will give you an idea on how far your boxes are off from the vanishing point.

Rotated Boxes

Rotation of boxes are present in the exercise so good job! Though in the future you should avoid going back over the lines that you put first, as this can make the drawing looks messier and can potentially break the illusion of depth (3D). (More about the illusion shenanigan in the 250 Box Challenge Video)

Organic Perspective

Same problem with the Rotated Boxes, you went back over the lines that you initially laid in. Though on the other hand, you did a great job making those boxes. Perspective are present here too though there are some cases where it's broken (a box further away being at the same size with boxes nearer at the viewer.

Overall you did a great job in Lesson 1! Thought felt a bit short in the Boxes section, don't worry we've all been there. The next thing you should do is the 250 Box Challenge and practice these concepts presented here as a warm-up, 15 minutes a day, before you do any of the upcoming exercises that you would do in the future. Good luck!

Next Steps:

250 Box Challenge

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edited at 2:42 PM, Feb 20th 2021
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8:06 AM, Thursday February 11th 2021

Your twitter post is restricted.

Can you use imgur or google drive or something like that as alternative?

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