I have two questions:
1) Since the rotated boxes exercise I've been adding line weight to all my drawings. I however do not know for sure if adding a double line is required, as the necessity of it wasn't repeated after the rotated boxes exercise.
2) Is hatching related to light? Or do I just pick a random side to fill in?
Thank you in advance for your time and effort.
Your ellipses are okay. They'll improve over time so I wouldn't sweat it if I were you. There's definitely some room to improve with your boxes. You seem to have a good understanding of a forshortening but your lines don't always converge properly when drawing boxes.
In addition to this your line work could also use some improving. I'm seeing quite a bit of wobbling during the rough perspective exercise. generally if you draw the line quick enough it will come out straight. At this point in your journey you should prioritize confident, straight lines over accurate ones.
Considering that lines and boxes are what you need to work on the most I'll just have you do a page of rough perspective. So as to kill 2 birds with one stone.
Next Steps:
1 page of rough perspective
Thank you for the feedback. I really appreciate it. I will work on the page right away.
Did I understand your feedback correctly when I say (but in my words):
The intention (dots) for my boxes are alright, but I do not execute the box as my intention indicates.
I need to straighten my lines.
If I misunderstood or missed something in the conclusion, feel free to correct me or use examples.
I'll be working on that page then. Have a great day, Slashcash29!
Yeah that's about the sum of it. Also don't really worrying about light when your hatching right now. Just pick a side of the box you want to hatch and go for it
Alright! I will do that with the hatching. Thank you for the tip.
I completed my task: https://imgur.com/a/MHOEhk0
Side note about my execution: Once a dot was placed I worked with it. Even when it was not neatly underneath the dot above, for instance.
I opted fast strokes like you suggested. It however made my line spiral out of control. So I used a pace that worked for me. It's decently fast but not like super Sonic fast.
Thank you in advance for your time and effort. Pointers are always welcome!
Hello Slashcash29
After thinking it through I have one last question:
Could you please point out where exactly I have improved?
Because to be honest, to me my initial homework and the extra task kind of look the same.
Kind regards,
NekoMello
Looks to me like you're rushing some exercises, especially as they get a bit more complex. Make sure you're ghosting every line in your boxes until the line feels good.
Once you've ghosted enough, make sure you're committed to the line, some of yours seem to falter a bit in the middle, then overshoot at the end, which suggests to me that maybe you're slowing down and then speeding up, rather than making a smooth stroke with a planned ending.
(Review the early line making lessons, maybe?)
Maybe I'm off, but it feels like most of your y's are 3x120 angles, think about varying them a bit more between 90 and 180 so that your boxes rotate a bit more.
I'd say you're ready to move on to the 250 box challenge, just focus on giving yourself ample time to focus on your line quality for each stroke.
Next Steps:
250 box challenge, good luck!
A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
On the flipside, they tend to be on the cheaper side of things, so if you're just getting started (beginners tend to have poor pressure control), you're probably going to destroy a few pens - going cheaper in that case is not a bad idea.
In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.
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