Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
6:56 PM, Wednesday November 17th 2021
Hi, I just finished lesson 1, thanks in advance for the criticism ^-^
Second time I'm giving feedback, let's do this
Lines
Superimposed lines are looking solid. Don't see any hesitation. Keep that confidence up!
Ghosted Lines are looking confident as well. Next step would be to work on accuracy. If you do lose confidence on the way, step back, work with confidence again, and then strive for accuracy again.
The lines on the Ghosted Planes are looking straighter. That's good. I'd suggest striving for straighter lines next. Imagine/plan the line out before ghosting. Then go through the motion, roughly finding one specific straight motion to make that specific mark.
Ellipses
Tables of Ellipses look pretty good. Most if not all ellipses are confidently drawn, nice job.
Same to say for Ellipses in Planes. Next step would be to evening out the proportions of each end of the major axis (the wider span).
Funnels look confident as well. Might want to try striving for accuracy next. Again, if you lose the confidence, work on getting it back before anything else.
Boxes
Organic Perspective is done right.
Rough Perspective looks, rough. You might have lost confidence, or not ghosted enough with each line. Not sure if I'm right on this, but ghosting a straight line is done to find one (almost roughly straight) motion that feels just right/advantageous enough for the line you're working on. I'd say it's normal that your lines got rough here though, as there is more to worry about more than just the lines. So don't sweat it too much.
Rotated Boxes looks really good. Lines got WAY straighter (sorry, I'm not looking at the album as a whole, I'm seeing this exercise by exercise >.< ), nice job on that.
Organic Perspective looks iffy. But this is where we first do guesswork for how we draw each line. So nice job trying at it with this spatial problem.
Conclusion
Overall, good job. You kept your confidence up through an impressive deal of the lesson. Again, next steps would be to work on accuracy. Take some time to meticulously plan out each line/motion. What helps me is to imagine the line resulting from the two endpoints. Then trying my best to find one motion (or, the more I think of it, a range of motions) that work.
Next Steps:
The 250 Box Challenge. Give it your all, both your best at confidence and accuracy! Though, do not be afraid to learn something new about drawing boxes or, yourself (honest to goodness I lost my patience at some point doing it x-x ), when going through it. I just learned that even when you hit box 250, you'll run into mistakes. What matters is that you strive to fix those mistakes. So they become less frequent/obvious. Do your best!
Some of you may remember James Gurney's breathtaking work in the Dinotopia series. This is easily my favourite book on the topic of colour and light, and comes highly recommended by any artist worth their salt. While it speaks from the perspective of a traditional painter, the information in this book is invaluable for work in any medium.
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