Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
8:15 PM, Friday August 21st 2020
Please critique my work. Any feedback is appreciated.
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3:09 PM, Saturday August 22nd 2020
Hello!
Your lines look good overall, although there are some wobbly ones. It seems that on the ghosted lines and ghosted planes exercises you worried too much about the lines being accurate, but remember: that will come with time and practice, try not to focus too much on that: right now you should prioritize confidence over accuracy. Ghost the lines as much as you need to and remember to draw from your shoulder: the exercises don't have to look perfect, but the lines have to show confidence. There was some improvement with that on the organic perspective exercise though!
The same thing happened with your ellipses, but they do look more confident! Just remember that on the funnel exercise the minor axis (the horizontal line of each funnel) should cut the ellipses in two symmetrical halves.
The perspective exercises look really good, but I still recommend you do the 250 box challenge next, before starting lesson 2.
Good work!
Next Steps:
250 box challenge! And remember to use some of these exercises as warm ups in the future. Good luck!
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