Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
1:55 AM, Monday December 13th 2021
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5:41 PM, Tuesday December 14th 2021
hey digdug! i'm koyomi and i'm going to review your lesson 1 submission.
1. lines
-your lines are looking pretty good. i can notice some arching in the superimposed lines exercise, it can be fixed by trying to arch consciously in the opposite direction.
-also in the ghosted lines/ghosted planes exercise there's some lines that doesn't touch both points, a line should never fray on the starting dot, remember to place your pen carefully at the begining of each line so that does not happen.
2. ellipses
-in the ellipses table some of your ellipses are not drawn through, it seems that this is something you corrected on the other exercises i thought it was worth mentioning.
-on your bottom right funnel the minor axis is not in the center make sure to place it carefully.
3. boxes
-i can notice some repeating lines on your rough perspective and organic perspective, no matter how off a line is you should just keep it as if it were correct and move on.
i hope that my review was helpful and good luck for the continuation!
Next Steps:
move on to the 250 boxes challenge and don't forget to apply the 50% rule!!
1:20 AM, Thursday December 16th 2021
Thank you for the feed back! I will take this advice to heart! Regarding the ghosted lines, is there a concise way to arch them the other way? I feel when I try to consciously do so, the line becomes super wobbly. Any tips?
6:35 AM, Thursday December 16th 2021
when you notice your lines are starting to arch, try to just go in the opposite direction to straighten it up without really "arching it" in the opposite direction, and if your lines become wobbly remember to be confident and not too slow. i don't know if i can really help you more than that sorry
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