Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction
1:50 AM, Saturday August 21st 2021
Despite a 5 month break due to moving, I'm done!
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4:38 PM, Monday October 18th 2021
Hello MrVekyl congrats on completing Lesson 2, here is my review:
Arrows:
-Well done, flow nicely
-I would suggest that you experiment with more exaggerated foreshortening by making the farther end smaller and the closer one bigger.
Organic Forms (ellipses):
-Visible line wobble, remember to draw smooth and confident lines and to not go over them in an attempt to clean them up
Organic Forms (contour curves):
-In a lot of these the contour curves are not round enough and end up flattening the object.
Texture
-Very well done, you really nailed it with the texture studies and the dissections.
Form intersections
-Well done, not much to point out
Organic Form Intersections
-Mostly well executed however there is a noticeable decrease in line quality.
Overall a solid submission, your textures are quite impressive. I will suggest that you do two more pages of organic forms with contour curves and incorporate them into your warm ups. Feel free to move on to the next lesson.
-Slyx
Next Steps:
Overall a solid submission, your textures are quite impressive. I will suggest that you do two more pages of organic forms with contour curves and incorporate them into your warm ups. Feel free to move on to the next lesson.
-Slyx
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9:57 AM, Saturday August 21st 2021
work is cool(especially texture)
4:24 PM, Tuesday August 24th 2021
Thank you!
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