Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
4:02 AM, Tuesday July 14th 2020
My partial submission of lesson 1.
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1:55 PM, Wednesday July 15th 2020
For superimposed line, I've noticed you have fraying on both ends on your first page but on second page it's getting better!
For the ghosted plane, avoid repeating lines even tho it didn't reach the point. That is part of the practice let's not really focus on perfecting it. Some of your elipse in plane are drawn more than 3 times, you are supposed to do it 2-3 times. Also, keep the elipse within the boundaries but that's fine, same goes to the table of elipse. It's also a good thing that there's no overlapping with the elipses. Nice job. Always remember that for rough perspective, horizonal line should be parallel to the horizon and vertical line must be perpendicular to the horizon. I guess some of the lines that are not properly aligned is due to the inaccuracy of using the shoulder when using ghosting method so it's completely fine. You'll get confident and straight line eventually as you keep doing exercises. That's all. Keep it up ^^
Next Steps:
Congrats! You should now proceed to the next exercise which is the 250 box challenge. If you haven't checked "Boxes: Additional Notes", Go check it out first.
4:06 AM, Friday July 17th 2020
Late reply but thank you very much! Now to draw 250 boxes.
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