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2:43 AM, Tuesday May 2nd 2023
Hi, hope it's not to late to receive feedback for this work! I'll be critiquing this:
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Your line work for construction lines and hatching lines is pretty good for the most part. No sign of wobbling. Though, I will say try to keep the line weight subtle. You should also try to not repeat strokes in an effort to fix a mistake. If you made a mistake in line execution, move on and aim to not make the same mistake, instead of repeating the stroke. Ghost the line as much as you need to.
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Your line convergences got better over time. However, for the boxes with shallow foreshortening, it seems that the lines are parallel and no longer converge towards each other.
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Even though the lines in a box are technically parallel in 3D space, when viewed by the human eye and when drawn on a flat page, those lines will converge towards a point in your view/in your 2D page. This is because of the fundamental rule of perspective: as an object gets farther away from the viewer, it will appear to get smaller and smaller. Even if the foreshortening of your lines is shallow, the lines still need to converge towards each other, if even just a little.
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I would also suggest to experiment on drawing boxes in different angles/orientations. It feels as though the drawings fell into a pattern of the same angles as you went through the challenge. It's best to not limit what angle you draw boxes in, as this will impede your development of understanding 3D space. Experimenting with different angles now will round out your understanding and will help you tackle more complex subjects later on.
To sum up what you can improve on:
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Keep line weight subtle, and don't repeat strokes if it's to fix mistakes.
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Experiment with different types of foreshortening. For shallow foreshortening, the lines still have to converge, even if by just a little.
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Experiment with drawing boxes in different angles.
Next Steps:
At least 15 more boxes
Try to improve on what's listed. You may want to refresh your mind on how boxes/3D space work if you have a doubt. You also might want to space these out into 5 boxes per page (leaving more room for checking your convergences).
2:33 PM, Saturday May 6th 2023
Thanks for the critique! Here's my revision: https://imgur.com/a/jpx0kUk
10:21 PM, Saturday May 6th 2023
You're welcome! This is a great revision. (But you should check your convergences A.S.A.P!)
Also, sorry I didn't link you this earlier, here's a diagram of boxes from different angles and orientations: https://imgur.com/Kqg6uMX. (So you can have fresh ideas as to how to angle your boxes in future warm ups/exercises!)
Next Steps:
While these box revisions aren't perfect, they do show that you know what to improve on/what to aim for. So I'll mark this as complete.
Feel free to move onto Lesson 2, and incorporate boxes into your warm ups! (the boxes will return someday...)
Best of luck!
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