Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

10:56 AM, Friday September 10th 2021

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Well, not gonna lie, I'm not very proud of the rotated boxes and Organic perspective.

I also took a ~2 weeks break before them, maybe (probably) not a smart decision.

Feels like my lines need more practice.

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12:03 PM, Friday September 10th 2021

Hello Lucian,

I think that your organic perspective is ok, but you made some mistakes in Rotated Boxes and Elipses. So, my recomendations is:

Try the Rotated Boxes again, including the theory. Some boxes don't rotate completely.

Try the Elipses again. Some elipses don't touch the limits

And warmups. You can pratice ghosted plans with elipses, 10 minutes is sufficient for increase muscle memory.

Next Steps:

10 minutes of Warmups

1 filled page of Rotated Boxes

1 filled page of Elipses

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
6:05 PM, Friday September 10th 2021
edited at 6:05 PM, Sep 10th 2021

Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it.

The rotated boxes was definitely the hardest exercises for me. The ellipses were challenging too, so I would definitely like to improve on them.

I'll come back with them!

edited at 6:05 PM, Sep 10th 2021
2:54 PM, Sunday September 12th 2021

Here's the work you suggested:

https://imgur.com/a/5K9wSbC

I think there's an improvement in the elipses side.

Not sure about rotated boxes, I definitely found 2-3 mistakes I made the first time I did it. This time I had some difficulties with the far edges.

Notheless was a very insightful experience finding mistakes in the previuos work.

1:56 PM, Monday September 13th 2021

Nice improvement in ellipses and rotated boxes. Your mistakes are, basically, perspective and lines accuracy, both of that will be improved in 250 boxes challenge.

Don't forget the warmups, and good luck in the 250 boxes challenge

Next Steps:

10-15 minutes of Warmups

250 boxes challenge

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4:45 PM, Monday September 13th 2021

Thanks! It's really nice when you do see some improvements :D

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