Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

8:35 PM, Tuesday October 1st 2024

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Hi there,

So this was my second attempt at starting the DrawABox lessons (well at least the first couple befor the Box challenge). To be honest these were done a while back and I thought I hadn't finished them. Turns out I did finish most of them! It seems like a hassle to start again before moving on the next part again, but above all I'm curious of your thoughts.

Thank you in advance for taking a look!

Greetings,

Faustarp

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4:47 PM, Wednesday October 16th 2024

Hello Faustarp , I'm Azuretestament and i'll critique your work

1: Superimposed Lines

Good work on these! I hardly see any wobble and i see you carefully started all lines from the same point,

you're also getting close on the accuracy , but keep practicing them and you can improve it even further

2: Ghosted Lines

These are very straight , i can tell you used the ghosting method on these

the accuracy is almost there too! some are just very barely off , but others are spot on.

Keep going on your warmups,but i have no critique here.

3: Ghosted Planes

Same as my point 2, but these are very accurate! I thought i'd mention that

4: Tables of Ellipses

I see you drew through your ellipses multiple times and that's great!

Many of them get woobly over the multiple passes however , but i know that you're pretty good with the ghosting method judging by the lines you did previously.

keep in mind that making the ellipse evenly shaped and confident is probably more important than making if fit so precisely, so don't be afraid even if it goes a little off,

or if going over it multiple times,it doesn't match.

but you'll be fine , just keep it in mind and keep going with it on your warmups.

5:Ellipses in Planes

Same points as 4, they're an improvement for sure, but can get fairly woobly on occasion.

6:Funnels

You're on the right track with these.

The thing that mostly jumps out at me is still in regards to ellipses , there's a slight deviation from the minor axis but i think you'll improve that just fine.

On the topic of ellipses, while i'm not sure , the wobble may be caused by drawing over it so many times over.

While it is great of you to do that (it is very much reccomended by Charles Hu's dynamic sketching course, which drawabox is based off of), there's no need to go so far if it's overwhelming,for now.

If you do them twice over and try to make them match instead, it may become less daunting ,

and i see from the ellipses you drew only twice , that could be the case, they are on average less wobbly.

7:Plotted Perspective

I have no problem with these, you followed the instructions and it cleanly follows the vanishing points.

8:Rough Perspective

These are good! Your lines are still straight , you're applying the line extensions correctly and on top of that you're actually quite accurate on directing them towards the vanishing point in most cases.

9:Rotated Boxes

This exercise can get quite brutal, you've done good job on following all the instructions for the exercise, which was the point of it.

One thing that you slipped is that you missed drawing the absolute corners for this exercise,

i won't hold that against you and i know how challenging those specific boxes can be (they also can be forgotten very easily, being in the corners like that),

I think i'd help you in the long run to do those specific boxes, i won't ask of them in a revision or anything but it may make the 250 boxes click just a little faster if you knock them out.

10:Organic Perspective

I have no complaints here , you did pretty good , followed all you needed to do.

I don't know what it is you want to draw , but i wish you the best in pursuing it.

Next Steps:

Move on to the 250 box bootcamp!

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7:47 PM, Sunday January 5th 2025

Dear AzureTestament,

Thanks so much for the clear feedback. These are some good points I can work with :).

As you might notice I'm really taking the challenge at my own pace. Don't worry I have been drawing in between, and I've noticed some real improvements after finishing the first part of this course. So I look forward to going further.

Thanks again!

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