Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
6:59 AM, Sunday April 5th 2020
Visualising what I want to put down on the paper is so difficult. Does this get easier? Elipses in particular are challenging.
Hello! Grats on clearing up L1! Crits are a lil slow these days. Here's mine!
Lines: You've done a great job on these. I see confidence in your lines, with little wobble. Great job! There's a little bit of arcing. This is, from my experience, due to mixing up your pivots, so try to pay attention to your elbow and wrist movement in the future. That aside, I think this is quite clean, nice work!
Ellipses: As you mentioned, you're having some trouble with this. Generally, the trick is to ghost, and then execute, all with confidence, as you've done for the lines. Important to note is to not let your sight autocorrect inaccuracies. As with lines, you wanna aim to make confident, clean ellipses first, then worry about accuracy. Do also take note of your ghosting, since some of the ellipses are a little mishapen. On the funnels, also take note of the ellipse alignment, some of the ellipses are tilted.
Boxes: While generally not bad, as a general note, don't try to correct your lines, even if they're incorrect. Instead, try to work with the mistake, as making corrections may draw unwanted attention to that point. Also, while box construction isn't perfect, you can get used to that in the upcoming challenge. In the rotated boxes exercise, its worth noting that the bottom faces converge as well, and so will appear to converge to different points, as with the top face. Organic perspective isn't bad. It decently sells the idea of size and distance. Though, I think you could go smaller on the smallest boxes.
Overall, a pretty good try at lesson 1. I'll mark this as complete. Do remember to do your warmups, and adhere to the 50/50 rule. Good luck in your endavours!
Next Steps:
250 boxes come next. Good luck!
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