Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

2:30 PM, Friday May 21st 2021

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Ok finally finished lesson 1's exercise! Time to hibernate for critique so I can proceed to 250 box challange.

Also thank you for your critique in advance for anyone who is critiquing this submission! :)

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3:04 PM, Friday May 21st 2021

You did this exercises pretty nice

In the lines exercises you wobbling a little but that´s completely normal

And the others exercises are pretty good

Next Steps:

keep doing the 250 boxes challenge, I´d recommend you use some of the exercises of this lesson as a warm up

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5:20 PM, Friday May 21st 2021

This looks really nice!

You actually have a similar habit to myself, wherein you seem to hesitate on your lines when you place your pen (possibly from spending a little too much time lining up your pen), causing them to wave slightly at the beginning of the line.

There are also a couple spots in the organic perspective exercise where you seem to have messed up a line and drawn it again, or undershot it and tried to extend it. I'm guilty of it myself, and it's a bad habit to get into. Try your best to avoid it as much as you can moving forward.

Additionally - and this isn't a critique so much as a recommendation - for future submissions it would be helpful to spend a minute framing your photos so they're evenly lit (no shadow) and rotating and/or cropping them to the correct orientation. I know imgur has a tool to do this. If you're not able to find a space to take these with brighter lighting, that's not a major issue; I just know it's a bit easier to give critique when the lines are clearly visible.

That aside, your lines are confident, your ellipses are even and round, and you seem to be getting a good handle on perspective. Onto 250 boxes!

Next Steps:

Move onto the 250 Box Challenge

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9:41 AM, Saturday May 22nd 2021

Thank you for a quite detailed critique!!

Wasn't expecting to wait for a week lmao.

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