Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
5:59 AM, Monday May 10th 2021
I used a ball point pen at the beginning and switched to the Staedtler Pigment Liner 0.5 mm Black [Pack of 5 ]
at the plotted perspective part of lesson one.
The ballpoint leaked a lot so that's why there are some globs and scratches on the side of the paper as I was trying to get rid of excess ink!
I felt I've gotten alot better at ghosting lines, I do them everyday and consistently stay in a line without very much fraying at all, the line just gets a little thick but it's gotten slimmer as I go on.
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I have trouble with small lines when ghosting about one inch and below, I want to use my wrist but am actively pursuing the shoulder as instructed.
Now I'm at the point of beginning the 250 boxes.
It was during the ghosted plane exercise I had no problem just thinking about the link and going forward but now when applying to boxes I'm feeling the urge to rush and blast through it. Patience has always been my downfall and i know it comes with constant practic but this is me letting off some steam!
**I'm going to start at a slow pace of five boxes a day, focusing on two point and three point perspectives, is this a good way of thinking about it? I'm doing about an hour worth of focus splitting it up in the pomodoro method as to keep focus straight and true, fifteen minutes of ghosting warmup mixed with super imposed lines then beginning the hour.
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To do a good line I tend to take about maybe a solid minute of ghosting, I know it doesn't matter as long as it's good but I get the heavy urge to think to myself "it's only a line! do it!" and at the wrong moment. It feels like I ate too much candy and regret the thing I did on the page then I just want to start the whole thing over.. which isn't good as it was noted in the lessons to just move on but holy crap is it tough to fight.
I don't want to stagnate so at the very least I'm proud of completing lesson one as I've always started something with enthusiasm and never finish anything at all..
Catherine is one of my favorite games so I'm thinking about the aesthetic of it with the puzzle cube platforming as an inspiring motivator to do a box justice!
Sorry if this ramble doesn't make any sense at all.. and I didn't have a scanner and so I had to use a relatives phone to capture the images.