Hello I’ll be handling the critique for your lesson 1 homework
Lines
-Starting with the superimposed lines exercise you are doing a great job always starting at a clearly defined point and keeping all of the wavering on one side, I do notice that some of them wobble slightly so make sure you always prioritize confidence over accuracy Also do your best to engage your whole arm with a locked wrist when drawing your marks.
-Moving on to the ghosted lines, here you are doing a great job committing to your lines even if you are going to miss the ending dot which is exactly what we are aiming at with this exercise.
-The ghosted planes are no different from the ghosted lines,and your linework is coming along nicely
Ellipses
-Starting with the tables of ellipses these are looking very tidy instead of rushed and I can see that you have kept the degree, spacing, alignment of these in mind. You have also drawn through them as needed and all of the ellipses are symmetrical.
-On the ellipses in planes it is great to see that you are not overly concerned with having your ellipses touch the four sides of the plane and instead focused on drawing smooth elliptical shapes, so always do this for all the ellipses that you will draw for your future homework.
-Your funnels are turning out well, and it is good to see that your ellipses didn’t stiffen and are confident, all of them are fitting snugly and do not spill out of the boundaries, the minor axis cuts each of them in equal halves. What you could aim to improve is the alignment, avoid any tilted ellipses Overall you did a great work on this section.
Boxes
-Starting with the rough perspective, I want to call out a few things. First make sure you don’t repeat your lines, if you make a mistake leave it like that, do not draw more lines on top of it as it only makes it stand out more. Secondly, and as a very minor point, give each line as much time and thinking as it requires of you, each line is no less important for being part of a larger group.
-Your rotated boxes are turning out well as you have kept the gaps between boxes narrow and the rotation is clearly there. Do not be sketchy with your hatching, returning to the point I
made in the previous exercise, ghost an additional line to draw it to the best of your ability.
-Finishing with the organic perspective, your linework is looking solid. Main thing here is that you should try to use lineweight to specify overlaps, it is a good opportunity to use it as we have many boxes grouped together creating a lot of visual noise. Lastly your box's perspective has some issues but you will work on that on the box challenge.
So I’ll go ahead and mark this lesson as complete, now move on to the box challenge, good luck!!
Next Steps:
250 Box Challenge
Thank you for the critique! I can definitely see what you mean with the boxes. Being completely honest, some of them were rushed. I'll take my time when doing the 250 boxes.
Thanks again!
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