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6:08 PM, Friday June 3rd 2022
Hello I’ll be handling the critique for your 250 Box Challenge.
Linework
-Starting by your linework I can see that most of your lines are drawn with a good deal of confidence while maintaining good accuracy, which means that you are using the ghosting method to good, and this has definitely helped your boxes look more solid.
The first thing I want to call out is that in some instances it seems that you are repeating your lines, remember that if you make a mistake you should not try to correct it by drawing over it. This only happened on a few instances but it is worth mentioning.
-I can also see that you did not apply lineweight, for most of your boxes, sometimes you did it unconsciously because the line extensions overlapped with the edges of the box, although you should avoid doing this. Lineweight is not a necessary requirement, but it is important that yo get used to it as we will be using this tool in the next lessons, whenever we want to apply it we should do so very subtly, only add one superimposed line and use the ghosting method to draw it to the best of your ability. I also want to quickly redirect you to this diagram which shows how to correctly apply lineweight, and you can also see it here in the context of a box.
-The hatching on your boxes looks very tidy instead of rushed and I like to see that you have taken your time to ghost and draw each individual mark, and I hope that you keep displaying this patience in the future.
*Box Construction**
-You have used the line extension method correctly and most of the set of lines of your boxes converge which is correct, I want you to keep an eye out for lines converging in pairs as shown here, one thing that can help with this is to start thinking between the relationship between each pair of lines of a given set and the angles they form respective to their vanishing point. This relationship is exemplified here, you can see that the inner pair of lines will always be quite similar and the outer set can vary a lot depending on the location of the vanishing point, the further away you place it and the closer to parallel they will be.
-I also want you to keep experimenting with the rates of foreshortening, sizes and orientations of your boxes. Most of your boxes have dramatic foreshortening, so try to experiment with boxes with shallow rates of foreshortening with their vanishing points far off the page, in these cases the sets of lines will run close to parallel but keep in mind that no matter what they should always converge, due to perspective they will never be parallel or diverge from the vanishing point.
If you have trouble coming up with new orientation for your boxes you can take a look at this diagram which you can use as reference. It is important to experiment a good deal with all kinds of orientations for your boxes, because it helps to form a better understanding of the concepts we are exploring in this challenges, so I hope you will continue to keep nurturing this habit in the future
Okaay that should be about it, keep up the great work I’ll go ahead and mark this lesson as complete
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Lesson 2
11:45 PM, Saturday June 4th 2022
thank you for the feedback, greatly appreciated! and alright, i will be paying more attention to line-weight, boxes orientation and so on during warmups and the next exercises.
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