Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

10:12 AM, Tuesday October 29th 2024

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Hello!

My name is Bogdan, I'm 20 years old and I live in Romania. I am an aspiring artist and animator and this year I applied to an animation university but unfortunately did not get in. I am trying to improve at drawing and animation and have started doing drawabox this month. This is the first time I completed lesson 1 (I started drawabox 2 times before and gave up), and I am really grateful that I did because I can really feel and see an improvement already. I am looking forward to getting my work critiqued and continue my journey.

Thank you for reading.

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11:57 PM, Saturday November 2nd 2024

Hi, I'm Jindigo and I'll be giving feedback on your homework for Lesson 1.

First of all, I want to applaud you for your hard work and resilience. Congratulations on completing Lesson 1. I look forward to reviewing your work!

  • Superimposed lines: These lines look smooth. I don't see much wobbling here. Good job keeping the fraying on one end only.

  • Ghosted lines: These lines also look smooth and confident. Some lines curve slightly, but nothing major. You've executed these lines with a good deal of accuracy. Nice job!

  • Ghosted planes: Again, very nice work with keeping the lines smooth and straight. It seems like you're doing a good job applying the lessons on ghosting and using your entire arm to draw. The accuracy here isn't perfect, but I appreciate that you're aiming for confident lines. Again, strong work.

  • Tables of ellipses: Good job filling the with page with different types of ellipses and trying to stay in the borders. The ellipses are drawn through and look quite smooth and even.

  • Ellipses in planes: The ellipses here are also well done. You did a pretty good job with touching all 4 edges of the planes. I think it's great that you aren't too concerned with accuracy and are instead focused on getting smooth shapes.

  • Funnels: Once again, the ellipses here are well done. Some of the ellipses don't quite fit snugly within the funnel, but they all look well-aligned on the minor axis.

  • Plotted perspective: Nothing really to critique here. You seem to understand the purpose of the exercise. Nice job making the hatching straight and even.

  • Rough perspective: Good work with drawing towards 1 vanishing point and keeping the boxes rectangular. The line extensions seem to be done correctly. There is some wobbling here (albeit very slight) that wasn't in your previous exercises. This can happen when we are more concerned with accuracy now that we are constructing boxes. At this point in your Drawabox journey, be confident. The accuracy will come with more time and practice.

  • Rotated boxes: Good job making this quite big and following the steps of the exercise. The gaps between boxes look tight and consistent. Very nice work rotating the boxes, drawing through the boxes, and drawing all the boxes for the set. The lines here look smooth and confident. Good job with the hatching here as well.

  • Organic perspective: The lines here are mostly smooth and confident. Again, there is some wobbling coming back in, as with the rough perspective exercise. Really nice job making the closer boxes larger and the farther boxes smaller. Most of the parallel edges look like they're converging in 2D space. Most of the boxes look constructed well without any overly dramatic foreshortening. Only a few of the boxes appear to have diverging lines. Overall, it seems like you're taking your time in the planning phase to place your various points, which will help you during the 250 box challenge. Good hatching work here as well.

Overall, your submitted work suggests that you have a really solid grasp of the material. Your line quality is consistently quite good, and I have no major critiques. No revisions needed. I think you're ready for the 250 box challenge. Congrats again, and good luck on the next step of your art journey.

Next Steps:

Add these to your pool of warm-up exercises and move onto the 250 box challenge.

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2:39 PM, Sunday November 3rd 2024

Hello! Thank you very much for taking the time to critique my work! I am very happy to have my efforts be validated. I will now move on to the 250 box challenge.

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