Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
4:56 PM, Saturday January 23rd 2021
thank you!
Hi! I’m not always great at putting words together, but hopefully this helps out! I’ll just go through each exercise and let you know what I noticed!
Superimposed lines: you started out with a bit fraying on both ends, but definitely got better as you went along
Ghosted lines: there’s quite a bit of arcing, so just make sure that you draw from shoulder OR if you already are, try to consciously arc other way so it cancels out
Ghosted planes: look good! But don’t draw over lines even if they go wrong
Ellipses in planes: your ellipses look good, but you only need draw through 2-3 times, which is another thing that you definitely got better with as you went along
Tables of ellipses: a lot of your ellipses look very similar, so it might help to try out some different sizes (more wide, more tall, etc)
Funnels and Plotted perspective: both look good!
Rough perspective: your boxes themselves look good, but make sure you’re doing your line extensions from the line you drew to the horizon, not from the point to the VP, as it makes it a lot easier to see your mistakes that way.
Your line extensions also only need to go to the horizon line and not past it, I’m going to recommend that you reread the instructions for this exercise.
Rotated boxes: looks good! I can see where you struggled to rotate some of the boxes, but that’s perfectly normal at this stage
Organic perspective: again, this is another exercise where I can see improvements as you go along, especially in how you overlap the boxes, however, I just want to reiterate to not draw over lines when they go wrong.
Hopefully I didn't come off too harsh, and this helped out!
Next Steps:
I'd like you to redo one page of the rough perspective, with the correct line extensions.
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