Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
9:10 PM, Thursday April 1st 2021
First Lesson Homework.
Lines became a lot easier, perspective is really rough.
Next up 250 box challange.
Hi NoahDrakeHolguin, I'll be critiquing your submission.
Lines
Your lines in the first exercise look great! Though a few of them are a bit wobbly so I suggest you try to remember to draw from your shoulder and draw the lines without hesistation. Fraying at the ends isn't a problem, as you will improve this naturally just by practicing!
The lines in the ghosted lines and the ghosted planes exercise are executed well!
Ellipses
You did well on the ellipses in the ellipses in tables exercise. You've drawn through them twice which is good:) Although some of them could have fit a bit more snugly.
The ellipses in planes look great (some are a bit wobbly though, remember to ghost them)!
The funnels exercise is executed well, you have rotated the ellipses too, but looks like the ink in your pen was running out.
Boxes
You extended the lines to the horizon in the rough perspective exercise which is good.
You didn't complete the rotated boxes exercise, so I'll have you redo it. Remember this exercise was supposed to be hard so don't worry if it doesn't turn out perfect!
The organic perspective exercise turned out well! But use the same pen throughout the exercise.
Also another comment: Try to submit the pictures in chronological order (it makes it easier to give feedback)!:)
Next Steps:
Complete the rotated boxes exercise
This recommendation is really just for those of you who've reached lesson 6 and onwards.
I haven't found the actual brand you buy to matter much, so you may want to shop around. This one is a "master" template, which will give you a broad range of ellipse degrees and sizes (this one ranges between 0.25 inches and 1.5 inches), and is a good place to start. You may end up finding that this range limits the kinds of ellipses you draw, forcing you to work within those bounds, but it may still be worth it as full sets of ellipse guides can run you quite a bit more, simply due to the sizes and degrees that need to be covered.
No matter which brand of ellipse guide you decide to pick up, make sure they have little markings for the minor axes.
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