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5:52 PM, Monday January 3rd 2022
Hello I’ll be taking a look at your submission for your lesson 1 homework.
Lines
-Starting with the superimposed lines exercise there are some cases where there is fraying at both ends so make sure you are always starting from the same point, they also tend to make a slight arch, keep pushing yourself to draw from your shoulder and don’t use any other pivot.
-Moving on to the ghosted lines they are drawn with a good deal of confidence, it seems that you had some trouble with overshooting and undershooting lines, try to always keep in mind the approach given here. Practice it, but do not stress too much on this for the moment.
-Your linework in the ghosted planes is good, it is accurate but not wobbly, so good job here.
Ellipses
-Starting with the tables of ellipses I think you need more time to ghost them and get comfortable with the motion, they have a consistent elliptical shape just make sure to take your time and keep practicing, especially the smaller ones
-Moving on to the ellipses in planes, they are looking good, I’d suggest you don't focus too much on having them touch the four sides of the plane as it can make them distorted.
When drawing through them for the second time make sure you try to bring both edges closer together.
-I can see that you are making a good effort in the funnels, they are well spaced and don’t spill out of the funnel, and they are well aligned, as with everything just keep practicing and sharpening your skills
Boxes
-Starting with the rough perspective, your linework is pretty solid and you kept the alignment in mind, you sometimes missed it by a few degrees but overall your work is looking good.
-In the rotated boxes, I think you failed to nail the rotation, and your boxes are unnecessarily long. For more information on the rotation read this, I’d recommend you also take some time to study the example homework and use it as reference.
-Finishing with the organic perspective, avoid any set of lines that diverge from one another due to perspective they will always converge even if it is just slightly, you will never have a set of lines that are parallel or diverge from one another. Overall your work is looking pretty solid here and everything seems to belong to the same 3D space
Next Steps:
Before you can move on I want you to do the following
-1 page of rotated boxes.
Good luck
7:19 PM, Tuesday January 4th 2022
7:50 PM, Tuesday January 4th 2022
Okay, so this is definitely better, and it is a more proper attempt.
You have kept the gaps narrow and consistent and you made a better job using the sides of adjacent boxes as hints. The only thing left for you is to keep practicing and doing your warm ups
Next Steps:
Keep practicing these exercises as warm ups and move on to the box challenge.
Good luck.
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