Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

9:23 PM, Friday July 24th 2020

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Hey all! This took me a while to complete as it was something I kept coming back to, but I really started to feel the difference as it went on. It was way harder than I expected but I guess that's the point. Let me know what you think!

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7:00 AM, Saturday July 25th 2020

Hi overall good job and congrats finishing first lesson :)

Lines

Lines are looking p good overall.

Ellipses

Ellipses are looking p good too, though do get a bit wobbly sometimes. So don't forget to keep working on them ;)

Good job on funnels( minor axis cuts ellipses in halves).

Boxes

Boxes are fine too. In both organic perspective and rotated boxes your main issue is perspective, which is completely fine, as you'll work on it in 250 boxes challenge.

Overall good job :)

Next Steps:

Next Steps:

Continue to use these exercises as part of your warm ups (about 10-15 minutes)

Feel free to move onto the 250 box challenge

Don’t forget to take breaks and draw for fun!

Also, now that you’ve completed Lesson 1, I encourage you to critique some Lesson 1 community submissions. Not only will this help the community, but it will also solidify and reinforce your understanding of the material. Of course, this is optional (but we’d be especially grateful!). If you’d like to give it a shot, see this guide that was created by one of our community members on how to go about critiquing Lesson 1.
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7:18 PM, Saturday July 25th 2020

I definitely need a lot of practice with perspective, yeah. And the confidence with ellipses I suppose really is just one of those things that's trained with repetition? Making my hand follow through precisely with the mark is tough.

Thanks for your feedback!

9:22 AM, Sunday July 26th 2020

No worries bro, and don't really worry about ellipses right now, just try to make them

as smooth and confident as you can and they'll definitely get better.)

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