Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

2:11 PM, Friday April 10th 2020

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hiya, i just started this course and these are my studies! i tried to do them to the best of my abilities.

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5:19 AM, Sunday April 12th 2020

Hi Sedar I'll be critiquing your Lesson 1 submission.

Starting with your Super Imposed Lines they're looking fairly confident but you aren't starting at the same point each time (especially in your curved attempts) which is a sign you may not be taking your time to plan your line beforehand as seen here.

In your ghosted lines and planes exercises you do a good job of creating smooth confident lines, you are getting a bit of arcing in your longer attempts which is a sign you may not be fully used to using your shoulder just yet. Even though they may extend past their intended stopping point at times I'm glad you're focused on confident lines right now, remember accuracy will come with time.

In your Table of Ellipses I'm glad you experimented with sizes and shapes. You are keeping them mostly round and confident, they are a bit loose however and at times get messy. This is usually a sign that you're experimenting with the speed you draw but may also be a sign that you aren't giving yourself enough time to plan the ellipse before creating it. Remember that we ghost a few times before finally laying our pen down and creating a mark in a smooth confident motion in this course, you seem to have the confidence aspect down up till now but you could work a bit on the planning part. The ellipses you've created in your planes and funnels are nice and round and touch their boundaries fairly accurately, they still do get a bit loose but will tighten up with more mileage. When doing funnels in the future as a warm up try to keep the ellipses divided equally by the funnel's central minor axis as shown here here it's quite tricky and very common for people to be a bit off, but people tend to forget this is their goal when doing this exercise again after the lesson.

Your Rough Perspective Boxes are interesting. You did a good job of keeping the horizontal lines parallel and vertical lines perpendicular to the horizon, with that being said however I think you used a ruler to create your boxes accidentally while you weren't supposed to in this exercise. If I'm mistaken then consider it a compliment cause wow these lines are straight.

The last 2 exercises are meant to challenge students, and it can be a tough task for people to get through so the fact you did is something to be proud of. You did a good job of getting some rotation and creating mostly equal space between each box in your rotated exercise, you struggled with the corners but it's the trickiest spot so it's expected. Remember that by keeping equal space you can use neighbouring boxes to provide clues to the rotation and boxes you create, and it helps you prevent things from drifting out of place as seen here.

In the organic perspective exercise you did vary the sizes of your boxes depending on how close they were, but don't be afraid to push the size differences more in the future as not doing so leads to some flat looking areas. In these last 2 exercises you have the tendency to redraw your lines on boxes and it makes things look messy, in the rotated boxes you may have been doing so for line weight to help you read your boxes better which is fine. In the organic perspective section however it makes things look a bit rushed and less thought out. Remember that once we make a mark we have to live with it, not redraw it.

Overall though I think you've shown a good understanding of what is being asked of you, you just need to slow down a bit. Once you begin to plan things out you'll absorb what you're doing better and mileage will help you get more consistent results. The 250 Box Challenge will help you with some of the later concepts you struggled with like construction and rotating boxes in 3D space, as well as how to properly use line weight.

Good luck in the box challenge.

Next Steps:

Practice these exercises as warm ups.

Read directions carefully and tackle the 250 box challenge before starting lesson 2.

Take your time, don't rush or you may burn out.

This critique marks this lesson as complete.
4:32 PM, Sunday April 12th 2020
edited at 9:14 PM, Apr 12th 2020

ok i will be more careful next time

thank you so much for your time :)

ps: also i didnt know i wasn't suppsed to use a ruler on that one exercise so yeah i goofed up there

edited at 9:14 PM, Apr 12th 2020
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