Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction
12:59 PM, Wednesday January 31st 2024
Hello, again.
I accidentally did an extra intersections.
Cheers.
Hi there Stochy! Great job on finishing this lesson. Here's some feedback:
Arrows:
On your arrows, I'm missing a little bit of confidence and speed. Sometime the lines are a little wobbly, like the arrow on the top right. It also looks like you didn't draw the lines in one motion, but did them in sections. That's generally not advisable, as you get the overlap and crossing lines. Your hatching looks great though, and I can really see you put care into each line as an individual element, and didn't rush them! But try to not be too perfectionistic. Confidence & Speed > Accuracy. You will learn the accuracy with time!
Organic Forms:
Your organic forms struggle a little bit with the same wobble, but generally these are really good! Your axis are mostly aligned and it's neat. Two pointers: as the ellipses change their orientation, they become narrower and wider. I see you did this a little bit (especially on the form all the way on the right), but not on all of them. Your C's hook nicely around the forms on the second page, but I would watch out for this: Demo
Texture analysis:
For your texture analysis, I really like the transition from the middle to the lighter area. You can really see the texture fade out, nice job! But I think you could have spent more time analysing the texture, as I sometimes feel like you put in a lot of detail in a short time - the individual marks don't look super tidy. In your notes I see you refer to "lines" but I advise against seeing textures this way. Remember - you're drawing the shapes and "shadows" not the lines and patterns you see. It's about thinking in 3D. Also I'd say that the transition from dark to middle needs just a little more work. Right now it looks like one black bar on the right which makes the transition a bit sudden. Use the texture to smooth this out, and don't be afraid to use more black on that side!
Dissection:
Your dissections are already looking a bit tidier - great! You also broke the silhouette, which is very good. I do still see some of the untidy lines, and like you put in a looot of detail. That isn't always necessary for these. Use the transition from the previous exercise to accentuate the texture on the transition, but don't draw out every individual feater, stone, brick, etc.
Intersections:
Very full pages with lots of forms - awesome! They don't all seem to intersect where they could, though. Also make sure that when you intersect, that this intersection actually follows the right perspective. Look at the pyramid and the cube intersecting at the top right on the page marked with the "3": the top right corner on the pyramid doesn't follow the box's perspective. I also see that you often draw the intersections very slowly and with a lot of wiggle. You can fix this by thinking and ghosting first before you put your pen on the paper. When two curved edges intersect, they make a sort of "c" intersection, as you can see here. I don't see any of these drawn in your example. When it comes to the pages full of only boxes, though, that one is looking great!
Organic Intersections:
This one is hard but you did a great job not losing track and making it clear how the forms lie. There's just one thing, which is that they don't all feel like they have the right weight to them - or that it's not realistic for them to be in this position. I'd expect them to roll off or fall down. Take a look at this to see what I'm talking about.
Conclusion:
Awesome stuff! I'd say to just watch your line confidence and push your black transitions further, as well as use transitions on organic forms and not just in the texture analysis. I would like you to draw in the intersections you've missed in your 4 pages of intersections, but it's not a requirement for moving on. I will mark this lesson as complete, but feel free to send pictures of the intersections to me if you make more!
Next Steps:
Next up: Lesson 3!
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