Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
7:43 AM, Monday August 9th 2021
Lesson 1 finally done. Is this good enough?
First thing I notice, is that your lines, tend to wobble quite a bit. They also tend to curve slighty.
To fix this problem I would recomend trying to do what uncomfortable mentioned. To try and purposefully curve your line to the opposite direction, that should even it out. Also that tends to happen when when you are not mostly using the shoulder pivot. If you are using the shoulder pivot correctly, then purposefully curving your line to the opposite direction should fix it.
Another thing Is wobbly lines, this will get better over time, but they do tend to wobble, Especially when plotting the lines for the perspective grid without a ruler. I would recomend ghosting your lines,beforehand.
You also have some fraying on the super imposed lines, Its ok, for now as you practicing your confidence of lines more than accuracy, but still something to keep in mind in later parts of the lessons.
Also for the elipses, the degrees need to change when doing the circles in the funnels.
For the ellipses inside the table you are also trying to make them fit into the table than making them overall smooth. Practice on getting them smooth than accuracy for now.
Another thing I notice, is that when you plot your boxes on the perspective grid, without the ruler. Your lines tend to not be perpendicular to the horizon line. This is very important and something to keep in mind.
With your organic perspective and rotated boxes, I notice that on some of your corners of your boxes they randomnly will have fraying lines. as mentioned before, Its important to practice your ghosting method during times like this.
Good luck and I look forward to seeing your progress, it takes time and hard work, but the ones who persevere are the victorious.
Next Steps:
I would recomend doing one more organic perspective and rotated boxes, keeping the critiques I told you in mind. Don't forget to plot your points and use the ghosting method. Also purposefully curving your lines to the oppsite direction to straighten out your lines.
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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