Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
1:38 AM, Saturday July 2nd 2022
Hey, i dont really know what to say here, I'm here I am :-)
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6:36 PM, Saturday July 2nd 2022
Looks good, you are ready to move on to the next step.
Though, these are the main concerns that come to mind:
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Rough perspective - the red lines indicated that you nailed all the VP exactly - did you use the help of a ruler to get the line right or you were just good at it (or took your time to carefully get the VP correct)?
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Organic Perspective - sometimes all 3 VPs for the odd box seemed to be at infinity or extremely far away.
Next Steps:
250 box challenge
11:36 PM, Saturday July 2nd 2022
Yes, it seems he used a ruler to make the projections. Some black lines don't match them. I believe it's ok, but focus on not doing it on the 250 box challenge to really improve your guessing skill and perception of space.
12:45 AM, Sunday July 3rd 2022
First of all Thank you for the critique
And yes I think I misunderstood the purpose of the red lines and used a ruler.
I thought it should be done with the ruler to see the difference between my lines (the box ) and right lines (red line) , I know is seems stupid know that I think about it.
I'll try not to do this in the future :-) ,
Thank you and appreciate you taking the time .
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12:35 AM, Sunday July 3rd 2022
Heyo!
Overall good work ?
Lines
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Your linework was mostly confident and smooth.
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Little to no signs of arching, no consistent cases of fraying and no repeated lines, so great job!
Ellipses
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Your exercises were done nicely indicating that you understood the exercise at its core.
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There were little to no signs of overlapping, most of the ellipses were done 2-3 times per instructions and stayed within its area, nice!
Boxes
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You stayed true to the ghosting method to construct your boxes, well done!
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It would seem that you misunderstood the Rough Perspective exercise, correct me if I'm wrong but it looks as though you used a ruler/straight edge to "plot" your lines back to the vanishing point similar to the Plotted Perspective exercise.
For clarity, in the Rough Perspective exercise, you are only to use a ruler to plot the lines of your boxes back to the vanishing point, AFTER you've construct your boxes (by ghosting).
Overall as I stated previously you've done good work! I would recommend redoing the Rough Perspective exercise just to re-introduce you to its methods and be able to see how your eyes tend to assume how far/close the vanishing point is/isn't and then you may move on to the 250 Boxes Challenge. ( ??? )?
Next Steps:
2 Pages of Rough Perspective
250 Box Challenge
12:51 AM, Sunday July 3rd 2022
First of all Thank you for the critique
And yes I think I misunderstood the purpose of the red lines and used a ruler.
Though I only used it with red lines, and I used no ruler and only the ghosting method for the box .
I thought it should be done with the ruler to see the difference between my lines (the box ) and right lines (red line) , I know is seems stupid know that I think about it.
I'll try not to do this in the future :-) ,
Thank you and appreciate you taking the time .
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7:20 PM, Sunday July 3rd 2022
Great work, the boxes in the top right quadrant of the rotated boxes exercise look bit off tho
Next Steps:
Lesson 2 :)
And maybe the 250 boxes challenge if you like
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