Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

4:21 PM, Friday February 14th 2020

DAB L.1 - Google Photos

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5:44 AM, Sunday February 16th 2020

Hey there, TA Meta here to look over your work, so let's get started.

Starting with your superimposed lines, these started off a bit rough on the first place but improved significantly on the second page, where you seemed to execute with more confidence. There's still a few wobbles here and there but it's great to see that you've taken the time to line your pen up with the starting point and then committed to the line once you started executing.

Next your ghosted lines are looking straight and confident in places with wobbles present in others. It's possible this was just you figuring out your best angle of attack as the ghosted planes show significantly fewer signs of wobbling. It's also great to see that you've drawn a good variety of sizes of lines and planes, since this gives you practice engaging your shoulder in different situations.

Next up your tables of ellipses are looking pretty good. You've packed those ellipses in there nice and tight and executed confidently for the most part. The first page you were rather inconsistent with your line quality and drawing through your ellipses however on the second page, this tightens up significantly and while there are still a few wobbly ones there, you do seem to be getting the hang of drawing ellipses.

You do seem to be missing your ellipses in planes exercise here, so I'm going to need to see those before I mark the lesson as complete and you can just post it as a response to this comment.

Finally, your funnels are showing some signs of wobbling, however there are some funnels in here that are really nicely aligned to the minor axis. The one that stands out to me is the one that is second from the right at the top, next to the skinny funnel. Make sure you're prioritising confidence over accuracy, as a confident, but inaccurate line is far more salvageable than one that is wobbly.

Onto your rough perspective now and you've done a pretty good job keeping your horizontals parallel and verticals perpendicular to the horizon line. One thing that particularly stuck out to me here though is that you had a tendency to be a lot more uncertain and wobbly on the rear planes of your boxes. If you're uncertain about where your line should go, feel free to lay down some non-commital dots and nut out where you want that line to go, then execute as confidently as possible.

Next to your rotated boxes and you've done a really good job keeping the gaps between your boxes consistent and this has enabled you to leverage them to place your next box. You've managed to get a little bit of rotation going but not the entire range of rotation, instead some of your boxes tend to follow the vanishing point of the one previously drawn. This is absolutely okay and expected though, as we don't expect students to be able to nail these last two exercises any time soon, they're simply designed to introduce you to a new kind of spatial problem.

Finally, your organic perspective is off to a good start, you've created some interesting compositions here and it's really awesome to see students that aren't afraid to overlap things and let things get a little bit confusing. Your line confidence here is also much better, so make sure you keep that up, even when things get a bit overwhelming. Naturally, your boxes are showing some signs of divergence but as I said above, this exercise exists to introduce you to a new concept so we can sneakily prime you for the 250 box challenge.

Next Steps:

Before you move on, please submit the missing ellipses in planes homework.

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
5:07 PM, Sunday February 16th 2020

Thank you so much for the feedback! Ellipses in planes exercise attached:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/evuCRN27ah435R5k8

1:33 AM, Monday February 17th 2020

I can see a little bit of preoccupation with accuracy here but some of these are really good. Again, try to prioritise confidence over accuracy. This lesson is now marked as complete, feel free to move onto the 250 box challenge.

Next Steps:

Feel free to move onto the 250 box challenge.

This critique marks this lesson as complete.
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