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3:38 AM, Tuesday December 19th 2023
Nice work on Lesson 1! You have strong line work, but need more size variation and overlap.
Lines
They have the correct trajectory and hit most of the marks they're supposed to hit.
Ellipses
The ellipses fit snugly in the planes. Only a few miss the edges. The table of ellipses is fine and so are the funnels. For the most part the ellipses are symmetrical. Just watch out for tapering on the ends.
Boxes
These forms are clean with smooth lines. The boxes in the rough perspective have the correct line method. They are virtually the same size however, with little variation. There isn't any overlap either. The rotated boxes have the right perspective/alignment. The organic perspective also looks good expect for the fact many of the forms in the back are small. Variation in size will enhance your draftmanship.
Your progress so far looks promising; keep going!
Next Steps:
Do one page of the rough perspective with boxes of different sizes. Try to overlap a couple of them.
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In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.