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7:47 PM, Saturday July 22nd 2023
Hello, I'll be critiquing your work.
Lines
Your superimposed lines are off to a great start, as you have drawn them from a clear point and confidently. There is the expected fraying at the ends, but this usually disappears once you've practiced more.
Ghosted planes and ghosted lines are nice and confident. I do notice a bit of arching in some of your ghosted lines, so make sure to give them a consistent trajectory even if they are going to miss the ending point. Overall, good job.
Ellipses
Tables of ellipses are looking very tidy rather than rushed, and it is also good to see that you are keeping your ellipses symmetrical and well rounded out on the ends.
Ellipses in planes are turning out well, but there are some that flow out of the boundaries. This isn't much to worry about, as you will improve with some practice.
Your funnels exercise is better in terms of keeping the ellipses within the boundaries. I like to see that you kept their shapes symmetrical and rounded, just like in your other ellipse exercises. There are also a few misalignments on the minor axes, but overall, this looks good.
Boxes
Rough perspective is good, and I can see that most of your lines were drawn confidently. There are a few wobbly lines, so make sure to work on that a bit.
Your rotated boxes exercise looks very confidently drawn, and I see that you kept in mind the consistency of the gaps between the boxes as well as the box rotations.
Lastly, your organic perspective is turning out well, and you have made good attempts at the perspective of the boxes. I do recommend that you try using lineweight in the areas that overlap.
Alrighty, everything looks good and you should be able to move onto the next lesson. Make sure to use this lesson in your warmups!
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250 Box Challenge
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A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
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.