Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
1:50 PM, Friday August 21st 2020
Finally Done with Lesson 1, a review would be highly appreciated so I can move on to the next lesson!
Hi Salty_Is_Salty! Let's just get to your exercise :
1. Lines : Overall, great job on all of your lines exercise! however, i see that some of your lines is still wobbly ( but it's okay because for the most part everything looks great! ) and as for the SIL exercise, you did a good job on it too!
2. Ellipses : Again, great job on your ellipses exercise! however, i see that you draw over your ellipses for more over 3 times, just remember that when you drawing your ellipses again, the base maximum is 2 - 3 times :)
3. Boxes : Overall, great job on finishing all of the boxes exercise! it can be difficult and tedious at first, but when you do the 250 boxes challenge hopefully you became much more accustomed with drawing them boxes :)
Next Steps:
Go forth, do the 250 boxes challenge
Good day! I hope this critique will help you out.
-Lines
Nice job with the line exercises. Only a few lines are frying on both sides on the bottom of the 2nd page but that's okay. In addition, there's only a few slightly wobbly lines.
-Ellipse
Great effort with this. I notice on the table of ellipses, however, some of your ellipses overlap boundaries. I suggest ghosting more to ensure you keep within the boundaries.
-Boxes
Awesome! I'll only say some of your lines of some boxes were repeated on the organic perspective. Be sure to leave them once you mark them once regardless if they're wrong.
Solid job! You definitely put great effort to this.
Next Steps:
250 Box challenge! Good luck!
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