Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
3:46 PM, Monday June 28th 2021
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5:08 PM, Monday June 28th 2021
On your superimposed lines, I noticed your lines tend to arc. Try and make sure you draw with your whole arm. If the problem persists, try to actively arc in the opposite direction. Otherwise, I would only suggest trying more varied curves if you use the homework as a warm-up.
Your ghosted lines look great, but make sure you plot them with dots first. This is important for ghosting method. Other than that, great work.
The ellipses in planes look a bit wobbly , so make sure you prioritize confidence over accuracy.
Table of ellipses looks great. Just make sure you ghost your ellipses before you put them down.
The funnels look great. Only thing I have to say is make sure your ellipses are alined to the minor axis.
The only thing I note on your rough perspective is one of your lines is chicken scratched. On the second page you seem to have some issues with vertical lines. These issues should be sorted out when you go through the 250 box challenge.
Your rotated box looks incredible. Only issue of note is a couple of your lines are chicken scratched, so make sure you ghost your lines and execute them with confidence.
The organic perspective exercise looks pretty good. The issue with your lines still persist, so as stated make sure you draw them with confidence. You where supposed to have three tables of organic perspective as shown in the example, so keep that in mind.
Next Steps:
Next steps:
First off, congratulations on finishing lesson 1! Your next step is the 250 box challenge.
As I marked this as complete, you are now qualified to critique lesson 1 submissions.
Keep up the good work!
5:25 PM, Monday June 28th 2021
thanks, really good points
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