Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
12:28 PM, Saturday February 29th 2020
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11:57 AM, Monday March 16th 2020
Superimposed lines look fine. There's a bit of wobble and fraying, but it looks like you handled that as you went on, so no real issue.
Ghosted lines could do with some work though. Some lines overshoot, and some don't seem to even start at the position you set down. Just make sure to relax, and place your pen down at the starting point, and then execute your stroke. I'd also say, that if you do this more as a warm up, try to fill your page more. It's kind of bare. You don't need your lines to cross over either, especially if you've got plenty of space.
Your ghosted planes are okay, but again remember to start at the point you put down, ghost your line and then do it. I don't know how you're doing them, but try to draw the 4 sides first then do the cross in the middle. The way some boxes seem to line up, looks like you're doing one or two sides then a crossed line between them.
Remember to ghost, until you feel confident, then confidently execute your line.
With your table of ellipses, you've done a pretty decent job, again though remember to ghost a few times and drew through 2-3 times. It seems like you got the hang of it with your ellipses in planes, so I won't go on too much.
Funnels look good. Some wobble, and some don't quite touch each edge, but I'd say good.
Not much really to say about plotted perspective. Everything lines up with each VP.
Rotated boxes looks great. The lines are clean, and your hatching makes it pretty clear what's going on in the image.
Some lines around the far sides seem a bit off, but I'd say you did pretty well for this exercise.
Your organic perspective isn't too bad, but I'd say in future try to have less boxes with only two faces showing and more with three. The 2PP boxes get pretty samey, and you're not getting as much mileage out of every box drawn like this. Keep this in mind for the 250 box exercise.
Overall it's looking pretty good, but you are missing the two pages of rough perspective. I'll add that as a revision, and then I guess we can mark it as complete.
Just remember to take it easy, don't rush, ghost your lines and do things confidently.
Next Steps:
Add your pages of rough perspective and we're all good
3:14 PM, Wednesday March 18th 2020
Thanks for your comment , I will remember to start at the position I set down when I draw lines or planes and have more boxes with three faces when I practice.
Also this is the rough perspective that I forgot to upload.
Thank you very much.
8:45 PM, Wednesday March 18th 2020
Looks good for the most part, but you weren't supposed to draw those to the VP. You needed to draw them on their path to the horizon line like in the example https://i.imgur.com/Q6A3NNi.jpg
This is to show you where your mistakes are.
Anyway, just keep it in mind for the future. The boxes look good, just remember in SPP you'll need to be aware of where your lines are going and where they should end, as some lines in the back that should be straight are being forced to meet up with your lines that are vanishing.
Anyway, I'll mark this as complete. What you can do next is the 250 box challenge, and get a start on lesson 2.
Next Steps:
Move on to the 250 Box Challenge and Lesson 2.
Try to finish the majority of boxes before you get too deep into L2.
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