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8:15 PM, Wednesday June 7th 2023
Congratulations on getting through lesson 1! Here is some feedback. In a nutshell, you've done really solid work.
Lines
These are looking really clean and confident. A few on the dot-to-dot have a bit of curve or wobble at the end, but the frayed lines and planes are just pretty.
Ellipses
The table of ellipses looks really clean, you pass through each one 2-3 times, and you vary the degree and tilt. On the ellipses in planes, they fit pretty well, although there is a bit of a tendency to make them pointy where they touch the edges. The ellipses in funnels look good.
Boxes
The 2 point perspective looks good, as does the rough perspective and rotated boxes. The organic perspective shows the size decreasing as the boxes move away. While a few of the boxes seem to have diverging lines, you’ll work on this a ton for the 250 box challenge, so that’s okay for now. This is how I like to think about constructing boxes, if it helps: https://imgur.com/a/CP1JmaB
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This is fabulous--now good luck with the 250 box challenge!
3:19 AM, Thursday June 8th 2023
Thank you for the feedback and the the reference you shared! I was having trouble with the last few exercises so this will be helpful with the 250 box challenge :)
3:24 AM, Thursday June 8th 2023
Good luck!
Also, on the 250 boxes, there is a potential pitfall of accidentally drawing your convergence lines the wrong direction. Here is how to avoid it: https://imgur.com/a/3YXACR6
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Also, check in on discord/reddit or in the questions (discord seems to be the best) when you've knocked out 20 or so boxes, just to make sure you're on the right track before you spend weeks or months drawing out 250.
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