Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
10:48 AM, Tuesday December 13th 2022
Thank you for all the feedback
Hey, I'm going to be doing some feedback for your lesson 1. Nice job completing Lesson 1! Instead of going by homework assignment, I'm seeing some general things across all of them, so I'm just going to note them here:
Wobbly lines - This starts to be very noticeable in the rough perspective exercise, make sure even if the lines are shorter you're still drawing from the shoulder and ghosting the lines. Also remember to prioritise confidence over accuracy, though accuracy is definitely still a good thing, don't sacrifice smooth lines for that. Your lines up until that point look good though, in the superimposed lines, ghosted lines, and ghosted planes, so keep that up!
Rotated boxes - So this exercise is hard, but keep in mind that the backs of the boxes should also be parallel to the adjacent boxes, not just the fronts.
Scratchy lines - Make sure you draw each line once, and all the way through. Some of the exercises allow for adding line weight, but you still should make sure it's one line all the way through. I'm seeing this a lot in the rough perspective, rotated boxes, and the organic perspective. Take your time with the ghosting, draw from the shoulder, and draw the line in one motion.
Ellipses - These look pretty good, there's some smooth confident strokes here. A lot of them aren't touching the edges of the frames in the table of ellipses and the ghosted planes, but that accuracy comes with practice, so that's ok. Make sure you make sure you're not hesitating on those strokes and squishing the ellipses too, most of them look pretty good but there are some here and there that have squished sides.
All in all, looking pretty good! You should be good to move on to the 250 box challenge, and I'm marking this with complete, just make sure you're working on those smooth confident lines going forward in the box challenge and in your warmups =)
Next Steps:
Good to move on, just focus on line confidence as you move forward!
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