Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
10:37 PM, Monday November 2nd 2020
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8:03 AM, Tuesday November 24th 2020
Hello and congratulations on completing the first lesson.
LINES
Superimposed Lines
There is some wobble in the lines you have drawn but overall they are drawn with confidence. Just ensure that you aren’t course correcting as you are drawing, especially on the curved superimposed lines.
There is fraying on both ends especially in the superimposed lines exercise, try to ensure that the lines drawn never fray from the starting dot. Place the pen carefully at the beginning of each line so this does not happen. (https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/1585f266.jpg) To quote the lesson “Fraying on both ends however suggests that you're not taking the time to position your pen correctly at the starting point of your guideline, and that you're just kind of 'winging' it. The thing about confidence is that it's not without its preparation.”
There is a clear improvement in the 2nd submission of the superimposed lines which is great.
Ghosted lines
There isn’t much of an arch which is great and the lines are drawn without hesitation, just make sure not to undershoot the lines drawn. The problem with undershooting the lines is improved with the next few exercises.
It is good that all the lines drawn have been clearly plotted with dots.
Ghosted planes
Gets a bit wobbly at times but overall done well.
ELLIPSES
Ellipse Tables
Most of the ellipses have been drawn through at least twice. The ellipses in the table are at times not packed tightly enough leaving gaps in between or sometimes they overlap too much.Try to increase the accuracy of the ellipses drawn by ghosting more until you are ready to commit.
Ellipse in planes
The ellipses are mostly well drawn.
Funnels
On funnels, the minor axis (the line in the middle) should cut ellipses in 2 symmetrical halves, however in a few of the funnels they aren’t. Overall the ellipses are spaced out well from one another and keep within the confines of the funnel.
BOXES
Plotted perspective
The plotted perspective exercise looks great
Rough perspective
In the rough perspective exercises the width lines are parallel to horizon and height lines perpendicular to horizon which is great.Just make sure to take note in being confident when drawing your lines, this can be done by plotting dots beforehand and ghosting.
Rotated boxes
The corners of the boxes are kept close enough and the boxes are rotated mostly accurately
Organic perspective
There are some mistakes in how the boxes are drawn but these would be worked on in the 250 boxes challenge.
Hope that my feedback helps.
Next Steps:
250 Box Challenge
10:48 PM, Thursday November 26th 2020
Thank you for taking the time to critique my submission! The feedback was very helpful.
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