Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
1:59 AM, Monday October 17th 2022
Resubmitting for official critique.
I just posted a bit asking on feedback, but I have been trying to get out my shyness of posting/chatting in general.
I think I love these challenges, starting from the lesson 1 videos and posts, it was telling how different this is. I tried self-learning for years, but its been more of that anime character looks cool, lets try to draw them. As I get older, I find myself returning and returning back to drawing, despite thinking I'm not gifted enough to do so at times. Finding this community has really helped, with the lessons more difficult, but not to the point where everything has to be known. I like that I have to do the best that I can, and understand that change is coming, but to not dwell on my mistakes (which I have done a lot). Also, it made me realize how everything starts from the basics, and that art is not about the destination but the journey. There was a point, especially in college and high school, where I felt less than that I did not understand the material in course, but re-reading and re-reading and re-watching the videos made me realize that was not the case. Everything is here to help us learn, I just had to take my time to understand it and get past my ego (idk if that's the right word lol) and take the journey carefully. The lesson 1 materials is something I look over everyday for warm-ups and I feel much more confident in the lessons than when first starting, so thanks for making a place where our failure can become our success.
P.S. Talked more about my experiecne than the lessons lol, but coming back I definitely rushed during some of the box challenges and the ghosted lines, and had to take the time to learn how a box rotates, and how to execute the lines consistently. I even had to move books in certain ways for the rotated box challenge, it was both difficult and fun trying to find out how th box should be drawn!







