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8:51 AM, Monday March 30th 2020

Lines are pretty good, you have a little bit of wobble in your superimposed lines (So remember that confidence of a line will always be better than accuracy), but overall they are pretty confident, good job!

Ellipses are pretty good as well, I can see you aren't afraid of being confident, even if that means your ellipses aren't accurate. Funnels are pretty good, you are alligning the ellipses to the minor axis, and though some of your ellipses get a bit wobbly in this exercise, I can see improvement in the ellipses section overall already.

In rough perspective, I think you might be rushing a bit, be careful with the hatching, being careful with each line. And same goes for normal lines. Don't forget to ghost, and even if they come out wrong, don't repeat them. You're also doing mostly a good job in keeping the lines of the boxes horizontal and vertical.

Rotated boxes is good, you're rotating the boxes and keeping the corners between corners close. But just like in rough perspective, remember that you shouldn't repeat lines, no matter how wrong they are.

Lastly in organic perspective, I'm pretty sure you aren't approaching the lines correctly. Before drawing any line, no matter if its in the ghosted lines exercise or here, start with a starting and ending dot. And then ghost that line and execute it, don't draw that line directly without planning it. Boxes have issues, but that's to be expected, you'll work on them on the box challenge.

Here as well don't forget not to repeat lines, and don't cross any line as well, even if it's wrong. Remember you can clarify overlaps with superimposed lines to add line-weight.

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Overall I think you're doing a pretty good job, thought you have some issues, specially repeating lines and not planning lines by drawing ending and starting dot to ghost them. Remember to focus on those 2 issues in the 250 box challenge, your next assignment, good luck!

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9:43 PM, Friday January 29th 2021
edited at 9:52 PM, Jan 29th 2021

I'm noticing only now that you took the time to write a very detailed critique of my submission. Thank you so much for your very helpful comments (better almost a year late than never, I suppose)!

Some errors you pointed out I was aware of and have tried to improve, others (regarding perspective in particular) I hadn't noticed, so I should pay more attention going forward.

Not sure you're reading this but once again, thank you very much!

edited at 9:52 PM, Jan 29th 2021
4:56 AM, Sunday January 31st 2021

no worries :D

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