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Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

5:13 PM, Sunday August 23rd 2020

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Hi! I didn't have access to a printer paper initially so I drew on a lined paper. I know I shouldn't, but that was the only thing I can use at the time. You can see how I shift to a proper paper at the end. (I don't have a fineliner too, I just used a pen). I didn't want to redo some of them to a printer paper because of this quote from the lesson: "You will feel inclined to try them again. Don't." You might also notice that some exercises are combined in one paper. It is because I usually do them as warm ups. I also went back to read again the lessons after doing all of the homework so I am aware of the mistakes I made. Still, I would really love to her some feedback! (I'm currently doing the 250 boxes challenges right now, and I swear I've been following the instructions religiously)

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11:01 PM, Monday August 24th 2020

Hi,

On the topic of material try and get felt tip pen if you havent already.

Ghosted lines and superimposed lines seem good, only a little bit of bowing on some of them, but over all they seem confident which is the most important thing.

On the topic of confident lines, your planes seem more focused on accuracy than confident line, this makes them wobbly and makes them more "square" like. Dont do this, confidence comes first, even if the elipse doesnt touch the edges or overshoots them.

This mistakes repeats on table on elipses, but funnels look a little better but still sacrifice confidence for accuracy.

Perspective excercises look good, but some variety in sizes would be good, there seem to be no larger boxes, as well on the organic perspective excercise very few boxes overlap, that also would be good practice (can add line weight on overlaping edges).

Rotated boxes look good aswell but as you get to the edge your boxes seem to stop rotating hard enogh, especially the furthes from the center corner seem to straighten up giving a more boxy look to the overall structure.

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Lesson looks very good, keep at it with 250 Box challenge but remember to add more sizes, id recomend larger boxes. if using A4 paper try 3 or 4 per side of the page. Also remember 50/50 rule, 50% drawing for fun 50% draw a box. This is very important with 250 Box challenge to avoid burnout

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8:48 AM, Tuesday August 25th 2020

Thank you for this! I really appreciate your feedback, especially regarding confidence over accuracy. I won't notice that by myself.

Thank you again for the reminders for the 250 Box Challenge. I'm currently using the recommended paper, but not the pen. Sadly, I still can't find a felt tip pen :(( But I'll make sure to acquire one before I start the second lesson.

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