Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
3:39 AM, Friday February 7th 2020
My bad lesson 1 work, already got critiqued when I originally posted it.
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8:34 PM, Friday February 7th 2020
Okay, so here's some quick notes on this, so that you may get your badge. Lines are solid. Ellipses are quite confident, though a little stiff in the ellipses in planes exercise. Don't be so conscious of the frame! Priority #1 is confidence! In the funnels exercise, be a little more mindful of the minor axis. It needs to cut each ellipse into 2 equal, symmetrical halves. Nice job on the rough perspective exercise, but don't redo lines. In the organic perspective exercise, though I notice some start/end points, it oftentimes feels like you extended your lines arbitrarily. Be a little more conscious of the VPs, please. Ghost to each one, from all lines. Try not to overshoot, too. If you can do it in the other exercises, you can do it here, too.
Anyway, congrats, and good luck!
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250 Box Challenge
3:05 AM, Sunday February 23rd 2020
Thank you very much for the critique! I've long since passed this and even redone lesson 1 completely through warmups while doing the 250 box challenge, but your critiques still are valid and very helpful. I appreciate it a lot!
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