Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction

6:30 AM, Saturday August 1st 2020

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Hi, this is my lesson 2 homework. I would be grateful for any feedback from you, masters of drawabox site :)

cheers,

Simon

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1:54 AM, Saturday August 8th 2020

Arrows

Good job overall on your arrows, one thing that happens with them is that they don't grow much as they get closer towards the viewer. Try to make them grow more exponentially on the next ones.

Other thing is that the hatching looks a bit rushed at times, don't forget to take your time with each line. And lastly, your lines. Some of them are a bit wobbly, so don't forget that you should always be prioritizing confidence over accuracy. And don't repeat them as well, if you get one off, leave it as it is, don't try to draw over it.

And when adding lineweight, do it with a confident superimposed line, don't trace slowly over the line you want to add linweight to, as always, confidence over accuracy.

Organic forms

Organic forms are looking good overall. Pretty confident and the basic forms are almost there, though you got some pointy ends and some parts that bulge a little bit, check again the notes on the form we're aiming for just in case.

On the contours the same goes as before, don't repeat lines, it doesn't matter if they're off, leave them be and keep going to the next one.

Some of the ellipses are a bit wobbly, so don't forget to prioritize confidence over accuracy on them as well.

Other than that good job on shifting the ellipses degrees.

Textures

On textures I've not much to add, you're already doing a pretty good job with your observational skills, transitions on the gradients are pretty smooth, you're making well use of the silhouette on the dissection exercise, and the textures are following the form well.

Only thing is that you might be relying on outlining forms at times, and be sure you're careful not to end up scribbling; every mark you draw should have a purpose. But other than that great job.

Form intersections

Form intersections are pretty good as well. The main purpose of the exercise is to make forms appear to share the same space, and to do that you need to make the forms maintain consistent foreshortening. To do this it's better to stick to shallow perspective forms, and to equilateral forms, so make sure you're aiming for those kind of forms next times you are doing the exercise.

About the intersections themselves, you aren't expected to do a good job at this point; they are just an introduction, but they are looking pretty solid already, good job!

Lastly, be careful with your lines. You're here repeating some lines; just like before, if a line is wrong leave it be, don't repeat it. And when adding lineweight do it with a single confident superimposed line, don't overdo it.

Organic intersections

Organic intersections are looking pretty solid, though they have a few issues.

First thing is that on this exercise as well you should be aiming for simple forms; 2 balls connected by a tube of consistent width, don't do complex forms.

Second is drawing through forms. As done in the video demo on the website (check it out again to refresh it), you should first completely draw the organic forms, so even if they aren't visible to the viewer, you should still always draw them.

Lastly, same as before, when adding lineweight do it with confident lines and with ghosting, don't slowly trace over them.

I'm marking this as complete as you've done a pretty good job overall. Just make sure you take care over the things I mentioned, as they are really important. Specially the confident lines thing, and the repeating lines thing. The thing about mantaining sausages as simple forms will be pretty important for lesson 4 onwards, so be careful about it on your warmups as well.

Good luck in lesson 3!

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6:54 AM, Saturday August 8th 2020

Dear Master Elodin,

First of all it's really awesome that such advanced member did review my homework. It's really helpful and detailed. Thank You very much. I'll make sure that those errors and mistakes doesn't appear in the future.

Also i'm trying my best to review lesson one homeworks of other ppl. i'm trying do one each day.

Thanks again for your help, and see you around.

Szymon

1:47 PM, Saturday August 8th 2020

no worries, and thank for helping others :D

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