Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
11:49 AM, Tuesday September 8th 2020
Lesson 1
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5:42 PM, Tuesday September 8th 2020
I generally really like what you've done so far...
In the first couple pages there's a little fraying on both ends in some lines...
Both in the ghosted lines and the planes there's some wobbly line, I would probably take a little more time before tracing them and be more confident in what you're doing...
The ellipses are quite good...
In the boxes part though... In general I would say tou could have done some more exercise in a page (like 3 each) and not one...
Anyway in the plotted one, you should have done everything with a ruler (not ghosted) and you're missing all the construction lines to the vanishing points...
in the other nothing to say except what I've said earlier (could have done a couple more per page)...
Lastly the rotating boxes... It's quite good,but you're missing the corners, they're quite difficult to do but need to be done... And I would not put so many lines of emphasis on each box (it looks a little messy in some point when the lines don't connect quite good in the corners)
Next Steps:
You should probably re-do the plotted boxes page (read carefully the instructions first)...
For the rough perspective ones, I would have done more but if you're sure you got the idea, leave as it is...
Lastly the rotating boxes... If you have time, I would re-do it, be sure to do he corners and not put too much lines of emphasis for a cleaner look
7:47 AM, Wednesday September 9th 2020
Thank you for the feedback, I really appreciate it. Will work more on the things you mentioned. Also I have done more pages of rough perspective it's just that I only uploaded these two pages.
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