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Lesson 3: Applying Construction to Plants

4:51 AM, Wednesday March 8th 2023

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11:58 PM, Wednesday March 29th 2023

Hello! I'm gonna do the critique on video so I don't hurt my wrist too much, if you can't hear something well or want me to explain something else please tell me! Here's the crit.

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5:58 PM, Tuesday April 4th 2023

Thank you so much for the critique! That was really helpful, especially knowing it's actually preferable to pick simpler subjects, really drawing through, and breaking down the smaller parts into simpler forms.

No need to respond to the following. I'm just putting my notes from your video here, cause it's handy to have notes attached to the submission.

Arrows

-Make them grow more dramatically

Leaves

-Ghost more: there is too much fraying--ghost to make sure lines that need to touch touch

Branches

-Good alignment--make sure ellipses align with the centerline when you do the entire plant

Plants

-Pick simpler subjects

-Break down large and small forms into simple 3D shapes

-Domes

-Cylinders

-Wobbly planes ("leaves")

-Paddles

-Boxes

-Spheres

-If a lot of texture is added, take a photo of just the construction lines first

-Check VPs on boxes, remember how circles turn in space

-Add centerlines to leaves, petals, tubes

-Keep ellipses aligned with centerlines of tubes

-Keep drawing through ellipses

-Draw through more

-Ghost the details too

12:28 PM, Wednesday April 5th 2023

No worries, I'm glad it helped!

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