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Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

11:52 PM, Saturday February 13th 2021

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Hello I'm finally done with lesson 1!! I would appreciate any comments and some critique on how it looks!

Notes:

1)On the super imposed lines i was changing the direction of the lines so that i can draw comfortably, that's why the lines may looks weirdly oriented. I've drawn some arrows indicated the direction to make it easier to look at! Sorry, in advance for that.

2)I drew the ellipses in planes on the same pages I did my ghosted planes, it's not that they're missing!

3)On the rough perspective exercise I've written down some comments on my own and what I should pay attention to when I'm doing the exercise. (Don't pay attention to the comments if they're distracting)

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8:09 AM, Thursday February 18th 2021

Hello Aspart13!

Hopefully my critique can be of some help to you. I'll focus on lines, ellipses and boxes. If I'm not mentioning any one specific exercise it means I think you did it according to instructions and whatever general comments I've made on lines/ellipses/boxes applies. Let's get to it!

Lines

Solid work. Very confident ghosted lines. Only small problem I can see is you're worrying a bit too much about accuracy (as do I!). This can have the effect of a slight waver at the end of the line. Try to remind yourself that confidence > accuracy and the satisfying feeling of hitting the mark spot on is even better when you've thoroughly ghosted the line and made it with true confidence. But to reiterate - great lines! In future warm-ups be sure to include some even longer ones, accuracy will suffer but doing those motions will really drive home the point of drawing from your shoulder.

One thing to add, on the last panel of the last page of the rough perspective I see you've redrawn or "fixed" some of the lines. Resist that urge. I know you may know this but: if you mess up a line, leave it as if it was correct and move on. Fixing/redrawing lines only creates bad habits and messier drawings. There's no point in trying to cover our mistakes, we want to see them clearly so as to improve from them.

Ellipses

Wow, good job! The funnels especially have very consistent angles and degree (or gradual change in degree). Only room for improvement i can see is the accuracy of major axis, or the "size". In the future practice making the ellipses fit snugly in the funnels/tables. I think it will be fixed with some more ghosting and practicing the ellipses.

Boxes

On the rough perspective I see you've made some self-criticism. A bit harsh, but I generally agree. Very nice work on rotated boxes and organic perspective! The extreme corners of the rotated boxes, the shouldn't be facing away from us. I think the remedy for this would be keeping the boxes a little bit tighter together. There are some problems with the back facing planes of the boxes looking skewed, but all in all great job! Mayyybe a bit heavy on the added line weights on the organic perspective. But as you might be able to tell, I'm grasping at straws here.

Good job, on to the 250!

Onwards and upwards

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4:36 PM, Thursday February 18th 2021

Hey RIKTIGKING!

Thank you very much for your critique!! It was well put. I'll keep, everything you noted, in mind and I'll practice on them, on my future warm ups!

Onwards to embrace the pain called "250 box challenge"!

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