Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

8:08 PM, Thursday March 26th 2020

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Hello everyone,

this is my first artwork. It contains lines, ellipses together with boxes, which are also made up of lines.

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8:59 AM, Monday March 30th 2020

Lines are pretty good, your lines at the start are a bit wobbly, but they gain a lot of confidence in the next exercises, good job!

Ellipses are pretty confident too, the only issue I can see on them is that you aren't alligning the ellipses in the funnel exercises to their minor axis. Remember that the axis should cut the ellipses in 2 even halves. Just like with lines, keep drawing the ellipses with that confidence and you'll nail the accuracy!

You've done a good job on rough perspective, though you're having issues with maining height and width lines as vertical and horizontal, it's hard, but try to focus on it on the next times you do this exercise. No matter how wrong a line is, don't repeat it too, It's hard to resist but try your best.

Good job on rotated boxes too, you're rotating most of the boxes and keeping the corners between them close as well,

Lastly for your organic perspective, don't forget not to repeat lines, just like with the other exercises. Remember for your next attempts at this exercise that you can clarify overlaps by adding line-weight with a single superimposed line.

Next Steps:

Congratulations on completing lesson 1! Your next assignment is the 250 box challenge, remember not to repeat any line on it, and good luck!

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11:48 AM, Monday April 13th 2020

Hello Elodin,

thank you a bunch for your critique!

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