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4:03 PM, Thursday July 23rd 2020
Congratulations on finishing the first lesson!
Lines:
One thing I must comment about most of your lines, whether it's elipses, straigth or curved is that they have a noticeable wobble. It's not a thing you do on every line which could mean you're not rotating your pages to facilitate your drawing. Another reason for the wobble could be just not drawing your lines quickly. Whathever the reason is, keep it in mind, while it's not the end of the world (You'll have to draw a LOT of lines) getting it right at this point will save you from a few
headaches.
Elipses:
The one issue I see on your elipses is that you're deforming some to make them fit their container. Remember to prioritize fluidity and confidence over accuracy.
Boxes:
Plotted perspective:
Your plotted perspective looks fine, although you might have drawn too few boxes.
Rough perspective:
A number of your boxes's horizontal and vertical lines are not parallel or perpendicular respectively. I'm gonna trust Uncomfortable and say that you might have been using your instinct when drawing the lines and that made you draw them in the wrong direction. Another thing about this exercise is that, while you technically did the recommended amount of pages, you only did 2 sets of rough perspective. I'm gonna ask you to do the remaining 4 sets of rough perspective.
Rotating boxes:
You have a some perspective issues, but that's to be expected, as long as you learn from this experience you shouldn't think much of it. However you do have some bigger issues. The first one was not keeping the gaps between your boxes narrow and consistent and the second one was not drawing through your boxes. You made the two mistakes Uncomfortable specifically warns us about. I won't ask you to repeat this exercise, you gave it your shot, but in the future make sure to read the material more carefully and to actively think about your drawing.
Organic perspective:
Again, you did two pages but only two sets, so I'm gonna ask you to do the remaining 4 sets of organic perspective (try to do 3 sets per page as shown in the material so you don't end up with too small boxes). You also tend to repeat a lot the same type of box. In your revisions try to vary their rotation and shape a bit more.
Next Steps:
4 sets of rough perspective and 4 sets of organic perspective.
7:33 PM, Thursday July 23rd 2020
Hello,
Thank you so much for your feedback! I've tried to be more deliberate to eliminate blurred lines. Please see the link below for the 4 rough perspective and 4 organic perspecitve items.
8:56 PM, Thursday July 23rd 2020
You completed this revision very quickly! Too quickly! I'd say, but we'll get to that.
First of all, I'm glad you listened to my feedback, I can see a noticeable impovement in your line quality. You also varied the shape and rotation of the boxes a lot more, one thing I forgot to tell you in the first review is that you're supposed to only show the visible lines of the organic perspective boxes (as in, not show the xray vision ones). Now, I say that I think you did these too quickly because these do seem rushed. Drawabox is all about careful planning, active thinking and building muscle memory. It's important that you take your time with these exercises, do them to the best of your ability. This is only to maximize your learning. Nobody is expecting you to be quick quite the opposite actually. Uncomfortable expects these exercises to be tough for you.
With that in mind, you can continue to the 250 box challenge. Please, no need to rush.
Next Steps:
Wait for 2 agrees and continue to 250 box challenge.
10:45 PM, Thursday July 23rd 2020
Procced to 250 box challenge
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