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Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

4:40 PM, Tuesday January 16th 2024

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For the first page of superimposed lines, dont mind that weird arc at the top right. I didn't realize the jar I grabbed had ridges at the botttom. lol

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7:37 PM, Wednesday January 24th 2024
edited at 7:45 PM, Jan 24th 2024

Hi. I am checking your review so I can give you the 2nd agree and your badge but I would like to add some stuff first.

Your funnels and ghosted planes are too small. Just keep this in mind for the warm ups.

Your rough perspectives are extended incorrectly. The red lines are drawn directly from corners of the box to the desired vanishing point. They should follow the edges of the box to show the actual vanishing point(vp) of the box so that you can compare the actual vp with the desired vp.

Check this out:

https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/20/extendinglineswrong

I'm afraid I must ask you to redo this exercise to make sure you understand it correctly. We don't want you repeating the mistake in your 250 boxes.

Next Steps:

1 page of rough perspective

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
edited at 7:45 PM, Jan 24th 2024
10:05 PM, Sunday January 28th 2024

I think I might be a bit confused. I thought the line extention segment said that we could choose to do either corrections from the corners (to test what the edges should have been) or from the edges (to test what the edges actually traced back to and see where they ended up falling on the vanishing point). I did mine in color pencil since I didn't have a pen so I should probably redo it anyway lol. So is doing it from the edges better?

3:40 PM, Monday January 29th 2024
edited at 6:01 PM, Jan 29th 2024

The confusion is understandable. I triple checked it make sure I am not mistaken. There are 2 valid ways to do it.

1- extension lines follow the edges.

2- extension lines start from corners, and pass through the farther corners.

If you don't miss the mark and properly connect the corners there would be no difference between these 2 ways.

What you did is to connect the vanishing point with the starting corner without worrying about the farther corner or the edge. The text specifically says to not do it.

You can check this out: https://imgur.com/a/cmJaPum

I hope this clarified the confusion.

I also believe pen isn't necessary for the extension lines as long as it can be differentiated from the rest of the lines.

edited at 6:01 PM, Jan 29th 2024
6:50 AM, Tuesday January 30th 2024

AH yes! I see it now, thank you very much for the example. I don't know how I missed that the first time lol. I will get to work on that page , again ty for the feedback!

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8:01 PM, Tuesday January 16th 2024

Hello Charlie, I will be reviewing your lesson 1 homework. I'd like to start off by saying great job and giving you props for getting through it. LINES - Your lines look fairly confident, just remember to loosen up that arm and draw from your shoulder, the more conscious you are of this now, the easier it will become as you move forward. It seems like you are overshooting the second dot on ghosted lines exercise. Try to be mindful of this and lift your hand off the paper right when you hit the second dot. ELLIPSES - Your ellipses look good for the most part. Only thing I would say is to make sure that you try to hit all the edges when drawing ellipses in your ghosted planes. For funnels, try to make it so that the ellipses get larger as they move out from the center. BOXES - Your boxes are fair. On the organic perspective exercise it does seem like you are missing an edge on some of the boxes, just be aware of that and keep the perspective of the box you're constructing in mind. I hate to do it to you but I feel you will benefit from at least one more page of both ghosted lines and funnels exercise. Try to make your lines longer in ghosted lines.

Next Steps:

1 page ghosted lines where lines are longer and 1 page of funnels

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
12:17 AM, Wednesday January 17th 2024

Hello Melos,

Thank you for taking the time to review my work and write me a critique!

Here is the link to the revised exercises you suggested!

4:17 PM, Wednesday January 17th 2024

awesome, great work!

Next Steps:

250 box challenge

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