Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

2:16 PM, Tuesday May 26th 2020

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Sorry if some of the photos are slightly blurry, but I think it's clear enough for evaluation.

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5:05 PM, Tuesday May 26th 2020
edited at 5:06 PM, May 26th 2020

Overall good job, but you forgot to trace your lines back to the vp in rough perspective. Do it and then post it here again, ok?

Superimposed lines may need an attention in your warmup sessions. Remember to not grind. I'm saying that because you made 2 pages of rotated boxes, this exercise is meant to be an intro to a concept and it's expected to produce bad results.

Anyways, just use a ruler to trace your lines back in rough perspective, post it here as reply and you are ok to go!

Next Steps:

Finish the rough perspective exercises.

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edited at 5:06 PM, May 26th 2020
5:50 PM, Tuesday May 26th 2020

Thanks for the evaluation.

Here is the rough perspective exercise with the additional lines.

https://imgur.com/a/3reEFSp

6:58 PM, Tuesday May 26th 2020

Nice. You may need to give this exercise a little attention too in your warmups, it will get better with time.

Have fun with the box challenge.

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10:00 PM, Tuesday May 26th 2020

Hopefully I'll get done with this challenge at some point. 250 boxes sounds like a lot.

Anyways, thanks again for the evaluation.

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3:17 AM, Wednesday May 27th 2020

My tip is to be patient and accept that it will take you some time, at least a month but probably more. Don't need to rush, this is the type of the things that we cannot skip :)

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