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7:36 PM, Tuesday May 19th 2020
Congrats on finishing lesson 1!
Your superimposed lines and ghosted lines are well done. There are a few wobbles, so remember that it is far more important to focus on confidence than it is to try to get your lines accurate. There are also a few ghosted lines which do not pass through any points, which could mean you aren't taking the time to position your pen at one point before going for the other.
Your ellipses in tables and planes are well done but have a few wobbles, and there are a few cases where you lost your confidence with your second pass. Your second pass should be a continuation of the motion you used for your first pass, and if you aren't confident in your first past it might help to ghost a bit more before drawing your ellipse. On your ellipses in planes there are also a few cases where you sacrificed the smooth shape of your ellipse to touch all four sides of the plane. Remember, confidence is always more important than accuracy - if your ellipse is confident it is good, even if it doesn't fit very well in its plane.
On your funnels, you didn't draw through your ellipses at all. When doing any drawabox exercise, you should always draw through your ellipse with at least one more pass. Aside from that, there are a few deviations from the minor axis, but most of them seem to be aligned as well as they can be in those funnels (there are a few cases where the placement of the curves throws off their alignment by making it impossible for the minor axis to go through the middle of each one. If you aren't already, it could help to use a rounded edge for your curves).
Your perspective exercises are well done. On your rough perspective, make sure the width lines for your boxes are parallel to the horizon and the height lines are perpendicular to it - there are a few cases where those lines aren't angled correctly. On your rotated boxes I can see you tried to rotate your boxes on the sides, but had a lot more trouble with the ones rotating diagonally (which is fine, as this exercise is meant to be very difficult). Your organic perspective also has a lot of convergence errors, but that isn't a very big deal as you will be able to iron those out with practice. More importantly on your organic perspective, a lot of boxes aren't converging in the right direction. Remember, the front faces of the box (the ones we can see) shouldn't be smaller than the back faces.
Next Steps:
Well done! Before moving on I will request 1 quadrant of the rotated box exercise. Don't re-do the whole thing - I mainly just want to see you rotate those boxes diagonally. Make sure to re-read the exercise page and watch the linked video.
11:05 PM, Tuesday May 19th 2020
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5:00 AM, Wednesday May 20th 2020
That is a much better attempt! I don't have much else to say. I can see you've gotten far more comfortable with rotating boxes, and your ability to rotate boxes will improve even further with the 250 box challenge.
Next Steps:
Your next step should be the 250 box challenge!
3:40 PM, Wednesday May 20th 2020
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