Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

10:36 PM, Wednesday June 3rd 2020

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8:37 PM, Friday June 5th 2020

Hi Tessarekt, I'm here to give you some feedback on your homework and give you some tips on what you can do to improve.

Super Imposed Lines

First things first, your lines are already good. Some are a bit wobbly, but for the most part they're straight lines. Most "set" of lines are fraying at the end, which is understandable and you just started the lesson. There isn't a real tip to get better at this besides practice. A few super imposed lines everyday on your warm-ups will do wonders in the long run.

Ghosted Lines

Here, your lines seem a bit more wobbly, you're probably trying to end your lines exactly at the second dot. You're drawing your line a bit too slow and you're trying to re-adjust its trajectory. The thing is, a wobbly line that stops in the correct spot isn't as good as a straight line that overshots at the end. You should always prioritise confident lines instead of accurate ones.

I heard this a lot when I was doing my exercises too but it's really important to keep this in mind!

"Confidence > Accuracy"

Ghosted Planes

Strangely enough, the lines of your planes are a bit wobbly here too, but, the diagonals and the "+" lines are much more straighter and more confident. There still is space for improvement of course, but I can see that your lines are getting better just by looking at this exercise.

Table of Ellipses

It's a good start. Your ellipses have a good shape, they usually touch the edges of the frame and they have a consistent degree but they lack confidence. And you just read before, confidence is much more important than accuracy. I recommend you to trade a bit of your accuracy for some confident ellipses (even if they don't fit perfectly on the frames).

Ellipses in Planes

There isn't much to say here as must of what I said about your table of ellipses still applies here. Your ellipses are less wobbly here but I think you're still too focused on accuracy.

Funnels

Your axis are cutting your ellipses in two identical halves. Which is great. Your ellipses are as always improving, but they still lack a bit of confidence. There are a few ellipses that are bit pointy at the edges here and there, but besides that, it looks good to me.

Plotted Perspective

Nothing to point out. You understood and followed and applied the instructions perfectly. :)

Rough Perspective

You did quite well here. Your guesses are quite accurate but sadly, your lines are still wobbly. Remember to ghost every single line. Take your time with your ghosting, and only then when you're ready that you actually draw the line. I think you are aware, but just in case, some of your vertical lines aren't, well... vertical. This is probably due the fact that your lines weren't that confident.

Rotated Boxes

Now, for the final boss of the lesson 1! You did exceptionally well! Much better than me even! I got destroyed by this exercise Your boxes are rotating as intended, you helped yourself by paying attention to neighboring edges and looks really good overall. I have one complain, though... Your lines... They're always a bit wobbly. Besides that, that's perfect!

Organic Perspective

And finally, the last exercise from lesson 1. Your boxes are amazing! They shrunk as they get further from the viewer, they're drawn from many different angles and most of them look really solid. Your lines are more confident too!

Here's an optional tip, as it isn't asked on the exercise, you can apply line-weight locally on boxes that are overlapping other boxes, so it's easier to understand which box is overlapping which. I wrote a small "guide" about that a while ago. Here it is if you want to read it. Guide (It's nothing professional but it's enough to explain the basics).

In short

You did a solid work, I saw you improving a lot just by looking at your exercises and you should be proud of yourself. :)

And don't forget!

"Confidence > Accuracy"

I'll mark your lesson as complete. Good luck on your journey. :)

Also, next time could you organize your album of photos? It's a bit awkward to scroll up and down every time I want to compare the first and second page of one exercise.

Next Steps:

Next objective is the 250 Box Challenge. Remember to take your time on each box, don't speedrun it and don't do too much each day, otherwise you'll get burned from it. Remember the 50/50 that you saw on Lesson 0. I recommend to do around 3 to 5 boxes per page (A4).

Do at least 1 box per day, even if you aren't felling it. Discipline is important to learn how to draw. :)

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7:24 AM, Saturday June 6th 2020

Thanks for the critique, I really appreciate it!

As for my lines, thanks for pointing out how wobbly they are, I agree it's something I need to work on. I do tend to hesitate when making them sometimes, so I definitely need to work on my confidence.

Also, thanks for the heads up on the album organization, it was my first time using imgur. I'll make sure to do that next time.

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