Here is my completed homework submission for Lesson 1. Very interesting course so far!
In case it's useful to know, I used Sakura Micron pens for these exercises. And I apologize?— the Ghosted Planes and Ellipses in Planes exercises are on the same pages.
I definitely made some mistakes during these exercises, but I am ready to learn from them if I haven't already. Critiques are very much appreciated.
Thank you!
Here's my critique for you.
For the superimposed lines, you have a few lines which are fraying on both sides. But looking at the majority of them on your pages, it seems that you understood the importance of taking your time to position your pen correctly at the start.
For Ghosted Lines, some of your lines tend to be arcing. If you have difficulty keeping them straight while still drawing from the shoulder (which you should be doing as much as you can), try arcing them slightly in the other direction, but do so with intention. Over time, this will compensate for the problem and you won't have to be as conscious when trying to draw them straight. You tend to do this as well for other lines in the later exercises.
For Ghosted Planes, you should try taking your time a bit more when it comes to drawing your lines. If you have two plotted points and you want to draw a line from one point to another, then you should aim to start your line at precisely the point you want to start on. Doing this requires you to take your time to position your pen correctly, just like in the superimposed exercise when avoiding fraying on both sides. Confidence comes with good preparation.
For Tables of Ellipses, there are a few ellipses here and there that were misaligned. For instance, some of your ellipses were not touching any edges. But it seems that you tried to follow all instructions to the best of your ability.
For Ellipses in Planes, you have good smoothness in your lines. Even though it's not entirely accurate (i.e. touching the interior borders of the planes), accuracy is something that will come over time the more you practice.
For Funnels, try to keep your ellipses aligned and don't make them slanted. Again, try to make your ellipses touch one another and the borders if you can.
For Plotted Perspective, everything seems to have been done correctly. There's one line that I see however that is much thicker than any other line, and also a bit messy. Try to keep it tidy, even when using a ruler.
For Rough Perspective, while your perspective is quite off, it's not so much the main focus of the exercise. One of the main goals is to understand how lines converge in one point perspective, which is something you seem to understand. Also make sure to draw plotting points before you draw each line, if you haven't done so.
For Rotated Boxes, try to keep the gaps between each box consistent. Around the center, you tend to make the gaps small, whereas further off to the sides, you tend to make them wider. Although your perspective is quite off again, it seems you have understood how boxes are supposed to look when rotated in 3D space along a particular axis.
Lastly for Organic Perspective, again your perspective is off as your lines tend to diverge instead of converge, but that's something to be focused on more in the 250 Box Challenge. Again, plot your points if you haven't done so. It's a good idea to add some line weight to lines of forms which overlap one another. That way, it clarifies which form is in front of which. It also helps to draw a large box right at the very front for each section if you can, even if it can only be drawn partially. This helps create some framing in your work, which can help lead the eye into the image more.
Next Steps:
Move on to the 250 Box Challenge. If you have not plotted your points in the Organic Perspective and Rough Perspective exercises, complete one additional page of each of them.
Thank you so much for taking the time to critique my work!
Overall, I agree with everything you've pointed out/recommended so far.
Another person has also pointed out that some of my lines are arced. I am somewhat used to drawing from my shoulder, so drawing lines in general during these exercises was not difficult, however I realize that I have a tendency to draw them arced and will be sure to focus on correcting that tendency.
Remembering my experience with the exercise, I agree with your point on my Ghosted Planes. I could have taken more time and caution to position my pen correctly before drawing my lines. I will be sure to focus on doing so in the future.
For Table of Ellipses, those few misaligned ellipses could have come from my tendency to draw (somewhat) small. I have had another person point out that my drawings could be bigger, so I will be sure to work on using the full extent of my paper by drawing bigger. However, if it is an issue of accuracy (as well), I fully understand that that will come with time and practice.
For Funnels, the same may apply as for the Table of Ellipses, but the slanted ellipses may also be due to not rotating my paper effectively, as well as perhaps not having good control over my ghosting. I will be more aware of both in the future.
The thicker line on the Plotted Perspective is covering up an accidental mark I made while plotting the line with a ruler. I probably should have just left it there as an honest mistake instead of thickening the line.
For the Rough Perspective, it may be difficult to see, but I did draw the plotting points for the back of the box. In the future, if there are plotted points to be drawn, I will make sure to make them larger for those critiquing my work to see. Addionally, are you referring to plotting points before drawing every single line of the boxes, including the front face drawn in the beginning? If so, I will complete an additional page as you recommended, and focus on plotting my points.
While working on the Rotated Boxes exercise, I was wondering how to keep the gaps consistent as the boxes rotated further outward, since I wasn't sure about that while observing the pictures and the example exercise. Thank you for clarifying, however— I will work on it in the future.
I was not aware I needed to plot the points before drawing the lines for the Organic Perspective exercise. Thank you for clarifying! I will complete an additional page of this exercise as you recommended. I will also make sure to practice adding line weight in the appropriate areas as well. Additionally, for each frame I began with the largest box, even though I found it difficult to draw them partially. For my additional page, I will work on drawing them larger and right at the very front as you suggested.
Thank you again!
No problem!
Actually, regarding your plotted points, I recently got critiqued by a TA who told me to use smaller plotting points. So I don't think it should matter as much if you've drawn them in only small size. You still do have to plot them there in the first place though.
And with getting consistent gaps, I think it's best to consider where you want to place a certain box that you want to draw in relation to one other that already exists. So normally, if I were to imagine the front plane of the box I want to draw, I would consider the edge of that plane, that is closest to the existing box. Then I would plot out the end points of the edge, while being conscious of how far they are from the box next to it (should be a narrow distance). Same goes with the closest edge of the back plane. Once you've drawn that box, then repeat the same process for the box next to it, with around the same distance. Does this make sense? Please tell me if it doesn't.
Thank you for clarifying about the plotted points!
As for the consistent gaps, are you saying to consider each edge of a plane on a box individually in relation to existing boxes? Or at least, consider each plane individually in relation? If so, that makes sense to me.
Hello, I've also recently completed my first lesson here. Now I am to review your work as drawabox also recommends I do that. If you could also review my work, that would be great! https://drawabox.com/community/submission/WUGDDX26
Your first exercise is well done because I can see your starting point is pretty solid. You understood that you cannot control your lines' accuracy but you can control your starting point. It seems as if you've taken your time with that. Your lines, however, are slightly bent. So as the instructions suggest learn yourself to slight bend your line the other way to make sure it is straight. On your ghosted planes exercise: again, I believe you've given the best of yourself in that exercise. You've hit the mark more often than not. The ellipsed in them could've been a bit more confident. I suggest not correcting them and leaving them as they are drawn the first time. Same thing goes for the rest of your ellipses.
I can't comment on your rough perspective boxes exercise because drawing those converging lines very accurately is very hard. I do suggest drawing them a little bit bigger as it is a good exercise to use your piece of paper to the fullest. Drawing small will challenge you less. I'm impressed with your rotated boxes exercise, I can definitely see a globe in there. But you've managed to do that by not making all of your lines neighbours. Don't forget to use the lines you already have in your work to draw the next shape. And again, draw bigger. Your organic boxes is well done, the lines in them are confident and steady. And the proportions are overall the same. Good job!
Kind regards,
Delphine
Next Steps:
If you haven't already, do the 250 box challenge!
Thank you so much for taking the time to critique my work!
I knew I was having trouble with bent lines in the superimposed lines exercise, since I kept accidentally following the inccorectly bent lines instead of the initial straight line when continuing to draw over it. But it's nice to have someone else point it out as well.
I also agree with your point on the ellipses. Although I drew them once and followed through two or three times (but didn't actually go back to correct them), I could have been more confident with my motions.
I did feel at some points I needed to draw bigger while observing the example exercises, but my sketches were likely a result of a tendency to draw small. I will try drawing bigger in the future.
For the rotated boxes exercise, are you referring to the size of the gaps between the lines on my boxes? I now notice that they may be rather large. Perhaps I was also overestimating the rotation of some of the boxes, since now that I look at it, I can see some fault there.
Thank you again!
When it comes to technical drawing, there's no one better than Scott Robertson. I regularly use this book as a reference when eyeballing my perspective just won't cut it anymore. Need to figure out exactly how to rotate an object in 3D space? How to project a shape in perspective? Look no further.
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