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250 Cylinder Challenge

2:35 AM, Tuesday June 3rd 2025

250 Cylinders - Google Drive

Google Drive: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1fYc-m0OHBK9Iparoetq5RSFw8oHMre-U?usp=sharing

I forgot to vary the foreshortening of the first 100 or so cylinders. Thanks in advance for feedback.

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8:35 AM, Wednesday June 11th 2025

Hi! I'll be giving feedback to your 250 Cylinders challenge! In general you did a very awesome job!

150 Cylinders

The cylinders that you have drawn are well done! A lot of them are pretty close to the true minor axis we need to find with a ruler. The lines and ellipses you have made are confident, which mean you have been using the ghosting method that have been taught properly. Shading was applied to the side closest to the viewer as recommended and it wasn't done in haste indicating that you care about each line placed. Just like what you had said, there was a lack of varying foreshortening between the cylinders which could be varied if you ever want to put this as a warm up. However, after the 100s cylinders, there were attempts of varying that I appreciated. While I personally think a few more extreme foreshortening would have been great (even if it might be harder or uglier than those with shallow foreshortening), I think there was enough variation by the end.

100 Boxed Cylinders

The boxed cylinders that you have made are overall pretty well made. All lines from the boxes and the minor axis have some convergence on it, which is what we want on this challenge. I can see that on the first few boxed cylinders that the extended minor axis from the ellipses seems to be way off, specifically on the ellipses that are further away from the viewer. Thankfully, it's usually just one vanishing point out of three, the furthest side from the boxes are always some of the hardest part to draw anyway even in the 250 boxes challenge because you need to consider three vanishing point through glance / ghosting.

I think one thing I want to point out, it's not a really big mistake but I saw that some of the lines extended from the boxes / minor axis seems to be slightly curved toward the end? It must have been the ruler or that you might have moved slightly when you were extending it. It's a shame since some of those lines, if they were not curve, would have converge together toward a certain point. But it's not a big deal since the main important thing is the box and cylinders.

Next Steps:

Overall, you did a good job in the cylinders! Pat yourself in the back! You can move on the next lesson or exercise. Good luck and have fun drawings!

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5:58 AM, Thursday June 12th 2025

Thanks for taking the time to critique my work, I really appreciate it.

10:38 AM, Thursday June 12th 2025

No worries! You did a good job!

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