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11:57 PM, Tuesday April 11th 2023
Hello! Would like to start by saying congrats for sticking through the first section! It may be the first marker but it's a marker nonetheless. Let's break down this into 3 parts; Lines, ellipses, and boxes.
Your super imposed lines are solid, with very minor fraying. This doesn't apply for the long squiggly lines, but I wouldn't consider that to be too big a deal, just make sure even in weird cases like that you still start where you mean to. Ghosted lines are rocky but it isn't due to lack of trying. Again, watch where you start your line. Other than that though, the little wobbles should shape themselves out over time as long as you keep up with warm-ups. In fact, it seems evident by ghosted planes you've got these points covered. Always be sure to ghost each mark properly and start on the starting point, and you'll do fine.
Moving onto ellipses, it looks like you get a firmer grasp of the process by the end of the ellipse table exercise. The first ellipses in ghosted planes shows struggle to meet the edges in the planes, but again improves by the next page. Other than a few outliers in the funnels you seem to match the minor axis pretty dang well. All in all, it's a start, and might be something you'll want to focus on in future warm-ups. Ellipses are hard to get just right, it's a process, but you've got a good start on them.
Lastly, your boxes. I don't think there's too much to comment on in plotted perspective, you've got the idea of perspective points down. I see a bit of improvement over the rough perspective sheets, though I would recommend taking a bit more time on planning. Your parallel and perpendicular lines seem to be a bit off, so perhaps take extra care with the initial rectangle. Rotated boxes is a tough one, but you gave a solid attempt at it and I don't think it came out that bad. Once you get a better feel for perspective I would revisit this one to see if you can apply it here. Finally, there is a bit of struggle at the organic boxes. This one is a hard one too, but I think a good thing to keep in mind: Lines always converge to the backside. A few boxes look like they are wider at the farther side, and that's because the lines are converging towards the front when they shouldn't be. Remember the rotated boxes, where the farther side is smaller.
All in all, a solid first submission. A lot of the issues here will just be improved as long as you keep up with your warm-ups. As for what's next, I think you're clear to move on to the 250 box challenge.
Next Steps:
250 box challenge (Don't forget to start your warm-ups, 2-3 previous exercises for 10-15 minutes each daily! Check lesson 0 if you're confused on them.)
11:44 PM, Sunday April 16th 2023
Thank you very much for the critique. In near futre, i will redo all these exercises taking into acount your comments and trying to do it better . Some of theses exercieses are difficult to understand and master in a first attempt. Thank you very much indeed!
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