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5:25 PM, Sunday September 12th 2021

Lines:

Superimposed line: Your lines are great start! There is no fraying on both side, however on the second page I feel like some lines are getting out of direction a little bit.

Ghosted line: your lines show confident, and it's fine if you miss shooting a little bit. Keep in mind that lines should be straight! Some of yours are arching.

Ghosted plane: this is perfect. You remembered to apply the ghosting method. I like how you try to add diversity to your plane, but I think some of your planes shouldn't be too narrow. It'll hard to draw the circle inside.

Ellipses:

Table of ellipses: Your ellipses are drew with confident and smooth, however some of them are not touching each other. You drew the 2 to 3 times which is good. Remember to prioritize confident over accuracy! Your ellipses need not to be perfect now.

Funnels: your ellipses fit perfectly and some are solid. I still see a bit of hesitation, but don't worry about that! Your minor axis did cut the circle in half.

Boxes:

Plotted perspective: I see no problem with this exercise. Your boxes are pretty and I could see the vanishing point!

Rough perspective: on the first page I could see you struggled with the boxes, but it is improved! Your lines are converged toward the horizon line. Also I noticed you forgot to draw some line toward the horizon, so keep this in mind and go back to check them out.

Rotated boxes: you nailed it! Boxes are rotated and corners between boxes are closed.

Organic perspective: your boxes are fine and some aren't, but it's fine to have mistakes. Your boxes should be saw in 3 planes. Remember that lines need to be executed confidently!

Congrats on finish the first lesson :) This is my first time giving critique so you might find some faults in there... Great job anyway!!

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7:36 PM, Sunday September 12th 2021

Thank you very much! I'll keep your tips in mind.

12:29 AM, Wednesday September 22nd 2021

Hi there,

I would just like to add my 2cents worth. I think there is a bit of fraying on the superimposed lines.

And for the ellipses I agree that they are drawn with confidence and don't worry too much about making them touch since that will just come with time.

And then for organic perspective don't 'correct' your mistake lines, just keep going with the first line! So you don't get into a bad habit.

Other than that great job and keep going!

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