Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
9:54 PM, Wednesday February 5th 2020
Here my homeworks for the lesson 1, thanks to take time to drop an eye on it ! :)
Good job on clearing lesson 1!
Superimposed lines: Its fine, but as I mentioned, I think you can push for confidence a little better. There's some wobble in your lines, especially your curved ones.
Ghosted lines: Your lines here are curving. Remember to trust in your ghosting when you execute, and ghost until you're confident. In addition, remember that in DAB, we always prioritise confidence over accuracy, so you should always strive for the straight line first, even if that means you miss the mark.
Ghosted planes: Here, I see the wobble again. Remember to trust your ghosting as you execute. Your lines here also seem to arc a little. If you find yourself doing that, remember to arc consciously in the opposite direction to counteract this effect, to produce a straighter line. But I will say that your line quality has improved a little bit as you move further in this exercise, so keep it up there!
Table of ellipses: I see some stretched circles, and some deformed ellipses in your work. Be careful about that. Your ghosting should be in the shape of an ellipse, so try to ghost according to that. And, when you ghost, you can free up your elbow a little. So long as the driving force is provided for by your shoulder, you should be good to go. I will commend your willingness to experiment with the ellipses in a single cell, so good on you there.
Ellipses in planes: You should strive to make clean ellipses over ones which touch the 4 corners of the plane. So, remember to trust your ghosting. Most of what I mentioned in table of ellipses applies here too. Aside from that, I've nothing much more to say.
Funnels: Again with the deformed ellipses, remember what I said. I think its good that you've mostly aligned the ellipses to the minor axis though, so good job there. In future warmups, try to implement the larger degree of rotation of ellipses.
Plotted perspective: I don't have too much to say about this one, I think its done fine.
Rough perspective: Because of the nature of 1 point perspective, you shouldn't see any diagonals in your front and back face. Thus, if you ever notice any of them in your planning, you know to replot. Checking lines should also follow plotted points and not the drawn lines.
Rotated boxes: I don't think you really get the idea of "rotating" the boxes. Remember that the vps of the boxes should vary to depict rotation, and as such, there shouldn't be too many parallel lines in your boxes. I think that this guide goes over the idea pretty well. Give it a read: https://www.reddit.com/r/ArtFundamentals/comments/cqvxap/i_created_an_extra_rotated_boxes_guide_for_people/
Organic perspective: Box construction isn't perfect, but you'll get to know more about that in the future. Aside from that, I think you got the idea of closer=bigger pretty well! Perhaps in the future, you can push it even more, but otherwise, a job well done here!
Overall, decent work. I want you to do a few more things before you clear up this lesson (Elaborated below). Keep up the good work!
Next Steps:
So, I want you to do 2 more things before clearing this lesson up.
Do one more page of table of ellipses. However, when you execute, I want you to close your eyes. This means that you should concentrate on the paper for ghosting, and fully trust your ghosting in execution.
Do 2 quadrants of rotated boxes. As to which 2 quadrants, I'm not too picky. Adjacent, opposite or even on different crosses, its all fine. Read through the guide first, though.
Good luck!
First of all, thank you very much for the critique, very complete and helpful, it's very nice of you !
Here my homework: https://imgur.com/a/qFdGzga
I think I need to practise more these exercices as warmup...For the ellipses, my ghosting is still hesitant and I'm not precise enough in my drawing.
For rotated boxes exercice, the instructions you provide were very helpful, I've got the idea but still need to practise.
Thank you again !
Yep, this was more or less what I was lookin for. Great work! I'll mark it as complete!
Next Steps:
250 boxes time, good luck!
Since your revisions were accepted and the site doesn't have a way to agree with replies yet, I'm posting this so that you can get official completion approval on the lesson!
Next Steps:
250 boxes
Thank you !
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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