Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

3:09 PM, Sunday August 1st 2021

Lesson 1: Trying to get the idea behind Lines, Ellipses and Boxes. - Album on Imgur

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Lesson 1: Trying to get the idea behind Lines, Ellipses and Boxes.

It was a long time to tackle all this chunks.

But what I have learned is a lot I now now how to draw in one and 2 and 3 point Perspective.

the second the I started constructin shapes in 3d space but I just don't know when to use 1, 2 or 3 point perspective and how to structure a scene with that and exactly when to use them in scenes of diffrent ways and what to prioritize when it comes to perspective.

also I started imagining scenes a little bit so this lesson was the key to start absorbing them.

Also, I see that I did a lot of mistakes but those helped me to go beyond my comfortable zone and be an uncomfortable learner and see things diffrently at small level and by keeping practice out there I'm pretty sure I'll be able to be a good 'good art-maker'.

Acually this is the second time i take this lesson so why I did that it's because I didn't got a ink pens until after 3 or four months after starting and second because I have been having bad times being sick and I recovered and all thinbgs are good to be honest.

I'm waiting for your help to critique my journey.

and Thank you so much in advance.

Mohy Iddine ""Laughtale""

Best regards.

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12:27 AM, Wednesday August 4th 2021

Hello! I will be taking a look at your submission.

Starting with your lines. Your superimposed lines exercise is starting off well. There is a clear starting point, and fraying only at one end, meaning you took the time to place down your pen. Plus, they were executed confidently and turned out smoothly. Both your ghosted lines and ghosted planes are also done well for drawing each line confidently with little hesitation. It appears you are getting used to drawing from your shoulder to use your whole arm. For every mark you lay down, we use our whole arm, and that includes the smaller lines.

Moving on to your table of ellipses exercises, a few problems with this one. Firstly, you only drew through them once. For all ellipses, you should draw through them at least two (recommended) or three times to keep them smooth and drawn with confidence. Another issue is the lack of a concrete goal on some squares. Take a look at this. When you start out, you begin with an angle and a degree that we stick with through the whole section of the table, while striving to keep them bound to the edges, even in the sections with the curved lines. Your ellipses in planes came out well. You did draw through you ellipses this time, but too many times. As stated before, only do it twice. They are quite smooth, and you strived to keep them tangent to the edges of the planes with a fair amount of accuracy. Your funnels are done well. The few issues I can spot here is that some ellipses are not consistent in their degree and aren’t snugged against each other very well; not touching one another. But, I think you did a good job keeping the ellipses aligned to the minor axis, so you’re getting the hang of it, I say.

Plotted perspective looks good. Not much to say here. Good work on the rough perspective exercise. You extended the lines on top of your initial guess and drew through your boxes. Sometimes the vertical lines are not parallel with each other, but you spotted this mistake yourself. Your intuitive guesses aren’t too far off either, and as your spatial reasoning improves, so will your accuracy. Your rotated boxes was done pretty well too. You did well on the front faces of your vertical and horizontal boxes, but struggled with the bottom faces. It’s worth thinking that the bottom faces are the front faces shifted down, so all the lines converge towards the same vanishing point instead of converging in pairs, which, it’s another issue: multiple vanishing points on some boxes, but this is a common mistake and expected early on. The one thing that is throws the whole thing off is the bottom and corners of the boxes due to not keeping things together. Still, I think you did well on your first attempt at the rotated boxes and did it to the best of your current ability. Finally, your organic perspective exercise looks pretty good. There is depth to the scene, and most of your boxes are shallow without much foreshortening. One issue here is the wobbling: your lines are not drawn confidently, and you focused too much on accuracy. All lines must be ghosted as many times as needed, and rely on muscle memory when marking them. Some boxes turned out wonky, and in most cases it’s because the initial Y’s angles are not greater than 90 degrees, which they must. It’s a hard exercise, so you are not expected to nail it in the first try. So, to improve your spatial reasoning, I suggest doing the 250-box challenge.

So, I say this is a solid submission and believe you got the gist of each exercise. I will mark your work as complete. Remember to redo these exercises as warm-ups before doing anything related to draw a box, or do them every day if you want, for at least 10 to 15 minutes. Congratulations on completing lesson 1 and good luck in the 250-box challenge!

Next Steps:

Tackle the 250-box challenge.

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3:42 PM, Wednesday August 4th 2021

Hello KAZZ,

The only point that I didn't understand honesly was this point ----(" Some boxes turned out wonky, and in most cases it’s because the initial Y’s angles are not greater than 90 degrees, which they must. ")-.

and all in all That's a good demonstration and well critiqued review and it did show me all my mistakes and how I can Improve them and what to consider and not to consider by reminding me of the lesson most prioritized things that I have to redo them.

Thank you so much for your helpful and amazing critique I learned a lot from you hope the best for you.

Best regards.

8:25 PM, Thursday August 5th 2021
edited at 8:26 PM, Aug 5th 2021

This is what I mean by greater than 90 degrees: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/365180330103013388/716494148093607946/unknown.png

Hope that helps.

edited at 8:26 PM, Aug 5th 2021
1:24 PM, Friday August 6th 2021

and also all of side lines of the boxes I think they always run perpendicular to another so even if I rotate them they with stay going to the same vanashing point but when they've rotated the VP slides through the horizon line I think it's like that.

thank you for the explanation it's extremely helpful.

I appreciate that KAZZ it was nice talking to you and I hope to see you around.

Thank you very much.

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