Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
1:08 PM, Sunday April 24th 2022
Completed homework of lesson 1. Critiques appreciated.
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5:23 PM, Monday May 2nd 2022
hi Dragle! i'm Koyomi and i'm going to review your lesson 1 submission.
1.Lines
-some of your superimposed lines seems to fray on both ends, i’m especially looking at those two arching ones so take the time to put your pen on the starting dot before tracing your lines, it doesn’t seem to be a big problem though just try to keep that in mind
-i think you did a pretty good job with your line confidence on the ghosted lines exercise, they came out wobblier on your ghosted planes though so i’m going to mention it but remember to always prioritize confidence over accuracy
2.Ellipses
-in your table of ellipses, some ellipses are not touching each other as they should so try to keep that in mind
-as for lines, ellipses must be drawn confidently. try to draw ellipses on a blank piece of paper without bounds, make sure to use your arm and move your pen freely on the paper, then try to replicate that within bounds, doing that really helped me to draw more confident ellipses, it might not work for everyone though
3.Boxes
-on your rotated boxes some boxes aren’t rotating as in this exemple: https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/d73eea49.jpg
Next Steps:
move on to the 250 boxes challenge good luck!
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