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3:39 PM, Tuesday February 9th 2021
edited at 3:59 PM, Feb 9th 2021

So, starting with the rough perspective exercise, I feel like I must ask you again: are you sure that you’re plotting start/end points for all of your lines? Because, being as faint as they are, it’s easy to check, and I don’t see any. Planning is a large part of this exercise, and this course as a whole; it’s, in fact, the reason the ghosting method exists- so that you can get in the habit of thinking before you draw. Even more than that, in exercises like these, it’s quite difficult to think that many steps in advance, so splitting the task into chunks, and handing them one at a time, is the way to go. As for the exercise itself, it’s not too different, I’m sorry to say. The convergences, of course, don’t improve overnight, but I was hoping that at least the automatic reinforcing would be gone. Unfortunately, there’s quite a few instances where you’ve corrected an incorrect line. The hatching, too, is a little sloppy, as it doesn’t go from one side of the plane to the next, but instead floats inside of it. Feel free to let me know if I’m misunderstanding any of your work, by the way; I could be wrong about any of this. But, as far as my reading goes, this is it.

In the organic perspective exercise, too, it seems like you’ve used points to plan your convergences, but not necessarily to plan your lines. To clarify, what you need to do is treat every line that you draw as if it’s a ghosted line. That is to say, you should plot start/end points, ghost between them, and then execute. This is especially important if the line needs to do other things, like, say, head to a specific vanishing point, as it does here, as it’s difficult to keep both that, and the line itself, in mind, at once.

The rotated boxes exercise is more of the same, in regards to the linework, it looks like. Also, the issue with the neighboring edges hasn’t been taken care of in its entirety (here’s an illustrated example, so that there’s no confusion), and, same as last time, you've not drawn through all of your boxes, either, but, this exercise being as overwhelming as it is, this is a little more expected. Still, some proper planning would’ve helped, here, too.

Next Steps:

Overall, this submission doesn’t quite do enough for me to be able to move you on to the box challenge, but before we talk about your next step, I’d like to confirm that you understand what I’m telling you, and, more importantly, that I’m not misunderstanding any of your work. We’ll start from there.

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
edited at 3:59 PM, Feb 9th 2021
6:54 PM, Tuesday February 9th 2021

Alright, I think I understood what is the problem with the ghosted lines and the hatching. I am not sure, however, what exactly you want me to do with the rotated boxes exercise outside of drawing through and planning more. Thank you for being so patient with me, I am a bit slow.

7:55 AM, Wednesday February 10th 2021
edited at 7:56 AM, Feb 10th 2021

No worries, that’s what we’re here for. And it’s not too big of an issue, really. Just, what’s important, and what’ll ultimately teach you the most, is not getting the work done, it’s getting it done to the best of your ability, which is why we pay attention to things like how much time you spent on it, and, even more importantly, whether the work looks like it was done with patience, or not.

In regards to the rotated boxes exercise, I don’t need you to do anything else. It’s a complicated exercise, one in which you’re meant to fail, so not getting it right the first few times is unsurprising.

In regards to the rough perspective exercise, I would like to, just to confirm, see another frame of it (another half a page.)

Edit: you can't see, because the text is all the same color, but the 'this video' in the next steps section is a link. If you can't find it, here it is again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjQdPZsnok4

Next Steps:

One thing I’ll recommend is taking a look at this video, of a student (actually an assistant!) working through this exercise. You don’t need to watch it in its entirety, but following along with it for the first few boxes might help. Whenever you’re ready, show me another page, and, regardless of the result, so long as I see some evidence of planning on the back face, you’ll be good to go. Good luck, you’ve got this.

When finished, reply to this critique with your revisions.
edited at 7:56 AM, Feb 10th 2021
9:17 AM, Wednesday February 10th 2021

I tried to be more patient and slower, this is the result: https://imgur.com/a/VXvF0G9

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