Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

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Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

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2:52 PM, Wednesday January 27th 2021

Good job on finishing lesson 1. There are issues and that is fine, the important bit is that you understand what is the ideal goal here and what are the mistakes you're making. With that said, here's the critique.

Superimposed lines: Your lines are very good for a first try. Very minimal wobbling in some of those. The curves have a bit more wobble but that is fine.Try and increase the speed of motion to prevent your conscious mind from making wobbles in your curves. This right here is a double edged sword, you'll lose accuracy by increasing speed. But a wobbly line directed accurately is worse than a smooth one that is a bit off. So get to a point where you feel comfortable drawing non wobbly curves and then work on accuracy from there.

Ghosted Lines: Pretty good. You have issues with overshooting but thats good.You have very little wobble in most of them and the general direction of the lines are on point.Also overshooting is better than undershooting.Try working on it gradually by practicing the planes exercise for 10 or so minutes everyday. Your overshooting has improved considerably in the course of this one lesson though.

Planes: Well done. The most of the lines are very straight with a noticeably fewer lines overshooting in comparison with the ghosting exercise.

Table of ellipses. There are a few problems with your ellipses wobbling. You have your accuracy on point here though , but, like I said before, it doesn't do much. Try ghosting ellipses faster. Its okay if some of them look more like springs than ellipses because the speed messes up your accuracy what matters initially is the smoothness.Try finding a minimum speed at which you can make "ellipses" smoothly. Then try and work on the accuracy by ghosting longer and gradually slower( only if you feel its essential ).

Ellipses in planes: Same issue with the wobbling here really. Try and work on that. The accuracy is pretty good.

Funnels: Apart from the wobble, its a good attempt. There is a good amount of effort in keeping the orientation of the ellipses consistent and that is what is important. The inaccuracy of the line placement threw you out of whack in some places. Accurately doing the setup is understandably frustrating for this exercise. I am not really sure but I think simplifying the circles with straight lines(making hourglass shapes) should be okay.

Rough perspective: The line quality took a sudden nose dive if I say so myself. It does happen a lot in this exercise and most people get it back by the end of all the exercises in this lesson(like you did). If you ever find this happening in the 250 box challenge, take a step back, relax and remind yourself that a box is 12 lines and therefore 12 units of effort not just one. Apart from this, you have a few places where you drew over existing lines. Avoid doing this for hiding mistakes. It only makes it worse. Also there are a few places where lines are way off from where they should be.Almost like you drew them like so to hide poor point placement. Never do this. Its a bad habit which is left as is would even have you second guessing points that were otherwise right. Also, some of the horizontal and vertical lines are not exactly horizontal/vertical.

Rotated boxes: Very good attempt if I say so myself. The spacing between the boxes is consistent and there is a good amount of rotation. The boxes in the second row (the one before the topmost and the one before the bottommost) aren't rotating enough though. Do revisit this one every once in a while.

Organic perspective: Apart from some lines drawn over, you also have a few vanishing points in the wrong direction. Organic perspective: Apart from some lines drawn over, you also have a few vanishing points in the wrong direction. Like this one here https://imgur.com/a/8hJdB1K . The 3 vanishing points of a box are always outward and along the lines of the initial Y shape you draw.

Next Steps:

250 box challenge

Continue practicing ghosting lines and ellipses.

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4:49 AM, Saturday January 30th 2021

Thanks for your critique!

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