Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
9:52 PM, Monday August 24th 2020
point out my mistakes pls. Ill appreciate any kind of tips, thanks in advance.
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11:34 PM, Monday August 24th 2020
I see some wobbliness in your superimposed lines exercises and some issues with the perspective on the organic perspective exercises. Won't go into detail about the wobbly lines because I see you moved out of that in the next exercises so I'm assuming you got the hang of it! But remember two opposite points on parallel planes get farther and farther away from the viewer, the lines converge (because the space between the two points gets smaller). There are evident points of divergence in your drawing which causes the perspective to go awry. Try to think about this next time, I'd say.
11:07 PM, Thursday August 27th 2020
Thank you so much for your feedback, Ill keep that in mind next time.
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7:20 PM, Wednesday December 9th 2020
Dear MATHEUS_VARANI,
The lines look pretty good. Some of the lines arch a little, especially in the Ghosted Planes. Try to use the Shoulder Pivot more.
Ellipses seem to be the ones that were a problem. Just like with lines, the ellipses must be drawn confidently, prioritizing confidence and smoothness, over accuracy. In the Ellipse Table you can see the lack of confidence. Try to use the ghosting method. In the Funnels exercise, the line in the middle does not cut the ellipse in 2 symetrical halves.
Regarding Boxes, please keep in mind ,for Rough perspective, width lines should be parallel to horizon and height lines perpendicular to horizon. Congratulation for the Rotated boxes, it looks ok.
Congrats!!
Next Steps:
I would like to see a page of Table of Ellipses, keeping in mind my advices.
9:08 PM, Friday March 19th 2021
thank you so much for the advices, unfortunately I stoped doing the exercises, but I will try again from the beginning.
3:29 PM, Sunday March 28th 2021
Good luck! It is a journey, not a race :)
6:34 PM, Monday March 29th 2021
thank you, i cant express how much your words conforted me.
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