Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
8:21 AM, Wednesday May 12th 2021
Here is my Lesson 1 Homework!. Did it using a ball point pen as there is lockdown in my area. Please critique my work. Thanks in advance!
It's really good, just try not to repeat your lines: stick with ghosted lines and draw your first line confidently. Just something you might have missed from the instructions: (1) in the plotted perspective exercise you should do everything with a ruler, such that every line goes right into the vanishing point; (2) in the rough perspective exercise you might want to draw a line between your square's lines and the horizontal plane (not the vanishing point! the point is to see how accurate your rought perspective is!). Before going to the 250 boxes challenge, I suggest you retry these two exercises. Good luck!
Next Steps:
Plotted perspective exercise and rough perspective exercise.
Thank you for taking out time and reviewing my work. Really appreciate it! I'll make a note and will try not repeat lines :)
I did the plotted persepctive again with a ruler and also extended lines in rought perspective.
Link: https://imgur.com/a/dsR7WGE
Please take a look. :)
Thanks in advance!!
Nice! That's really good. You should go on to the 250 boxes challenge now. Good luck!
Next Steps:
250 boxes challenge
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