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7:48 PM, Friday August 28th 2020
Hello, Greysun, and congratulations on finishing lesson 1!
Lines
Your lines look great overall. Some of them have a mild wobble (make sure to always remember to prioritize confidence over accuracy and use the ghosting method), but they're an exception.
Ellipses
Your ellipses also look good, some of them overlap in the ellipse tables, but that's normal. Their lines are confident, especially on planes with ellipses and funnels. The only note I have is that on funnels some of the bigger ellipses aren't cut in two symmetrical halves by the minor axis.
Boxes
The lines in rough perspective could have been more confident, and quite a few lines which should converge are close to being parallel or diverge. Make sure to use the ghosting method foi each mark - it can help to ghost the line all the way to the vanishing point. The rotated boxes and organic perspective look pretty good. On organic perspective, there could have been more convergence to show perspective, but you will work on that in the 250 boxes challenge.
Next Steps:
You can move on to the 250 boxes challenge
4:22 AM, Monday January 4th 2021
Hi Ninguem! Thank you so much for your detailed critiques. Apologies for taking months to reply, I'm online to upload my 250 box challenge and this is the first time I've opened my Draw A Box account in a while (I've been relying on Discord for critiques).
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