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6:12 PM, Monday November 22nd 2021
Hi Digitalrefill. Welcome aboard, and congrats on finishing your first lesson. I'll break my critique down into the same three sections as the lesson itself.
Lines
Your linework across the first three exercises is fairly good. You consistently draw smooth, confident lines that show evidence of proper plotting and are even consistent at the ends. There are a few later on with a small amount of wobble or arcing, but it's clear that you understand the core principles of markmaking, so the best advice I can offer is to take your time finding a good angle and ghosting out your marks, even when you're feeling short on patience.
Ellipses
Your ellipses aren't up to quite the same quality as your lines, unfortunately. You are properly drawing through them each twice, which is good, but I'm seeing a bit more overlap than I would like on your tables. The real issue, though, is that your ellipses aren't as even as we'd like. The answer here is again more thorough ghosting so you can execute on your lines confidently when you put pen to page. One other good thing I noticed is that the ellipses in your funnels are all reasonably well aligned with the minor axis, and the angles of the ellipses change in a gradual and consistent way.
Boxes
Firstly, I'm seeing some issues you managed to avoid with your earlier lines, including wobble. I'm also seeing what look like repeated lines. I think both have come about as a result of trying to add thickness to lines (though I don't think it was always necessary) and trying to trace them carefully instead of ghosting them. On the other hand, you have followed the instructions; you've drawn through them and been careful to keep your boxes parallel and perpendicular to the horizon line, as well as making proper use of the line correction method. You've executed the Rotated Boxes well, save for the errors already mentioned, and one other oversight: you are missing quite a few boxes at the edges, namely the top and bottom two on each side. The rotations are challenging for these ones, but tackling them is the point.
Next Steps:
Even if they might stump you or you aren't entirely happy with the results, it's worth trying your hand at those last roations. That being the case, I'm going to ask you to finish and resubmit the Rotated Boxes.
1:21 AM, Tuesday November 23rd 2021
Hey Mechacatfish,
Thank you for taking the time to critique my work. I really appreciate the detailed feedback. I completed the rotated boxes and is available to view here:
10:31 AM, Tuesday November 23rd 2021
Hi Digitalrefill.
This looks pretty good. You've been fairly careful to keep the boxes rotating in each dimension, though there are a couple of sides slighty out of place on some of the more extreme rotations.
I'm also still seeing that repeated line effect I mentioned before. I recommend only adding lineweight where there's some kind of overlap, and ghosting the second line very carefully to keep the trajectories as close as possible.
Next Steps:
You've now completed all the exercises for Lesson 1 to a satisfactory standard. Go ahead and move on to the 250 Box Challenge.
6:11 PM, Tuesday November 23rd 2021
Hey Mechacatfish,
Thanks again for your time and critique. I'll definitely be more conscious about the repeating line effect and only add line weight where there is overlap. Your feedback has been super helpful to me!
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7:23 PM, Monday November 29th 2021
Hello
I will just add one thing :)
I can see on some of your rough perspective you seem to have gone over the same lines twice, If you where adding lineweight then it is fine. Othwerwise use one line and if it does not meet standards mve in to the next, dont draw over lines.
Next Steps:
On to the 250 box challenge
4:57 PM, Sunday March 20th 2022
Hello,
Thank you for the clarification about moving onto the next line if it doesn't meet the standards instead of drawing over lines. I tend to go over my lines sometimes when it's not right when I should just leave it instead. I'll make sure to keep that helpful tip in mind!
Thanks again!
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