Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
8:39 PM, Sunday June 13th 2021
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1:14 AM, Monday June 14th 2021
Hi
For the first section of lines. on the first activity (superimposed lines), i notice that your lines do sometimes tend to make an arch, especially when the lines themselves become longer. Sometimes this can happen if you pivot from your elbow instead of your shoulder however if this isnt the case then it can be fixed by trying to arch conciously in the opposite direction.
In the second activity (ghosted lines) i can sometimes see that your line tends to have a very slight wobble. I added a few things here: https://imgur.com/a/osKuC8R. Try to prioritize confidence over the accuracy of the line. Also, try not to go over the line twice.
For the Ellipse and ghosting Boxes exercise: you sometimes have wobbly lines again https://imgur.com/a/QV27fKP. I marked out a few areas as examples. Sorry for the terrible ellipse example. https://imgur.com/a/JbLFzVl this link should help explain that better. Sometimes your ellipses can wobble a bit. again try and prioritize confidence over accuracy for now.
Onto the Ellipse tables exercize: sometimes your lines can wobble, this is noticable in the bigger ellipses and on the final ellipses on pg2. again, prioritize smoothness and confidence over accuracy. although sometimes your ellipses don't touch eachother and can leak out of the tables you've made.
On the funnels exercize: https://imgur.com/a/6qds8jE, i made a few notes. most notably the minor axis (the centreline placed down) should always cut the ellipse in half equally. i made a slight correction with red that overlaps it if that helps at all.
Onto the rough perspective boxes excersize: try to keep in mind that the width lines (or your X lines) should always be parallel to your Horizon line, sometimes i see that they slope. Again your lines do wobble here and there. (look at previous notes made i.e. smoothness and confidence over accuracy)
no major critiques on rotated boxes
Finally, for the organic perspective: i dont have any major critiques except for page one table 3 final boxes' line wasn't finished.
I probably missed a few things but this is what i saw. I hope this helps!
Next Steps:
I'm marking this lesson as complete, you can move onto the 250 box challenge where you will find that you'll need to do a ton more ghosting so you can practice your straight lines and confidence further in the challenge. if you do find that you are struggling with confidence and straight lines, i'd suggest to do a quick warmup (5/10 mins) of the ghosted boxes exersize, but that's solely up to you.
1:36 AM, Monday June 14th 2021
Thanks for taking the time to review my work, It was very helpful. :)
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