Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

5:59 PM, Monday July 20th 2020

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Hello! Here's my submission for Lesson 1's homework. I had started drawabox before, but I've decided to come back and commit to it this time. Any tips or feedback is greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

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8:58 PM, Wednesday July 29th 2020

Hi!

Your superimposed lines look good. Most of the ghosted lines are also pretty smooth, some of them arch a little bit. You can fix that by actively arching in the opposite direction.

In the ghosted planes exercise you have sometimes corrected the lines. Don’t do that, just leave the lines as they are no matter how off they are.

Some of your ellipses overlap. Try to keep them in the bounds. I would suggest for you to add exercises like funnels in your warm-up.

In the rough perspective exercise you have some wobbly lines in your boxes. You should focus on confidence in you lines and accuracy will come later.

In the organic perspective exercise you have some mistakes in perspective, but that’s completely normal and you will practice perspective in the 250 box challenge.

Next Steps:

Congrats on finishing Lesson 1!

You can now tackle the 250 box challange.

Don't forget to warm up before your session and don't forget to draw for yourself!

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6:04 PM, Friday July 31st 2020

Thanks a lot for the critique! I will focus on making my lines more confident. I really do tend to correct them a lot, but I'll make an effor to stop.

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