Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes

3:38 PM, Thursday March 28th 2024

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Superimposed Lines: the splotches in the middle are from when I had to move the ruler because it was too short

Boxes: I tried to correct some of the ones that I thought were off, so they may have multiple lines.

Thank you in advance for any feedback or advice!

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3:06 AM, Thursday April 4th 2024

Hey TEA9120 I'm not very experienced with critiquing so take what I say with a grain of salt.

On your rough perspective, the converging lines are sometimes way off. Do not be afraid to take your time ghosting. On your organic perspective, sometimes the edges of a box do not converge to a vanishing point. Your boxes tend to have parallel-ish edges. Some depth in your edges would add interest. Do consider the vanishing points before making your lines. But don't stress it. You have the whole 250 box challenge to practice. Other than that, you have good control of your lines and ellipses.

Next Steps:

Move to the 250 box challenge and incorporate these exercises into your warmups. Also please critique my lesson 1 work hehe https://drawabox.com/community/submission/CC08JWRX

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7:52 PM, Wednesday April 10th 2024

Thanks for your advice! On the organic perspective, I tried to avoid extreme perspective, but I'll try to push that more. I admit I did rush through the rough perspective.

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