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10:19 PM, Tuesday September 1st 2020
Hello!
Congratulations of finishing your first lesson :)
Here's my feedback.
Lines
Superimposed lines fray alot, but it is expected. Take more time ghosting them and definitely add them to your warm-up exercises in the future.
Ghosted lines look decent, here and there they wobble. They miss their target sometimes but it's totally fine, with practice you gain more confidence making that line.
In ghosted planes I notice some wobble and undershooting, but second page is already better. You are doing great!
Ellipses
Well done on drawing ellipses through twice. Some have better shape than others, but there isn't much overlapping and they look actually rather smooth. Try to keep them within the bounds.
For future reference I recommend you to experiment with different sizes and trajectories in your warm-up ellipse exercises, but always with confidence and smoothness over accuracy. Accuracy will come the more you practice.
Funnels - I must say you kinda hurried with this exercise. Three of the middle one look the best, the others are messy. Same as with previous exercises you should try changing their shape and experiment more.
Especially in this exercise starting from the middle you make the ellipse smaller, and as you go along they should become bigger in size, gradually. You only made the middle ellipse a bit smaller. Also they all look rather round to me. You didn't keep them inside the bounds much, means they aren't touching the borders that well and appear too small in size usually, they often don't follow the trajectory of the minor axis either, that should cut them in symmetrical halfs. I think you can do better job with funnels, give it your best shot and re- do 1 page.
Boxes
Plotted perspective, one of the first boxes has one line in the back a bit off, other than that seems good to me.
Rough perspective, boxes look good and even tho they are looking kinda wobbly, it's actually pretty normal for everyone who start at first with this exercise. What I notice is that you tried to fix some of your lines. Remember to always draw line once and don't repeat the lines that went wrong, just leave them. That way you get a habit of trying your best with each next line and you won't get sloppy. It's all about understanding what to do and give it your best each time! Even tho some perspective is off, you will learn how to plot your boxes in 250 box challenge.
Good try in rotated boxes, it's hard exercise to grasp. You did well, only your boxes don't turn much yet. I recommend trying this exercise again when you are more confident with boxes and how they turn in 3D space, and see how you are improving.
Organic boxes have some issues, but again, it's something you learn to understand when you give your best in the challenge. You shouldn't fix your lines here either.
Overall good job on Lesson 1 and you will get even better at this as you go forward!:)
Next Steps:
I ask for 1 page re-do of Funnel exercise before I mark this homework as complete. Give it your best!
Good luck!
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5:04 AM, Monday August 10th 2020
Good work just make sure to fill in more of the pages as there is a lot of empty room.
5:55 AM, Monday August 10th 2020
Like on which exercise for example?
12:10 AM, Friday August 14th 2020
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