Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
8:10 PM, Tuesday February 4th 2020
Hi everyone, here's my work for lesson 1. Thanks in advance for your critiques !
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3:08 AM, Wednesday February 5th 2020
Hey there, good job completing lesson 1! I've got a few things to point out for you
Lines - Keep practicing using your shoulder and finding a speed that you can control and keep a confident, smooth stroke. With your ghosted lines try lifting the pen when you get to the end of the line instead of stopping against the momentum of your arm.
Ellipses - You are drawing through a few too many times, so try to reign it in. They are nice and confident so keep that up. With your funnels exercise be mindful of your alignment of the minor axis to the funnel axis.
Boxes - Rough perspective is looking good. Lines are pretty confident, keep up the ghosting. Your converging lines will improve with time and practice, and you do a good job keeping your horizontal lines parallel to the horizon and verticals perpendicular.
Good job finishing the rotated boxes. You kept your lines in check and your hatching neat. I suggest going back and reading the exercise page again now that you have some context. You could have afforded to keep your boxes packed tighter together and rotate your boxes more. Give [this gif] (https://drawabox.com/lesson/1/16/rotation) another watch and study how the rotation is driven by the motion of the VP along the horizon.
Organic perspective is looking good. You have a good sense of scale and depth with the varying sizes of your boxes. Perspective is off to a good start, and will keep improving.
Again, good job on completing lesson 1!
Next Steps:
Move on to the 250 box challenge.
1:13 PM, Wednesday February 5th 2020
Thanks a lot for your critique ! This is very helpful !
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