Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
4:56 AM, Wednesday March 2nd 2022
Heyo, hope you're doing well. I don't like making excuses but the binder & increased elevation of the book (having need to close the book completely due to limited desk space) did somewhat hinder my performance (forcing me to draw in angles that I weren't comfortable, thus affecting my confidence in the lines).
I've been examining the results of my homework and ruminating on the potential mistakes I've made on what I could've done better and what I can do to rectify these mistakes in the future.
Here are the mistakes I've noticed:
- In Rough Perspective
I prioritized the vertices converging at the vanishing point and lost track of the horizontal lines running parallel to the horizon and the vertical lines running perpendicular to the horizon; making it look like I guessed. I did, however, try to fix this mistake from the third table and beyond.
- In the Rotated Boxes
I noticed I wasn't actually rotating my box in the right side of the quadrant and I tried to adjust accordingly by redrawing the box (which made me end up making the mistake of not keeping things together)
- In Organic Perspective
I unintentionally applied foreshortening to the boxes by having the vanishing points closer to the subject. I think I was over-analyzing the example homework provided and tried to imitate what I saw and applying what I've learnt but ended up doing it wrong.
- In terms of drawing lines
I have a tendency to curve a line. I did follow the advice Comfy offered by thinking about making my mark and try to curve in the other direction as compensation in order to make the line more straighter; but instead I just end up making an "S" shaped line. Not really sure how to fix this one, but if you have any advice, that'd be great.
Any feedback in general is appreciated. (I also don't mind harsher criticism in order to drive a point home harder, as long as it's constructive and not insulting)
Take care / Peace