Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction
9:48 AM, Sunday November 8th 2020
Hello!
Here is my submission for Lesson 2!
Thank you very much for the feedback!
Hi there I'll be handling your lesson 2 critique.
Overall you seem to be building an understanding of a lot of the concepts introduced in this lesson, I do spot a few things worth commenting on and I'll be doing so below.
Your arrows are off to a good start, the only real noticeable thing I have to point out here is that your linework and general flow of your arrows could be a bit cleaner. With more mileage these will tidy up nicely, be sure to keep experimenting with foreshortening the arrow as well as the space in between the arrow's curves as discussed here.
The majority of your organic forms with contours are well done. There's a few spots where you could be drawing more confidently which would help smoothen out some rough edges you have occurring, other than that you just want to make sure you keep your forms nice and simple. There's a few instances where you get a bit too complex, remember that the traits of a simple sausage are that both ends are roughly the same size and avoid any pinching, bloating, or stretching along the length of the form. You can read more about these concepts here.
Texture is quite difficult for a lot of people but you had some solid attempts, your second and third textures in the texture analysis are really well done. I only have 2 quick suggestions for these exercises, the first being that when doing dissections you can experiment with using gradients like you do in the analysis exercise and the second being that when drawing thin line like textures if you outline the shape and fill it in it will result in a more dynamic texture as seen here.
If you feel like you don't fully grasp the form intersections exercise just yet, don't worry. Right now this exercise is just meant to get students to start thinking about how their forms relate to one another in 3D space, and how to define those relationships on the page, we'll be going over them more in upcoming material. The largest concern I have with this exercise is that a lot of your lines are very light and you used clean up passes to dark some of them, this however makes things look messier than it could be. As discussed here we should always be drawing confident lines and adding line weight where needed.
Lastly your organic intersections show that you're sense of 3D space is developing nicely, when practicing this exercise again in the future be sure to experiment with different lighting positions to help build your understanding of light and shadow. The only complaint I have really here is just to work on your line confidence and quality.
Overall this was a really solid submission and while you have a few things to work on I believe you understand what is being asked of you, you just need some more mileage to gain consistent results.
With that said I'll be marking your submission as complete and moving you on to the next lesson.
Keep doing previous exercises as warm ups and good luck!
Next Steps:
Do previous exercises as warm ups.
Move on to lesson 3.
hello!
thank you very much for the feedback!
with the dissections, how would you do a gradient for the texture that is inside the sausage form? would you just make gradients for the outer textures?
Just for a bit of clarification on my end, you do make use of gradients in some of your dissections like your blackberry texture, I just suggest you keep experimenting with them and try different light sources etc. Experimentation is how we often build up a stronger understanding.
As for the textures inside the sausage form it's basically the same concept, you just pick a light source and consider which bits of the texture would receive the most light and be blown out, while the spots with deeper shadows would appear darker. It's essentially the same as the texture analysis gradient, just you have to be more mindful of where you place the light because you're not just working from left to right.
Will do! Thank you for the clarification!
A lot of my students use these. The last time I used them was when I was in high school, and at the time I felt that they dried out pretty quickly, though I may have simply been mishandling them. As with all pens, make sure you're capping them when they're not in use, and try not to apply too much pressure. You really only need to be touching the page, not mashing your pen into it.
In terms of line weight, the sizes are pretty weird. 08 corresponds to 0.5mm, which is what I recommend for the drawabox lessons, whereas 05 corresponds to 0.45mm, which is pretty close and can also be used.
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