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9:29 PM, Monday May 16th 2022
Congratulations on completing lesson 1!
First off great work, I can tell that you really spent your time on each page of homework and you really improved by the end of the lesson! I'll breakdown each section into lines, ellipses, and boxes.
Lines:
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Your superimposed lines look good! There is some slight fraying on the ends of some of your lines, just make sure you take your time and to not rush through drawing a line
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Your ghosted lines also look great, overall they're mostly straight. However there is a slight curve to some of them. The curve is probably a result of a natural curve from your arm/shoulder, as you draw a line try to smoothly correct it as you go. Don't worry about this too much as you'll improve at this naturally as you progress through the lesson.
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There is also a slight wobble in some of your lines, don't worry about accuracy too much for now. Having confidence in your lines will help you become more accurate over time. Feel free to ghost lines until you feel confident in that line and when you feel confident draw that line without thinking.
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Overall the lines are looking really good! Be sure to include the ghost panes exercise into your future warm-up as this will improve your line quality and your ellipses.
Ellipses:
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You have a lot of wobble in your ellipses, make sure you take you time with these. Try drawing them slower and only go over them 2 or 3 times. Ellipses are always hard for any artist just starting out. Make sure you include an ellipses table exercise in future warm-ups, they helped me in improving my ellipses!
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You have a couple of problems in your ellipses funnels. There is some overlapping and the minor axis is off on some of them. The two problems will improve as you continue doing the table exercises
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Overall your ellipses are quite good for lesson 1! Be sure to do your ellipses tables and the ghosted panes in warm-ups and you'll improve in no time!
Boxes:
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Really good work on your rough and plotted perspective, it looks great! I don't have much else to say other than that
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Overall you have a really good grasp on perspective and how to apply it!
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Your rotated boxes look good! Your lines look really confident in this exercise.
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The different types/rotated boxes look good on your organic perspective. There is a couple of problems with it though.
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It's hard to tell if some boxes are behind or in front of another. Make sure you use line weight to help differentiate boxes. Putting more line weight on the boxes closer to the viewer help to trick the viewer's eyes that the box is closer to the front of a drawing. The less line weight the further back a box will look.
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There are many other uses for line weight too! But for now focus on this use of it
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Overall good work on your boxes! Just be sure to apply line weight where it's needed
Here are Some Additional Resources if You're Interested:
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Great video on different line weight uses by Toniko Pantoja: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__U6JQ3DdIU&t=291s
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Here's a good video on Ellipses by Scott Robertson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaZmwHU7vZo
Overall you did great work in Lesson 1 and I feel that you can move on to the 250 box challenge. I'm going to warn you this challenge can be a beast some pages will look amazing, some will look horrible. Try to keep your head up, everyone struggled with this challenge. It's very important to follow the 50% rule during this to help avoid burnout. I made that mistake and it took me way longer to complete it because I skipped some days due to burnout. If you follow the 50% rule you'll make it through just fine!
Have a great day and remember to have fun on the rest of your journey!
Next Steps:
You did great, I feel like you can move on to the 250 box challenge. Make sure you inlcude the ghosted planes and ellipse table in your warm-ups. Also follow the 50% rule to avoid burnout.
3:04 AM, Tuesday May 17th 2022
Thank you so much for the critique! It is very detailed and I really appreciate it!
I do realize that I have some trouble drawing the eclipses. It is probably because I focus too much on moving my shoulder and I often forget to hold the pen firm and tight and the lines would end up getting wobbly and shaky.
I will definitely check out the resources provided and make drawing eclipses into my daily warm-up exercise! Thanks again!
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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.