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3:55 PM, Friday July 8th 2022
Lines
Superimposed lines are not confident. It looks like you drew them sowly. This has resulted in those wobbles in your lines. You should ghost the line until confident with the motion and then place the fineliner at the start of the line after this speedily draw in the lin. https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/5bcda336.jpg, your lines resemble the top, one, make sure to draw them faster. The longer lines look better.
The ghosted lines look like you drew then slowly, they have some slight changes in trajectory. You should also here ghost the lines to confident and draw them with speed.
The lines of the ghosted planes are good but some are wobbly.
Ellipses
Ellipses are not drawn confidently. In the ellipses of the planes. It looks like you drew the ellipses slowly trying to make them touch each side, this has resulted in the bumps and corners on the ellipses circumferece. You should not do this. Instead you want a smooth arching ellipse no bends. You should first ghost the ellipse where you want to draw it until confident with the motion. Then once confident with the motion , draw in the ellipse in a speedy commited motion. The ghosting will take care of the accuracy.
in the table of ellipses, you struggled with the narrower ones. You should ghost and draw these too with speed. Ellipses should be drawn through a minimum twice, maximum thrice. https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/a76a8906.jpg
In the table of ellipses, the ellipses should be touching. There are gaps between your ellipses.
Boxes
Plotted perspective look good. You should use your ruler here, the lines of the boxes look a bit wobbly. In rough perspective, remember that the horizontal lines of the boxes are parallel to the horizon.The vertical lines of the boxes are perpendicular to the horizon. Keep this in mind when plotting boxes.
Good attempt at the rotated boxes, You should watch the video lesson , copy it line for line to see some things you missed. The organic perspective looks okay.
I will ask for revision.
1 page of ghosted lines, make sure to ghost all lines and draw them with speed.
1 page rough perspective, use horizon as reference for the lines of the boxes
1 page table of ellipses, ghost all ellipses and draw them with speed,draw through only twice or thrice
That is all , good luck :)
9:49 AM, Tuesday July 12th 2022
Thank you for the detailed critique and your suggestions.
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3:50 AM, Monday July 18th 2022
Kirokosmos gave quite a comprehensive critique and explanations.
I looked at your submissions. And while some of your lines and ellipses are still wobbly, I am not sure that I would ask for revisions. To me, it seems that you understand what you are supposed to do, but still need practice. Having finished this HW just a few weeks ago, my lines still miss the poinst or are slighly curved a lot of times. I also find ellipses really difficult to do without wobbling. Keep practicing -- after several weeks of doing that, I can say that it does get better, but very slowly.
So, in short. I do not really see a need for additional submissions.
Keep on practicing and move on to 250 boxes.
Next Steps:
Keep practicing the lines and ellipses.
Move on to 250 boxes.
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