Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction

11:11 AM, Wednesday September 30th 2020

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Hello. So lesson 2 completed.

Superimposed curves posed quite a bit of trouble, getting it to line up with the original.

Capturing the essence of the texture was also s challenge, deciding where to put the black shapes and restrain yourself from putting too many unnecessary lines.

Looking back on the form intersections I can see some discrepancy in the foreshortening of objects and seeing intersections that aren't logical.

So thank you for your time for looking through my homework.

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9:31 AM, Wednesday October 14th 2020

All of your exercises are really good, so well done!

These are small flaws that I have noticed:

In the dissection exercise try to use shadows to define even better the texture.

In the form Intersections exercise you have messed up some intersections but that's normal (try to visualize the intersections in your mind, in three dimensions).

In the Organic Intersections exercise don't be afraid to cast the right shadows (the shadows are too thin).

That's all, your exercises were very good! Keep going and don't forget the 50 percent rule: at least half of the time you spend drawing must be devoted to drawing purely for its own sake.

Keep going!

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5:44 PM, Thursday October 15th 2020

Thank you very much for your time and pointing out the points to improve.

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12:24 AM, Friday January 22nd 2021

Congrats on making your way through lesson 2! Your awesome for that.

Arrows:

Looks good! You show an understanding of what is far and what is getting closer. The lines that make up the arrows are confident and smooth. The extra line weight to reinforce the close parts looks good and smooth as well.

Organic forms:

The organic forms themselves are drawn smoothly and have an even and consistent shape. Some ellipses ended up outside the form, but it is obvious you tried to keep it in. The more important part is the quality of the ellipses, which is mostly good, with a few wobbly ones. The ones with semi-cotours looked great, with smoothly drawn curves and the forms extended a little bit.

Texture analysis:

The texture you created were created effectivley and it seems like you really used the notes to your advantage when creating the texture on your own. The only thing that stood out to me was that the third tentacle of the octopuss texture should have had the most detail, since it was in the center of the box, but the textures looked great besides that.

DIssections:

The texture effectivley used a mix a shadow details and physical landmarks to create the textures. You also succesfully broke the silhouettes of the forms to create convincing textures.

Form intersections:

To me, some interaction with cones did not seem entirely right, but this was an idea I really struggled with. Everything else looked good, with well drawn shapes and well defined intersections.

Organic intersections:

Looks good. The forms fold over each other well and accurately cast shadows that contour the shapes below them to reinforce that idea.

Next Steps:

Keep Drawing!!!

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