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9:19 AM, Sunday July 26th 2020

Hi, I'm still fairly new to reviewing, so I hope this is helpful. I try to follow this guide.

Lines

  • Superimposed Lines: Good work here, very little wobbling and only one sided fraying, there is confidence in the straight lines.

  • Ghosted Lines: Nicely done, very little over-/undershooting. There is some slight wobbling/arcing here and there. To counteract the wobbling remember to execute lines with confidence, it's ok if you don't quite hit the endpoint if it results in a straight line. For arcing it's recommended to consciously arc the arm slightly in the opposite direction.

  • Ghosted Planes: Nicely done as well, though some wobbling/arcing still persists.

Ellipses

  • Ellipse Table: You definitely got the idea of placing your ellipses with intent! However try sticking to drawing through your ellipses not more than 3 times, preferably only 2. Any more will make your result look messy if you stroke control isn't that good yet.

  • Ellipses in Planes: This looks mostly well done. I'd only like to remind you of not drawing through your ellipses more than 3 times.

  • Funnels: Nice work here, nothing to add.

Boxes

  • Rough perspective: Good job. Width and height lines are mostly parallel and perpendicular to the horizon line, respectively. Line correction method was applied the right way. There lines seem a bit less confident than previously, doing some ghosted lines as a warm-up is recommended.

  • Rotated Boxes: The rotations are mostly evident, remember when drawing a new box to actively use the closest edges of existing boxes to approximate the edges of the new one.

  • Organic Perspective: The is a tendency for skewed planes and isometric projection, but this is something you will work on in the 250 boxes challenge.

Next Steps:

Move on to the 250 box challenge. Remember to ghost your lines and execute them confidently.

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7:14 PM, Sunday July 26th 2020

Thank you so much for this thorough review but I'm a little confused by what you mean by arcing the arm slightly in the opposite direction.

9:21 AM, Monday July 27th 2020

You're welcome! I'm no expert on the arcing thing, but maybe this metaphor helps: imagine you're driving in a car and while driving you notice the car is sometimes drifting off to the left a bit. You compensate for this by turning the wheel a bit in the opposite direction, telling the car to go a bit more to the right. The drifting to the left with your turning to the right results in the car driving straight again. It's the same principle with arcing lines. One needs to adjust the movement of the arm a bit in the opposite direction.

Again, I'm no expert on this, if anyone knows better, feel free to correct this. Otherwise I'm hoping this is helpful.

8:11 AM, Tuesday July 28th 2020

Ok, Thanks so much for this clarification

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