Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
8:29 AM, Monday April 13th 2020
Here's my submisson for lesson 1. Thank you for doing what you're doing .
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9:18 AM, Thursday April 16th 2020
Hey there Nam, I'll be handling your lesson 1 critique.
Your Super Imposed Lines are looking solid, you didn't appear to hand in a page of ghosted lines however. Normally this would be an issue but because of the amount of ghosted planes you completed and the fact they look as smooth and confident as they do, I'll let it slide this time just try to make sure you hand in all of the recommended pages in the future please. The planes look good, and I'm happy you experimented, you do get the occasional wobble or wave but overall you seem to have a good grasp of ghosting which is great.
In the Ellipses section you aren't as confident and do get some pinched ends and squared edges in a few spots. Remember that right now smooth round ellipses are our number 1 priority, and if they break through their boundaries a bit it's fine, accuracy will come with time. Your funnels are looking pretty solid, just remember that when you do this again in the future your goal is to keep all the ellipses divided equally by the central minor axis, it's a fairly common mistake (as seen here) for people to make and they often forget it's one of their goals upon re-completion.
Your Rough Perspective Boxes are well done, they mostly converge towards the vanishing point, just keep in mind you want your horizontal lines to be parallel and your vertical lines perpendicular to the horizon. You had a solid attempt at the rotated box exercise, you kept things together and evenly spaced for the most part. These last 2 exercises are meant to be challenging at this point, but keep in mind that the vanishing point rotates with the boxes and you can't rely on the natural convergences as seen here. Your organic perspective is really well done, I'm glad you decided to draw through your boxes it makes them much more solid looking. You also grasped the fact that closer boxes should be larger as opposed to smaller if they are further away. Try not redraw your lines though, it can make things look messy.
Overall you had a really solid attempt at the first lesson and seemed to grasp a lot of the concepts being taught here. This is a good start and the 250 Box Challenge will expand upon your understanding of how boxes are constructed and how to make each set of lines converge more consistently towards their shared vanishing point.
Great work and good luck in the 250 Box Challenge.
Next Steps:
Keep doing these exercises as warm ups.
Take your time and complete the 250 Box Challenge before starting lesson 2.
1:36 AM, Friday April 17th 2020
Thank you for your critique. It was very informative. Sorry for not handing in the ghosted lines exercise, it'd seem that I had completely forgot about it and I can't find the paper I did it on either.
In any case, thank you for your time and efford, I really appreciate it.
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