5:19 PM, Sunday August 9th 2020
Hey, and congrats on completing this lesson! Let's go through it one exercise at a time~
Starting off, the superimposed lines look okay. They're, for the most part, smooth, and properly lined up at the start, though you will occasionally alter their trajectory. This is also, unfortunately, the first, in a long list of exercises where you haven't followed the instructions to the letter. In this one, the recommendation is to try varying lengths of lines (a few inches, then double that, then half a page width, then a full page width), and some arcing lines, too, but all the lines here are straight, and of roughly the same length. You've missed out on a lot of practice here, and, from a quick glance at the rest of the submission, it has definitely put you at a disadvantage, so I'll mention it now, once: try to follow the instructions to the letter, please. Moving on, the ghosted lines/planes are, for the most part, fairly confident, but, in the non-diagonal center lines of the planes, especially, i notice that your line will often stop short of the end point, and, instead of leaving it off there, you'll have it limp to the finish line, which is not recommended (as it causes it to become wobbly.) As for why this is happening, I'm sure you can guess. One more thing I'll recommend is to actually have some start/end points for the non-diagonal center lines. It's common for students to think that they're not needed, because the plane is already telling you where the line needs to start/end, but that's incorrect. The purpose of these points isn't just to tell us where the line starts, and where it ends, it's to split the work into two steps: planning, and execution. Trying to accomplish two things at once is a good way to accomplish neither, so its highly recommended to go about it this way.
The table of ellipses exercises looks a lot better in its second page. That said, despite being confident, and circular, the ellipses are poorly spaced, so be a little more mindful of that. Their positioning in relation to the frame, as well as the other ellipses is determined in the ghosting stage, so spend a little longer there, if you need to. The ellipses in planes exercise looks decent. The ellipses are, for the most part, circular, and they do a good job of touching all 4 sides of the plane. Finally, though there's 2 funnels that don't quite follow the instructions (their frames arc inwards, instead of outwards), the funnels exercise looks nice. The alignment issues seem to be as a result of the construction of the funnel (which, by the way, shouldn't be free-handed), more so than the ellipses themselves, but, just the same, see if you can spend a little longer ghosting these, too, rotating the page as necessary.
The plotted perspective exercise looks clean, though you've neglected to frame your compositions, as per the instructions. This is the case for the rough perspective exercise and the organic perspective exercise, too, so be careful in regards to that. Starting off with the rough perspective exercise, there's a few instances where lines of the 2 sets that should be parallel/perpendicular to the horizon are not, so be mindful of that. We know for a fact that this is how these lines should behave. If they don't, then there's been a mistake, so we should re-check our points. In regards to that, actually, i don't notice many of them. I'd like to quickly confirm that you are, in fact, placing points down, and extending your lines to them, rather than arbitrarily. If you're not, you absolutely should be. Solid attempt at the rotated boxes exercise, though I'd have much rather seen a single, finished attempt, than 2 incomplete ones. It'd have allowed you to draw a lot bigger, too, which is always a plus in this course. That said, the boxes themselves are fine. They're snug, both in the front, and in the back, though their rotation is a little slight. Finally, the organic perspective exercise looks fine. The foreshortening of your boxes is a little too dramatic, for this exercise, but that's alright. What's important is that they follow the flow line, and increase in size as they do, pushing the illusion of them getting closer to the viewer.
Overall, there's a lot of flaws in this submissions, most of which arise from a general neglect towards the instructions, but the general concepts are there, so I'll pass you onto the 250 box challenge. I'll recommend being a little more attentive to the text, however, taking notes as necessary- these lessons are fairly dense, so don't expect that you'll be able to remember everything. Good luck.
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250 Box Challenge