Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
3:39 PM, Wednesday February 24th 2021
the last exercises were very difficult, but i look forward to some feedback!
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10:44 AM, Tuesday March 2nd 2021
Hi! A quick note before I get into things. For some reason, some of your pages have been uploaded in much lower quality than the others, which makes them a bit difficult to analyse. Also, it's less of an issue but it helps for readability if you order your images the same as the order of the exercises. Now, onto the critique.
Starting with your line exercises. Some of your superimposed lines are fraying at both ends, which happens when you're not carefully placing down your pen before starting each line. There is wobbling in a few lines, particularly those ellipse or wave-shaped. Remember to always draw confidently, even if the line goes off-track.
Your ghosted lines also wobble a bit in parts, but there's definite improvement here regarding this and pen placement. The same goes for your ghosted planes, so well done!
Onto your ellipses. The tables seem to be drawn pretty confidently which is good. Some of your tables seem a bit random in terms of the ellipse shapes you're using. For example, the top left and second-top right rows on your second page. Your ellipses also have a tendency to taper sharply at the ends, creating more of a cone shape.
Your ellipses in planes are better shaped but are more wobbly, so again, be aware of that in future.
Your funnels are a good effort, and while not perfect in aligning with the minor axis, but I think you've understood the ideas.
Your rough perspective boxes are pretty good! There are a few where width lines aren't parallel to the horizon and/or height lines aren't perpendicular, but that's pretty normal.
Don't worry too much about getting rotated boxes correct. The main thing I can see to improve is keeping the gaps between your boxes narrow and consistent.
On your rough perspective boxes, I think you've gotten the gist of things. Your box-drawing will naturally improve if you go onto the 250 box challenge. And on your first page in particular the lines are nice and confident.
Overall, though your work has some issues, I can see enough progression to mark this lesson as complete. Well done!
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6:57 AM, Wednesday March 3rd 2021
thank you for your time to give me this informative critique! i Will work on my lines in the future, thanks!
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