Small thing to note, because unfortunately there was a misunderstanding. In the beginning, I didn't realize you were supposed to draw the hatches over one of the closer faces to demonstrate perspective. Later on I rewatched the lesson and noticed you were supposed to (also when I checked other people's homework).
Hi Devolasrevenge,
I've checked your submission,
Okay, you numbered your boxes in a pretty confusing way, I though you just posted the first 5 boxes multiple times, then I realized that you would number the boxes per page always starting by 0, which again, was pretty confusing. It's not that big of a deal, but always try to make it easier for those who are gonna review your work!
Now, on to the actual critique!
First of all, I see that you've been stretching your parallels in the wrong directions a lot, remember that you are supposed to follow them in th direction opposite to the viewer.
Also, I did notice that you haven't really applied line weight in a constant manner. It seems that you used it sometime to correct some lines. Line weight it's not an aesthetic choice in this course, it's a tool of communication, in this case, to mark the dimensions of the box, so take that into account.
Overall, I can see how you got better through the lesson, your boxes get more confident and better over time.
I'm gonna mark this lesson as completed! Keep it up.
Next Steps:
Move on to lesson 2!
Hello!
I don't agree that this homework should be considered finished yet. Devolasrevenge, I ask from you 10 extra boxes where you show us that you understood:
-what the boxes front face is,
where you have to hatch it (you choose from three sides that are closer to the viewer, and hatch one of them by your choice) but most of all,
when you make the extension lines, they have to be away from the viewer, like in this example https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/f717b0fd.jpg
Notice the three sides that are further from the viewer and where the extra lines are going, towards 3 different vanishing points?
Here's just a link for a another example from the internet: https://thevirtualinstructor.com/images/3-point-perspective-step-7.gif
If that clicks with you, then you really undestand how the boxes will be distorted in 3 D space. You often draw extension lines the wrong way like said in here:
https://d15v304a6xpq4b.cloudfront.net/lesson_images/bc7fcf51.jpg
Go over the lesson again, watch the video that Uncomfortable made. I feel you missing critical information from this challenge otherwise.
Next Steps:
Re-study the lesson and show us you understand the challenge fully by adding 10 extra boxes to your homework with extension lines going forward the 3 vanishing points away from the viewer.
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