Lesson 2: Contour Lines, Texture and Construction
7:26 AM, Monday April 13th 2020
Any feedback much appreciated, thanks :)
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2:05 PM, Tuesday May 26th 2020
Overall pretty good job! I'll point out the issues I can find so you can keep improving.
Arrows, they flow pretty nicely, you can try to exaggerate more how they grow both folds and space between folds as they get closer and closer towards the viewer. You can also add lineweight on the overlaps to clarify them.
On sausages you got a few with a bit of bulging (Remember they should be 2 identical balls connected by a tube of consistent width).
Textures are p good in general.
Form intersections are p good in general too, only thing I notice is that sometimes you get some extreme foreshortening boxes. Remember that in this exercise you should draw the forms with consistent foreshortening, so you can't have some extreme foreshortening and shallow on the same page, as the objective of this exercise is to draw forms that look like they share the same space. To do this is also easier with shallow foreshortening, so focus on that on your next attempts.
Lastly, organic intersections are looking pretty solid, with the only issues that you're not drawing through your forms, and that the shadows seem to be sticking to the forms a little bit.
Overall pretty solid job!
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Keep it up and good luck in lesson 3!
8:34 AM, Wednesday May 27th 2020
Hi Elodin,
Thank you for taking the time!
On the arrows, yeah, I've noticed I need to keep the concept of depth in my mind as I draw them. I'm getting braver with super imposing curved lines, though it took me a while!
For the sausages, I'm noticing the bulges now more and more, the balls connected by a tube of equal width is a good image to keep in mind.
For the form intersections, yeah, I can see what you mean about the extreme perspective, it's particularly noticeable on the boxes. I'll work on trying to improve that.
The organic sections, I think I'll give this one another go as well, Drawing through the forms will probably help. Thanks for the example too, I can see that following the contours of the object that the shadow is cast on will help improve shadow shapes.
Thanks again Elodin, always appreciate constructive feedback :)
9:29 PM, Wednesday May 27th 2020
No worries ^^
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