Lesson 1: Lines, Ellipses and Boxes
7:21 PM, Wednesday February 26th 2020
Hey, what do you guys think? Any feedback?
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4:19 PM, Thursday March 12th 2020
Nice work overall, with a few little issues:
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Your super imposed lines are too focused on matching the line. Your main goal here, as mentioned in the exercise, is to maintain a consistent trajectory from the moment your pen touches the page. Don't let your eyes steer your pen as you go, trust in your arm to push forwards without any hesitation.
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The linework in your rough perspective boxes is pretty sloppy, way moreso than I know you're capable of. Compare this to your ghosted lines exercise, and reflect upon what changed. It's likely that you're not spending as much time on each individual line than you were in the 250 boxes.
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For your rotated boxes, the vertical columns are running into the problem explained here.
Other than that, good work.
Next Steps:
Move onto the 250 box challenge.
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12:55 AM, Thursday March 12th 2020
For the tables of ellipses, the assignment is to do 2 pages and there are illustrations of how the table is supposed to be layed out so I would recommend checking out that assignment page. Also, for the superimposed lines it is useful to practice a variety of line shapes like waves and arcing lines. Other than that it looks like you're off to a great start!
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